Bumbling around France & now back into the Normandy region,stopped in a place called Belléme.

Actually saw a Kymco X-town (newish normal panel scrapes from falling down cobbled roads)

It's a 300cc (279cc in real money) retails about €5K

The downtown is now 350cc (329cc to be exact) & they're pushing the AK550.

Oh to have the choices Europe do

If we bought as many scooters as France (and a lot of other countries) we would have the choice. But as it is the attitude of the manufacturers and importers is it isn't worth giving us a large selection with the few of each we would end up buying.

I suppose prices will be going up even more in the UK from next year so that won`t help encourage anything.

A 329cc would be very good allround I am sure.

And of course the AK550, very very nice.

Seem to be a fair few AK`s being bought over there going by Youtube vids.

Best Mark.

XP500FUN wrote: Mon Oct 01, 2018 11:47 pm I suppose prices will be going up even more in the UK from next year so that won`t help encourage anything.

A 329cc would be very good allround I am sure.

And of course the AK550, very very nice.

Seem to be a fair few AK`s being bought over there going by Youtube vids.

Best Mark.

It probably undercuts the competition (T max) by a fair margin, that's why. Much the same reason Maxsym 600i sales are starting to take off. Better value than the opposition.

You can just about buy THREE Kymco AK 550's for the cost of TWO Tmax 530 DX's

Everyone blames the importer's if there's a limited market can't expect them to have valuable stock sitting there waiting to be sold .They are running a business and I'm sure they know what sells best and where the profit is. I'm sure if a Muppet collective went to an importer and said have 50 people wanting a specific model they would bring 50 in .

Stock showroom space offering demo rides costs money and they obviously don't think its worth it financially .If was a bigger demand and bigger market for maxi scooters they maybe would .For the big jap dealers infrastructure is already in place .

Limited market for all maxi scooters .Royal alloy is Lambtetta clone so nostalgia effect .keeway cheap do they go over 125 not seen Hyosung scooter for sale do they go over 125 I don't know .

I'm not saying what they do is right but can see from business prospective if they don't think its viable .

I know when sym on face book post someone collecting new scooter its always a 125 .