Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

Three is a magic number

Many of you might not know much about Kymco, but you’d be wrong to think it’s not a serious player. The Taiwanese firm has actually had a long and illustrious history, including nearly 40 years of partnership with one of the biggest names in the game: Honda.

Kwang Yang Motor Company was founded way, way back in 1964. It started out manufacturing for Honda Japan, and over the following 40 years that relationship only grew and grew, with Honda becoming a significant shareholder of Kymco right through to 2003, when Kymco decided

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