Can't understand why some people in the USA would be hating on automatic scooters when they own and drive several automatic transmission cars. lol even cvt cars
Human Nature IMO it’s about the macho motorcycle mindset. I’ve owned scooters and 600 Suzuki’s. I’ve learned one thing about the sport of motorcycling, ride what you want and don’t be swayed by idiotic opinions. Younger guys have trouble being their own man and want to go with the flow of the group.
Think its due to Motorcycles in the US being toys in the public mindset. A scooter isn't "Fun" or attractive compared to a Fireblade or a Harley, so people refuse to see past the first impression and find the utility and comfort something like this brings.
@Greg Myers ....."I want to see more big scooters on the highway" ... and Honda, with their DCT offerings, (to a lesser extent for commercial trucks, the Allison) an "old fashioned" gear trans, not a CVT, that shifts itself is proving most manual transmissions are obsolete.
There's nothing better than an automatic scooter, especially in city traffic! I love my little Honda PCX150 ... I wouldn't tour on it but nothing beats it in the city.
I think they’re cool. Guy I know on a GoldWing forum got a 400 Burgman for his wife, he thought the CVT was neat. Made a video showing us the operation of it
This guys funny ... He doesn't know about KYMCO's and SCOOTERS... But then again he's an american.... BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SCOOTERS AND MOTORCYCLES... AND KYMCO's USED TO MAKE PARTS FOR HONDA... KYMCO HAS AN AWESOME SCOOTER LINE....
I lived in Taiwan from 1998 till 2007 and KYMCO was considered to be one of the top brands in the scooter world. Also remember Taiwan was actually a part of Japan for nearly 50 years and had a lot of influence on their culture and business environment. A lot of this shows in their motorcycle/scooter manufacturing.
I bet they wish now they were still part of Japan, now Japan is one of the worlds top economies and allied to every Western power. Especially now, with the war drums getting louder by the day...
i drove 40.000km on a 50ccm Kymco YUP here in Germany, the Scooter felt apart but someone picked it up and made him back good for sale. They are freaking reliable!!!
Yes, people told me all they did was oil change while they owned the scooter. I thought they were certainly exaggerating. No bike or car will be like that. Not even my Toyota. However, you really need to own one to believe that. I owned Kymco before. It’s really amazing.
I have a little one to go to my work, a Agility 50 CC, with a Blue plate in Holland here, it means your not alowed to go faster then only 25 km per hour,., mine goes up to 60 km per hour, but mostly I do 30 km per hour,; 40 km with one liter petrol., so also cheap to drive.,., every 4000 km I go to the scootershop for a checkup and oilchange etc., already 23.000 km on it, . just a nice little scooter.
Don't know how abnormally "good" it is, but Suzuki is surely in close cahoots with them when it comes to scooter production. Which in my opinion, customer service and product availability has become everything but "good".
It absolutlely is. Got a Myroad 700i and had a Suzuki Burgman 650 before. The Suzuki is more expensive but not as good as the Kymco. Especially after i changed the serial cludge to Dr Pulley's sports cludge (named HIT cludge). It's real fun to cruise along German countryside highways.
So here’s my story. I bought a brand new Kymco in 2009. It was 50cc. I loved it. $6 in fuel per week, commuting 50 km everyday. I put 8400 kms in the first and only year I owned it. I found myself longing for a clutch, and gears. So I saved $900 and went through a motorcycle training course. Then I sold my trusty Kymco, which didn’t give me a lick of trouble ever, and acquired a Honda CM450. Then a Honda CB750. Then a Honda GL1100 Goldwing. Then a Kawasaki GTR1000 Concours. Then a Suzuki B-King1300. Then a Honda F6C Valkyrie, and finally a Suzuki DR650. I now have 46000 on the DR, and am thinking about maybe a new Goldwing, perhaps a Honda VFR1200... who knows what my next bike will be. All thanks to a little Taiwanese 50cc scooter.
I love the looks and style of the B-King and still want one today. What was it like to ride and own? I currently ride a well-modified 1st gen FZ1 (160rwhp) and a KTM 950sm.
