New Forza 300 - 1st Impressions

[Oldie]

Collected my new Forza 300 today and had a good run home in dry, but windy, weather on a mix of highways/motorways and back roads.

I really think that Honda have made a great bike. It does everything well although, understandably, it doesn't have the same fun factor as the PCX. Well I guess that it's not meant to. It's more grown up and reminds me a lot of some of my touring motorcycles, but with the weight advantage and all the other benefits which a scooter brings. This will be perfect for my European travels.

The weather protection is excellent, the handling first class and there's plenty of power for highway running. Sitting at 80mph and 7k rpm it's well within it's power range. It's a fine all round performer. However, I found the seat became uncomfortable after a straight 2 hour ride and this is probably because it's new but there are ways round this if it persists.

Having recently ridden a friends new BMW R1200RT I couldn't help but make comparisons and it really does feel like a mini RT (to me anyway) but at a fraction of the price. I kept thinking “why buy anything else?”

Now, I'm new to scooters so perhaps there are plenty of other contenders out there, some even better, but I'm simply saying that this Forza is a joy to ride and I'm totally happy with my purchase.

[Old Grinner]

Keep us posted on your riding impressions as the miles march on.

[Oldie]

Keep us posted on your riding impressions as the miles march on.

Yeah, I'm old enough to know that it can take a while to work out the bad points

First impressions are good though but I will update this once the initial warm fuzzy feeling has worn off

[Jge64]

I could only see one difference between this bike in my Xmax when I compared the specs. this bike has an electric up and down for the windshield which is very nice. The x is still manual. Other than that side to side , it’s amazing how much the specs are identical.

[Oldie]

I read that the Yamaha has better performance but that wasn't a factor for me. Maybe the electric screen swung it, I don't know. I just saw it and bought it and happy that it turned out to be such a nice motorcycle.

[you you]

That does look very smart. Front end does resemble the BMW a bit too

[Oldie]

That does look very smart. Front end does resemble the BMW a bit too

And the dash

[easyrider]

I think it will get better as time goes on.. your body will adjust and the handling more natural and predictable.

[davenowherejones]

Not available in Canada

[87112]

Seat looks too narrow if you're anywhere over 130pds. Corbin will make a solution to that soon I figure.

[Oldie]

Seat looks too narrow if you're anywhere over 130pds. Corbin will make a solution to that soon I figure.

It's probably just the angle of the photo as it's actually quite wide, but it doesn't feel plush like the normal Forza seat.

[Jge64]

Seat looks too narrow if you're anywhere over 130pds. Corbin will make a solution to that soon I figure.

It's probably just the angle of the photo as it's actually quite wide, but it doesn't feel plush like the normal Forza seat.

The XMAX seat is hard as a rock too, But the airhawk large cruiser pad works well...Did close to 450 miles in the past few days with an airhawk…… Corbin not making one yet For either bike…

[edgey999]

I collected my new Forza 300 this week and fully echo the above.

[big bear]

if honda would of imported the newer forzas i would of bought one but i know there not big sellers in the united states

[gn2]

The thing that eventually made me want to sell my Forza was the seating position, I had become fed up with it.
When I first got the Forza I quite liked the low seat, it was comfortable for the journeys I did, but as time wore on I started to crave a seating position which felt more like a standard motorcycle.
If the new model has a seating position more like a regular motorcycle, for me that would be a plus.

[Oldie]

If the new model has a seating position more like a regular motorcycle, for me that would be a plus.

I wouldn't say that it's like a motorcycle seating position although the footboards do extend quite far back allowing you to bend your knees in a similar sort of way on a normal bike, if that's what you fancy. The seat is also much higher than the old Forza giving a really commanding feel on the road although this also means that I can't flat foot on it (5'8), but I've had far higher seats than this so it doesn't bother me. I can also say that there's a bit of give in the foam now (after another 2 or 3 hours riding) and it already feels more comfortable than my ride home from the dealers.

[gn2]

Higher seat sounds like an improvement.

[E. Foster Salsbury]

It would be nice if the seat to floorboard distance was greater. My 2015 measures about 17 inches. Is the new model higher?

Seat height of 2015- 28.2 inches.
Seat height of 2018- 30.7 inches.

[87112]

Its the width of the seat that makes a scooter feel higher than its real seat height. I am only 168cm and have more issues with scooters than motorcycles due to its wider saddle.

[WhiteNoise]

Yo Honda!!! Over Here!!!
We want your New Forza in the U.S. of A.
Can you make this happen Please?
Okay, think about it.
Come Spring Surprise US(A)!
We give our Thanks.
Make that bigger ..."THANKS!!!"