Here's another review, this one I found translated to Spanish from the original French on the Spanish BMW C-series Forum.
http://www.motoservices.com/duel-sc...-650-sport-yamaha-tmax-530-game-of-throne.htm
They ended up in a TIE, both with 20/25 points.
Tmax had better mileage, motor & handling, the BMW had higher top speed and more equipment choices.
C650 Sport
LES PERFORMANCES
Vmax 180 km/h
Conso 5,8 l/100km
Autonomie 280 km
LA NOTE (sur 5)
Moteur 4
Comportement 4
Style 5
Prix 3
Equipement 4
TOTAL 20/25
Tmax 530
LES PERFORMANCES
Vmax 163 km/h
Conso 5,3 l/100km
Autonomie 280 km
LA NOTE (sur 5)
Moteur 5
Comportement 5
Style 5
Prix 3
Equipement 2
TOTAL 20/25
The author was very impressed at the changes that BMW made to UP the quality and styling, in part motivated by next year's EU 4 requirements, but can't WAIT to see what Yamaha answers back with in Europe.
(As a side note, this was posted by one of the founding Moderators who had owned a C 600 Sport, then a C 650 GT. After he recovered from TOTALING the C650, he got another scoot...a 2016 Tmax 530. He just couldn't live with the horrible resale value over there for used BMW's.
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