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Neil955i

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History of Kymco
« on: March 02, 2024, 07:59:17 AM »
Posted on fb by Kymco Canada:

https://www.facebook.com/100064478362712/posts/pfbid02kijgPJq9cLjDV9TgUvi2Q2PZXs6EoTq5esmPuEzbrjCexhfLmrDyE1qE2bDQJ6hLl/?

Looks like they’ve uploaded a promotional PowerPoint presentation, but some interesting facts & figures with a couple of translation howlers - competition left “beyond” Kymco? Maybe they meant “behind”?
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Re: History of Kymco
« Reply #1 on: March 02, 2024, 02:39:37 PM »
Neil! Have you seen the video of a buncha old guys on Taiwan riding around the island nation? The link is on here somewhere. It is truly inspirational!
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Re: History of Kymco
« Reply #2 on: March 02, 2024, 04:00:27 PM »
Interesting Neil. Thanks!

Scooters in the USA?...with our wide open spaces, and the scooter image. If they weren't sold at motorcycle dealers - a Kymco dealer would not stay above water in 98% of America.
Well, we are an aging population - and old farts, a little less vain population, buy most of the scooters in this country - so maybe?

Can you imagine a Kymco accessories store??!
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Re: History of Kymco
« Reply #3 on: March 02, 2024, 04:04:50 PM »
Quote from: CROSSBOLT on March 02, 2024, 02:39:37 PM
Neil! Have you seen the video of a buncha old guys on Taiwan riding around the island nation? The link is on here somewhere. It is truly inspirational!

No!  I must look for that Karl.
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« Reply #4 on: March 02, 2024, 04:05:35 PM »
Quote from: Stig / Major Tom on March 02, 2024, 04:00:27 PM
Interesting Neil. Thanks!

Can you imagine a Kymco accessories store??!
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In my dreams Stig, heck yeah!
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Re: History of Kymco
« Reply #5 on: March 02, 2024, 04:09:49 PM »
Quote from: Neil955i on March 02, 2024, 04:04:50 PM
No!  I must look for that Karl.



Pretty cool!
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« Reply #6 on: March 02, 2024, 04:16:55 PM »


and another favorite!

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« Reply #7 on: March 02, 2024, 04:37:54 PM »
Too bad that history presentation isn't somewhere NOT on FB. I don't get on FB. But I have read the history from the 1950's to current from other sources. That history is one of the factors influencing my decision to buy a Kymco.
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« Reply #8 on: March 02, 2024, 09:53:34 PM »
Quote from: Stig / Major Tom on March 02, 2024, 04:00:27 PM
Interesting Neil. Thanks!

Scooters in the USA?...with our wide open spaces, and the scooter image. If they weren't sold at motorcycle dealers - a Kymco dealer would not stay above water in 98% of America.
Well, we are an aging population - and old farts, a little less vain population, buy most of the scooters in this country - so maybe?

Can you imagine a Kymco accessories store??!
Stig

I'm on the edge of the sticks so my local dealer stocks the full line, but as you get further out, no scooters, only atv's & SxSs  or you can spend $2500 more for the Arctic Cat badged Kymco, but still can't compete with Polaris & the Japanese 4.
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Re: History of Kymco
« Reply #9 on: March 03, 2024, 09:26:38 AM »
Quote from: Stig / Major Tom on March 02, 2024, 04:09:49 PM


Pretty cool!
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Certainly is Stig. Thanks so much for looking it out.
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