Keeway Vieste 300 Road Test Review | India’s Ticket To The Maxi Scooter Experience?

Maxi-scooters is a very European concept. And even though the Europeans tried to introduce the genre with the Aprilia SXR 160 and the BMW C 400 GT, things didn’t take off as expected. Now, a Chinese manufacturer, Keeway intends to give us the proper maxi-experience with the Vieste 300.
It ticks all the boxes on paper with its European design, a bunch of modern features and even a big 300cc engine. But how does it all come together? In this video, we explore if the Vieste 300 is finally India’s ticket to the maxi-scooter genre.
Host: Manaal Mahatme
DoP: Neeraj Panwar
Editor: Sumit Vanjiri
Graphics: Shreelesh Shirke
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[@RahulSrinivas]

I recently rest rode the Vieste and my wife accompanied me for the same. Those who think the suspension on this one is hard, they must try out the Aerox or the SR 160. This one offers a much plusher ride. Seat comfort is better than both (from a pillions perspective), and it can munch miles at a steady 90kmph all day long. Plus, the heated grips are a great feature to have for long rides in winter. Is it a "proper" maxi scooter? Well, yes and no. Size wise it is similar to 125 and 150cc maxi scooters abroad. In those markets, the compactness of the Vieste is seen as an advantage (I have seen several European reviews) because the rest of the maxi scooters are larger, taller and heavier machines. The small size may put off buyers in India who thought this would be a "big" maxi. In reality, the Vieste is actually smaller in size than even the Aerox. Engine-wise, the power should have been more, but the relatively less weight (compared to larger maxi scooters) does work in its favor as per most European reviews I watched. Lastly, I have been waiting for a really long time for a maxi scooter to come to our shores, and even though this one is priced around 50k more than it should have been, I may still end up buying this one as no other machine suits my kind of usage. I am not that much into bikes and my wife feels comfortable on scooters. Looks like the perfect touring scooter for me right now!

[@itsgodzagain]

Owner of aerox 155 here, rode the vieste, wa way way more comfortable than Aerox.

[@RahulSrinivas]

@@itsgodzagain exactly. I was seriously considering the Aerox as an upgrade from my Aprilia SR 150 -- but the slanted seat and the hard suspension put me off. I would have still bought it and modded it a bit to make life easier for my pillion -- but this one looks like a much better bet - save for the pricing.

[@itsgodzagain]

@@RahulSrinivas Honestly if you can source some Indonesian parts for the Aerox the sky is the limit with customisation. FYI I have a sxr160 too. I love it, it's riding posture is better but the refinement, fuel efficiency and the only scooter that actually pushed you when you accelerate is definitely THE aerox. Hands down brilliant and enjoyable to ride. Also, for the brief test ride I got on vieste the vibration on idle is just so much a stark difference to the Yamaha. Also, it has pretty good acceleration. Probably 30% more than aerox that's how much I felt as the speedometer was disconnected. Even though weight is 158 kg it didn't feel heavy at all. Managing finances because really wanna own the Vieste. Very niche product. Definitely not for the average consumer, more of a "shauk" ja buy. Btw the Aerox stock suspension that comes in Indonesia is very well damped and sprung, it actually soaks up bumps, I am trying to get one imported, failed and might ask a friend to get it for me. Lot of customisation options

[@RahulSrinivas]

@@itsgodzagain Mostly agree with you. Maybe its my age -- I am about to enter my 40s and don't really have the time/patience to delve into customizations. If I get hold of the Vieste, the only customizations I intend to do is to slap on a set of top box and panniers (look up the GT 270 Adventure variant sold in Thailand) and just enjoy the ride. My wife, who's 5'2 also found the Aerox's (pillion) seat too tall for her height. She immediately felt at home on the Vieste.

[@romeldias]

i own the SXR 160 and after testing the Vieste...I found the Aprilia to be superior on so many fronts and yet so much cheaper...even the showroom test scooter had brakes that just did not kick in properly and that meant i couldn't really gun the 300 cc engine..which was a shame!