@@j.thomas7128 I miss that bike, but also I don’t. It just had so much power that I could never legally use. And the gears were super tall; you could make 160 kph in first gear. When I first bought it, the sales person suggested that I just leave it in third all the time, and treat it like an automatic 😂. Anyway, I didn’t fit comfortably on it, and threw a lot of money at it in moto gp style rear-sets and a Corbin seat, in an attempt to get comfy on it. Eventually I traded it in for a dual sport.
@@caryd67 Thank you. Tall gears and more power than i would ever need are things i can live with. Hearing that it has enough torque to ride third gear all day is welcoming. The FZ1 was setup originally as an upright track bike that i could still street, but over time, it's evolved into a tourer with top bag and panniers and Im getting too old to ride Hooligan on the SM. Thanks for your advice! I'm starting my search for a B-King!
@@j.thomas7128 one final thing I remember is the tires, specially the rear tire: it’s a pretty wide rim compared to the Hayabusa, and tire choices are quite limited for the B-King. I was contemplating switching out the rear rim for a ‘busa rim which would offer far more tire options, but never did. Anyway I wish you excellent luck in your search, I feel like it’s a pretty rare bike nowadays ✌🏻👋🏻🇨🇦
I think when a lot of people hear 'Taiwan' or that something is made in Taiwan they think sweatshops and they think of all the stories about poor production quality they heard about Chinese products. If that's you, I'd urge you to do some research on the country (or region of China, if you're Chinese). Taiwan has the 22nd highest GDP in the world, ahead of Sweden and Belgium, with a relatively small population of only 25 million people. Their industry focuses on high tech, with big companies you might recognize like HTC, ASUS, MSI and countless others. If they're going to be good at anything, they're going to be good at scooters - everyone in Taiwan rides a scooter, they love them.
Steve Higgins Taiwanese riders are being raped by those oligopoly manufacturers while Kymco being the leader. This is the reason why most Taiwanese riders hate Kymco so much.
@@irnagtx2366 that is just not true. Kymco sold over 565,000 scooters in 2019 because they are a good brand and a reliable product. In a total scooter fleet of 16 million in Taiwan for 1 company to sell 565,000 in one year indicates that the Taiwanese people trust Kymco. If you got a bad bike or a bad dealer you should fix that problem, not run around all over the internet bad mouthing the Kymco company as a whole.
Taiwan is an island off the coast of China, where the democratic Chinese went after mao took over. It ain’t no damn region I’m China, dawg. You 💯 all 🧢
I appreciate your sudden enlightenment; but do some research before your next review of a 55 year old company that built almost all of Honda's motorcycle engines through the 1980's. KYMCO- Kwang Yang Motor Company, makes some of the most reliable bikes in the world. Have some respect and at the very least do your homework before you post such a closed minded opinion on a product that everyone interested in a scooter in the USA should seriously consider!
Some of KYMCO's bikes are re-branded Lifan products from Mainland China. To assume that every KYMCO is going to be good because they made Honda's stuff ignores this.
They're about 50/50 across their product line when referring to their scoots built in Taiwan (the good ones) versus their scoots built in their Chinese facilities (not so good).
**Yeah...you're 'saying something' but that's not even close to 'entire picture' regarding Honda 'farming-out' SOME 'engine manufacturing' for Honda by 'Kymco'...like generators etc. UNDER HONDA'S DIRECT 'QUALITY CONTROL' requirements...and when that began 'slipping' and being 'covertly avoided' by the use of poor quality and assembly techniques...Honda brought 'home' it's motorcycle production where it belongs, IN JAPAN** **For instance, production of the 'GET-2' 50cc engine suffered from early failures by the use of a 'permanent-bearing' on one aspect of the bearing-journal...done to 'ease production and assembly costs' and that bearing failed miserably because of 'crud build-up and over-stress' and the impossibility of repairing it made many American buyers of the bikes and scooters produced mad as hell when they were told 'Replace the engine is the only answer' on engines with only several thousand miles on them! (this is normally enough miles to 'seat the engine well' on any Honda motorcycle, never mind 'wear it out!**' Honda 'learned their lessons' and brought bike production back to Japan where it belongs since 2008.
We've had a Kymco "People 150" in the family since 2007. Daughter used it for High School and College. Taught her boyfriend how to ride 2 wheels ( they're both Sportster riders now). Thing still runs and is waiting to start the next family member.
