probably true...but also too bad...
the TMax looks to be the only true sport touring scooter with the ability to ride low and lean into the turns...also it is the best looking and has plenty of power...we in America also often have the extra bucks to spend to get just what we want, so the TMax might be a bit overpriced, but if marketed right people will buy it...
my concerns are that Yamaha is going to lose out some sales that will go to the Kymco Xciting 500 that IS coming to the US market and is a partial clone of the TMax (though not a twin engine and also has a much wider CVT unit)...
i personally have my choices down to the Xciting and Majesty...that would change in a heartbeat if Yamaha brought this beauty to our market:
seems the costs, since this is an established product already being produced, shouldn't be prohibitive for Yamaha to sell this model also...like when you go to look at a civic and walk out with an accord...most will buy the majesty, some will upgrade when they see and test the TMax...
also, it seems that yamaha doesn't have a "top of the line" model in the scooter dept...how do they compete with honda and suzuki without a 500 or higher cc model? if the american consumer really does think bigger is better than yamaha has to have the TMax here...
but mostly it just saddens me that there is a scooter out there i really really want and can't have (thinking of having one shipped from ireland...but that seems extreme...and my scooter shop is trying to get me to get the xciting anyway...they really like it)
i wrote to yamaha about this...they wrote back...it was not very reassuring...
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the TMax looks to be the only true sport touring scooter with the ability to ride low and lean into the turns...also it is the best looking and has plenty of power...we in America also often have the extra bucks to spend to get just what we want, so the TMax might be a bit overpriced, but if marketed right people will buy it...
my concerns are that Yamaha is going to lose out some sales that will go to the Kymco Xciting 500 that IS coming to the US market and is a partial clone of the TMax (though not a twin engine and also has a much wider CVT unit)...
i personally have my choices down to the Xciting and Majesty...that would change in a heartbeat if Yamaha brought this beauty to our market:

seems the costs, since this is an established product already being produced, shouldn't be prohibitive for Yamaha to sell this model also...like when you go to look at a civic and walk out with an accord...most will buy the majesty, some will upgrade when they see and test the TMax...
also, it seems that yamaha doesn't have a "top of the line" model in the scooter dept...how do they compete with honda and suzuki without a 500 or higher cc model? if the american consumer really does think bigger is better than yamaha has to have the TMax here...
but mostly it just saddens me that there is a scooter out there i really really want and can't have (thinking of having one shipped from ireland...but that seems extreme...and my scooter shop is trying to get me to get the xciting anyway...they really like it)
i wrote to yamaha about this...they wrote back...it was not very reassuring...
g