XMax 300 TechMax 2020

[RobiXmax]

Greeatings all
Apart from the SE Tech Max 300 looking very cool (IMO) with its special paint, gold wheels and padded leather compartments!, I wonder if any other eagle-eyed owners like me spotted the tachometer in the website pictures? According to it, the 300 now revs out to 12,000, with a red line at 10,000rpm. Must be some mistake I thought, thinking this was perhaps the 400 motor and tey've used the wrong image but no, the 400 revs out at 9k like my 300 with no red line.

Has the engine been moded for 2020? Or for this model? Can anyone shed any light?

[Ralph]

It may have it on the rev counter but it wont get there, it's a long stroke engine
piston speed would be pretty high at those revs probably a marketing ploy or
using the counter off a smaller higher revving engine to save a few pennies.

[StephenC]

Sorry to say that the same photo is on the Yamaha UK site for the Xmax 125 which is rated for max power at 8750rpm, making a 10k limit more likely. https://www.yamaha-motor.eu/baltic/en/p ... techspecs/

Anyway, the engine on the 300 is the last thing they should have on their list for improvement.

And BTW, there's no Xmax 400 listed now. Not sure when it disappeared but it isn't there now.

[Greyerbeard]

Leather knee pads won't help you see in the dark....I wonder if there's a proper main beam in those new headlights?

[StephenC]

I wonder if there's a proper main beam in those new headlights?

Exactly! I would certainly have another but only if those lights are improved. Otherwise, I just can't as I live out where there are no streetlights.

[lenny]

I wonder if there's a proper main beam in those new headlights?

Exactly! I would certainly have another but only if those lights are improved. Otherwise, I just can't as I live out where there are no streetlights.
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would you have another xmax over the Forza, not withstanding the headlights.

[StephenC]

I wonder if there's a proper main beam in those new headlights?

Exactly! I would certainly have another but only if those lights are improved. Otherwise, I just can't as I live out where there are no streetlights.
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would you have another xmax over the Forza, not withstanding the headlights.

Tough one. That Bluecore engine is a big draw (power & economy) but the rear suspension wasn't great. On the other hand the Forza's leccy screen is more useful than I thought it would be and the storage is better. Of course something else (electric?) might come along in the next 2 years that I have the finance on the Forza for. Speaking of which, a 0% finance deal could swing the decision either way very easily. And colour choice, too. The Forza seems to look much the same no matter what colour you specify. At least Yamaha dropped that bronze option. So if one were available in a nice bright red, yellow or blue I could go for that.


If the above sounds like a stream of random thoughts, it was!

[StephenC]

Exactly! I would certainly have another but only if those lights are improved. Otherwise, I just can't as I live out where there are no streetlights.

would you have another xmax over the Forza, not withstanding the headlights.

Tough one. That Bluecore engine is a big draw (power & economy) but the rear suspension wasn't great. On the other hand the Forza's leccy screen is more useful than I thought it would be and the storage is better. Of course something else (electric?) might come along in the next 2 years that I have the finance on the Forza for. Speaking of which, a 0% finance deal could swing the decision either way very easily. And colour choice, too. The Forza seems to look much the same no matter what colour you specify. At least Yamaha dropped that bronze option. So if one were available in a nice bright red, yellow or blue I could go for that.


If the above sounds like a stream of random thoughts, it was!

[RobiXmax]

Sorry to say that the same photo is on the Yamaha UK site for the Xmax 125 which is rated for max power at 8750rpm, making a 10k limit more likely. https://www.yamaha-motor.eu/baltic/en/p ... techspecs/

Anyway, the engine on the 300 is the last thing they should have on their list for improvement.

And BTW, there's no Xmax 400 listed now. Not sure when it disappeared but it isn't there now.

Here's the 400, taken off the UK site. Sloppy marketing if the pic I referred to is taken from the 125. I certainly wasn't implying there is anything wrong with the 300 engine, we all know its a peach. I've only done 5.5k miles but I swear it is still getting faster and smoother. the Techmax looks cool but its a cheeky price at nearly 6k.

[Coolcarbon]

Picked mine up on Monday, 6 months old, less than 300 miles on it which I increased by 50% riding it back from west Sussex to Somerset...quite a nice wee thing...