VroomItAJ · EICMA 2026 · Adventure scooters Two Weird Scooters. Would You Judge Them the Same Without the Badges? Kymco’s CV-R5 concept became the CV-X45. Yamaha brought out the RW700. Both put their own spin on a kind of riding Honda’s ADV family helped popularise. By Dr. Amarjeet Singh @ AJ AI-generated editorial illustration of AJ and riders comparing adventure scooters. Put both bikes in the car park outside a mamak and listen to the comments. “Pelik sangat ah,” says one rider about the Kymco. His friend looks at the Yamaha and says, “Now that’s something different.” I can imagine the argument carrying on through a second teh tarik. I see why the meme works. Both bikes have tall screens, upright front ends, stepped seats and sharp panels. The Kymco’s bright yellow makes its shape stand out. The Yamaha’s olive green gives the same kind of angular design a quieter look. A familiar badge can make us more willing to give a strange design a second look. I wonder how many of us w...
