First things first: don’t pull the ‘clutch’ in while riding one-handed. You see, there is no clutch and old habits die hard. I’m casually flipping down my visor as I’m accelerating away and then, as I go for the clutch, I’m almost headbutting the dash and spearing off into a gutter. Luckily it was dark and nobody saw me. Needless to say, I have limited experience with scooters and most of the ones I have ridden were of the 50cc two-stroke variety. But the experience I have had has told me that you either get scooters, or you don’t.
Forget your lightweight Uber Eats delivery bike: the XMAX is big, it stands tall and proud showing off its sporty looks with trick-looking LED lighting and sporty fairings. It has punch to match its looks, too. A super-efficient, fuel-injected, water-cooled 292cc single-cylinder engine is tucked away down low near the belt drive keeping the centre of gravity nice and low.
