7000 km in under 7 days
 

I thought its time to share my ride i Did in August.
With a CFMOTO 650NK i circumnavigated the Scandinavian peninsula
As close to the coast as possible. I started with a 1650 km drive and continued with an average of about 900km/day for another 6 days.
I cleared 7000 km in 6 days and 21h.
In January GoPro Will release a short timelapse of it all.


To see the documentary about my other expedition ( Mongolia - Sweden on ATV) visit [url=http://www.theultimatejourney.se

Curious...
 

I hope you enjoyed your ride.

I do wonder though, how much daily interaction you actually had with the local population and what you visited?

Hi,

No offense, but what's the fun?

Cheers from Nairobi,

Gee

He got to explore his homeland and more by bike in the time he had. I say fair play for getting out and doing it!

A perfectly fair question. However if you ask it you might not understand the answer.
This trip was obviously not a sightseeing trip but a challenge to test my personal limits, set a record and the roads in this regions are world class wich makes them the biggest sight/event for the rider. I got to spend 19 hours a day riding them.

Secondly i did this as a event for the motorcycle manufacturer and GoPro cameras. A short film will be released in January to entertain other enthusiasts.

I'm curious how your CFMOTO 650 did? Can you give us some details on its performance, maintenance and problems on your ride? Do CFMOTO have any plans to build an "Adventure" bike? ?c?

I've heard a bit about this bike .. never seen one in the flesh. I've heard CFMOTO have a good reputation in Australia and elsewhere .... also read about their recent partnership with KTM. (Some Bajai Auto (India) made KTM's (200 and 390) are assembled at CFMOTO in China for domestic sale.

Alan Cathcart interviewed the CEO of CFMOTO, discussed some details about the company. Seems to be a relatively small Chinese company that claim to go for quality over quantity ... a hopeful change to the usual "ALL PROFIT ALL THE TIME" mantra projected by most Chinese bike manufacturers (who mostly currently make CRAP by world standards doh)

Sometimes we just Ride for the Ride ... and no other reason. I'm OK with that. Very meditative.

Maybe CFMOTO could sponsor you to ride in the USA Iron Butt Rally? They ride about 14,000 miles in two weeks. (22K kms) Happens every other year.

Good luck! Come back and post a link when the film comes out!
bier

Did you have any mechanical issues? There were a few guys who got the early production CF's on mychinamoto.com who did not have good luck with their bikes. They posted last year. There is an ongoing thread which I admit I have not read, but it has been going on for a while now


Steve's CFMoto 650 NK（春风 650 NK）（春风-650-NK）

Cleland it has nothing to do about self esteem, but again people like you wouldnt know. Now dont piss around in my thread and go on with your obviously shit boring life.

Mollydog

wow finally someone whos not misserable about what others do.

The bike did great acctually. I only modified the rear mirrors to get rid of the vibrations in them. I changed oil after 3000 km and thats all.
I would say its a fun, rapid and easy riden bike for day tours. A good beginners bike for a reasonable price. Performance wise it has got some juice and theres plenty more to get out of it with a aftermarket exhaust.
I met the Chinese chairmen recently and urged them to build a Adventure bike. its not part of their 2015 plan but they are building KTM:s dukes on their assembly lines as we speak just like you said.
What goes about the early issues with this bike ive learned those were all sorted out in the first series.
Australians are very picky and especially when it comes to asian products, ive also heard their more than happy with CF.
Ive driven their ATV 1200km through the Gobi desert and we only had to change a bearing and a mirror since i flipped it over.

Last summer i met the CEO and hes very down to earth and funny guy. They started in his garage in -89 and are very professional. Today more than 1200 people work for them and the quality testing procedures are as strict as for BMW and KTM. The cool thing about these guys is that the seem to have big plans for the future and they listen to their retailers. something the big dogs dont do these days.
Great idea about the IB rallye in the states, i do prefer adventure expeditions but i could do another long distance event.

Meanwhile im modifying my Honda xr650r so its ready for a longer journey next year.
What are your plans and where are from?

Yuma Simon

No i had no issues at all, did a oil change after 3000km and thats it. As far as i know the early problems they had were sorted in the first year and were small issues like bad bearings etc. Its a well build bike and we must take into consideration its their first bike. They usually build ATV:s and UTV:s
Go testdrive one i think you would like them and the price is more than right.

7000 kms? Respect! Any comfort issues or mods?

I am glad to read it held up well. I have been riding Chinese enduros for a while now, but those are much lower cost and far simpler than the newer offerings from China. Zongshen has released a 250 adventure bike which has been getting a lot of attention, too. I am actually leaning towards that bike. CF Moto does not seem to have any dealers in the US, as far as bikes go. There was a guy in Alaska with one on mychinamoto and chinariders.net , so that might be the only dealer?

Monsler

7k in almost 7 days Excellent ! BTW I understand completely. Was the go pro hard wired or were you changing batteries?

Cleland

chill , everybody has their own idea what an ideal ride is .Just because someone's idea is not the same as yours doesn't mean you should put them down.

What an incredibly rank comment to make on this site. The OP has clearly stated what his objectives were and why he was doing it: To push his personal boundaries and to test his machine. Good on him for getting out and raising enough interest in project and he has managed that most rare of motorcycling achievements and got sponsorship for his motorcycling.

Whereas driving slowly around a lake getting on the piss sounds a bit dull to me, whats the point of that? That doesn't fit my idea of travel, therefore I crap on it.

Have a nice day.
CJ.

I don't think he's putting him down ... just expressing a contrary opinion. Is that still allowed? Hey Miles ... why don't you report him to a moderator :rofl:

Chill? Indeed, perhaps take your own advice! :innocent:

bier


really? I thought everyone drove drunk in Kosovo! beerbierjeiger
I'm drunk now. :welcome:

:oops2:

Time, Gentlemen. Sniping at each other will merely close the thread and draw unfavorable attention from moderators. Some of you can't really afford that.

The OP took a fast trip on a motorbike. It sounds like he might even have been paid to do so. Some find that style of travel perplexing, but he enjoyed it--as have others on similar trips. My own style of travel is at least equally perplexing to most of the world's population, and that's as it should be.

best,

Mark

Thanks,

I mounted a higher steering to get a more upright driving position.
For the first 3 days i used an Air hawk seat cushion and the rest i rode on the stock sesat wich i found more comfy.

Yes this bike is reliable. I just looked up that Zongshen bike and ive never heard about it nor seen it before. Design is obviously borrowed from BMW, but all manufacturers borrow designs in their earliest stages. 250cc is way to small though, cant be comfy nor fuel efficient. Lets give them a few years and i bet there will be awesome bikes.
CF has lots of dealers in the States, but maybe they only stick to ATV:s.
Contact one and ask if they have plans to stock the 650NK.
I will look for the Zongshen as it would be very interesting to try one.

Thanks, I managed to connect the usb charger cable and a USB port on my bike. This camera was facing forward and timelapsed the entire trip. A second camera was attached to all possible angles to capture the nicest moments and for this i had a USB battery charger that charged 2 batterys at a time. For about a day my USB connection broke down so i had to change the batterys every 2 hours.

Hope you come back and post the video, sounds ace :)