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The following video gives a pretty good description of the current/new Honda Forza 125 and 300 versions as sold in Europe. Good closeups of the features. Plenty to amuse the techno geeks out there.

PCX is a nice commuter in city in traffic bike, but if you want to do some highway, hills, and country back roads the Forza 300 is definitely the way to go.

The styling doesn't do it for me at all.
Much prefer the look of the original Forza 300.

The new Forza 300 is really an amazing machine. On all levels of comfort it wins from its competitors like the Yamaha Xmax 300 and others. However, on raw power the Yamaha Xmax 300 is stronger. I'm just wondering if the Forza 300 is enough to do some highway with a passenger and stuff underneath the seat. Will it still be able to reach a top speed of 130 km/h? Otherwise the Suzuki Burgman 400 might be very appealing as it offers a strong engine. Shame they didn't make it in a 400cc version, because I really like the design and features of this machine.

DarkLite1 wrote:I'm just wondering if the Forza 300 is enough to do some highway with a passenger and stuff underneath the seat. Will it still be able to reach a top speed of 130 km/h?

My 2013 Forza got to an indicated 75mph (120kph) on the one occasion when I carried a passenger.
Combined weight of me plus passenger would have been well over 200kg.

Based on my experience of 30,000 miles on a Forza 300, mostly on fast A-roads, I think if you regularly want to be holding 130kph comfortably with a passenger, chances are you'll need more engine.

It all depends on what you want:

A Forza 300 can easily get past HGVs at the speed they're legally allowed to do in the UK (96kph).

If you're going 120kph and want to do an overtake, you'll need a very long distance of flat road to achieve it.
Uphill? Forget it.

Based on my 84,000 km I agree with GN2.

I ride mine on the highway all the time but I also pull over to let people pass.

The Forza 300 is almost highway CAPABLE but not really.

Thx guys, appreciate the feedback. Now, the newer model is a bit lighter (12kg) and has 1HP and ! ft-lbs of torque more. I'm a pretty lightweight guy, 77kg. Taking all that into consideration I think it's perfectly suited for going on the highway now and then, not hours on end. But half an hour of highway at 130kph shouldn't be an issue. So I'm more pro on the Forza than on the Burgman 400. It's just... nicer overall. And I like Honda.

The Forza 300 improves with more miles on it. I am at 8k miles 12,900 Km and I have no concerns about riding it on the freeway for hours. I did it only once this summer, and the Forza was excellent. Able to keep up and not get run over, don't give in to worry.


For the record I weight 135 pds or 61 KG.

87112 wrote:The Forza 300 improves with more miles on it. I am at 8k miles 12,900 Km and I have no concerns about riding it on the freeway for hours. I did it only once this summer, and the Forza was excellent. Able to keep up and not get run over, don't give in to worry.
For the record I weight 135 pds or 61 KG.

That's very light weight for an adult - 10 stone!
I'm weigh 76KG's which is mid ideal weight for a 6ft man (so not heavy at all and you weigh much less)

gn2 wrote:The styling doesn't do it for me at all.
Much prefer the look of the original Forza 300.

I'm with you gn2.
All these new scoots look the same. No flowing fluid lines.
Give me the Majesty or my old pretty red Forza. Wish I could have kept it.
Will someone be brave enough to step away from these scoots with the chopped, angular lines?
Maybe the French?
Fish

Piaggio are still making the X10.
Easily the prettiest maxiscoot.

gn2 wrote:Piaggio are still making the X10.
Easily the prettiest maxiscoot.

Oh my!

Fish