Steve's CFMoto 650 NK（春风 650 NK）

[Steve_Halt]

girlfriend ! Hehehe +1 but did help me to get along visa !

That's a serious benefit :)

[tezza]

Hi all, checking in from Taiwan!

I've bought my bike about 2 months and was trying to find some minor modifications and found this post. Great read but I'm only up to page 13, lol

funny thing about the bikes in Taiwan is that, it has a different brand name. It's called Hartford. And the model name is Diablo 650EFI. but it sure looks the same!

Given the fact that the 650NK was out much earlier, i assume Hartford merely imported it and gave it the abovementioned name.

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[bikerdoc]

G'Day tezza, sure looks like a CFMOTO CF650NK. Can't make it out from the photos, but do the crank case covers have 'CFMOTO' stamped into them?

There are a few locations where CFMoto's are re-badged through distributors, although CFMoto are wanting to move away from this and develop the CFMoto brand, awareness etc.

Plenty of parts on the likes of Taobao if you can read CHS, otherwise there are agents like Taobao focus that can assist with English language support, buying, logistics etc.

The CF650TR compilation sticky could also be useful for you despite the styling being a bit different, all the internals are the same, same engine and running gear pretty much...

[beniamin82]

On the speedometer schould be CF logo.

[Steve_Halt]

tezza, bikerdoc is right - CFMoto is rebranded differently for different markets (QianJiang - Benelli also is, by the way).
Yes, your bike is indeed a CFMoto 650 NK and there are all sorts of spares for it on taobao.
Welcome to the forum, hope this thread is of use and is altogether an interesting read!

[tezza]

Thanks guys!

I haven't really checked. But I'm pretty certain that this is a CF moto, unless the Taiwanese manufacturer added some modifications to it (which maybe likely as Hartford is a manufacturer itself).

It's been fun reading all these (and the weather-condition tests Steve's been giving), I'm liking my bike more and more each day :D

Just one thing though, as I've never rode any other bikes for a long period of time (and at 100km+), I don't know what other bikes are like. But for my bike, my hands get really sore with all the vibrations. Is it the same for you? (my mirror is pretty much useless as well because of all that vibration).

[Steve_Halt]

tezza, my bike does vibrate, but it's nothing extraordinary. Long trips are fine and my hands are OK riding it for 100 kms plus. As for the mirrors, yes, they vibrate as hell and render a very blurred picture.
I installed an aftermarket bar and removed the bar-end weights. Thought that might increase the vibration, but it had no effect whatsoever.

[tezza]

hmm...

I might go and get some random mirrors to check if they're better.

The blurred mirror starts as soon as I hit roughly 5k rpm or 70-80km ish.
I know there really isn't much comparison, but my scooter hits 100km without any blurred mirror, lol~

[Steve_Halt]

hmm...

I might go and get some random mirrors to check if they're better.

The blurred mirror starts as soon as I hit roughly 5k rpm or 70-80km ish.
I know there really isn't much comparison, but my scooter hits 100km without any blurred mirror, lol~

I think that's bars that vibrate - any mirrors would vibrate together with the bars, but why not try, probably some mirrors would work better than the stock ones. I never bothered though - I do look into the mirrors and so far I have been able to tell what it is that I see. Admittedly, it has been unnecessarily hard.

[alaskacf]

I rode my buds, and he had drag bars with end cap mirrors, I hate the look but there was almost no vibes that came thru the mirrors, and they were actually usable without having to pull your elbows in....

Also last night I ran my NK on the 1/4 Mile race track here...Having no experience, a horrible reaction time, and riding the clutch alot outta first she still managed to pull 13.68sec. I only got one run as they closed it down but it was fun and I was proud of the wee lass.