KYMCO AK550 Premium - Review
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- Опубликовано: 27 апр 2024
- Full review of the KYMCO AK550 Premium after 1 week and 1400km with the thing. It's an impressive machine and a very well polished all rounder.
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Hey Alex, I had lost your channel some months ago. I'm happy I discovered it again. I am Zambian watching you from Zambia, Africa. Keep on producing this content, we love your work.
Thank you! 😁
Hi Alex, (from Oregon / USA)!
Your Kymco AK 550 review is the most thorough I’ve seen! Great job! Thank you for going through all the features, buttons & dynamics of the 550, (you answered a ton of questions). Will take a look @ your other Kymco videos soon, wishing you the very best!
Thank you, and glad you enjoyed the video. I always try to go into as much detail as I can with my reviews.
@@RideWithAlex Started watching your other videos on motor scooters we don’t have in the US, (or @ least I haven’t seen them)? You have a gift for providing great information regardless of what you’re reviewing. Thumbs up all ‘round!
Great video, I bought mine 2 years ago and the dealership didn't know or explain anything about my AK550
I've had this model for about a year, right when it was launched, and it's a very complete machine that adapts to various types of use and scenarios, at a relatively low cost.
Never saw better review!!! Thanks you just convinced me to buy this scooter 😊
First was honda forza my choice but with this package of extras kymco is the one
Frumos maxi scuter,nimic de zis! Problema este ca putini dintre noi cred ca au buget disponibil pentru el.
In alta ordine de idei, tu esti cel datorita caruia mi-am luat scuter( un kymco xtown 300 abs aproape nou). M-au convins video-urile tale cu fel de fel de modele si cilidree prin tot felul de locuri. Te urmaresc de cel putin un an si m-ai inspirat sa fac alegerea asta. Pot sa iti multumesc pt asta. Azi am facut un drum mai lung cu noua mea jucarie, cam 340 km. Locuiesc in Vrancea si in itinerarul de azi am avut si sectorul Lepsa. Pot spune ca,desi temperatura a scazut in ultimii km pana acasa la 12 grade, si am cam inghetat, sunt mega fericit de experienta. Iti doresc toate cele bune, la mai multi abonati si drumuri uscate!
Ma bucur sa aud, acum începe experimentarea cu echipamentul pe diferite temperaturi. După fiecare drum când ți-e un pic frig sau cald vei învață ce iti trebuie sa adaugi sau sa dai jos pentru a ridica nivelul de comfort. Fiecare e diferit deci asta e pentru tine sa descoperi.
O placere sa te urmaresc!!❤
Mulțumesc! 😁
Χαίρομαι να βλέπω την κριτική σου γιατί ξέρεις να εκφράζεις την άποψη σου οπως και να την αναλύεις στο τεχνικό κομμάτι.
Το Ak είναι ενα εξαιρετικό δικυλινδρο Σκούτερ σε όλους τους τομείς για αυτόν τον λόγο εχει σταθερό αγοραστικό κοινό σε ολο τον κόσμο εδω και χρόνια απο τα προηγούμενα μοντέλα..
That was a great vlog on the 550 👍👍
Thank you! 😁
I have 8k miles on my 22 kymco ak550 . Have also owned a Burgman 400 and a 650. Along with 50+ motorcycles. It has a lot more power than the 400 and is small and lighter than the 650 . I just miss the amount of under seat storage on the Suzuki's. I've had a few issues with the ak550 but Kymco took care of it with no problems.
Riding with a passenger is no problems, you can cruise at 70 mph very easy. If i can get the Premium before Honda gets the ADV X in the US i will trade up. Since I'm getting older the kynco is much easier to maneuver and ride than my Honda AT or old Kawasaki Voyager . Generally I get 50 mpg which is pretty good for the way I ride.
Great review!
Thank you😁
WOW~ Very detailed 😍 THX
I also din not feel it pull untill 70-80km/h more than a well tuned 300-400 cc. Did not expect it to be so easy to drive at 5 km/h ! Very stable in cornering! Good brakes ! Lovely windshield untill 100-110 km/h! Also did not expect it to be so easy at filtering traffic!
Congrats on the kymco relationship. I'd love to see you review the Kymco Xciting but I'm biased 😉
Hello Alex!
