CFMoto & KTM

[ZMC888]

Now where are the Japanese?

They already had their fingers burnt. It's like someone sold a bunch of Honda blueprints around 2000. The companies name starts with J and ends in 'ing'.

As for BigDamo's point that the emerging Chinese middle class is obsessed with cars, not bikes, implying that KTM's, and BMW's, and Harley's, and others' gradual entry to China is trivial and meaningless,

He's right, they are obsessed with cars, but the next generation who've been sitting in gridlock in the back of cars since they were kids feel like an expensive bike has a place in their garage when then get rich (along with a bunch of cars). Also when there is utter gridlock everywhere the government will eventually take cars of the list of 'what every patriotic good Chinese person must want'. Also it looks like there will be enough decent bikes assembled and made in China for bikes to grow massively as a leisure sector, although sales of farmer bikes will fall drastically as the farmers can afford cheap cars like mianbaoche's and three wheelers more readily. Fact is by numbers, if China's motorcycle market is only 10% the size of Japans that means the same level of sales.

KTM 390 DUKE price forecast is about 50,000. KTM 390 DUKE localized version is expected to be on sale in the spring of 2014. 139kg. 44 horsepower, 800mm seat height, WP inverted fork, standard ABS system.

I'm seriously considering selling my CFMOTO 650NK and buying this bike. Power to weight is incredible similar to a Yamaha RD350. which was a bonkers 2 stroke. I have the most fun on mountain roads and large outdoor kart tracks. This bike would rip, it's a freaking weapon.

http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-...ull/23845.html