[@the_winged_helm]

Why oh why did Hero abandon the Zir? How I wish they revive it with their 200 and new 300cc engines! For this scooter though, the shortcomings are unacceptable at that asking price.

[@davidkelly414]

Thank you for your honesty regarding this scooter

[@clbr4458]

Why is burgman kept out of the picture?

[@sayandipghosh9374]

Any news for honda maxi scooter like Forza?

[@rajat.2]

Why is the host doing voiceover from a bathroom?

[@saroj1023]

Some comments compare this with aerox. In my test ride i found this much better than aerox. But yes it's cramped and footrest i found my foot was going out. I hope Honda brings Forza 350 to india soon.

[@yhurietv7933]

how to order?

[@DeepakTamboli14]

What is the price of this scooter in India

[@amazingpradeep1235]

I just took my Aerox for a 300km ride (Total 700 kms up and down). With my wife behind me (our combined weight is 150kg + Bags and some stuff in the back) I'm able to reach 110 km max and we rode mostly at 90 and above. For its price it's really amazing and I do have a low speed vibration (while rising from 5 to 10km speed) so I gave it to service yesterday. Let's see.

[@hafeexius]

Have you considered switching to the Indonesian spec rear shock absorbers? I hear it makes a massive difference to the ride quality.

[@amazingpradeep1235]

@@hafeexius I'm trying to get that. But, officially I'm not getting it in Chennai. I want to switch to that. I'm just waiting Yamaha to release those suspension in India.

[@diprajganguly6508]

I went 126 But with no pillion

[@amazingpradeep1235]

@@diprajganguly6508 Do you have low speed vibration? (from 5 to 10).

[@diprajganguly6508]

@@amazingpradeep1235 yep

[@TheAbhinav1001]

Good to see a true review...People should watch this video to know better about Keeway 300 spending 3+Lakhs

[@IndianRiderSatya]

Waiting For #HondaForza350 🛵 🔥

[@SushantEkParyatak]

Honda did not launch Forza 350 :D..chance for Vieste 300..!!

[@abhigyanbg5764]

Too Expensive

[@pradeepnageshwar]

bmw se to sasti hai

[@atharva_rao3000]

@@pradeepnageshwar BMW se sasti hai but, ispe 3L ka price justified nahi hai.

[@kulshreshtha18]

@@pradeepnageshwar jispar itna paisa hai na wo BMW bhi le sakta hai.

[@diprajganguly6508]

Aerox hai

[@suryanarayanpanda5914]

Waiting for FORZA 350 or ADV 350

[@pruthvirajdhongade]

The music makes up for more than half the quality of this video. It no where seems to be professional. The speaker's voice having so much echo seems like the it was recorded in a cave and a lota times the b-roll camera movements were too shaky and not natural at all. You guys(including powerdrift) seem to like spamming b-rolls everywhere to cover the hosts incapability of introducing the vehicle in hand. This is lame. Take this constructively. This filming style has been around since ages and I think it should be more subtle and not like slamming hard rock music onto the audience's face with a b-roll video every 10 secs.

[@hafeexius]

It's pretty obvious that these guys and a few other channels try to copy Top Gear video style from the early 2000s, even down to how they try to copy Clarkson's way of talking. The world has moved on since then but unfortunately some people are stuck in a bubble and refuse to move on. It may have worked once upon a time but now it's just plain annoying...so much so that I couldn't watch more than a couple of minutes of the video.

[@pruthvirajdhongade]

@@hafeexius exactly 💯. It's literally easy money. Their hands-on videos are even hilarious if you have ever seen one.

[@SD_003]

Had some hope but reviews have totally put me off. Guess the Aerox is a way better buy

[@RahulSrinivas]

If all you want is a sporty scooter, the Aerox is a much better and VFM option, however after test riding both, I found the Vieste much better in terms of comfort and tourabilty.

[@dipankarsarkar7250]

Honda Forza350 or PCX160 will do the job.