Thorough review, I liked it very much.
Could you do such a review of all of the scooters every brand please?😊
That would be awesome!
Be bad and do roadtrips, all the best!
It depends on the dealers to give me scooters 😁
Alex + Kymco + 550cc = AK550 😂🙏🧡
😂😂😂😂
Excellent, thorough review. Will you be posting a video of your trip?
Yes, there is a lot of footage probably in 2 weeks the full trip will be up on the channel
Great video!! ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Beautiful review. Had my full undivided attention the entire video…. Way to deal with the dogs in the end!
Thank you 😁
I think Yamaha have no excuse for the T-max price with the AK550 around
Thank you for the review Alex 👍🏻
I'm withholding judgment until I spent some time on a T-max.
Спасибо за столь подробный обзор! Думаю о замене своего SYM TL, и теперь эта модель от kymco будет в перечне к выбору благодаря вам.
Glad you enjoyed it.
@@RideWithAlex my thoughts! I own adv350 from Honda for 12000 km, and I can see this might be my next bike
Good evening Alex. Always your reviews are nice and you are a cool guy. I have a question please. What about the quality of the plastics and the total quality of the scooter? I have a Forza 350 and I was thinking for something with more horsepower. In terms of quality what do you think about this change? A friend from Greece.
I liked the plastics, they felt good and there was no ratling what so ever.
.you are doing great
Thank you!
Aleex, asta e cel mai detaliat videoclip al tau. E clar ca iti place jucaria asta. Sper sa faci un asemenea DOCUMENTAR si cu un Sym Joyride 300
Joyride 300 este deja pe canal, greu de facut ceva in plus cu el considerand ca nu face parte din flota de test.
@@RideWithAlex Da, la asta ma refeream. O saptamana de test. Esti bun pe treaba ta. Big like!
Good review, thank you. I do believe the AK550 is a T-Max competitor. They are similar conceptually. What I do not like is the belt drive to the rear wheel. It means extra maintenance. But the T-Max has this issue as well. And I'm still wondering whether a top maxi scooter like this can replace my R1150RT. To me, image wise it cannot and I prefer the way you can ride slowly on a non automatic motorcycle, using the friction zone and the back brake. Then again a maxi scooter is a lot easier to push in and out of the shed... And, of course, storage space and fuel economy is awesome.
Marvelous scooter. Seen this clip, have a bad feeling selling my old Grand Dink 250. Why I've got the feeling that you did trip to Sofia for the moto expo there /here/. You did it suspiciously at the same time 😀 .. We will waiting for material from that trip.
It's going to take a bit of time to go through the footage, I have over 4 hours filmed but hopefully in 1-2 weeks it will be out.
I guess you can get used one for a lot cheaper as they are available and with the engine so well made it shouldn't be an issue 👍
Cool looking scooter and a great review Alex...Does Kymco do any good 125's mate ?? 🙂
Yea, they have a lot of 125's
@@RideWithAlex Get the 360-125 for a review Alex 🙂
@@The_Arby I'll ask for it :)
@@RideWithAlex 🙂
Salutare,super review, mi se pare mie sau ma insel, la minutul 13,15 ,aproximativ, cand l ai pornit si turat un pic scotea fum? Tare mi as dori daca ai putea sa testezi de la Kymco, Downtown GT 350i TCS
La pornire toate scot un pic ca e amestecul de pornire puțin mai bogat și scoate puțin fum negru. Downtown nu stiu daca au la test dar dacă au va urma pe viitor
Did you get the zontes in the end,?
and how do you compare it whit this kimco? i know its a big price diffrence but anyway?
It's hard to compare, the zontes does it's job very well, but the AK has something special about it. You pay a premium price for a premium product.
Great machine .. What about Downtown?
Maybe in the future if it's available
I test rode this bike. It does behave like a motorbike. What i found disappointing was how little storage it has compared to the smaller capacity bikes
Because of the way the engine and transmission has to be mounted for it to behave like a motorbike you lose some storage space. Look at it from a different perspective, the storage space is much bigger then on any motorbike.
I wonder if this bike is worth it over the Forza 750, where I live they are almost the same price but the Kymco seems to have a lot more features.
Depends what you like and best would be to test ride them both.
