YAMAHA Max Models/Series Timeline, Specifications & Photos
First production year: 2004
The 2012 Yamaha X-MAX MomoDesign is all about high-performance and exclusive, custom style. With the classy lines of on of Italy's top aftermarket parts designers, this scooter boasts limited-edition trims and parts which will make many heads turn. From the carbon fiber accents to the exclusive seat with Momo stitched branding and bodywork accents, down to the high-performance Akrapovic exhaust, this scooter is all style. If a commuting machine with intuitive and easy operation is what you're after, but would not be parted that easily with the sporty aftermarket attire, then a maxi scooter such as the 2012 Yamaha X-MAX MomoDesign is definitely a thing to fit your bill perfectly.
In case you liked the 2012 Yamaha X-MAX 250, prepare for an even niftier version of this quarter-liter machine, the Sport edition. With a revised body trim, the 2012 X-MAX 250 Sport shows a premium two-tone seat with red piping, and multiple other racing red accents in a wonderful contrast with the darkened attire of the bodywork. With a passenger backrest closely following the styling of the machine, the 2012 X-MAX 250 Sport offers more peace of mind during fast city rides or during longer highway hauls.
The 2012 X-MAX 250 Sport also brings generous storage to the game, being a great machine for daily rides and even overnight trips. Accessories can expand both looks and functionality for this scooter, while the automatic transmission and powerful disc brakes make riding it easy and intuitive, with a reassuring feel.
The 2012 Yamaha X-MAX 250 is a quarter-liter maxi scooter for those in search of more brawn than what a small-displacement unit can offer, yet with premium handling and a reassuring feel even for beginning riders. The step-in design and generous seating offer both rider and passenger a comfortable ride and thanks to the rich instrumentation and on-board storage, life aboard the 2012 Yamaha X-MAX 250 is much easier and funnier than you'd think.
The revised bodywork is now even more sportier, with increased protection against the elements and showing off a more compact design, definitely a head-turner. The disc brakes provide exceptional stopping force and can also be ordered with ABS, for even more peace of mind.
The 2008 Yamaha T-MAX 500 is a large scooter, which the Japanese manufacturer has since the year 2001 in the portfolio. The Yamaha TMAX 500 is powered by a V2 cylinder engine, which would also look good on a motorcycle. The current 2nd generation has been sold since 2008 until 2011, in addition to a continuously variable CVT transmission from this year, also features ABS brakes and an immobilizer. Depending on the purpose of the motorcycle and its characteristics usually one among the three possible final drive options is preferred. On sport bikes the chain drive is preferred while most cruisers and touring bikes tend to be designed with belt or shaft drive. Manufacturers have used all of them over the year and each one has turned out to be a workable technology. The final drive of Yamaha Tmax 500 is belt.
The 2006 Yamaha X-MAX 250 is a brand-new scooter from Yamaha, a stylish, dynamic 250 created for seriously sporty urban fun. The new X-MAX unites a lively 20-horsepower motor with a compact chassis so you’ve got the power and manoeuvrability to really cut it on the city streets. And when you want to head out of town the X-MAX 250 is up for that too.
My Yamaha 250 X-Max is a middleweight twist-and-go maxi-scooter. It has all the practicalities of a conventional scooter with a bit more oomph for longer journeys and decent-sized wheels and tyres for cornering confidence.
It is the ultimate performant scooter, being fed by a 499cc parallel twin, 4 stroke engine which unleashes 44,3 hp at 7500rpm. It is as heavy as a motorcycle, being 205 kg fat.
The T-Max 500 has a sturdy chassis, bit like a cut down motorcycle really, and the beefy 38mm forks, plus monoshock rear end help keep it handling on the sporty side, until the sheer weight of the thing starts some misbehaviour if you push it.