QJMotor Revises SRK600RS

For 2026, QJMotor is updating its 680cc four-cylinder sportbike, the SRK600RS, with more advanced tech, tweaked styling, and a surprisingly significant price cut.

When the QJMotor brand first appeared back in 2020, its initial offerings included a 600cc four-cylinder sportbike, making it the first Chinese manufacturer to compete in the competitive middleweight sportbike segment. The SRK600RC, based on the Benelli TNT 600i, remains in the brand’s global lineup, but produces just 81 horsepower, making it significantly underpowered compared to the competition. In 2024, QJMotor introduced the SRK600RS, developed in-house, and producing a more competitive 101 horsepower (claimed). The latest updates are rapidly bringing the company’s lineup closer to Japanese and European machines in terms of specs and performance.

If offering two middleweight four-cylinder models is baffling, that’s only the start of the confusion. QJMotor sometimes uses the same model designation for completely different motorcycles depending on the market in which they’re offered. For example, the SRK600RS that’s sold in European European markets is not the aforementioned 680cc inline-four, but a 554cc parallel-twin producing a claimed 56 horsepower.

There are two variants of the 680cc SRK600RS for 2026. The base model’s price in China is equivalent to just $4400, reduced from $5700 for the previous generation, and includes Magneti Marelli ride-by-wire throttles, a bidirectional quick shifter, three riding modes, two traction control settings, and cruise control. The up-spec version, with a price equivalent to $5100, uses Marzocchi suspension—adjustable for preload, compression, and rebound damping at the front, and for preload and rebound at the rear—along with Brembo four-pot radial brake calipers, a Brembo master cylinder, and a Marzocchi steering damper. It also adds cornering ABS and stickier Maxxis tires. Both models get the same cosmetic tweaks, including turn signals integrated into the mirror housings, additional side winglets, and a new exhaust. There’s also a new instrument panel layout.

It’s not clear whether the updated SRK600RS will reach export markets. There’s every chance, however, that the larger-capacity SRK800RS—which shares most of its parts and specs with the 600, and is already offered in markets around the globe—will get the same styling and tech upgrades.