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Indian Pursuit and Guardian coming soon

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Indian Motorcycle has applied for the trademark for the model names Pursuit and Guardian which should be coming in about six to seven months, possibly as police bikes like the Victory models above.

In April 2019, Indian applied for the Challenger trademark and in October they unveiled the water-cooled Challenger tourer to take on Harley-Davidson’s Road Glide.

Indian ChallengerChallenger Limited

Given a similar time frame, we should expect to see the Pursuit and Guardian late this year, although that timeline could be disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic.

As for what they could be, we are not so sure.

Interestingly, this time the trademark filing was in the Australian intellectual property office which could simply be to throw moto-journos off the scent.

Police Pursuit and Guardian bikes?

To us, the name Pursuit sounds like a high-speed sports tourer that might be used by police.

So maybe they are going to challenge bikes such the Honda ST1300 and Yamaha JFR 1300.

If so, it could be powered by the liquid-cooled 1770cc Powerplus engine from the Challenger. A civvy version surely wouldn’t be too far behind.  

Secret planPowerplus Engine

It is believed the quad-valve Powerplus was originally developed as the Victory Freedom V2 before Polaris axed the brand in 2017.

In a sports tourer it could possibly have more power than the quoted 91kW (122hp).

Daytona Beach Police on Victory MotorcyclesDaytona Beach Police on Victory Motorcycles

Similarly, Guardian sounds very authoritarian like a police bike.

It would make sense that Indian Motorcycle chase the police market which has been dominated in the US by Harley-Davidson.

After all, sister company Victory Motorcycles did very well with its police specials.

Victory police motorcyclesVictory police motorcycle

And it should be noted that Victory Motorcycles sponsored the 2015 police Wall to Wall ride in Australia to remember fallen police officers.

Perhaps there is a certain synergy there with the Australia trademark filling!

Whatever the Pursuit and Guardian turn out to be, we shouldn’t have too long to wait.

Source: MotorbikeWriter.com

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CFMoto CF1250J is biggest yet

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A civilian version of the new CFMoto CF1250J police bike with a modified KTM LC8 engine is coming and it will be the biggest Chinese bike yet!

Michael Poynton, director of Australian importer Mojo Motorcycles, confirms the civvy version of the CF1350J is coming, “however this will be a while off yet”.

“I haven’t received technical details yet from CFMoto,” he says.

However details published in the UK “appears to be on the money from what I know”.

CF1250J tech specsCFMoto CF1250J police bike

That means it is a superseded KTM LC8 engine with new castings and now 1279cc with 104kW output and 240km/h top speed.

That would make it the biggest and most powerful motorcycle engine from a Chinese factory.

Other details include a porky 279kg wet weight, digital instruments, 190/55 ZR17 and 120/70 ZR17 tyres, Bosch ABS and Brembo calipers.CFMoto CF1250J police bike

The civvy version will be a CF1250G and, of course, it will include a pillion seat.

The current CFMoto range in Australia includes 150-650cc learner-approved motorcycles ranging in price from just $3290 to $8490.

They are also adding the 300SR, their first fully faired sports model.

CFMoto 300SRCFMoto 300SR

It was to arrive this month, but Michael says they decided to postpone the release of this model to spring due to current market conditions.

“This decision was made at the end of March, when things were obviously looking a lot worse than they are currently,” he says.

Full production

CFmoto factory coronavirusCFMoto factory

After a temporary closure in early February for the coronavirus pandemic, the CFMoto factory has been in full capacity production since the end of March, Michael says.

The factory in Hangzhou makes their bikes for the world market as well as KTMs for China.

“We have seen no impact to our supply chain, vehicles or spare parts,” he says.

“As we enter our peak season with ATV/UTVs in the lead-up to end of financial year, we actually have record volumes of CFMoto shipments scheduled to arrive over the coming months.

“And no, we have not experienced any backlash against Chinese products with our CFMoto retail numbers actually increasing over the first four months of 2020.”

The CFMoto factory is just outside Shanghai and about 750km from Wuhan, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak.

CFMoto and KTM are also building a joint factory in China with an estimated output of more than half a million bikes a year for the world market.

Michael says the joint factory was progressing well with production planned for the third quarter of this year.

“I believe the first models to be manufactured there will be the new CFMoto 700s (released in Milan) followed by KTM 790s.”

CFMoto 700CL-X HeritageCFMoto 700CL-X Heritage

Source: MotorbikeWriter.com