ZXMoto founder Zhang Xue is working on a five-cylinder engine in a V configuration with around 1,000 cc. Between the official announcement and the figures circulating about it, however, lies a wide gap.
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The ZXMoto 820RR and the Ducati Panigale V2 have long been racing against each other in the Supersport World Championship, yet they do not meet in any showroom so far. A comparison of engine, suspension, brakes and prices shows how big the gap between the Chinese newcomer and the Italian supersport bike really is in 2026.
The ZXMoto 820X has been granted type approval and turns out different from the model shown at EICMA in November 2025. The documents list 116 hp, 218 kg and a wheelbase well above that of the concept.
ZXMoto has put two new middleweight motorcycles into production, the 820RR-R and the 820R, arriving first at dealers in China. The more powerful 820RR-R produces 145 hp and uses components from Brembo and KYB, while the naked 820R is built on the same three-cylinder engine.
The Chinese motorcycle manufacturer ZX Moto has won its first World Supersport Championship race. Valentin Debise took a double victory in Portimão on the 820RR — a twin-cylinder that is shaking up the established order.
Following his surprising departure from Kove, Zhang Xue, a leading figure in the Chinese motorcycle industry, has started a new chapter with ZXMoto. Without much fanfare, he left Kove—a brand he had built himself—and went on to found a new motorcycle brand named after his initials: ZXMoto.
With the new 820RR, ZXMoto presents an ambitious superbike concept from China that boasts exotic technical specifications. At this year’s CIMA in Chongqing, the young brand presented three versions of the sports bike as well as a naked variant based on the same three-cylinder engine.