CFMOTO 750SR-R sports bike leaked
By Ben Purvis
Any remaining doubts about how seriously China's motorcycle industry should be taken are rapidly being dispelled by the onslaught of impression new models from CFMOTO. Next, we can expect a 750 cc four-cylinder sports bike that's already been type-approved in China.
It will be China's first entry into the once-dominant 750 cc sports bike category - a field that's been all but abandoned in the decades since WSB shifted to a 1,000 cc capacity limit, but one that many riders will remember as a Goldilocks zone for motorcycle performance, filled with lightweight bikes offering more grunt than a 600 but without the white-knuckle experience of 1,000 cc superbikes.
The specifications include a peak power of 82 kW (110 hp) and a kerb weight, including fuel, of 213 kg. Clearly more 'sports bike' than 'superbike' but enough to outperform CFMOTO's current range-topper, the three-cylinder 675SR-R. At 1,419 mm, the 750's wheelbase is 19 mm longer than the 675's, and the lone image shows it has a new chassis, with a trellis style front section attached to a pressed or cast swingarm pivot area.
Like the 675SR-R, it has brake cooling ducts feeding air to Brembo four-piston calipers, but it forgoes the extreme head-down riding position of a typical sports bike for something a bit more practical - the bars are a little higher and wider than you might expect, given the styling. That styling also includes the inevitable front wings, this time biplane-style versions that sweep forward on either side of the fairing.
