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Don't expect a TMAX ADV scooter anytime soon

Coca-Cola against Pepsi. Ford against Ferrari. Apple versus Microsoft. History is full of great confrontations between the titanic brands. INorth the world of motorcycles, Honda vs. Yamaha could be the biggest rivalry now an interview with Motorcycling gives us an idea of how it works on the maxi-scooter scene, and why it means that we will never see an ADV version of the TMAXNorth.

Hope? Isn't the TMAX a scooter? Why should we expect a

adventurous version of this step by stepAren't the cobbled streets of the city, not the bumpy gravel roads?

Is simple. For the second time in its history, Honda demonstrates that there is a significant demand for rotating machines which are able to push once the pavement is finished. From the 1970s, Big Red had the CT series motorcycle / scooter hybrids.These little rough riders featured simplified change, low seat height, and knotty tiresy tested tor be the perfect solution for cyclists who didn't want to rip and rip the forest; They just wanted an easy to ride bike for unpaved roads.

More recently, Honda has revisited this idea. first came the ex–ADV maxi-scooter, and now we have the ADV150 forNorth Dakota the CT125 Hunter Cub. There is a lot of interest in these machines, so wouldn't Yamaha build its own version of this concept?

Not at all, he says Yamaha Motor Europe bigwig Paolo Pavesio. the says the X-ADV is a great idea, merging the scooter sensitivity with SUV design (even though he didn't seem so interested in the DCT gearbox, saying that a CVT was better for city driving).

However, Yamaha doesn't just want to copy ideas from other companies, he says, so don't expect an ADV version of the TMAX anytime soon. If it happens, it says PavesioIt certainly won't be in the next two years. Instead, for now, the goal is to regain TMAX's reputation for athletic performance, something

Pavesio says it was missing from the outgoing model.

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