Zontes reveals new 150bhp three-cylinder naked bike
Chinese manufacturer Zontes has revealed a new three-cylinder naked bike with 150bhp.
Zontes has recently announced a new naked bike with an impressive three-cylinder engine.
The motor displaces 847cc, making it much bigger than that seen in the current generation of Triumph Street Triples, for example. It therefore makes much more power: 150bhp compared to 130bhp.
It’s also much more than the 120bhp Yamaha’s 890cc triple produces in the MT-09. It’s a number that is actually much more comparable to the 140bhp from MV Agusta’s Brutale RR Ottantesimo, or even the Brutale Serie Oro’s 148bhp from its 931cc triple.
To put it shortly, 150bhp from a 847cc triple is a competitive number in the naked segment.
The bike the engine goes in, the Zontes ZT853-R, also comes in at a competitive weight: 183kg. That’s 5kg less than the standard Street Triple, 10kg less than the standard (meaning without the Y-AMT transmission) MT-09, and over 10kg less than both MVs.
Again, a competitive number.
The German publication Motorrad notes that the low weight, which is 15kg less than the smaller naked in Zontes’ range, the ZT703-R, could come from a reduction in material used in the frame and engine, which, on the 853, both seem to have thinner walls than their 703 counterparts. Additionally, weight could have been saved in the wheels and other cycle parts, such as the suspension which this time comes from KYB.
Speaking of cycle parts, Brembo handles braking on the ZT853-R.
No price has yet been put to the ZT-853-R, although it could be expected to come in a fair whack heftier than the £6,799 put in the ZT703-R. What we do know is that the bike is planned to arrive in Europe in late summer 2027.