That's a beautiful generation tradition, if you wanna look it as that. I'm hoping to get my first scooter(50cc)next year. I'd be the first rider in my family, as no one in my family rides motorcycles or scooters.
This isn't a review. Can I suggest that you learn a little about the bikes you ride before passing judgement? You rarely seem to know what you're talking about.
@@drnapalm7605 And what does the word "review" mean in your part of the world? Because YEAH,, his video's are not only reviews, they're also personal assessments. He skims bible versus, however he definitely does REVIEW bikes. *REVIEW: to examine or study again especially : to reexamine judicially. 3 : to look back on : take a retrospective view of review the past. 4a : to go over or examine critically or deliberately reviewed the results of the study.
Kymco is parly owned by Honda. +3000 employes + 600,000 units produced per year. It is realy professional. I just got me a xtown 300i. Super quality, super service by the dealer who is also rep for Honda and Indian, and the biggest mc dealer in Denmark. I am happy I changed from motorbike to scooter for commuting. I am 65y old and I prefere to call my scooter a "COMFORT BIKE" Have a great day.
I found out my Kawasaki 360 Praire ATV is built by Kymco and it's very good build guality. Very happy with it. Kymco also builds several engines for BMW motorcycles and others. Great company in my opinion.
My wife owns a Kymco scooter and she really likes it. She can easily keep up with my bike on the interstate. They are not a new company, they were originally part of Honda but split from them in the early 1960's and started the Kwan Yang Motor COmpany, hence KYMCO. They not only continue to make engines for Honda, but other companies, including BMW! They make a couple of smaller bikes, similar to a Gromm or the Kawi 125, but are less expensive since they are manufactured in Taiwan. If you are into scooters, this would probably be a decent buy for you.
First, you never check out your accessories after you start riding down the road. Not safe. Do it before you start riding, so you know what everything does (and if it actually works like it's intended to) Use your turn signals, so other drivers know your intentions. I don't understand why you give reviews about bikes when you ride worse than some beginners.
Kawasaki J300s are made by Kymco. Some Arctic Cat Atv models are actually made by Kymco. Kymco means quality. Their only downside is the name. Some might mistake it for Chinese crap. Big mistake. Kymco is Japanese quality at a cheaper price.
Megascooter engines from Kymco are trusted by BMW in her own megascooters, and also as a range extender engine for the range extender electric vehicle version of the BMW i3 REX.
I learned to ride on a Kymco K-Pipe and over the years have graduated up to a Goldwing now. I still have my K-Pipe. Reliable and fun to ride, 90+ miles to the gallon. Kymco makes great stuff. And I recommend the K-Pipe for beginners. You'll outgrow it quick unless you're want something for around a small town or campus, but it made learning to ride and pass the exam so easy.
I've rode several Kymco 4-wheelers & I was pretty impressed with quality, especially considering the price compared to similar Japanese big 4 bikes in the same class. They are more than competitively priced & generally better optioned & equipped than more established brands.
This is an actual review I was looking for, someone who has ridden across the country on big motorcycles and is now wanting to try it on a "scooter". Great review!
This guy always jumps on a bike for a in depth review and never knows anything about the bike. ' Don't know how many cylinders, don't know what that button is for, don't know the horsepower'. The funny thing is, he gets away with it and I always dig the video's... 😅
I had the same model here in Germany. If you change the CVT rollers for lighter sliders that thing is insane. Kymco makes the engines for the BMW 650 scooters.
Kymco quality isn’t bad. Nothing wrong with being made in Taiwan. The Grom is made in Thailand. The problem is finding parts and people to work on them when they do break.
Just a note, please don't take offense, but Thailand and Taiwan are very different places. There comparason should not be part of this conversation, we are talking about Taiwan and Taiwanese manufacturing quality. Rice isn't rice!
@@afn-bd2ro It actually depends on your area. In western states like Cali, there's a lot of parts you could find there(hey even in Seattle Wa. I found a couple of shops when I was touring) but unfortunately on the east or southern states, not so much. Went to visit my mom in Dallas and found none...nada.
