Continue talking to myself after 300 kms.
THE GOOD 1. ABS
2. Handling and heavy front end
3. Sound
4. I really like cargo hook being much lower than 250S's: most grocery bags are nice and secure on the floor and do not "hang"
5. Overall solid feeling
6. Engine power and torque
NEUTRAL 1. Consumption. Supposed to be 30 % lower, but first tank was exactly like my old P250S.
I guess it might improve when things settle.
2. Better seat (for the driver) but still worse than 2003. Beverly 200.
3. No more light under the seat - useless anyway
4. Caveman's instrument cluster. Why such a difference in respect to X-Town that has among the best gauge clusters...
5. Initially scoot does not pull, then it does, then again no, then it comes to life. I guess this is not that bad on slippery roads.
THE BAD 1. Weakish and squidgy rear brake, at least compared to P250S.
2. Radiator is at the bottom of the floor towards front fender, directly exposed to stones and chips being thrown by the wheel. Like somebody engineered this intentionally to see that thing punctured.
3. I really do not like battery and electronics under the floorboard - Agility is the same
4. I don't like that the tank is under the passenger's part of the seat, would prefer the battery to be there. There is 7 kg of fuel there, battery would be less than 3 thus improving stability slightly
5. There is nothing under the front plastic. They could have installed a shelf over entire width over the scooter, and not only left side. There is a plastic outline on the cowling on the right side that is not cut / there is no latch.
THE UGLY 1. Service intervals. 2000 kms or every 6 months, whichever comes first.
2. Oil filter + transmission oil change @ every service
3. Storage space, everybody and his granny already know that. How did they manage to lose all that space below the seat?
4. Cooling liquid expansion bottle in the floorboard, under the screw. Really, Kymco?
5. I cannot describe how much I hate permanent on lights. Considering that scooters have quite low capacity batteries, they could have installed also a circuit that delays turning on the lights AFTER the engine is running. This is coming from somebody who rides 365 days/year and starts scooter (I have no garage) that was maybe covered by snow during the night.