scooters for 2025

[knight2]

This video shows the scooters in quite a lot of detail, it's a bit on the long side but you can pick the scooters you want to see from the list underneath.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJsEVGhqvEE

[MrGrumpy]

Hmmm I note that the Kymco AK is now a 575 rather than a 550 (got to be more than the Tmax eh!) but the CV3 is still 'only' a 550! In some ways the Sym ADX 400 is the most interesting, but it does seem to lack wind protection for the lower legs! No apparent sign of Kymco's ADX 400 competitor that was unveiled a while back.

[Bellman]

I've ploughed my way through a lot of these EICMA and Bike Live! YouTube clips over the fast few weeks on new maxi scooters and there's hardly anything that's interested me. Rather disappointing when I'd like to buy a new maxi in the Spring. I've had my Forza 300 for six trouble free years now and I just fancy a change.

Nothing from new for 2025 from Kymco or SYM caught my eye and I don't want a pseudo adventure style scooter. There is one glimmer of hope though in a maxi I looked at in a showroom late last year. I had no idea how much the ergonomics had improved from the earlier version and its tech was impressive. Looking back now I should have bought one for 2024.

[knight2]

Modern scooters seem to be lacking in what used to be their best feature, weather protection some of those screens look next to useless. Under seat storage seems to be shrinking as well. Another gripe is pillion seats and footrests don't look that good either.
The 400 Burgman didn't look too bad about the best I've seen so far.

[Ministerofsillywalks]

I like the new Syms. Wonder if you can get parts for them?

[Waldorf]

I think the trouble with modern scooters - reduced under-seat storage and so on - it that the demand seems to be growing for maxis which have the looks and ride-qualities of motorbikes instead of the armchair comfort of big Burgers, Silverwings, X9s and so on.
I understand the desire for automatics and maxis were the only choice but now that many motorbikes are sporting automatic gearboxes, perhaps the people who want/need that feature will be able to stick with naked bikes and big tourers.