I can’t stand when people call scooters mopeds. They couldn’t be more different. Also makes it hard for me to find Moped parts and videos because scooter stuff comes up instead. Lol
Craig Campbell When i was more interested in scooter I wanted the size of the tires to indicate moped, but there is no motorcycling church to impose canon
Martin D I don’t understand your comment. It doesn’t make any sense but so you know moped stands for motor/pedal. To be considered a moped it must have pedals like a bicycle. A scooter by definition is simply a motorcycle with a step through frame.
I’ve worked some in Taiwan and seen tens of thousands of Kymco products on the road. From my experience, the typical Taiwanese worker is well paid, diligent, and does quality work. Probably equal to Japanese build quality, if not quite the same design standards. If something by Kymco struck my fancy, I’d have no issue buying it.
KYMCO designs most of their scooters for wester markets in Italy, so I question your statement on design standards, as for model names, they are almost the worst.
My Kymco GT200i took over 50k kilometers of daily commuting, fun runs from southern Quebec into Vermont/upstate NY/New Hampshire, Saturday rides about Quebec, and one or two ventures onto gravel. Blew out a belt when I neglected the service interval. Ate a stator about 40km in. Survived until I decided to move up to a BV 350 and--after a winter in hibernation--wouldn't start up when I checked it before posting the Craigslist ad. Gave it to the first guy to call for "free to pick up". For all I know, the guy rezzed it and it's tootling around somewhere still.
I had a Kymco in my early 20s. I loved it. You’re talking to someone who is literally AFRAID of motorcycles and bikes. I’m afraid to be on them, around them just no. But I bought the Kymco from my dad’s friend and rode it around the neighborhood until the tires got bad. I was making 8$ at the time and couldn’t afford to fix it. So my dad sold it. But I’m looking in to getting another to drive back and forth to work and school. I really did enjoy mine
I like working on Kymco engines. Surprising quality for a scooter. Won’t be trading my Indian any time soon, but small engines are a joy to tinker with.
I just bought a used 500 xciting Kymco. So far it’s pretty impressive. Road it home from the cycle shop, around 350 miles, and it rode great. Just hope I can get parts if it ever needs them.
I bought a Kymco Spade 150 used and have put around 2k miles on it in the past 9 months. It hasn't given me anything but reliable and fun riding. That being said, I totally agree with you on getting parts if and when needed. I like to buy consumables up front (like brake pads/shoes, gaskets for often serviced areas, ect...) and nobody aftermarket makes shoes yet. I've been waiting for months to get them along with a few other things from our local dealer and that is the only thing that would make me hesitant to buying another Kymco in the future. I hear it's easier to get parts for the scooters and quads though. I really hope Kymco USA can get their stuff together soon, because they make a great product but everything needs parts over time and makes a boat anchor if you can't repair it.
I have a Kymco 160 cc and it goes anywhere. Drove down the highway like a boss. It's small, so I didn't like the highway experience, but it handled the speed purring like a kitten. gets about 70 miles to the gallon of gas, and I've been able to do all repairs. I would like a video on the front breaks though. It's also easy to get parts.
I had a Yamaha 400cc Majesty and it was a great scooter! Lot's of power, storage space and protection from the elements. I only sold it because I didn't have time to ride anymore. There is a stigma in this country against scooters which is too bad.
Why would you think Kymco is low quality? Taiwan is not China. And these days a lot of Chinese stuff is actually good quality, if you pay the cost for better materials and quality control. It's the the cheap budget junk that stinks. You get what you pay for.
I recently had my eye on a 700i just like that, but it sold before my indecisiveness wore off. Kymco no longer makes anything larger than a 400, so snag them while you can guys.
Bought my wife a kymco 500,she took the moto coarse on it. I bought a Suzuki, 800, wife would leave me all the time so I moved up to 1500, she still stayed with me but she cold go by a has station where I would have to stop. The kymco is safe, storage out the wazzoo. It's why we kept it instead of the motorcycle.
I have a PGO 150cc scooter made in Taiwan, it has been an incredible reliable and quick little scooter. It has 26000 miles on it and still runs well with no issues. I would not hesitate to buy any scooters from Taiwan.
