CFMOTO burst onto the off-road scene in 2017 with side-by-side machines and ATVs for the Aussie market. Despite being established in 1989 and signing an agreement with KTM in 2011 to build Chinese-specific motorcycles, the progressive Chinese brand didn’t really get serious about making off-road products until 2017.
In 2021, CFMOTO released the 800MT, a more off-road focused adventure bike. It got us champing at the bit to know what was next suggesting they wanted a slice of the lucrative off-road market. Then, late last year, CFMOTO surprised all of us with a pair of kids dirtbikes called the CX-2E and CX-5E while also unveiling their rally-inspired, dual-purpose dirtbike, the 450MT. As this was going on, American FMX legend Ronnie Renner released a video on his social media channels of him riding a CFMOTO electric motocross bike but there were no details to accompany it.
In 24 months, CFMOTO went from having not much involvement in the two-wheeled off-road market, to five machines clearly designed to be ridden in the
