Yamaha YP250R Xmax 2004-2017 Service Manual

A hands-on review sums up the X-Max's whole appeal directly: it's a middleweight twist-and-go maxi-scooter with all the practicality of a conventional scooter, plus a bit more oomph for longer journeys and decent-sized wheels and tyres for genuine cornering confidence. Real owner reviews confirm this simplicity holds up in daily use across years of ownership.

Power comes from a 250cc liquid-cooled single-cylinder engine, fuel-injected, delivering a claimed 21 hp (bhp) and roughly 16 lb-ft of torque through a CVT automatic transmission with electric start. Confirmed launch specifications describe a full fairing, a dual headlight system, a mid-sized windscreen, a one-piece dual seat with red stitching, passenger grab rails, side-mounted rear shocks, and a single exhaust on the right-hand side, all built around multi-spoke cast-aluminum wheels.

The chassis uses a tubular steel cradle frame with a hydraulic telescopic fork offering 120mm of travel up front, paired with a unit swingarm and side-mounted shock absorbers delivering 105mm at the rear. Braking uses a 267mm front disc on the 15-inch front wheel and a 240mm rear disc on the 14-inch rear wheel. Real owners confirm genuine practical touches, including under-seat storage for two helmets, and fuel economy over 60mpg.

A genuine mid-cycle redesign arrived for 2014, bringing sharper, slimmer, more dynamic bodywork letting the rider move through traffic with a genuinely more compact feel, while retaining the same fundamental 250cc engine and chassis architecture. This configuration ran through 2017, when Yamaha comprehensively revamped the X-Max with new styling, traction control, and ABS as standard — real safety technology absent from every model year covered in this exact range.

This factory service manual covers the procedures, torque specs, and diagrams needed to keep a 2004-2017 YP250R X-Max running the way it was built to.