If you are a student. Just get something cheap to run. Big bike running costs can be high.

If you just need a bigger bike, just get a kawa 250 or dominar. They are cheap to buy, simple, cheap to run, parts are easy to source and there are enough of them in the scrap market for parts.

My 800NKs running costs is about 7000 a year including insurance and road tax (excluding fuel) given my high annual mileage. 650s are cheaper but not by that much. That would buy you a used dominar every year. Big bikes are not cheap to run.

Buying a new Chinese bike, be it cfmoto or whatever, means you are going to take a huge whack in depreciation when you want to sell or upgrade

If I were financially insecure, I would just get a small used 250 where the depreciation has already taken most of the bite and has slowed down and ride it for a few years then upgrade later. If you are a new rider, give it a few years of riding and not only you will skill up to avoid costly jaguh bodoh incidents on a new bike but also understand better what bike suits you better when it comes time to upgrade.

Yes, anything old will require a bit of work, but smaller older bikes are easily worked on yourself and parts can easily be sourced.

Buying a new bike regardless of brand is no guarantee of a trouble free ownership. While you may still get the benefit of warranty, your new bike may still send up stuck at the service centre for several weeks while waiting for parts.

Tyre costs would be he highest running cost of a big bike. A typically decent set would run you over 1k easily and depending on your use, might only last a year or less. Make sure you can stomach tyre replacement costs before getting ANY bike. I go through 2 sets per year. 3 sets if on a sportier medium compound (my factory tyre lasted me less than 4 months)

Generally for Cfmoto, parts take around 8-10 days to arrive at service centre. I had 4 warranty repairs on my NK that were covered by cfmoto . Total downtime is about 3 weeks. Sure stings to buy a new bike and have it sent back for repairs twice in the first month.

Despite my less than ideal experience, I would still go with cfmoto over other Chinese brands.