Present XTown 300i 2019 abs---I am very pleased, seems to work fine and easy to work on.9,000 miles.
#1 Honda---2 new Silverwings, each ridden to about 50,000 miles---first one drive take up ruff for life of bike, second at about 40,000 miles, abs light came on, would not go out---required trip to dealer. Reflex worked fine but at 22,500 miles lady on phone ran it and me over....bike totaled, I only required hand operation---Helix, had 4 new ones, 175,000 miles total, liked them but.....3 of the 4 had rear clutch bearing problems (warranty), all broke intake stubs (rubber) just carried spare, at least one air box cracked (warranty), All 4---muffler guts came loose at about30,000 miles!! all of the $400 mufflers were replaced under warranty. One broken OEM drive belt. Had Thai made CB300F bike----nice quality, nothing broke. Traded at 18,000 miles---did not like no centerstand.---fine performance/handling.
#2 Suzuki----two new Burgman 400's---first had porous engine castings----8,000 miles of oil leaks, dealer took it back, got TMAX Yamaha from the deal. Second at 20,000 miles----total failure of drive line, clutch/belt/pulley----Suzuki paid for the expensive repair (warranty)---I rode this scooter out to over 40,000 miles, liked it, hard to work on/heavy. Bought new TU 250 bike---rode 18,000 miles, no troubles, but do not like no centerstand or open chain.
#3 Daelim 125 scooter--bought new in Korea, just no problems, wide open didn't seem to hurt it---dealer bought it back when I left Korea.
Repeating Kymco working fine for me so far, it like all maxi scooters seem to come with crappy/kinda useless windshield and require spending money to get comfort!! Think if company big shots were required to ride across US/Up and down Europe....we would have better wind/weather protection
