Kymco Myroad 700

If you also compare the performance and handling to a middleweight bagger, the Kymco does just fine. Power is enough to get you into trouble, even testing it at high altitudes (4500 to well over 9000 feet). Midrange is good, and it seems to build as the speeds get into extra-legal numbers.
Handling is good,  but this is not a scooter you are going to be embarrassing sportbikers with. Though the steering was precise and light, the rear suspension—no doubt burdened by the great unsprung mass of the motor and drive unit—was overwhelmed, wallowing slightly in high-speed turns and feeling harsh over bumps. You’ll have a good time, but you have to reset your expectations for how this scooter handles—he’s a big fella.

The trick-looking brakes work well, with the Bosch ABS cycling well and providing reasonable stopping distances, but again, the weight of the bike means you’ll need a hefty squeeze with all 8 fingers. The brakes are linked, back to front, so the rear lever gives you more stopping power than the front, though using the front alone is fine for brisk sport-riding.
Kymco doesn’t expect to sell a lot of these in the USA—competition is stiff in the form of large displacement scooters from BMW, Suzuki and Honda, and the market is limited. So why offer it? Prestige, said Kymco’s sales manager. Perhaps a customer wanting a big scooter may enter the Kymco dealer looking for the Myroad and ride out on an Xciting 500i or even the very good Downtown 300i. It may be a good match for riders like the former Gold Wing owner and the growing number of Boomers looking for a fun, trouble-free riding experience. In any case, it shows Kymco can run with the big dogs in the scooter market and make Kymco a household word…in scooter-riding households.
To correct an error – frame-mounted engine, just as in a motorcycle.
No doubt the unsprung mass is heavy, as the wheels generally tend to be heavier than motorcycle equivalents to provide gyroscopic stability at high speed, despite smaller rolling diameters. However, handling is also about the ratio between the sprung and unsprung mass, so the MyLoad suspension harshness and vagueness is likely to do with mismatched damping and spring ratios and the sheer bloody weight of the combined mass.
If honest, this just shows why hefty scooters should NOT be built like motorcycles, they should be built like cars. The MyWord is crying out for a monocoque, a refined aerodynamic structure – and a turbo diesel motor.I had a 400 Burgman a couple of years ago and I really liked it. The big problem with big scooters (aside from the price) is maintenance. Even simple things like changing spark plugs or changing the oils is time consuming and requires removing a lot of plastic. I sold the bike because I was afraid of a major problem developing with the scooter. The one thing that was really nice on the scooter was the lack of engine heat when riding.