My old 600cc Honda Silverwing touring scooter had a very similar power band set up. Took 8 seconds to get to 60 MPH. But out on the Interstate accelerating from 65 MPH from behind a slow Semi to 90 MPH was effortless. And STILL had power to spare at 90! KYMCO builds A1 quality stuff. The repair history proves that. They had like 2 models in their history that were a bit glitchy, but *overall* they are VERY reliable. I don't own one, I don't sell them, and I am not paid by anyone to say that! LOL Just an honest observation from my last 5 years reading about, watching on YT, and talking to owners at the scooter rally's about KYMCO.
I'm giving up on this "reviews". The constant "I know nothing about this bike" or "I don't know what this buttons are doing" or "I don't know if it's single cylinder, or twin". I'm looking for information, not a constand display of general ignorance. This, and the useless "words of wisdom", hmmm NO, thank you!
Former owner of a kymco scooter back in the late 90s, the dink 180. It had a 2 stroke engine and was very reliable, up to the point it was stolen from my front yard. Imagine 20+ yrs later what they can build now. Don't trash Eastern companies, they work hard and produce cheap reliable machines, not dependent on certain myths to sustain sales like (cough-cough) HD.
@@Johnwillbegone @John Depends on how tall you are, how much highway etc. The Burgmans are great, 400 is plenty in town and for some highway. The 650 is a great long distance highway ride. If you want sportier a Kymco or BMW 650 is good (Kymco makes the drivetrains for BMW). Silverwing's are all over 10 years old now. You can find a low mileage one for cheap I'll bet. Supposed to change drivebelts on all of these around 16,000 miles but I've never heard of anyone having a failure. Honda PCX150 is capable of doing a couple of highway exits but that's it.
A lot of the so called real motor riders do not realize that the today motorscooters ara as heavy and as fast as the real motorbikes. I have a Honda 600 Silverwing and if I want I do 100k/h within 7 sec. I treat her with respect and I know if something goes wrong it will turn out bad. So before I go I check everythng do my clothing gloves and helmet. I practice regularly. And I also realize there are lots of cardrivers who rather see me lying in hospital so I drive defensively. And I see so often guys like you who are making a so called test of a motorscooter with disrespect. Automatic motorscooters and "real" motorbikes are the future. Wake up man! I had a couple of real motorbikes but I would not change them with my Honda Silverwing.
I've got a 2007 KYMCO 125 and it's been a very reliable scooter. I ride it around East TN and it had never let me down. I use 93 octane gas and I change the oil every three months. I definitely would buy another one.
bigwheelsturning i was gonna talk shit about the comment. but within a few seconds i realized he should have done a walk around and knows nothing about what he is saying.
KYMCO is a portmanteau for Kwang Yang Motor Company. I've been living in Taiwan for the past two years now... everybody and their grandmothers gets around on two wheels. Even dogs in Taiwan ride scooters! When I arrived in Taipei, I picked up a 1995 Kymco Freeway 125 with 14,500km on the odometer (it only counts up to 99,999km). I rode all around Taiwan on it, and put 30,000km (18,641 miles) on it in two years. I had to replace plenty of things on it due to age, wear and tear, but it never once left me, my wife and dog stranded. We've even been over the Central Cross-Island Highway, which reaches a height of 3,200 meters (10,498 feet), six times. On one occasion, we were riding through Taroko Gorge, which starts at sea level and runs 54 miles to the He Huan Shan area, which is over 10,000 feet. All the dudes riding cruisers or sports bikes gave me a thumbs up as they rode past me and my wife, who was holding our medium-sized dog in her lap. Even with passengers, a big camping backpack and two trunks stuffed with food, the Kymco Freeway held its own on that busy, narrow, winding road. When we got to the gas station, we definitely got more looks than the guys with expensive bikes... which goes to show you, it's not WHAT you ride, it's HOW you ride. I finally had to give up Little Kymie this week. Age, riding fast and up one too many steep mountain roads finally took its toll. She was blowing plumes of blue smoke and burning up a quart of motor oil every five days, and I didn't feel like spending money at the mechanic when it could be better put towards a new bike. After test riding a 150cc Sym, PGO Hotshot, and Kymco G5, I bought the Kymco for its superior handling and acceleration.
