Retro-Styled CFMoto 500SR Voom Sports Bike Teased
The CFMoto 500SR Voom is a retro-styled sports bike powered by a 500cc inline four-cylinder engine
Given the very positive reaction to the recently released Yamaha XSR900 GP, it’s not a surprise to find other OEMs looking to tap into the retro nostalgia.
CFMoto has been quick on the uptake, as it teases its 500SR Voom, a retro sportster with a 500cc inline four-cylinder engine. The bike seems to be a new platform from the Chinese brand, and the closest machine currently noted on the CFMoto global website is the 449cc, 46bhp, 450SR S sports bike. The 450SR S is powered by a parallel twin-cylinder engine, though, not the inline-four that is being reported by the media.
No that isn't a new kind of Vape, those are the air-intakes of the 500SR Voom!
As is the way with these kinds of teasers, confirmed specs and details aren’t yet known, and while some media outlets are reporting a 142mph top speed, we’ll take that with a pinch of salt until the official specification is released - which could be by the end of 2024.
All we have to go on then are the images, and from those, we can gather that the 500SR Voom is a decent-looking bike. The front fairing features LED DRLs mounted around the perimeter of the two frontally mounted air intakes, and when combined with the high-level exhaust it does have the silhouette of a retro endurance racer from the mid-1980s. The bike also has elements of the MV Agusta Rush, especially around the pillion seat which seems to tower above the rider's seat - it looks very much like a bike you sit in and not on.
This adjusted image of the bike shows the cockpit, TFT, and front suspension
Other elements we can see from the teaser video include a TFT dash, so we’d assume a certain level of connectivity, and the fork-tops look suspiciously like they are Showa Separate Function Forks - Big Piston items although fork adjusters aren’t visible in the teaser, so we’ll have to wait and see if that is true. At one point we do get a view of the bike's frame and it looks to be a similar tubular design as found on the 450SR S, albeit with some obvious modifications made for this physically larger and more powerful engine.
CFMoto 500SR Voom Teaser Video
Simon (AKA Toad) has been working within the motorcycle industry for more than twelve years, and a member of the motorcyclist family since birth. Growing up around British-built single and twins, it was inevitable that a life on two wheels was on the cards, from a very early age!
