CFMoto 650NK sport bike

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Poor guy - must of sucked having a breakdown, and then everyone jumping on his new bike.
Well, it can happen to any new bike. Anyone who owned an AMF Harley can attest to that.
Still, I am impressed with the new CF650 - it does appear to be healthy competition for the JH600.

Too true, to have a new bike, and a Chinese one at that and with the associated price point, there will be many a Chinese that will point the finger figuratively and say "I told you so" A close mate of mine in NZ, going back 15+ years who rode in our riding group, bought a brand new 1200 sporty and I swear it broke down from the get go. Every ride he (and a few others) would carry an array of tools just in case. Admittedly those tools weren't always needed on every ride we did, but his was the only ride that I recall that ever needed significant & reoccurring attention on the side of the road or some other such place from time to time. Aside from a much older Ducati Dahma DS900.

That to me didn't mean that all HD's were unreliable, nor in my mind did it mean that all 1200 or even 883 sporty's were either. As is often said, there is often a lemon in amongst the oranges (sic) - author unknown.

There is a motorbike workshop not far from me, that has a collection of mainly mid-sized Japanese motorbikes in varying stages of dismantle with a few European motobikes just to add some flavour. Many of these are almost complete engine related rebuilds. There's even a nice near new 650GS with major ECU chip problems, that was bought by a guy that has just left the motorbike in the workshop, and his bike has been sitting in the corner of that workshop shop collecting a substantial layer of dust/dirt for months and months. Not sure why he hasn't just bought a new ECU chip - perhaps it's cost or availability related?

Reading a number of motorbike/scooter forums one can find various motorbikes with all kinds of problems, some of these are new models, or newly purchased, and some with reoccurring themes. Just sayin...