[@user-vt2gk7jx9i]

It aint a maxi scooter... plus, it has no space on its "trunk" for even a small full face helmet... plus its exhaust rusts easily, and consumptions are 2.8 announced, so expect 3 atleast (nmax 2.4 real, and pcx 2.1)... I mean it looks way better then any other scooter for its price, even looks better then the nmax and pcx, by far, but the problems you mentioned, plus these additional ones, makes it a bad deal for me atleast...

[@taritakhe]

It's Chinese or Hungarian?

[@kamalchoudhury2910]

Honda Forza? sure. But... then you guys will complain about Honda pricing...... isnt it? :)

[@machineenthusiast9876]

woahh👀

[@hisyambanana]

In my country, this is an affordable scooter of 250cc. The cheapest actually.

[@w.k314]

Voice in intermediate sounds so naive , it's doesn't match the audio of the rest video

[@vyshakreghukumar995]

Honda ain't gonna launch no Forza 350. 😝

[@JaideepGulia]

We like analog speedometer !!

[@venukrithish007]

You mean you like it

[@JaideepGulia]

@@venukrithish007 We!

[@venukrithish007]

@@JaideepGulia I don't like it. Why include all. Just say u prefer analog

[@ajitdubey3309]

भाई , तुमने तो ले ली स्कूटर की 😂

[@SeizrnUhie]

Burgman owners just left the comment section 🥺😢😭😂

[@camo4635]

Yea bro! I'm like y u dissing my Burgy man? 🤣. It's amazing. Might not be a sports bike but still.

[@clbr4458]

@@camo4635 Burgman is a peace of art, not everyone can appreciate it....

[@arko966]

It's not Chinese.. It's Hungarian. Don't misguide. Jaguar land Rover is not indian company, neither is ktm an Indian company owned by Tata and Bajaj respectively. Even Peugeot is owned by maahindra.. Does that make it indian company? Please dont give the Chinese so much of importance when some other country is working hard.

[@flashkingster3132]

Well if any country has higher shares , higher authority power of the company it does considered to belong from that country even though it's origin is from other country

[@vishikhupadhyay]

I don't understand why ultra legends keep Burgman "out of the picture" It is to date one of the most sensible & practicable maxi style scooter.

[@cmtrilleven14yearsago65]

Its slow,its for general audiance not motorheads,its good,but not at all sporty,and looks wierd too

[@amazingpradeep1235]

Indian Brugman is original Burgman inspired. If just a basic scooter in India. If they bring the actual Brugman to India then it'll cost just like the BMW.

[@hafeexius]

@@cmtrilleven14yearsago65 it looks weird because of the proportions. It looks like someone gave it a swift kick up the rear and it ended up with a short wheelbase.

[@CarlosAlbuquerque1]

@@hafeexius Plus the Indian Burgman has those piddly tires... under the existing body panels it looks like the scooter missed every leg day at the gym! XD

[@clbr4458]

@@cmtrilleven14yearsago65 you see, the burgman has completely opposite views. I own one and some people say it looks awesome, while some say it looks bad. Ofcourse for me it's fantastic....and if 105kmh is slow for a 125cc then I don't know what is fast...

[@krishnamahatre8605]

Overprived for whatever it is offering, in addition to being associated with the CCP, so nope, I will never waste money on this, even though a scooter upgrade is needed for me. What we need is about a 200-250 CC at most Scooter, that can do 90-100 Kmph all day long, with an on road price of no more than ₹200000/- Whoever does this will have an early mover advantage over this CCP thingie. Forza 300 / 350 will too not be priced sanely given Haandas maniac pricing of mediocre products.

[@krishnamahatre8605]

@Skinsjar Okay, but, will they listen?

[@apophis3852]

Looks Like a Rusi RFI 150😂

[@gsfit4lifetheonestopfitnes937]

Chinese did u mention.. naaaa not even worth a look.

[@guy_on_a_saki]

At the end it's Chinese

[@fullstarlaming7937]

Bad audio quality

[@rohang4734]

Exiting but expensive

[@atharva_rao3000]

Just like chinese phones, impressive on paper but very disappointing in reality.

