maxi scooter Articles
2012 Yamaha TMAX: practicality, defined
While other manufacturers are busy sticking motorcycle engines in maxi-scooters and maxi-scooter engines in motorcycles to create odd new breeds of hybrid, Yamaha is continuing its domination of that world with continual refinements to the basic concept. This new 2012 Yamaha TMAX looks to be essentially the perfect take on the large scooter concept, combining immense practicality, total comfort a...
07 November 2011
Scooters
17 October 2011
700cc parallel-twin will power Honda scooter, naked, adventure bikes
Honda has released details of a 700cc parallel-twin that will power three new bikes debuting for 2012. The first of those is this maxi-scooter, which locates the engine mid ship, like the segment-defining Yamaha TMAX. There, it’ll be equipped with a second generation version of Honda’s Dual Clutch Transmission. Perhaps tellingly, Honda is touting fuel economy numbers rather than horsepower or ...
26 September 2011
BMW Concept C coming stateside next year
Speaking to us at dinner this evening, BMW Motorrad marketing manager Todd Andersen confirmed that a production maxi scooter based on the BMW Concept C will be entering the US market sometime after being unveiled at this fall’s bike shows. BMW’s second scooter will attempt to take on the worldwide maxi scooter segment leader, the Yamaha TMAX. BMW is also announcing that all its models in the...
18 April 2011
News
Husqvarna adventure tourer, BMW maxi scooters coming this year
Speaking at the launch of the BMW K1600GT/L in South Africa last week, BMW Motorrad VP Hermann Bohrer revealed the existence of a forthcoming adventure tourer from the company’s Italian dirt bike brand, plus two maxi scooters believed to draw inspiration from the BMW Concept C. That Husqvarna adventure bike won’t go head-to-head with BMW’s existing range, rather it’s believed to be skewing...
22 February 2011