Honda Forza 350

[lenny]

Looking forward to a review

[MrGrumpy]

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.

[StephenC]

Could this be the engine that elevates the Forza beyond the Xmax? I hope so.

[MrGrumpy]

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.

[lenny]

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.

[Data]

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.

[lenny]

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.

[Symcity]

Probably for the Far East only

[lenny]

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....

[MrGrumpy]

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