WRONG If you ever had a HONDA in your life you had a KYMCO product lol Look it up that is a touring scooter . Kymco is the biggest and best exporter in Taiwan of small cc stuff . They private label for polaris and more not Junk at all .. O yeah two year parts and Labor warranty's! That 50cc and 80 cc Kawasaki youth atv is a kymco look at the rear rotors on them !
I'm an industry trained Honda tech, and that is the very first time I have ever heard that claim. Considering they spilt with Honda in 1963 that is a dubious claim at best.
Yeah they split your right but Honda still used them as engine builders . Honda started SYM , PGO and more all Taiwanese quality manufactures For instance Kymco built a BMW design motor for them because kymco has top notch manufacture capabilities .. Kymco produces everything but the rubber parts castings , light bulbs, plastic all not a lot of company's do that not even the big 4 ! I was Kymco dealer since the beginning that is why i can attest to the Quality and the US kymco line .. Kymco USA was bought by kymco Taiwan sometime around 2012 or so then they changed the product line as you know it today side by side dominant..
The only Honda plant that i know of is the car plant in Taiwan , Honda ,Kaw,SUZ,Yam all subbed out to a bunch of electronic parts and some small parts like water pumps levers etc to plants in Taiwan ..
Kymco is top of the line!! I had their agility 125 scooter for over 10 years. Not one single problem never. Changed the oil every 5k miles thats it and I got it for under $2k new. It also cruzed at 65mph and I beat my friend on his zuma 125 every time. Forget honda, yamaha get a kymco.
Great video thanks. I also heard the name the first time here in Singapore, but the dealer seems very kind and thorough in his explanations and already telling me about "ride trips" they're having to Malaysia and so on. It also seemed very comfortable at the shop, and hardly shakes when the passenger gets on. I might just buy it although it's $20,000 in Singapore currently, in Singapore dollars. Thanks man!
Clickbait. Worst video you've posted. You didn't know anything about the product your riding. You got me dizzy with your camera going up and down and up and down. That sticky note on the windscreen was driving me crazy. You're better than this. Kymco's are great scooters.
Bogdan Paun That's the BMW C650gt. A 650cc scooter. And it can run the curviest roads and not get left behind running with the 600-650 sport bikes. Off the line it doesn't accelerate as fast, but it actually can scoot around the tight turns as fast or faster. And at the end of the run, you can pull your lunch and a cold beer out from under the seat. There's enough space under the seat for 2 helmets and a tool kit plus a little extra.
@@gpecaut1 So true, in fact, I have put a single small camping tent in there, some dried and canned goods, some rice, some clothes, and it all fit. I just put my portable mini methane stove in the top storage(off the shelf storage btw, with other stuff) then went around my country(Philippines) touring for six months straight.
Kymco scooters rock!! Well made, convenient, fun, cheap to buy and run. They make scooters for many bike makers including Peugeot Scooters in E.U. "nations".👍
Don't be discouraged by all the "negative Nellie's out there . You're review was fine . I never thought you tried to pass yourself off as a Kymco expert. If you can glean something useful out of the negative comments and apply it to future videos so be ii, otherwise don't worry about their negativity .
Kymco succesfully sells his scoots in Europe since the early 90's. Their overall quality is pretty same at Japanese Level and they sells like bread. Btw this particolar model, MyRoad 700, has been the biggest bust for Kymco ever, at least here in Italy. Is fucking humungous, with un balanced design and very heavy. Maybe you should try the late AK550 or the Xciting S 400. I've just purchased my second 300cc scooter by Kymco and they offer now 5 years warranty. If you are on a budget, with Kymco you don't go wrong.
F there was a 15 Kymco 250 (i believe it was a 250) in the shop for some body repairs and the guy let me ride it being i do motorcycle repairs and custom paint and i tell ya that bike impressed me and how well it handles and cruises right along
Okay, you don't "drive" a motorcycle or scooter,... You ride them. Also, if you keep just using the front brake only, you're gonna be in some shit soon :(
Notice you did not thank god for a beautiful day. I know it was overcast and not too sunny, but you should thank him for the good and the bad, and the hurricanes and storms and quakes and wars and...all the crap of this world. But...he loves us. I agree with all those who believe you should maybe, just maybe, at least read up on the bike you're about to review. Even over my shitty speakers I can hear it's a twin and not a single pot.
