CFMOTO To Join Moto3 In 2022
CFMOTO have recently announced that they will be joining the Moto3 series in 2022. The Chinese manufacturer will joIn the racing series hopefully seeing a progress up to MotoGP with their KTM powered models, which have seen major success in sales recently.
CFMOTO will be joining the Moto3 action in 2022, thanks to their joint venture with KTM!
The CFMOTO-KTM partnership started with the production of small-capacity KTM-badged models for China, a market of which last year tallied 17.1 million motorcycle sales. The CFMOTO/KTM joint venture today comprises an office and recently completed R&D building while an all-new manufacturing facility in Hangzhou.
The joint venture will further expand CFMOTO’s research and development team, which currently comprises more than 200 employees across five countries – in addition to CFMOTO’s workforce of more than 3500 employees worldwide. The joint-venture company is known as CFMOTO-KTMR2R, in which CFMOTO holds a majority share of 51 per cent, with the remaining 49 per cent held by KTM.
The first bikes born from the KTM/CFMOTO joint venture is the 800MT range, powered by a 790cc parallel-twin engine.
A new-model assault will target new two-wheel segments for CFMOTO, including the largest and most powerful motorcycles ever produced by a Chinese manufacturer. The CF1250 will debut CFMOTO’s 1279cc V-twin. Producing 105kW (140hp) of power and 120Nm of torque, the engine is a heavily re-engineered version of KTM’s LC8 V-twin, manufactured under licence. At this stage, there are no plans to bring the CF1250 to Australia.
