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Guide — choosing your bikeUpdated August 2026

NMAX vs ADV vs XMAX. Honestly.

We run these three bikes ourselves — plus the X-ADV 750, a different class with its own page — so this comparison has no filler models and no upsell agenda — recommending the wrong bike just means a renter who books the right one next time. Here's how they actually differ on Bali roads.

Short version: NMAX for the daily Canggu life, ADV for rough roads and exploring, XMAX when your trip is measured in day trips. Prices: IDR 250K, 275K and 450K a day; monthly is always the better rate.

01 / At a glance

The details.

Fact sheet

Canggu traffic + errandsNMAX 155
Back roads · beach tracksADV 160
Day trips · two-up touringXMAX 250
Easiest for newer ridersNMAX 155
All three includeInsurance · no deposit

02 /

The real differences

The NMAX is the lightest and most flickable — best in the Canggu crawl, easiest to park, cheapest to run. The ADV gives up a little nimbleness for long-travel suspension and an upright stance that soaks up broken surfaces; it's the bike for Pererenan shortcuts and Ubud's rougher climbs. The XMAX is a different class: 250cc, real wind protection, a seat you can sit in for three hours, and 45 litres under the seat — overkill for the coffee run, unbeatable for Kintamani.

Two-up: the NMAX manages short hops fine; the XMAX is the one that keeps a passenger comfortable past the thirty-minute mark. If you're sharing one bike for a month, that difference compounds.

03 /

The numbers, side by side

Manufacturer figures, not ours — sourced from Yamaha Indonesia, Astra Honda and Honda Europe's published specifications. One honest note: Yamaha does not publish a fuel-consumption figure for the NMAX or XMAX at all, so any km/L number you see quoted for them elsewhere is somebody's guess. The X-ADV 750 is included for scale; it is a different category with its own page.

NMAX 155ADV 160XMAX 250X-ADV 750
Engine155 cc157 cc ('160' class)250 cc745 cc twin
Max power11.3 kW @ 8,000 rpm11.8 kW @ 8,500 rpm16.8 kW @ 7,000 rpm43.1 kW @ 6,750 rpm
Max torque14.2 Nm14.7 Nm24.3 Nm69 Nm
Kerb weight135 kg134 kg (RoadSync)184 kg237 kg
Seat height770 mm780 mm795 mm820 mm
Fuel tank7.1 L8.1 L13 L13.2 L
Official fuel figureNot published45 km/L (maker's WMTC claim)Not published3.6 L/100 km WMTC (≈28 km/L)
Under-seat storage25 L30 L45 L21–22 L
TransmissionCVT automaticCVT automaticCVT automatic6-speed DCT
Our rateIDR 250K/day · 3.9M/moIDR 275K/day · 4.3M/moIDR 450K/day · 6.5M/moIDR 2.5M/day · 36M/mo

Figures: current Indonesian-market NMAX 155, ADV 160 and XMAX 250 (Yamaha Indonesia / Astra Honda) and European X-ADV 750 (Honda, 2025–26 model year); they vary slightly by year and variant. Rates are Overrun's published prices.

4 / The bikes

OR-001155cc
NMAX 155 in black — unit OR-001

NMAX 155

Arrow exhaust · RPD brakes · Tuned suspension

IDR 250k / daySpec →
OR-002160cc
ADV 160 in tan — unit OR-002

ADV 160

Arrow exhaust · RPD brakes · Tuned suspension

IDR 275k / daySpec →
OR-X01250cc · halo
XMAX 250 in sand — unit OR-X01

XMAX 250

Arrow exhaust · RPD brakes · Tuned suspension

IDR 450k / daySpec →

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