Yamaha TMAX 530 2015 Test
2015 Yamaha TMAX 530 slightly revises, bestseller of the maximum category scooter. As we do not change a winning team, it is by a few thoughtful touches the manufacturer refines its excellent basis. Detailed review between Baux-de-Provence and Saintes Maries de la Mer.
200.000: the number of Yamaha TMAX sold worldwide since the placing on the market 500 in 2001 and. in France , it is not less than 50,000 units have been passed. Sacred number!
To continue to see it thrive the best-selling Yamaha chose to tweak some details for 2015 . On the menu: an inverted fork front calipers with radial fixation, restyled front and little touches that should make life easier.
The key cities
" Damn, where did I put the ignition key already? Oh yes it's true: there is need . " This phrase, many of us have passed at least once during the presentation of the Yamaha TMAX 2015.
For one of the things that change this year on the Yamaha Max scooter, is the appearance of the coded transponder SmartKey , unique for TMAX. Just now be up to 1 meter of the scooter with the SmartKey in your pocket and press the starter to roar the twin. Practice.
In place of the key switch is now at a small round console automobile inspiration . It has two multifunction buttons: engine failure, unlock the saddle (happiness when we loaded arm a little pressure is enough) and electric steering lock . Try SmartKey is believing!
More urban
By the turn of the T-Max, other modifications catch the eye. The bottom of the meters is a little color and adorned a retro red illumination . A 12V (supplied as standard) appeared on the left on the deck, condemning the small drawer. Damage.
The mirrors are gaining height to pass over those cars, which would change the lives of followers of interfile! Their form is reviewed, more angular. Logical, reverse vision earns a little more efficient .
Another improvement, the optical block into the digital age by adopting a full LED lighting with coupling of two flagship for efficiency. The nasty wart acting as pilot disappears from the front cover in favor of two LED ribbons in recognition of the optics, so Audi. The aggressive look of TMAX is strengthened and more recognizable at a distance.
A front more sports
But the biggest change for 2015 relates to the front of the maxi scooter with tuning forks. While the former hardly suffered reproach, he was replaced in favor of more athletic and modern elements. The 41 mm inverted fork is designed to increase the rigidity and improve the behavior of the maxi-scoot. The brake calipers are offered a radially mounted for even more efficiency. And it changes anything in real life, you say? It washes whiter my good lady. As in the pub ...
Joking aside, having on hand the old and the new TMax, the comparison is immediate. First thing: the road feel, safe and informative, does not change. Nobody will complain as much information back! The new fork is better constrained in hydraulics, without losing comfort: it plunges slower during sudden braking . It also finished his very late braking into turn in sporty driving.
As for the brakes, if the power difference is not obvious, the bite is a little higher , but especially the feeling is increased: one better control his braking for assay micro hair of his action. This makes it easier to work the front tire and thus delay the intervention of the ABS , now comes as standard.
Engine
The twin-line 4-stroke , liquid cooled, double overhead cam head and four valves per cylinder does not change . It develops 46.6 hp at 6750 rev / min for a couple of 5.23 kgm at 5250 rev / min . Secondary transmission retains its belt notched V , clean and efficient..
Chassis
In addition to the new inverted fork - stiffer and allowing a reduction in unsprung masses - and calipers from the very fun Yamaha MT-09, the cycle part does not change, and that's good. Yamaha TMAX 2015 retains its setting and aluminum swingarm, combining stability and agility.
brake side, two front discs 267 mm are kept, as well as the rear of 282 mm . The three accessories are pinched by dual-piston calipers . However the radial the front attachments improves the bite and feel the maxi scooter Yamaha: a good point.
With the adoption of ABS as standard , the weight is now 222 kg fully fueled (manufacturer data).
Instrumentation and SmartKey
The dashboard changes only very little, just winning small touches of red, a backlight of the same color and orange light for the SmartKey .
Always so full, it includes two analog meters for speed and diet, and a central digital display grouping totalizer Kilometre two trips, fuel gauge and engine temperature bargraph, clock and ambient temperature.
Big news 2015, the SmartKey is a transponder for starting the TMAX and openness saddle keyless . Simply being less than a meter in order to use the maxi-scooter.
Instead the key switch, a small round console equipped with 2 buttons allows the opening of the seat, stopping the T -Max and electrical Reverse Lock management . A button on the SmartKey to disable the transponder in order to save battery during long holidays or winter.
And if your SmarKey has no battery ? A lock hidden in the glove box to open the safe. However it is not possible to start the scooter it will necessarily change the batteries .
Yamaha Iron Max: Pushed to the Max!
Yamaha offers a variation of 2015 TMax to look more assertive, with some particular aesthetic elements. The fork tubes adopt a golden finish , as the stirrups protective covers before. The saddle passes bicolor , the footrest are aluminum and emblems affixed to the instruments and the back panel are specific . The backlight of the dashboard changes from red to white for a more sporting spirit. To emphasize its uniqueness, Iron Max wears a new exclusive colors Liquid Darkness . Matte black rims with thin gray stripes round off this original design.
Appraisal: The same, in almost the same
Homogeneous and sports are the adjectives that come to mind when you think of Yamaha TMAX that but few details carefully reviewed, does not change fundamentally in 2015 but still sets the bar a notch above .
Its engine is always lively and effective, allowing remonstrate some bikes to acceleration. Certainly linear drive forces, it offers a pleasure.
The road potential remains intact, thanks to good protection and dynamic qualities and further improved. This makes it even better equipped to face roads turns driving up efficiency, already formidable, level: most of you will be bleeding delighted
This Yamaha TMAX 2015 is very successful final and competitors yet more trouble to do ... even with a still pretty fare € 10,990 or € 11,290 for Iron Max declination .
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front axle more effectively
SmartKey thoughtful and practical
LED headlight
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rear shock a bit dry
rear ABS too sensitive
price
Data sheet
Engine: 530 cm3, 4-stroke, twin-cylinder line, bore 68 mm x 73 mm stroke, water-cooled, 2 and 4 soup ACT / cyl, electronic fuel injection, electric start, automatic CVT transmission, V-belt.. Power 46.6 hp (34.2 kW) at 6750 rev / min, 5.23 daN.m torque at 5250 rev / min
Chassis: frame and aluminum swingarm, telescopic fork front suspension reversed diam dip tubes. 41mm deb. 120 mm, rear suspension horizontal damper under the engine, deb. 116 mm, ABS brakes AV 2 diam disks. 267 mm / 4-piston calipers - Rear disc diameter. 282 mm / 2-piston caliper, front tires 120/70 x 15 - AR 160/60 x 15
Template: dimensions (LxWxH) 2200 mm x 775 mm x 1420 mm, wheelbase 1580 mm, 800 mm seat height, ground clearance 125 mm tank 15 liters Weight fully fueled 222 kg (manufacturer data)
Performance: top speed measured about 170 km / h average cons of the test: 6.4 l / 100 km (given board computer)
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