2024 CFMOTO 450MT - New BEGINNER ADV!

Big news out of CFMOTO if you’re a fan of little adventure bikes, with the 450MT launching for 2024, taking their popular 450 powerplant – as the name suggests – and plopping it in quite an impressive little adventure-tourer.

We’re actually seeing a bike that I would say ticks a heap of boxes of what people have been clamouring for in this segment, but also falls short in one significant area, where people generally turn their nose up. Let me know what you think is your most common disappointment with ADVs in the comments though.

So let’s take a very quick look.

That 449 cc parallel-twin is a 270-degree, and will offer a bit more character as a result, while pumping out 32.5 kW and 44 Nm of torque, with the torque figure perhaps the most important here. There’s dual balance shafts integrated for good throttle response and minimal vibrations, although we’re still seeing an old-school throttle, so no RbW or electronics here. The clutch is also a slipper-unit too, which is more the expectation now.

On the chassis side of things we see quite an impressive suspension load out, provided by KYB and included long travel USD forks with both rebound and compression damping adjustment. The shock is also fully adjustable, and it seems clear that CFMOTO have the 390 ADV clearly in their sights on this one. Travel is also a generous 200 mm which combined with 220 mm ground clearance is again very much in the ballpark of expectations.

J.Juan provide the brakes, with a four-piston front caliper on big 320 mm rotor, just the one though, alongside a 240 mm rear rotor with single-piston caliper, and there’s Bosch ABS, with switchable rear. For a road-going machine there’s probably an argument for two front disc brakes, but for an ADV like this the single makes a lot of sense.

Wheels are spoked units, a 21 inch front with 90 by 90 tyre, alongside a 140 by 70 tyre on that 18 inch rear, both clad in CST rubber. No word on whether these will be tubeless which means it’s pretty saf..