Te be honest, even I have my licence to drive big bikes, I am not so confortable on bikes.
Also, traffic and driving conditions are more dangerous in Malaysia for the weakest such as pedestrians, bikes, motorbikes...
Then, during the raining season, it gets very wet here very quickly and the roads are Ok but not great so it makes the all bike experience more risky.

If there is an feature such as ABS that can help me to be more safe, I am ready to pay extra for that !

200cc in your budget left only modenas elegan 250 or kymco downtown 200

u can get one below 10k for almost brand new, but quality is so so.

kymco downtown 200 RM 4.5k! - https://www.mudah.my/2016+Kymco+Downtown+200i-81312689.htm

modenas elegan 250 RM 9.2k - https://www.mudah.my/Modenas+elegan+250-81266841.htm

the feature is to prevent wheel lock due to sudden hard braking, so should be function as well on low speed.
By low speed i mean 40km to 50km/hour. Dont think anyone will ride below this speed in 200cc bike daily right.
Anyway even drop on low speed will hurt right, wheel lock on a bike is the thing you definitely wish to avoid.

u try brake at red light where the road is always full of sand

or when it's raining

even very slow 20km/h also u could slide with just one tiny sudden brake because other car swerve into your lane

u can wait for another month or two, the new NMAX has just been released in indonesia

it's a considerable ugprade from current nmax

What kind of good stuff are they adding in ?

I rent a Yamaha Nmax 155CC at the moment and I must say that it is quite Ok, power is fine when I am alone but a bit low with 1 passenger but still it is a pretty decent bike. I went to the Yamaha website in Indonesia wow ABS, connectivity and so on. It matches many things that I want, great bike.
It seems that ABS is becoming a standard on scooters.
Thanks for this information, let's hope it will come soon.

not much.. traction control, abs, keyless but the price sure will jack up from the current

Urgh, I guess it’s better to buy the old stocks if that happens

LED lights, bluetooth connectivity, USB port and keyless ignition are worth waiting.

Keyless - once you have it, you don't want it in any other way.

many. especially the keyless knob, all digital cluster with bluetooth connectivity (Y-Connect), and most important, ABS & TRACTION CONTROL

u have no idea how much TC saved me from cock ups when riding xmax

many people are waiting, but HLY is playing the "I-WANT-TO-CLEAR-MY-OLD-STOCK-FIRST" game

and they are not gicving any discounts on current old stock

It feels like Malaysia market is always getting the short end of the stick, latest model ? We get it last. More features? Cut spec. New colors? How about a rm500 premium.

Why ? Our market not big enough ? Or the manufacturers just collectively trying to screw us.

fortunately, XMAX was one of the rare cases we got it early.

we got it so early that I paid mine including GST, which 1 month later, the govt changed. LOL