QUICKSPIN I 2025 Kove 800X Rally
P88
a very aggressive engine brake
once the throttle was chopped.
So, the overall character is rowdy.
Power delivery is a little on the
lean side (maybe the blown-out
muffler carries some blame), but
the Bosch EFI overcomes that
quickly. Despite its fun noise,
the exhaust note here is way
overboard for normal riding; it's a
nuisance (but super fun); again,
this muffler was blown out!
When you get a bike with this
much power, without a lot of
mass, the chassis has a lot of
responsibility. Kove did a good
job harnessing the power and
making a stiff steel platform an
exciting riding. The 49mm fork
bolted up is decent at everything
and damn comfortable in techni
-
cal riding. No issues with the
shock, either.
This is a fun bike to inves-
tigate. High-end touches like
LED lights, machined billet triple
clamps, integrated USB plugs
(both kinds) and a big vertical
display screen mix with compo
-
nent brands only Kove has shown
us before (Yu-An suspension
and Taisko brakes, for example).
Word on the street is the 50-state
street-legal version of this beast is
expected in January 2025. Hope
-
fully, we get another ride.
CN
Jesse Ziegler
2025 KOVE 800X RALLY
($11,999)
ENGINE Parallel-twin, 4-stroke
VALVETRAIN 4-valve, DOHC
DISPLACEMENT 799cc
BORE X STROKE 88 x 65.7mm
COOLING SYSTEM Liquid
MAX POWER 95 hp claimed @ 9000 rpm
MAX TORQUE 59 lb-ft @ 7500 rpm
FUEL INJECTION Electronic fuel injection
system, 46mm throttle body
TRANSMISSION 6-speed
ELECTRONICS Switchable ABS
CHASSIS Steel perimeter
FRONT SUSPENSION 49mm inverted
fork, adjustable
compression and rebound
REAR SUSPENSION Piggy-back
Monoshock, adjustable spring
preload, rebound, high and low-speed
compression.
FRONT BRAKE Single 310mm disc, Taisko
dual-piston caliper
REAR BRAKE Single 240mm disc,
single-piston caliper
WHEELBASE 60.8 in.
SEAT HEIGHT 35.2 in.
FUEL CAPACITY 5.0 gal.
WEIGHT 397 lbs. (wet) / 363.8 lbs. (dry)
(Left) This part
says the quiet part
(twin-cylinder dirt
bikes sound the
most amazing) out
loud. Really loud.
(Bottom left) Angry
LED eyes set the
tone for the Kove's
attitude. (Bottom
right) A huge front
rotor and a brake
brand you've never
heard of do a fine
job of slowing the
800X Rally down.
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