Honda CB300R BS6 vs CFMoto 250 CL-X: Photo Comparison
Let's see how Honda's latest neo retro stacks up against the newest Chinese quarter-litre retro offering in images
Let's see how Honda's latest neo retro stacks up against the newest Chinese quarter-litre retro offering in images
In India, we recently witnessed the launch of the new Honda CB300R BS6. Meanwhile, its Chinese rival, the CFMoto 250 CL-X, has been unveiled in its home country. To know how these neo-retro bikes fare against each other, here we bring you a detailed photo comparison.
On the design front, both bikes look quite similar as they carry a neo-retro look. The fascia of the CB300R BS6 gets a classic circular LED headlight with twin DRL's while the 250 CL-X uses a circular LED headlight with a distinctive X-shaped nacelle and LED DRL.
The side profile of both bikes looks quite similar in terms of design. However, there are a few differences such as the CB300R’s upswept exhaust while the 250 CL-X comes equipped with an underbelly unit. Both motorcycles use split seats.
The tail section of both the bikes are stubby yet lean, and they both mount an LED taillight. The CB300R gets a conventional tail-mounted licence plate holder with integrated LED turn indicators while the 250 CL-X gets a tyre hugger which mounts the license plate and LED turn indicators.
Powering the Honda CB300R is a BS6 compliant 286cc single-cylinder liquid-cooled engine that produces 31.1PS and 27.5Nm. The 250 CL-X on the other hand, draws power from a 250cc, single-cylinder engine that puts out 28PS and 22Nm.
Both the bikes use a similar suspension setup, a USD fork up front and a monoshock at the rear. The USD forks on the CB300R gets a golden finish while the unit on the 250 CL-X gets a matte black finish with side reflectors.
The braking hardware on both bikes comprise of discs at both ends with ABS also the unit on the CB300R is IMU-enhanced. The wheel size is also similar as both the bikes roll on 17-inch alloy wheels. The design of both the alloys also look quite identical. However, the one on the 250 CL-X gets blue highlights.
The Honda CB300R is priced at Rs 2.77 lakh (ex-showroom Delhi) while CFMoto is yet to reveal the price of the 250 CL-X abroad. Expect CFMoto to bring the neo-retro naked here some time in the future.
Honda CB300R User Reviews
Honda bikes is the best bike for every Indians , I like this bike , the comfort and features is outstanding the love this bike I ride this bike every day in city and highway, the cb 300r is the best city ride bike , the exhauste and console are very pretty and my favourite thing of this bike is looks.Read More
Buying experience is so good at time I am so excited and the looks of the bike is awesome and firing look like and lion. Bike performance is so good and maintenance and servicing is comfortable the servicing of my bike every after 3 months so it is comfortable.The colour of my bike is black and trendy. Read More
This bike look is very beautiful and performance is very best bike material is best I ride this bike dally 50 km around and very comfortable I am rider and I suggest this bike for dally use I ride this bike in highway this very fast bike hondaCB300R always best this bike maileg is very high this bike is allrounder .Read More
Absolutely a great bike for 300cc lovers but there are alot of bikes which are under in this segment so i prefer if you love the comfortness and a great mileage you can go by this honda cb300 r and i personally enjoyed riding in this bike the maintenance of this bike is somewhat ok for middle class people and when it comes to perfomance it is good for me actually Read More
I personally feel that Honda CB300R handles very poorly compared to other bikes in this segment. The bike being light in weight, high wind speeds easily topples the whole bike and makes it exceedingly unstable at speeds above 80 kilometers per hour. I ride this bikes at city approx 34 kmpl on soft throttle which is low. I do not even hard push the bike on highways.Read More