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Lagi Jenama Motosikal China Bakal Masuk Malaysia – Giliran Kove Motorcycles?

Pengeluar motosikal China, Colove Motorcycles mnawarkan pelbagai model di pasaran negara itu.

Bagaimanapun, dalam satu langkah terbaru, Colove Motorcycles bakal membawa jenama itu ke pasaran global setelah memohon hak tanda dagangan di beberapa pasaran dunia.

Tibet Summit Colove Motorcycles Sales Co. Ltd (Colove) sebelum ini telah menjual motosikal di bawah jenama ‘Colove’ dan Excelle’ namun beberapa model terbaru kini memaparkan nama ‘Kove’.

Dalam perkembangan terbaru, Colove telah pun memfailkan tanda dagangan bagi nama ‘Kove Hyper’ secara serentak di beberapa negara antaranya, Amerika Syarikat, Kanada, Australia, New Zealand, Filipina, Mongola dan Malaysia.

Ini secara tidak langsung memberi bayangan bahawa syarikat motosikal China itu akan membawa barisan model sedia ada untuk pasaran negara.

Buat masa ini tidak dapat dipastikan sama ada Colove merancang memasarkan motosikal Kove dengan sendirinya atau menerusi pengedar sedia ada seperti MForce Bike Holdings yang ketika ini memasarkan beberapa jenama motosikal China antaranya, Benelli, Keeway, SYM, QJMotor dan WMOTO.

Sementara itu, antara model Colove yang mencuri tumpuan ketika ini adalah Excelle 800X dan Excelle 525X dengan kedua-duanya merupakan motosikal ‘adventure touring’.

Excelle 800X dihidupkan enjin parallel-twin 799cc LC8 dari KTM manakala Excelle 522X pula dikuasakan enjin Loncin 471cc parallel-twin yang menawarkan 53hp dan 50Nm.

Kove Motorcycles Might Be Heading To Malaysia – Here’s Why

Chinese motorcycle company, Colove Motorcycles might be another brand to enter the Malaysian market soon.

Colove has filed a new trademark rights in Malaysia.
the Chinese motorcycle maker plans to expand the brand globally soon.

Previously offering an interesting array of bikes in its home market of China under the name “Colove” and “Excelle”, the company has since introduced its latest range of two-wheelers under the name “Kove”.

According to the recent reports by Cycleworld, Tibet Summit Colove Motorcycles Sales Co. Ltd or Colove, plans to go global according to the latest trademark application filed.

The company has filed new international trademark rights to the brand “Kove Hyper” in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Israel, Mongolia, Philippines, Malaysia, and the World Intellectual Property Office.

This could mean that the brand will somehow make its way to our shores soon.

Although the brand is relatively new, Kove has made several headlines in the last few years, notably its latest offering, the Kove 321RR.

The new motorcycle gained positive reviews from industry experts and local journalists, but the powertrain is suspiciously similar to other established manufacturers.

Earlier this year, Kove was revealed to have been working on a new inline four-cylinder 400cc mill. The company CEO ran the prototype engine in front of the media to dismiss the idea that it simply copies other designs.

The new engine promises a whooping 16,000rpm redline and a peak power of 72.4hp @ 13,500rpm. With the bore and stroke sitting at 59mm x 36.5mm, it doesn’t appear to be related to any 400cc four-cylinder engine already available on the market.

Looking at how well Chinese motorcycle brands are doing in Malaysia with the likes of Benelli, QJMotor, WMOTO and CFMOTO, among others, Kove Motorcycles could be the next in line to do so soon enough.

(Source: CycleWorld)

China’s Colove Motorcycles Introduces a BMW/Honda Spin Off Called The 525X!

If there is one thing that Chinese bike makers have a reputation is, it is for being copy cats of great designs.

And that has been proven true once again by a Chinese motorcycle company called Colove, and its latest model called the Excelle 525X .

Truly, this is the Excelle and not a BMW F850GS, we kid you not! This is real. Check out the Youtube video below from a Youtuber called AutoWin.

The headlight (shown further below) may not be like a BMW, but it does look like it was inspired by Honda’s CBX models.

The design of the tank, the beak and the golden tubeless wire-some rims are curiously similar to the BMW.

But unlike the BMW on which it has obviously stolen its design from, the Excelle 525X supposedly costs a third of the asking price of the BMW.

The Excelle 525X relies on a 493.9cc engine that puts out 53.8PS at 9000rpm and 48Nm at 6500rpm. The engine is mated to a 6-speed gearbox that features a slipper clutch. A quick search on the internet reveals very little about where this engine originates from, or anything about the Excelle at all. A quick visit to the website of the Chinese bike maker shows that the website has been down for a while.

But if there is one thing that is impressive about the curious Chinese brand that has very little digital presence is that it comes with an impressive underpinnings.

It offers an adjustable KYB upside down fork with 195mm travel while the rear monoshock offers 200mm travel.

When compared to the bike it has based its design on, the BMW F850GS, the German bike costs more and even has inferior suspension made up of a non-adjustable fork, but with a fully adjustable mono shock.

As for the brakes, the Excelle uses Kailing callipers that grip on dual petal discs at the front and a single disc at the rear. There is no further information available about braking duties.

In terms of electronics, the Chinese manufacturer has loaded the 525X with an adaptive LED headlight, dual on-board chargers and a smartphone compatible instrument console.

Price starts from RM25,880 for the base model while the top end model that apparently features a single-sided swing arm costs about RM28,000 before Malaysian taxes.

There is no further information available regarding the Colove Excelle 525X, neither are there more photos.

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