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12 OTT 2026 · I plugged the G5 Pro into the outdoor point at my Chaweng hotel's bike parking at 6 p.m. and it was full by 8 a.m. - the charger draws just 4.5 amps from a standard 220V socket, so the overnight hotel charge is the simplest, most reliable method. A two-hour lunch at a Fisherman's Village waterfront café added 22 per cent, good for 16 km more, and I have mapped about 12 coastal cafés that allow it without charging for the power. The Big C Chaweng parking level has two 220V e-vehicle points that gave 18 per cent over a 90-minute shop. One midpoint café charge extends a north coast day from 68 to 85 km for the cost of a coffee. Where you cannot rely on it is the mountain road and interior - no cafés, no sockets, a 12 km dead zone I once entered on 28 per cent. Charge at hotels first, then coastal cafés or Big C; the interior has nowhere to plug in.
11 OTT 2026 · I set out from Chaweng at 7 a.m. fully charged and returned at 5:30 p.m. after 68 km of coastal riding on 18 per cent left - the day I stopped calling the G5 Pro a compromise and started recommending it as a capable coastal machine no other e-scooter here could match on that route. In a 40-minute Samui downpour the IP67-rated motor ran fine, the display stayed legible and the ABS stopped me clean on wet paint at the roundabout - not a spec-sheet number but a daily tropical requirement. Its 14-inch wheels and longer suspension soak the Fisherman's Village concrete joins more completely than the NIU MQi+ I rode the week before. Its 55 km/h ceiling matches beach-corridor traffic exactly, only reaching a limit at 80 km/h ring road speed most holiday riders never touch. Arriving silently at dawn Choeng Mon, the motor below the surf, is the real reward. It leads by nailing all three: coastal-matched range, tropic-proof build, petrol-rivalling smoothness.
11 OTT 2026 · From 100 per cent I rode a mapped 78 km flat coastal loop - Chaweng, Mae Nam, Nathon, back - at 42 km/h and returned on 6 per cent, so the specified 80 km range holds on Samui's coast. Elevation rewrites it: the 6 km Nathon climb drank 35 per cent, 4.4 times the flat rate, and regen recovered only 3 per cent downhill, so subtract 30 to 40 per cent on a climbing day. On a 220V hotel socket it went 22 to 100 per cent in 7h45, roughly 8 to 9 hours from empty; a 2-hour café stop recovers 20 to 25 per cent, good for 16 to 20 km more. Speed drives it: 0.9 per cent per km at 30 km/h, 1.2 at 45, 1.6 at 55, so 40 to 45 km/h is the sweet spot. Measured across 40-plus sessions: 75 to 85 km flat, 45 to 55 with hills, 8 to 9 hours to charge - real figures, not claims.
10 OTT 2026 · From a full charge I rode the Chaweng-Lamai-Hin Ta beach loop, 28 km, and used 31 per cent - three laps before a charge, so any beach-loop holiday has abundant range on the G5 Pro, not merely adequate. A fuller northern day - Mae Nam market, Big Buddha, back, 42 km - left 52 per cent, its sweet spot because the whole route stays flat and under 50 km/h, exactly the motor's efficient band. Three days of town errands never topped 22 per cent daily, so resort riders charge every two or three days. Elevation is where it bites: the 6 km climb to the Nathon viewpoint took 35 per cent against 8 for the same distance flat, forcing a direct, moderate-speed return. A 2.5-hour lunch charge at the viewpoint café added 40 per cent, pushing the day past 100 km. Flat days under 60 km need no charge stop; above that plan a top-up, and on hilly routes charge after the climb - otherwise rent petrol.
9 OTT 2026 · At the Chaweng rental shop a Dutch woman bypassed every petrol scooter to spend ten minutes on the Yadea G5 Pro - battery level, charge time, whether the motor would disturb the jungle - because she wanted to cover more ground without adding to the exhaust haze over the beach road at 9 a.m. She extended for the week. Riding it 34 km to Mae Nam market and back cost 38 per cent of the battery, so beach-corridor day-trippers never think about charging. Cycling the north coast at dawn I was passed by one at 45 km/h making only a faint whir, and arriving silently at Choeng Mon bay genuinely matters. On the Nathon mountain road it slowed hard above 8 per cent gradient, needing a walking-pace push - it is wrong for hilly or 60 km-plus days. It fits the eco-minded rider who stays under 50 km near the coastal charging network and prizes silent, smooth running; others soon reach for the NMAX.
