CFMoto has been around longer than a lot of riders realize. The company started life back in the late ’80s in Hangzhou, China, not as a motorcycle brand but as an engine manufacturer. For years, it was cranking out motors for all sorts of applications, slowly branching into ATVs, side-by-sides, and eventually full-sized bikes. The real turning point, though, came in the 2010s when it linked arms with KTM.
That partnership led to a formal joint venture in 2017, which gave CFMoto access to some of the Austrian brand’s engineering and manufacturing chops. What started as a brand that Western riders often wrote off as “budget” has been evolving rapidly into something much more serious, with its own design language, competitive spec sheets, and a dealer network in the US that keeps getting bigger every year.
That’s why the latest announcement from the brand is worth paying attention to. For 2026, CFMoto isn’t just adding another model to the US lineup, it’s broadening its presence in ways that are hard to ignore.