Hello.. the previous ak models suffered from all kinds of electronic problems and therefore the reliability is not the highest.. compared to the tmax which has a very high reliability.. do you think the new ak premium model is better than the new tmax 560?
I had it for a week and it was mostly fine, apart for 1 day the heated grips had a glitch but fixed themselves the next day 🤷
Thanks for the Video. How Reliable compared to Yamaha and Honda please. 🙏 thanks
Just as reliable.
Is it very hot under the seat, in the storage?
Didn't have an issue with that.
Front and back wheels are 15inch
Hi alex! What are you preferred? this ak550 or maxsym tl508?
If you have the money, this is better.
According to all the tests and opinions of mechanics and owners, the tl508 is like a simple tmax, a strong engine for sporty riding and high reliability, ak550 primume is equipped with a lot of electronics and more complex assemblies but a low level of reliability and is not strongly recommended.
Can you please explain why they say in the specifications that weight for the rider, passenger and other stuff is only 165kg? Is that true? If yes then why? Yamaha Tmax has 196kg , my ADV 350 is 186kg and so on. Even my HD Fat Bob is 175kg. Don't understand why Kymco has such low values across the range 😞
I have no ideea about that :/
@@RideWithAlex But in papers it has really just 165kg, right?
@@puffybodie5282 I didn't check the papers on the test unit
I ride one, I weight 82 kilos, my wife 58. With the two on no problem. The other day my brother in law came, he weights another 80 kilos or more. We bottomed the suspension on some uneven road and his slippers went flying on the rebound. This scooter also is not very swifty in acceleration because of the CVT. Specially if you want to overtake if you are doing 30- 40. The display is very difficult to read in full sun (well in full sun is useless). It's also very heavy and I don't find it easy to go around cars at low speeds because of how long it is. For city riding something smaller and lighter is better. It's very comfortable though. I have losen the rear end a few times (no traction control on mine) but it was very predictable. The rear disk is not brembo and wears off way too fast compared to the front one.
Hi Alex. Could you try the QJ Fort 400 ? I just saw it a week ago. Sat on It and It was so comfortable. Súper equiped, faster than Sym GT 400, It seems and just 5.500 €...1.000 € cheaper than the Sym...Quality seems Very good, aftercreading comments...Wgat do you think ?
I'm sorry but the qj isn't available here yet
Hi Alex. Between Kymco AK550 vs Yamaha Tmax 560, which one is your prefered scooter?
I've never riden the Yamaha so I can't say.
Hi, how is this bike compare to TMAX?
If you watched the whole video I said about the T-max
zontes have same fuel consumption?
Just about the same.
"sport mode no traction control will do a burnout." Cool. But will it wheelie?
(I understand that you don't want to abuse Kymco products on video..... But that immediately came to mind.)
I'm not a wheelie guy and nearly dropped my GS when I did a baby wheelie but I think in the right hands it would do a wheelie. You can't pop the clutch but you can make it to jump up.
Salut, Alex!
Crezi ca o persoana de 1.67m ar ajunge la pamant cu picioarele pe asa scooter?))
Trebuie sa îl încerci, pe românește nu e înalt depinde cât de bine poți sa te cracanezi ca e lat 😂
Te împingi pe șa, în față, până ajungi cu „bijuteriile” la capacul bușonului de benzină. Acolo, șaua e cea mai îngustă. În continuare, aplici aptitudinile de balerin și ajungi cu poantele, sau poate mai mult, pe sol. Și te antrenezi în a-ți muta tuhăsul mai pe-o parte, când te pregătești să oprești, astfel încât să stai cu un picior pe scuter și cu celălalt, stabil, cu toată talpa, pe sol... Nu mă întreba, cum am învățat asta...
@@1zanglang 😂😂😂 nu pot sa contrazic absolut nimic din ce ai spus.
@@1zanglang mi-ai facut ziua cu comentariul asta🤣
@@RideWithAlex pot destul de mult, dar nu stiu dacă ar mai ramane picior si pentru asfalt🤣🤣
3,5L/100km at 80kmh easy constant trottle solo ride on the back magistral roads??
Should be about that, I didn't ride like that :))
@@RideWithAlex 👍👍
Hi. Do you have experience with bmw c650 or suzuki burgman ? How would you compare Kymco with them?
I don't have experience with them.