Kymco makes a good scooter but I have to go with the burgman of i had to choose. I had a 400 for a little over a year and might be picking up a 650 next week. If recommend a 400 of you're looking for something that can occasionally go on the freeway but mostly use it for around town commuting. My only gripe with the kymco is that is was barely not as comfortable as the burgman. Still a great little motor bike though
@@dwightdodd3734 Made for girls? Why? I guess you wouldn't think much of the Burgman 200 scooter. I'm 53, 5 foot 3, 115 lbs and all male but.. I can't handle a 400. You think I'm less than a girl? I guess I can't complain.. you own two of those girl bikes, I'm in good company.
The truth behind Kimco is they come from a country where it is still more common for people to ride motorcycles and scooters than it is to have a car there's more motorcycles on the road in Taiwan then in the United States almost everyone rides a motorcycle or knows how to ride a motorcycle in Taiwan they are actually really great bikes they are worldwide the number one manufacturer of motorcycles worldwide when it comes to reliability and the reason I don't own one is cuz I don't like working on my own stuff I'm not a motorcycle mechanic I can do some things but not a lot and just because they're Asian and they're not Japanese most places especially shops that work on motorcycles file these bikes under the Chinese bike category and they say they won't even touch the damn things that is why I do not own a Kymco otherwise I would gladly on a Kymco because I currently have a 2014 Suzuki Burgman 400 which 0 to 40 50 miles an hour my Burgman is quicker but that's 750 cc Kymco at Kimco the he just rode is way way more comfortable out on the highway then my Burgman 400 short-term the Burgman has no problem and I even do lots of Fairly Long Highway rides every now and then up to about 90 maybe a hundred miles at a time out on the highway in my Burgman does great still gets 55 to 60 miles per gallon average fuel economy out on the highway but yeah Kymco is a great manufacturer everyone who I know who has a Kymco never complains but a lot of the people I know who own gym cuz also are mechanically inclined which I am I just don't like working on my own stuff but they do like working on their own stuff and they do like tinkering around with things which is part of why they love their Kim Co because realistically if you have an issue with the Kymco and you are capable enough of diagnosing it and knowing that you need to replace this part it is actually really easy to take the broken part off of your Kim Co and take it into a motorcycle service center that sells parts and actually cross reference a part off of another motorcycle that looks like it is the exact same part generally Kawasaki is where the crossover comes from when you fix a Kymco in the US but there's a few other manufacturers that are basically using the exact same Parts as Kim Co and the reason that that 750cc touring scooter was around $7,000 brand new is the import tariffs coming from Taiwan are very low as well as it is not expensive in Taiwan to manufacture and assemble products like it is in many other parts of the world and still have them be of a good high quality in Taiwan the people working at Kimco are also the people riding Kim Co and they would love to have a good quality product so when they manufacturer of these vehicles the people who are manufacturing them try to do it to an extremely high-quality standard because they know that one day that bike could possibly be theirs and they would much rather not have problems with it plus they know it could quite easily be there near were buying the bike and they don't want their neighbor complaining about a motorcycle that they help to assemble and saying what a piece of crap it is in fact when it comes to your bang for your buck even most Chinese bikes are really high quality considering the parts that are usually unreliable on an actual Chinese bike are parts that are inexpensive for a place with good quality parts and you can buy a knockoff of any Honda that is 400 CC's or less as a Chinese bike that as long as it is a Honda model that has been around for 8 years or longer such as the Honda Metropolitan 50cc scooter those are 2000 brand new in the US or there is a company called TaoTao and they are the company that actually manufactures the engines for Honda and they also make knock-off bikes of Honda specially the 50cc scooter segment the engine itself is essentially a Honda engine it is a Honda Clone Engine and you can go and buy from dealerships depending on the state in the city you live in one of these bikes assembled and ready to go and delivered for $750 and then throw tax on top of it making it may be up to $800 out the door and delivered to your house and another $300 and parts and essentially what you are writing is a Honda Metropolitan but you have just spent a lot less on it and the warranty on the TaoTao scooters is the same as on Honda scooters in most cases you can get the Toto for less than 600 bucks and when you include the money in buying the few necessary parts to upgrade to the higher-quality parts you can get into a TaoTao that's going to last you as long as the Honda Metropolitan will for usually less than half the price of the Honda the one advantage is you can take the Honda to any motorcycle shop and they will work on it where is the TaoTao is a Honda and if you have those upgrade Parts on it you can actually refer to the Honda owners manual from 8 years back to the year model of what the TaoTao is and everything matches up to be the same the only reason you pay a lot less for the Chinese bike in the case of TaoTao is you can buy them Factory Direct Plus they are mass-producing them in such numbers that a lot of the parts are current Parts being made for bikes that are new models or existing models currently on the road for other bigger manufacturers so they can manufacture those parts at a really low cost and when they are making their own bikes they can actually put however much profit margin into the bike they want but they choose to go ahead and put a low profit margin in people in the states that say that Chinese bikes are tile on these bikes are crap I remind them that the primary modes of transportation for China and Taiwan are still motorcycles and everyone in those countries rides and those motorcycles are way less expensive and generally the same quality or only slightly lower quality than the bikes that they are copying.
