Quote Originally Posted by seven of nine View Post
See, I disagree there.
Before I bought mine I rode various bikes in the same dollar range, so second hand and aging Yamaha Majesty, Honda Forza, various Sym's a 400 burgman and a Tmax 500 and while some had more top end I think the Jetmax was equal or even better up to about 80kph, it felt better with the bigger tyres than most, fitted me better being a large wheelbase and low seat cruiser style and was a whole lot cheaper.
Plus it was new and shiney with 2 years of warranty.

Of course if you are comparing a new $12,000+ Jap bike to a $4000 jetmax and weren't paying for it I would go the Jap bike every day of the week
You pay for what you get. Most of the time, the cheaper one can do about 80+ % of what the Japanese or European scooters can do at half or one third the price. So it is up to you if you think if it is value for money.