[cycleworld.com] - CFMoto 500SR Voom Details Confirmed

[Ninjette Newsbot]

CFMoto’s retro-styled 500SR, which is powered by a 500cc inline-four engine, has been type-approved while more of its details have been revealed.

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CFMoto’s 500SR Voom is powered by a 500cc inline-four. (CFMoto/)The first four-cylinder bike from CFMoto has recently been unveiled in China but as is increasingly common, the reveal wasn’t accompanied by any facts and figures relating to its performance or weight. However, now that the 500SR Voom has been type-approved, the resulting paperwork fills in those blanks.

The 500SR Voom is, at the moment at least, officially only intended for the Chinese market, even though there are already indications that other CFMoto importers around the world are keen to get their hands on it. And that’s not surprising, as despite the silly name, the Voom’s styling hits the mark for anyone with fond memories of sportbikes from the 1980s or 1990s. With its 500cc four-cylinder engine it doesn’t slot into a familiar category (we’re more used to seeing 400cc or 600cc fours), but the new DOHC fuel-injected inline-four puts out a claimed 78 hp using a 63mm bore and 40mm stroke.


Kawasaki’s Ninja ZX-4RR. (Kawasaki/)That power figure is a fraction higher than the most powerful versions of Kawasaki’s Ninja’s ZX-4RR, which has 25 percent less capacity than the CFMoto and makes 74 hp in most markets. However, US market versions of the Kawasaki are limited to just 56 hp. The CFMoto’s extra engine size means it’s not being stressed as much as the Japanese four-cylinder rival.

Other specifications revealed in the new type-approval document show that the 500SR Voom has a wheelbase of 54.9 inches, making it around the same size as a typical 600cc supersport bike, and it weighs 428 pounds including fuel. That’s about 12 pounds more than a Ninja ZX-4RR, and only a fraction less than the upcoming CFMoto 675SR-R triple, which weighs 430 pounds. The top speed, according to the document, is 130.5 mph, and the bike runs on 120/70-17 and 160/60-17 rubber.


CFMoto also has its 675SR-R sportbike, which is powered by an inline-triple, heading to production soon. (CFMoto/)Pictures included in the type approval show two color schemes, the silver/black version that CFMoto has already released images of, plus a new blue-and-black variant. There don’t appear to be any mechanical differences between the two, both featuring KYB suspension and CFMoto-branded radial-mount brakes, but the silver-and-black bike gets a black fork and bronze engine covers and wheels, while the blue version has a silver fork, white wheels with a black engine. Both use bar-end mirrors that are slightly at odds with the ‘90s-esque styling, and it’s clearer than ever in the new images that the circular holes on the nose are air intakes ringed with LEDs, with prominent ducts running back to the airbox, while the headlight is a rectangular unit under the nose.


CFMoto’s 500 500SR Voom in blue and black. (CFMoto/)Even if the 500SR Voom doesn’t get exported, CFMoto has already teased another version of the bike, simply called the 500SR, with styling that aligns with its current “SR” sportbike range (sold as “SS” models in the States), and it’s all but certain that an unfaired 500NK roadster will also be added to the range in the future.