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happily bounce between regular track days and a cheeky Burt Munro trip each year. The quickshifter is decent, although a little jerky. It’ s possibly to do with the Euro5 + stuff, as the fuelling feels quite lean, which can feel snatchy riding around town. A trip to your local dyno legend [ or the actual fuelling legend Brett Roberts at BRM Dyno in Paeroa- Ed ] could cure that.
FAIRED VS NAKED Comparing the SR-R to the NK, the faired bike feels very stable when you’ re getting up to mischief. Weighing a claimed 188kg wet, I could still chuck it around easily, and never once did it get out of shape. The connection feel through the clip-on bars to the road is easily comparable to the likes of the top end middleweight bikes. The NK has quite a different feel. The lack of fairing weight and wind pressure, makes
it much quicker to tip into turns and feel more nimble around city streets. Swapping between the two bikes really displayed their individual characters( despite being 90 % identical), and it was easy to see each bike’ s strengths- I’ d have the SR-R For track days and the NK for carving up the morning traffic.
THE BIG QUESTION Would I own one? Considering the two-year warranty, affordable price tag and great styling, I actually would. The three-cylinder engine and chassis package is an absolute peach. Both the SR-R and NK offer so much. I can’ t wait to see how far CFMOTO pushes things- the company is forcing the market to launch new models and keep prices reasonable. I think heading to the track and racing an SR-R would show how well it stacks up against the middleweight competition. CFMOTO is on a roll and other manufacturers should take note.
92 KIWI RIDER