Recent content by Hark3n

As a weight watcher I'm definitely not going to argue about that. Still, the crap is something the market wants.

The problem with comparing this bike to the KTM or Honda is that those bikes are race bikes. Small tank, no (or limited) lights, highly strung, and not made for road use. To get them adventurised will cost you and by then you're probably looking at well over R200k. This bike is a small ADV and...

Some sort of mountain goat.

CF-Moto has been around for quite some time, 1986 I believe. They've also been in SA for a while, but this will be the first bike of theirs. Been quads and SxS tool now. They have dealers listed across the country, so I think parts availability would be quite good.

I've watched a couple of "reviews" from the launch of this bike in the Philippines and it does look tempting. 190kg wet weight is a bit much, but this is a parallel twin with quite a bit of extras. Really keen to take this for a spin.

I've been using the PC version for about 3 years and so far it is very good. Like KiLRoy said, the peak has a bit of a buzz to it at speed, but otherwise no complaints.

What, and spoil the fun of having a project that suits unfinished in your garage for a couple of years until you sell it for parts.

That's still to road biased. Now this is what I would do.

Jimmy Lewis was impressed, maar ja, totdat Ryan nie sy seal of approval gegee het nie sal ek maar wag.

Thanks for the replies. I somehow missed the phone numbers on the contact page. Will give Rory Bruins a shout.

Ha ha, was there myself, just spectating. Very tempted myself.

I've been interested in trials riding for some time, and I attended this past weekend's nationals in Cape Town. The bug has now thoroughly bit and I would like to give this a try. Is there any place, in and around Cape Town, that one can have a go on a rental bike, and maybe find out more...