If you’ve never heard of Hanyang Moto, that’s fair, because before researching and writing this piece, I never did, either. As it turns out, it's a Chinese manufacturer better known for building bikes for other brands rather than under its own name. But lately, Hanyang’s been stepping out from behind the curtain, showing off motorcycles that are obviously begging for attention.
The Marshal Timberwolf 800 is their loudest attempt yet, and it looks like a Frankenstein monster of design ideas that somehow made it into production. At first glance, it’s confusing. The proportions say cruiser, the bodywork says streetfighter, and the wheels say “post-apocalyptic concept art.” It feels like a bike that couldn’t decide what it wanted to be, so it just said yes to everything.
From the turbine-style wheels to the bulbous tank and quilted saddle, there’s no shortage of visual drama. Whether you find it striking or just plain strange depends on your tolerance for chaos.
Under the bodywork, the Timberwolf packs an 800cc V-twin pushing out 56 horsepower and 50 pound-feet of torque. It’s liquid-cooled, belt-driven, and features an air suspension system that lets you tweak ride height on the fly, something you’d expect from a luxury tourer, not a middleweight cruiser. There’s a TFT display, modern LED lighting, and tires so wide they look like they were borrowed from a car.
But here’s where it gets interesting: the Timberwolf isn’t just another Chinese oddball, it’s part of a bigger shift happening in the cruiser world. The old formula of massive V-twins and chrome overload is fading. In its place, we’re seeing a new breed of power cruisers that borrow tech, design cues, and even riding dynamics from sportbikes. Harley’s Revolution Max platform did it. Ducati’s Diavel perfected it. And now even obscure brands like Hanyang are taking a swing at reinventing what a cruiser can look and feel like.
The Timberwolf’s design might make you squint, but it represents something worth paying attention to: a willingness to break the mold. On the one hand, traditional cruisers were all about laid-back aesthetics, tons of torque, and tons of nostalgia. On the other hand, bikes like this one are about reinvention, and trying to make the format relevant for a generation raised on streetfighters and naked bikes. Maybe it overshoots the mark, but at least it’s aiming somewhere new.
So yeah, maybe it’s ugly. Maybe it’s overdesigned. But in an era where even Harley and Indian are reinventing themselves (or at least trying to), a bike like the Timberwolf 800 might just carve out its own niche somewhere in the world.
Source: Hanyang Moto
