CFMOTO 800MT Touring | Is it really ready for offroad?

Mate, I’m so torn. Been looking at Suzuki, BMW and Triumph for months, thought I’d made up my mind then someone goes and mentions this bike. There was an expression years ago in my line of work when things went wrong; “things are falling apart like a Chinese motorcycle.” Have times changed? The bike looks like it has all I need, but do I trust a Chinese brand just to save a few bucks? All stuff I need to ponder, but I definitely appreciate the no-nonsense review. Gives me food for thought. Nicely made video, by the way. Cheers!

Wow, what a beautiful forest! I never stop being amazed at the quality of private independent media creators. 100x better than anything on mainstream TV.

Dude. New subscriber. Terrific production. Great review and thank you for taking the considerable extra time, trouble, and expense to make such a slick and beautiful piece. Keep up the good work.

How does the MT800 compare off-road to the V-Strom 1050XT? They have similar wheels and ground clearance so is one superior with better suspension/handling?

New to your channel, great review and looking bike. Chinese are starting to make attractive products, QA is improving too. Will put pressure on the others to improve their game 😊🇦🇺

i'm absolutely astonished by the incredible production of your videos. Keep the good work man, this is ART!!!

This bike actually looks really good and to have the ktm 790 motor. This is a tempting purchase no doubt.

Wow, this is a great video!

Great video quality and very detailed review! Can I ask what is the name of the trail you rode? The scenery is amazing.

no,no,no....the cb500x plays in another league, the cb500x 48cv and the cf800mt 95cv and a few thousand dollars difference in price.

I have a CRF 300 Rally for the tougher stuff so looking for something to replace my Scrambler setup MT-07 Tracer for a more capable and comfortable road/gravel two up experience. Nice review and vid, subbed.

Quindi ti sei trovato bene in fuoristrada?

Thanks for your video. Did you talk about the engine characteristics and I missed it? Had they really wanted to make an impression they would made it a shafty.

Entertaining and honest review, great job 🤠👍
Just found your channel and enjoying it 👌

As for the bike...
I just couldn't bring myself to give money to a commie, genociding, slave labour force country! There's a reason they are able to sell crap so cheap... it's at the cost of its citizens.

Great Review and production. well done mate

I want one mostly for the road & occasional dirt road.
Dirt bike for true off road.

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Love the mountain pass.. excellent production

I've had mine about a week, 1st service on the way and I absolutely love this bike 🍺

I think MT 800 is great bike for doing that kind of stuff at the end of the day if you want to do some real hard stuff you will take a dual sport for single track and all the rest

Thank you for making a great quality video and valuable comments for MT800. Plan to get this bike in Asia and hopefully they will have TCS model available in the coming year.

What a wonderfully refreshing take on the 800MT - thank you! Yes, it certainly has its work cut out but as you infer, there's not only room for 'one more' but, if it proves durable enough on its first ADV/tourer venture in the MT800 then, that's good for us all. I will keep an eye out for your future review of this bike maybe 12-24 months post its launch. Please continue what you do as you make Australia proud and continues to take note of our sunburnt and magnificent outback country.

Nice video of the CF Moto

Wow loves some of them roads. You wouldn’t be able to share what area or roads you used like the one with the cows etc?

Thanks for this video. Always nice to get a good, top gear'esque review of a bike. So often you see these videos that you can see was taken on a presso event and you have to wonder about the biasedness there.
You video makes awesome use of good quality image, appropriate music and relevant insights. Keep at it!

Yeah but does it connect to my wifi and control my other devices?

The New 800MT "Explore" 4 modes off drives , traction controle, new weels, 8" Pouces TFT, and many more things change the bike for off-road

As a current CF Moto 800MT owner who's had various nightmares with the initial purchase of the bike, and now with parts, I won't recommend the CF Moto brand. CF Moto lacks the basic understanding of customer loyalty, and retention. There is no dealer support or oversight in the S. America market, so after the purchase the customer is completely on there own, and at the mercy of the dealers that cannot assist in any way . The dealers in Ecuador have price points that change from one day to the next, and use very deceitful sales practices. What they offer is NOT what you end up actually getting. Dealers can't perform a basic break-in maintenance service due to lack of the proper diagnostic equipment (scanner for the T-Box), and parts availability issues. After on accident on March 17th, I contacted my original dealer for a quote on replacement parts, and they have not heard anything back from MotDis (CF Moto distributor in Cuenca), as of the date of this comment. I contacted another dealer, and they can't even provide an estimate, let alone confirm parts availability. I have also reached out to Zhenjiang Chungfeng Power Co. Ltd, but to no avail. After sharing my experiences with 3 other expats, that were very curious about my bike and my overall experience, they have excluded the CF Moto brand out of their possible buying options. As much as I really wanted to enjoy my motorcycle exploring South America, it's just taking up space now. I will be selling my CF Moto headache.

What a stunning gravel road! Somewhere in NSW, no doubt.

I found myself here; curious about the perks of a bigger twin. Bet i tend to take my 300 Rally into the rutted out bush tracks, clearly not a place for the MT.

What is the name of the road around the 3.30 minute mark?

Gloucester area? Nice view for a cruise!

Thanks.

I thought It would be cheaper. Not more than it's name brand competition. That's always been cf motos selling point. Just as good, but cheaper

Still waiting for owners of these to get the first valve adjustment service. The KTM 790/890 Adventure and some Dukes, have suffered badly from soft cams, with wear and damage occurring at relatively low km (15,000). I' curious to see how many (if any) CFmotos suffer the same issue given the same engine.

Thanks mate, your review was a great help.

you actually get a 2 yr warrantee and you get 1 more yr ONLY if you adhere to the fine print being .... have ALL services done by them and it clearly says IF.. IF. IF . ONE WOULD NEED TO GET A SIGNED FORM OFF THEM to protect yourself

Too much vibration . KTM no surprise

CFMOTO is Chinese? I didn't know that.

Beautiful content

No traction control one thing I missed in that other reviews I watched.

I’ve been looking for another bike to have along side my cruiser and touring bikes, and wanted an adventure bike, I’m not interested in hardcore off roading, more national park tracks at the most. I looked at the CF Moto last year when they first came out, but the lack of traction control and non switchable ABS put me off, I looked at the Tenere, but all that money and no cruise control, recently, I test rode the Norden 901 (which I liked) but the saw the new CF Moto 800MT Explore….now with 6 rider modes (including TC & switchable ABS), after test riding it, I’m sold, and will be purchasing one next week

over in china they have a big sports touring bike thats used as a police bike and its incredible its got every luxury you could think of from heating to music to electric adjustable shield and mirrors
the chinese police use them and love them and they use the KTM 1290 engine so they sound insane and haul some major A$$
i hope we will get them here in aus too they are bloody cool

I love your videos, i love your cinematography, i love your humour, i love your face. Please keep at it 🙏🏼

I like the brand pragmatism and production quality. Subscribed!

Great review, thanks for helping me understand a little about a bike I had no idea existed til today

My kind of adventure riding. Thanks for showing your tires

Brilliant video 👍🏻

Nice review, you. And him! I sat on one of these for a while and shifted between it and a few other bikes. In terms of saddle comfort,I found it close to the Tiger XCX, but not quite as nice. Not comparing apples with apples, l know, but at face value these bikes seem to have quite a bit to offer. Cheers!

This video aged well as the 800MT is quite popular 2 years later.

There is CF moto junk sitting in my garage ! Never by another ! Save your money buy Japanese !