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A JEDI has just been given
Jedi’s new §¨

MASTER! type-approval

JEDI MOTORS AND its
Sport GT 750 is small fry
among the mystifying
multitude of Chinese bike
brands. But its new 750
has just been given type-
approval by the Chinese
authorities, so it meets
emissions limits and is
certified to be sold in that
country.
Only two images have
emerged so far. One, from
the firm’s bare-bones
website, shows a civilian-
spec sports-tourer. The
other comes from the
official type-approval
documents and shows the
bike in police-ready spec,
a good way to underpin
development costs with
captive fleet sales.
The engine appears
to be a derivative of the
CFMoto parallel twin,
which has been around
in 650cc form for years
and for 2020 has been
stretched to 692cc for
the new CFMoto 700CL-
X. However, Jedi’s
homologation documents
say its version has a
capacity of 730cc. Tuned
for torque rather that
outright power, it weighs The Force is...
234kg ready to ride. BP oh never mind

KTM-POWEREDCFMOTO ADVENTURE BUSTED

THE TIES BETWEEN China’s 1000cc derivative of the LC8 investor relations
CFMoto and Austria’s V-twin engine, and since documents mention the
KTM are growing with then design patents have CFMoto deal, stating that
a prototype CFMoto emerged for a 1250cc V-twin the “twin-cylinder platform
adventure bike using KTM’s tourer, also using an engine will be available for CFMoto
LC8c parallel twin engine based on KTM’s design. and KTM products” and that
snapped on test. However, these are the the first product will be the

Recent CFMoto models first pictures we’ve seen of “CFMoto MT800” – surely the
have been styled by Kiska a CFMoto prototype using bike you see here.
Design, in which KTM has the more modern, mid-sized The name suggests that
a significant share. CFMoto parallel twin LC8c engine, CFMoto will be using the

also manufactures several used in 799cc form in the original 799cc version of the
KTM models and has plans KTM 790 Duke and 790 LC8c engine.
to launch its own using Adventure, and punched Expect an official

derivatives of KTM engines. out to 890cc in the new 890 unveiling later this year CFMoto is moving
Its 2017 V.02-NK concept Duke R. with production starting in in on the lucrative
bike was fitted with a KTM’s most recent 2021. BP Adventure market

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