In both of these areas it’s the gold standard for scooters. The first North American TMAX offered awesome handling and braking. Lastly, Yamaha made less substantial updates for 2015 (shown above) including a restyled front end and tweaks to the handling and amenities.
This revised TMAX received a 35cc bump to 530cc and gained a slew of updates and new styling. After skipping 2011 in Canada, Yamaha introduced the overhauled 2nd version for 2012. The first version (below) was the 495cc 3rd generation TMAX which lasted three years in the USA (2009 – 2011) and two in Canada (2009 – 2010). Since it’s 2009 debut, three notably different versions of the TMAX have been offered in North America. It was the third generation of TMAX introduced in Europe for 2008 that arrived in the USA and Canada as a 2009 model. This 1st generation maxiscooter was sold from 2001 – 2003, followed by a 2nd generation from 2004 to 2007. The TMAX was originally introduced in Europe for the 2001 model year.
Globally Yamaha uses the TMAX name for a range of models up to 750cc, but in North America the name has only been used for this model. In Canada the TMAX has been on sale continually from 2009 to 2016 except 2011, with major updates for both 20 before also being dropped for 2016. That version was offered again in 2016 before being discontinued.
The first version of the TMAX (XP500) was offered briefly in the USA (2009 – 2011) before a three year hiatus, after which it returned to the USA for 2015 in revised from as the TMAX 530. At 530cc, the TMAX was the largest and fastest scooter Yamaha offered in North America over its 2009 – 2016 run. With the TMAX, Yamaha mixed what they knew about making sport bikes with the maxiscooter concept to create the sportiest maxi on the market.
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