CFMoto bringing its motorcycle line back to Canada

CFMoto's machines have come a long way since it last came into Canada. The big questions will all be about after-sales support. Will parts and service back the brand? Photo: CFMoto

After focusing on its ATV lineup for the past couple of years, CFMoto says it will import motorcycles to Canada again for 2022.

A statement on CFMoto’s Facebook page says “Our new CFMOTO motorcycle line-up will be available at your local dealership before you know it.” Over at the company’s Canadian website, we see this message:

THE CFMOTO MOTORCYCLES ARE ARRIVING IN CANADA

On our roads in 2022!

A strong new player is joining the motorcycle market in Canada. CFMOTO Canada will be offering several models of motorcycles from CFMOTO Motorcycle line-up.

Combining sporty looks, excellent handling and reliability, the CFMOTO range will offer everything the enthusiast is looking for: competitive price, excellent warranty, driving pleasure and a unique look that will turn many heads!

The first deliveries to participating dealers in the CFMOTO Canada network are scheduled for spring 2022.


Well. This might change the Canadian motorcycle landscape.

We haven’t really seen much from CFMoto the past couple of years, but if you saw the company’s bikes on the MMIC show circuit around 2015, you might remember they actually looked very respectable. CFMoto is a Chinese manufacturer, but at that point, it was selling a series of bikes based on Kawasaki’s 650 twin, or at least that’s what the engine looked like. They were definitely a step above (several steps above, really) the bargain-basement knock-offs that Chinese manufacturers initially dumped on our market.

In the years since then, CFMoto’s supply of bikes to Canada dwindled, as the public never really seemed to get too excited about their low pricing. That might change this time, for two reasons.

First, like a few other Chinese manufacturers, CFMoto has been hard at work in the past five years, developing new models. There’s a new 400-class sportbike coming soon from CFMoto, and it also has a deal with KTM to build bikes around a made-in-China variation of the 790 parallel twin platform. These bikes may prove more appealing than the last lineup brought into Canada.

Second—the Japanese manufacturers are having a hard time meeting demand, with dealerships talking about inconsistent or insufficient supply. If customers want motorcycles, and they can’t buy them from Japan, will they buy them from China instead? CFMoto will find out soon.

5 COMMENTS

  1. Adventura adv bike $8500 cad out the door approx…I’d trust a lighly used model from Hon Yam Suz Kaw at that price any day. this brand still needs to prove itself and the pricing should reflect that…like Hyundai in the earlier days.

  2. WAS interested in the 300ss BUT after all the ADD ONS it is a NO SALE!. Lets do the math – COST- $5299.00 / SHIP – $1200.00?????? / PDI / $500.00 ???? equalls a grand total of $6999.00 OH YES FOLKS PLUS TAX = $1049.00. A GRAND OUT THE DOOR NUMBER OF $8048.00. These bikes will die on the sales floor.Just phoned a local CF MOTO DEALER AND WAS QUOTED THAT THEY DID NOT KNOW cf moto even sold motorcycles.Anyone remember HYOSUN? FAIL!

  3. Our local dealer brought in CF Moto ATV’s this year to go along with their Japanese lineup. They we’re having supply issues during covid. When the first shipment of CF’s arrived I was told that “they’re no Honda’s”. I suggest that some Canadians will buy these to save a buck however there is no way I could support China with my money based on principle. There is a reason why these bikes are cheaper than Japanese branded bikes.

    • The CFMoto/KTM/GasGas/Husqvarna consortium (all pretty much the same bikes) are the only competition to Honda in Moto3.
      They can build it to that level if they want to.

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