Honda Forza 350

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Honda Forza 350

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Looking forward to a review

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Interesting! A 350? As opposed to the current 300 with only 279cc. Of course the question is whether it will be a worldwide model, or a local one.

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Could this be the engine that elevates the Forza beyond the Xmax? I hope so.
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It does sound like a very desirable scoot, although from what I read on here, the Xmax 300 Bluecore engine is its strongest point. We don't know any details of this 350 engine yet, whether its a brand new design or a development of the old 279 engine.

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I owned the xmax 300 for 18 months and the engine was very good. For 90% of the time it was excellent, but for me, lacked what only engine size can offer ;) . The new engine has vvt and is approx. 50cc larger, with the forza 300 giving 25hp and the xmax 28hp I doubt power wise it will be a large step.

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With Euro 5 now in force many manufacturers will be likely increasing engine capacity to offset the loses it causes. It's hard to keep the power up on some of these smaller engines. I do like the thought of a 350 Forza though.
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Data wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:47 am With Euro 5 now in force many manufacturers will be likely increasing engine capacity to offset the loses it causes. It's hard to keep the power up on some of these smaller engines. I do like the thought of a 350 Forza though.
Seems like it's a 50cc increase, 330cc from 280cc.

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Probably for the Far East only

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This is a video of a complete strip down of a new 350, they seem to be comparing the mechanicals to the 300, but not being fluent in that language....

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lenny wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2020 4:22 pm
Data wrote: Wed Jul 15, 2020 9:47 am With Euro 5 now in force many manufacturers will be likely increasing engine capacity to offset the loses it causes. It's hard to keep the power up on some of these smaller engines. I do like the thought of a 350 Forza though.
Seems like it's a 50cc increase, 330cc from 280cc.
Which doesn't much but is a 20%+ increase. A 350 should make at least 30bhp - the Piaggio Bev 350 made 35 if I remember correctly, which made it great fun - in a straight line anyway

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