Steve's CFMoto 650 NK（春风 650 NK）

[felix]

Haha nice one Bikerdoc, respect man. Hey so i'm gonna PM you a list of various problems i've been having in life lately, if i understand correctly they'll be gone tomorrow!

[TexasAggie]

Steve,

Where is the local Nanjing dealer for CF Moto located? Thanks in advance.

[Steve_Halt]

Steve,

Where is the local Nanjing dealer for CF Moto located? Thanks in advance.

They're in 萨家湾 (Sajiawan), at the crossing of 萨家湾 and 马台街。You can't miss it. It's a store on the corner with a big CFMoto 650 TR in the window. Just in case, the guy's mobile is: 18912962226 (He doesn't speak English, though)

[TexasAggie]

Thanks!

[Steve_Halt]

haven't been here long time. Thread's dead just like I expected it to be.
Anyways, since I've (mostly) figured out the personal reasons that kept me away from posting here, I'll continue with my reviewing the machine.
Love's not gone. Neither has it faded. It's still there.
First things first: yesterday night had a chance to test the brakes, and, honestly, I with the bike had an ABS. Tight grip on the brake lever blocks the front wheel with ease and it's not easy to figure out how much pressure exactly I should be applying to stop effectively and to avoid lockup. I can live with that - none of my bikes had an ABS, but, c'mon, it's the end of 2012, right?

Next, rain riding. I know it's not a CFMoto 650 TR, in which case I would've been protected from the elements by extensive fairing. It's an NK, where NK is, apparently, NaKed.
Problems are: rear fender doesn't really protect the rider's back from the road dirt. I believe that the pillion's back in the rain would be twice as dirty. The drops can be clearly seen here:

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I could've installed a massive black rubber mudflap like they do on cabbage bikes, but I'm currently looking for a more aesthetically pleasing solution.
Another one is the radiator. See, when you ride in the rain, the front fender doesn't really deflect much of a water stream from under the wheel and most of it gets on a radiator. Be it an intentionally designed passive cooling feature or an engineering drawback, anyways, water, once it gets there, tends to evaporate.
The bike's steaming like a teapot and the steam is pretty visible. At a standstill that fogs up both the helmet visor and my glasses, which is very unpleasant and could be dangerous. The steam fume is massive. And I mean so massive that a couple of drivers pulled over and informed me, quote, that "the bike is on fire and is obviously smoking and could blow up any second, so I'd be better like running away or something".
I tried to catch it on the photo, and there it is down below, but the picture doesn't make it justice.

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Anyways, the oil change was done and the oil was as expected, the new dash's working fine, no misting anymore. The bike starts on cold mornings like it should and everything has been fine so far.
PS: Feels good to be back.

[Zorge]

С возвращением!

About the front fender: just google "front fender extension". Or pick up with you tent big enough for a NK and some birch twigs and voila - here's your personal sauna on the road.

About the rear fender: I don't think that you could find a bolt-on solution. It is difficult to modify, more accurately, to extend existing rear fender, in order to protect your back. I remembered the design of the protectors you could see, for example, on the first gen. BMW F 650, Cagiva Canyon, Suzuki Freewind...

IMO, if you manage to install some sort of simlilar construction to the swingarm, there would be no problem to install additional long protective arch.

BTW, if you are still in the mood for a rubber mudflap, I can send you one brand new, with inscription AZLK on it.

[AEC]

Steve ,

I want give you my opinion about the raining water / vapor .

In the top of frame there is a hidden concave place where the water is accumulated , only two little holes to drain , directly over the radiator .

Side Effects : that great amount of vapor goes directly to dash, this must be totally sealed for avoid malfunctions .

Enjoy your fantastic bike.

[Steve_Halt]

:)
I somehow think the extended front fender will make it look more like a cruiser, but I'll check if I can get something of that sort over here on taobao.com.
As for the rear fender I think I could get the whole rear fender assembly off of either BMW or Suzuki you mentioned and install it (if available in China, that is)

[Steve_Halt]

Thanks, man, I'll check.

[Zorge]

I somehow think the extended front fender will make it look more like a cruiser...

It is better that front fender looks more like a cruiser, than that you be so dirty, like you've just returned from the moto-cross race.

Here is what I have in mind.



And again, I don't think you'll be able to find simple bolt-on solution for your bike.

As for the rear fender I think I could get the whole rear fender assembly off of either BMW or Suzuki you mentioned and install it (if available in China, that is)

As I see, the main problem is not where to find whole assembly (if nothing else, it can be fabricated), but how to fix it on the swingarm. Maybe to make some kind of clamps or use holes that are circled in the picture below. I don't know.

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