QJMotor SRK 921 (2026 - ) review

For those visiting Motorcycle Live last autumn one of the undoubted highlights was the huge stand for QJMotor, the huge Chinese brand that builds over a million bikes a year and is now importing a good number of them to the UK through its local distributor Moto73. The line-up covers all bases but the real head-turners are the SRK 921 RR sports bike and its SKR 921 naked sibling. Both feature a 921cc four-cylinder engine, quality Marzocchi suspension, single-sided swingarm, Brembo brakes, lots of electronics, slick styling and, perhaps most impressively of all, astonishing pricing. Before we get to how it rides let’s address the elephant in the room of styling that invokes memories of old MV Agusta Brutale 920. Which won’t come as a surprise when you learn the 921’s engine shares roots with the MV and the man who designed it has also styled the QJ. That said, the 921 is striking, stylish and well-executed. There are plenty of neat design details such as the fold-out pillion pegs incorporated into the silencers and it performs well. Yes, there are question marks about being a ‘Chinese copy’, unproven reliability and residual values, but the old 920 was always the most real-world Brutale and, at this price, it’s a bargain.

Nothing radical or extreme here. The 921 has the beefy stance you expect from a roadster packing a transverse in-line four-cylinder engine combined with the slightly diluted sportster riding position you’d anticipate of a naked derived from a fully-faired sports bike like the SRK 921 RR. The sculpted, two-piece seat is an accessible 835mm and is adequate without being plush. The ergonomics are aggressive without compromising practicality too much and it’s reasonably comfortable for the type of use it’s intended for, though not a bike for long distances with a pillion. Not that anyone would expect it to be.

The SRK921 is a performance and style orientated naked version of a full-on sports bike so it was never going to be wholly practical or versatile. Instead,it’s a machine for thrill-packed sunny Sunday afternoons in the country or for posing at bike meetings– and the QJMotor does a great job of both. Beyond that, however, things start to become limited. Pillions are possible but not encouraged, luggage capacity with those twin upswept exhausts isn’t the easiest and there’s obviously no fairing to help with touring or long motorway miles. That said, the SRK is decent around town, not uncomfortable and nor too precious to use year-round. But there are limits.