pegasus1300
Well-known member
You knew it had to come. New X-Wedge Walker WR1000 with a 975ci VTwin and a CVT transmission. No word on sales outside of China.
-
There were many reasons for the change of the site software, the biggest was security. The age of the old software also meant no server updates for certain programs. There are many benefits to the new software, one of the biggest is the mobile functionality. Ill fix up some stuff in the coming days, we'll also try to get some of the old addons back or the data imported back into the site like the garage. To create a thread or to reply with a post is basically the same as it was in the prior software. The default style of the site is light colored, but i temporarily added a darker colored style, to change you can find a link at the bottom of the site.
You knew it had to come - there's a Chinese Spyder!
- Thread starter pegasus1300
- Start date
BoatFixx
Member
Chinese CFMOTO has been aggressively marketing in the SideXSide market for a number of years now, and these past few years they are hard at it in the two-wheeled market.
They are partnered with Austrian Motorcycle maker, KTM and have been slowly bettering their product. They are thousands less than their nearest competitors and offer more product where others are stripped down models.
The heart of any motorized vehicle is the engine.
ROTAX quality is known worldwide.
Their aircraft engines are legend.
The list of well known companies who used and have used ROTAX engines is extensive.
Nonetheless, the world is full of price-point buyers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotax
They are partnered with Austrian Motorcycle maker, KTM and have been slowly bettering their product. They are thousands less than their nearest competitors and offer more product where others are stripped down models.
The heart of any motorized vehicle is the engine.
ROTAX quality is known worldwide.
Their aircraft engines are legend.
The list of well known companies who used and have used ROTAX engines is extensive.
Nonetheless, the world is full of price-point buyers.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotax
Last edited by a moderator:
Snoking1127
Well-known member
CFMOTO had been producing engines for KTM for many years and decided to get into full productions. I bought a CForce 600 T (two up quad) in June of 2022, a year later I gave it to my step son when I brought the KRX North for the summer. It is a pretty decent machine.
Yes I think you’re right about the partnership, I heard KTM is having engines and parts made in China. I think husqvarna and Ktm are in some kinda partnership.
Last edited:
PMK
Active member
KTM has a bunch of siblings, and builds a variety of products.
Most commonly, KTM fathers Husqvarna, Gas Gas, and White Power (WP) suspension. That is the motorcycle world.
Electric bicycles, is big for them also, often produced under Husqvarna name now. KTM may still offer bicycles under the KTM brand.
KTM also offered a high performance automobile, known as the Crossbow.
A few years ago, I did hear rumor that KTM set up a factory / production I believe in India, aiming to market small displacement city motorcycles.
No idea how they structured everything, but last I read, Pit Bier, created various sub groups as corporations he owned, while offering each some degree of independence.
Freddy
Active member
That's what everybody said about the F3.
Last edited by a moderator:
blacklightning
Well-known member
Looks like they fuzed a spyder and the front of a slingshot, but just smaller.
pegasus1300
Well-known member
Husqvarna has been wholly owned by a Chinese company for a while now. X-Wedge has some kind of tie-in with Harley according to the article. They say they have no plans right now to market outside of China. I want to know how the X-Wedge1000 CVT transmission works.
Last edited by a moderator:
BoatFixx
Member
I know the brand intimately. Photo is of my 21' Zforce 800 Trail. (two engines in 1-year)
In fear that I'm being political, I cannot share with you my personal experience with the brand's corporate exchange with me through two engine swaps in the first 40 hours of use.
I can confess to once being a price-point buyer but not anymore. My next side x side will be a CanAm Maverick
View attachment 209236
Last edited by a moderator:
BoatFixx
Member
Last edited by a moderator:
KX5062
Active member
KTM owns Husqvarna motorcycles. Not the larger Husqvarna Group. They have owned the brand since 2013. Before that they were owned by BMW for a short time.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husqvarna_Motorcycles
KTM and Husky produces smaller bikes in India in a partnership with Bajaj. The 790 family of engines is produced in China in partnership with CFMoto. However, starting in 2023 the entire bike will be built in China by CFMoto.
CFMoto is making a big play to become a world-wide brand and making a large push into the North American market, FWIW. (Dakar team)
Also, BMW 310 bikes are built in India, also by Bajaj. Their 750/850/950 engines are built in China by Lorcin, but the entire bikes are not (supposedly).
The reviews on the Chinese produced engines are mixed, but generally good. The Bajaj produces bikes also have generally good reviews. Again, FWIW.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Husqvarna_Motorcycles
KTM and Husky produces smaller bikes in India in a partnership with Bajaj. The 790 family of engines is produced in China in partnership with CFMoto. However, starting in 2023 the entire bike will be built in China by CFMoto.
CFMoto is making a big play to become a world-wide brand and making a large push into the North American market, FWIW. (Dakar team)
Also, BMW 310 bikes are built in India, also by Bajaj. Their 750/850/950 engines are built in China by Lorcin, but the entire bikes are not (supposedly).
The reviews on the Chinese produced engines are mixed, but generally good. The Bajaj produces bikes also have generally good reviews. Again, FWIW.
Last edited by a moderator:
ARtraveler
R.I.P. Dwayne
There WAS a Chinese knockoff Spyder from day one. Think GS/RS models. They were very cheap compared to the real McCoy and we used to post about them jokingly in the good ol' days.
A positive thing, maybe. When the Chinese get serious about something, they go for it. :dontknow:
A positive thing, maybe. When the Chinese get serious about something, they go for it. :dontknow:
Similar threads
