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Tmax 560

Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2023 8:51 am
by RichH
Is the 560 the same engine in the new bike as the 2020?

Re: Tmax 560

Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2023 9:07 am
by MrGrumpy
Its always been more or less the same engine from the beginning, though with a continous series of upgrades and slight capacity increases. There certainly haven't been any major changes since the upgrade to 560cc in 2020 (the mk7). The updates for the mk8 have been more about extra electronics - TFT screens etc.

Re: Tmax 560

Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2023 5:04 pm
by RichH
Cheers. I thought as much.

Been watching some Max Tremo vids on you tube and he’s got his 560 down to around 3 secs 0-60. I’m mesmerised 😍

Lol

Re: Tmax 560

Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2023 5:56 pm
by MrGrumpy
RichH wrote: Thu Oct 19, 2023 5:04 pm Cheers. I thought as much.

Been watching some Max Tremo vids on you tube and he’s got his 560 down to around 3 secs 0-60. I’m mesmerised 😍

Lol
Fun...but if you really want that sort of acceleration, it'd probably be cheaper to buy a sportsbike! There again, I think the latest Tmaxs can do 0-60 in around 5 secs I think (early ones were around 7 secs), which isn't hanging around. With auto scoots, you can probably get as much of a performance improvement from playing with the variator as from the engine, though I think recent Tmax variators are pretty well sorted. When I got my 2017 mk6, I was very impressed by the middle range 'shove' it gave when overtaking, which is probably as useful than acceleration from rest.

Re: Tmax 560

Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2023 7:26 pm
by RichH
It’s pretty std. Think he’s only using a malossi multivar.

I’m no stranger to performance bikes. The scoot is always a second / third bike.

I do like the sleeper factor with a quick scoot though.

Re: Tmax 560

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2023 8:28 am
by Pukmeister
Sleeper factor indeed. Can't beat a Maxi Scooter in the urban setting.

I love it when the lights go green and you pull away, everyone expects it to be a 125cc and you leave them all for dust.

Re: Tmax 560

Posted: Mon Oct 23, 2023 12:13 pm
by MrGrumpy
Pukmeister wrote: Mon Oct 23, 2023 8:28 am
I love it when the lights go green and you pull away, everyone expects it to be a 125cc and you leave them all for dust.
Its not so much fun 'up North' as you might think - drivers round here are basically asleep 90% of the time, so when the lights go green they take anything up to half a minute to react, so whilst I'm gone at the first hint of green, its rather like a one bike race!