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Originally Posted by primal
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Originally Posted by Sarris
I didn't know you owned Kymco stock. :blush:
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With the price of gas nowadays I wish I did! 
Now, I'm not saying that Kymco makes the greatest product in the world, but there is a very real chance that all those Honda scooters out there have Kymco parts in them. |
Not only that....but a lot of the Suzuikis we ride have Hyosung parts in them. In fact I believe Hyosung (correct me if I am wrong) built the engines for many Suzuki models for years. May still, don't know. Remember Hyosung was Alpha Sports here in the U.S. until a few years ago.
So, many folks that diss Hyosungs, are riding a Suzuki that was actually assembled with a lot of Hyosung parts. Certain models of Suzukis have interchangable parts with certain models of Hyosungs. Have for years.
What we are going through now with the new invasion of brand names we haven't heard before from places we are not used to seeing bike from reminds me of when I was in high school and the "Jap crap" bikes started showing up on campus. (All Honda at that time). We American and European bike riders sneered, ridiculed, and laughed at them. Then year by year the BSAs, Triumphs, Jawas, Indians, Harleys became fewer and fewer.
And then horror of all horrors!!! Me. ME. One who at one time drove around with a "Don't buy Jap Crap" bumper sticker on his 62 dodge realized a Jap bike was all I could afford.
Out sourcing. A Chevy is not really a Chevy. Same for Ford, Dodge, Harley, Suzuki, etc.
Crawling into my flame proof suit.
