This Malaysian Scooter Puts Indian Maxi-styled Scooters To Shame

SYM, a Taiwanese two-wheeler giant, has launched its Jet X 150 scooter in Malaysia. It serves as an elder sibling to the Jet X 125 while plugging the gap between SYM’s 125cc and 300cc/400cc scooters.

Lauded for its handsome maxi-styled scooters, SYM has taken the same radical approach with the Jet X 150, evident from the brawny bodywork. Embedded in the bodywork is an edgy LED headlamp with razor sharp DRLs, adding to the Jet X’s sportiness.

SYM has further thrown in a digital instrument cluster, a smart key with a burglar alarm, all-LED illumination, a USB port, and a combined braking system (CBS). 

The Jet X is powered by a 149.6cc single-cylinder motor pumping out 12PS and 12Nm This is 1PS more than India’s most powerful BS6 scooter, the Aprilia SXR 160. 

All of these are suspended on a telescopic fork and adjustable dual gas shocks while braking duties are performed by a 260mm front disc and a 220mm rear disc. 

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The scooter is fairly accessible too, thanks to its low seat height of 780mm. One thing not in favour of the Jet X, though, is its 140kg dry weight, a massive 11kg more than the SXR 160’s kerb weight.

Lastly, the scooter comes in two variants, a standard and a special edition, retailing at RM 8,888 (Rs 1.56 lakh) and RM 9,188 (Rs 1.61 lakh) respectively. While its chances of coming to India are bleak as it isn’t Euro-5/BS6 compliant, a SYM scooter was spotted on our streets just a few months back.