[@venukrithish007]

Lol. Chinese phone are dominating the market. They're impressive or else why would they be selling so much

[@atharva_rao3000]

@@venukrithish007 They sell just because of low price and good specs on paper. After like 7-8 months these phones start to slow down. If this is the case then how can I trust another Chinese seller

[@venukrithish007]

@@atharva_rao3000 It's not all phones like that. I know phones that have been running fine since 2016. Your complaint seems to be just software and that too ur generalising it. Everyone's Chinese dude. Only samsung, apple and Asus maybe are not. Rest all oppo, realme, one plus all are.

[@viankit1]

I can't spend 3lac for a Chinese product where i have ignored Chinese phones for more than 11years now which is basically dominating the market, why would ever anyone spend where Indian, Japanese and German products are leading Big pass - adios.

[@pruthvirajdhongade]

This is so dumb dude

[@pruthvirajdhongade]

"Critique the product not the country" Takes like this where ppl judge by stereotypes and not the actual product are just stupid

[@viankit1]

@@pruthvirajdhongade I'll tell you what is actually "stupid" Calling out people's decisions is "stupid" Labelling your own POV over others is "Stupid" Expecting people to think exactly like you think is "Stupid" That's my hard earned money, I'll spend wherever i would want, be it Hero or even Bajaj but definitely not on something Chinese until and unless it is absolutely necessary. "Stupid" 🤦

[@viankit1]

@@pruthvirajdhongade on that context what are your opinions on Russian crude? Shall we keep buying it or shall we boycott as the whole world is doing??

[@pruthvirajdhongade]

@@viankit1 This is even stupider my guy. Imagine building a company on totally honest skills and dedication and being called out as bad just because you were born in a country which has a stereotype of being bad. Pls explain me When did I ever call out your decision which you never even mentioned btw. That was just your take. When did I ever mention my POV. All I ever did mention is "how to judge a product" and not "Chinese products are good". And I or any sane person in this matter would think and expect everyone to think that every product must be given a chance to perform and prove itself regardless it's background. And in no way I was aiming to change your opinion on this product. As you said it's your hard earned money. I also think this product is bad. But the path you took for this opinion to form is stupid. I still stand by my reply "Your take is absolutely fuckin STUPID"

[@gshrikanth4686]

honda will never launch forza or any other maxi scooter.they ll sell activa 6g 7g 8g .... 100g .... for next 100 years 😂😂😂😂

[@Ak-pi1qi]

I skipped the video when he said we have to pay above 3lacs 😂 for Chinese scooter.

[@MASHANKARMAHADEVAN]

Made in CHINA😅

[@animexzone8849]

Aprilia SR 150 top speed 130kmph, its Italian engineering

[@RahulSrinivas]

Bhai, the SR can barely do 100. Kon bola ye sab tumko. Dont believe the speedo. Use GPS and find out yourself.

[@midhungopan9270]

SR console got too much speedo error

[@diprajganguly6508]

Lol It can't cross 100

[@vspatmx7458]

I heard... Chinese.... and mentally switched off. Xi ccp and Pak needs to understand that it can either financially benefit from Indians or hurt / harm / kill them. But the logic of making money out of hurting / killing ppl just doesn't make sense to most rational humans.

[@saintofall3653]

You'd probably not be able to do anything at all if you tried to ditch all chinese products. It's just business. India would also do this stuff if it could. And hwo the hell are you bringing Pakistan into this?

[@sk_ka_in8193]

Who will buy this scotter..if u have 3.5 lack middle class people planning for alto 800.

[@siddharthayadav4864]

Keeway is chinese company so stop pronoting their product..we already start removing chinese product..

[@sachindeshpande185]

Chinese company.

[@akshaypandey7892]

Yukkkkk that Chinese thing.....looks like a toy I used to play with in 90's.

[@skg901]

Please do not review Chinese stuff...

[@rohintonmistry1314]

Why review Chinese bikes & scooters. They are no match to our scooters. If someone wants to buy a Maxi Scooter wouldn't he buy the tried and tested Yamaha Aerox ?

[@bigroutes9712]

No matter how good that scooter is, I will not buy it for the fact that it is from China and I don't want it even if it is given free of cost to me.