26 SET 2026 · I booked the XMAX 300 for half a week and a Honda Forza 350 for the other half, running the same ring road circuit, and the differences were smaller than the spec sheets suggest and more useful. Loaded with two helmets, a dry bag and a camera bag, the XMAX swallowed everything under the seat flat while the Forza forced the camera bag into its front cubby - the 39 against 28 litres reorganises what packs without a top box. On the Fisherman's Village-Choeng Mon concrete joins at 65 km/h the XMAX's two-up suspension stayed smooth where the Forza felt firmer. The Forza's screen adjusts higher, a real edge above 180 cm but a wash for the 165 to 180 cm majority, and its ABS pulses more aggressively - 19 metres to the XMAX's 20 from 70 km/h wet. Choose the XMAX for storage and two-up suspension, the Forza for windscreen and brake feel - for most touring couples with luggage over 70 km, the XMAX.
25 SET 2026 · On the 14 km Nathon-Bangrak straight I held the XMAX 300 at 90 km/h the whole way without lifting: engine calm, handlebars still, the CVT settled into top ratio inside the first kilometre - at 90 it is cruising, not working, which changes how a two-hour ring-road day costs you. When a delivery moto stopped across two lanes south of Central Festival, its dual-channel ABS caught both wheels from 80 km/h and stopped me straight inside 22 metres, the rear stability the real upgrade over the NMAX's single-channel front. On the west coast at 85 km/h the taller screen deflects the Gulf headwind above helmet level, saving upper-body effort over 40 km. Tight mountain bends need earlier braking and a wider line, a technique motorbike riders find natural. It returns 31 to 33 km/l for a 370 to 395 km range, trading 10 per cent efficiency for 60 per cent more range than the NMAX. Above 80 km/h it is the fleet's most composed scooter, and earns its premium there.
24 SET 2026 · Leaving Chaweng at 6 a.m. the XMAX 300 covers the counterclockwise ring road to Nathon in 48 minutes of riding, holding 85 km/h through the coast, plantations and three climbs without the engine stretching - 65 minutes and purposeful on the NMAX, a warm-up here. The Nathon mountain road climbs 340 metres in 6 km to a 12 per cent pitch, and two-up it held 55 km/h with no CVT hunting while a Scoopy and Filano at the summit looked finished. It loads onto the Thong Sala ferry in the standard vehicle lane for a 70 km Koh Phangan day whose steeper gradients only the XMAX or a motorbike shrugs off. The hard-packed Laem Sor cape track, with two sandy sections, it takes at 35 to 40 km/h on its 150-series tyre, and it carries two-night luggage with no handling change. My calibration route - Chaweng, Choeng Mon, Nathon, mountain road, Laem Sor, Lamai - runs 94 km in 2h35, a loop no other scooter finishes cleanly.
23 SET 2026 · On the mountain road access climb above Nathon two-up last March the XMAX 300 held 65 km/h on a gradient that drops a solo NMAX to 45 - its 28 horsepower against the NMAX's 15 treats an incline as background noise, not an event. On the full 84 km island circuit I reached Chaweng with 40 minutes of usable energy left, where the NMAX had left me fit only for dinner, its longer suspension travel soaking the north coast joins and broken Laem Sor tarmac without my arms buffering each hit. Over three days I measured 32 to 34 km/l, a 380 to 400 km range from the 12-litre tank - six ring-road laps between fills, so petrol leaves the equation. Behind the windscreen at 85 km/h airflow shifts from pressure to managed deflection, saving real fatigue past 50 km. For a demanding Samui touring day - 80 km-plus, mixed gradients, two riders, luggage - it is the only scooter that leaves both fresh; the NMAX comes next.
22 SET 2026 · I loaded the XMAX 300's underseat bay methodically at the Chaweng shop - full-face helmet, open-face helmet, a two-day dry bag and a 1.5-litre bottle - and the lid closed flat; the 39-litre figure is genuinely usable touring space where the NMAX takes one helmet only. Riding pillion 28 km to Mae Nam, its wider rear seat, firmer suspension and grab rail softened the concrete joins past Fisherman's Village that an NMAX passes straight through - it is built for a pillion who stays for hours. At 85 km/h the taller screen deflects air at chest level, cutting the effort of holding posture over a long coastal section. The dual USB port added 40 per cent to my phone across 35 km to Hin Ta, turning navigation into a non-issue. The 795 mm seat is 30 mm above the NMAX, needing a confident lean-park below 168 cm. Its storage, windscreen and pillion comfort clearly beat any 150cc - the only scooter here I would tour on for days without regret.
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| Autore | Christa Tucker |
| Organizzazione | Christa Tucker |
| Categorie | Automobilismo |
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