...first... fucking paragraghs, dude. Second; a honda metro is not the same as a gy6 50 scooter. The gy6 is loosely based off an old ass honda engine. The metro and ruckus use the same engine except the metro has EFI, but they aren't gy6 bikes and make sligtly more power. Gy6 50s are also bigger bikes. The only gy6 50 that is the same size is probably the Buddy, which also comes in a 125 or 150.
@Greg Myers ...yeah... I drove my taotao quantum for a lil over a yeae straight, amassing well over 15k miles. Keep the valves adjusted and change the oil every two weeks and it'll last as long as you want it to.
i used to have a Kymco Gran dink 50cc scooter. I loved driving it, it was stable and usable. (not fast by any means... because scooter laws in NL kinda suck). but the thing i like most that i wish my Piaggio Mp3 500 had from it: the mirrors. the mirrors on the Gran dink were located in a great place and offered so much visibility compared to what i have now. (and yes i drive the Mp3 500 because i have yet to get my motorcycle license (working on that atm though, had to wait till i was 24 to get to be able to drive on everything at once, this was available with a car license because laws)).
Can't understand why some people in the USA would be hating on automatic scooters when they own and drive several automatic transmission cars. lol even cvt cars
Human Nature IMO it’s about the macho motorcycle mindset. I’ve owned scooters and 600 Suzuki’s. I’ve learned one thing about the sport of motorcycling, ride what you want and don’t be swayed by idiotic opinions. Younger guys have trouble being their own man and want to go with the flow of the group.
Think its due to Motorcycles in the US being toys in the public mindset. A scooter isn't "Fun" or attractive compared to a Fireblade or a Harley, so people refuse to see past the first impression and find the utility and comfort something like this brings.
@Greg Myers ....."I want to see more big scooters on the highway" ... and Honda, with their DCT offerings, (to a lesser extent for commercial trucks, the Allison) an "old fashioned" gear trans, not a CVT, that shifts itself is proving most manual transmissions are obsolete.
There's nothing better than an automatic scooter, especially in city traffic! I love my little Honda PCX150 ... I wouldn't tour on it but nothing beats it in the city.
I think they’re cool. Guy I know on a GoldWing forum got a 400 Burgman for his wife, he thought the CVT was neat. Made a video showing us the operation of it
Last guy in the world to realize KYMCO makes good bikes.
loud and ignorant. typical American - like their actual Pres.... ^^
It's the lack of importers & dealer networks which let them down. In some countries they just can't be bothered.
...every one can by "expert", you just need to buy GoPro...
@@konstantinrheker4671 I knew Kymco made good engines 10 years ago when I had my Maliguti with it's Kymco engine, so pllbbbbbbffffff...🤣
This guys funny ... He doesn't know about KYMCO's and SCOOTERS... But then again he's an american.... BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SCOOTERS AND MOTORCYCLES... AND KYMCO's USED TO MAKE PARTS FOR HONDA... KYMCO HAS AN AWESOME SCOOTER LINE....
I lived in Taiwan from 1998 till 2007 and KYMCO was considered to be one of the top brands in the scooter world. Also remember Taiwan was actually a part of Japan for nearly 50 years and had a lot of influence on their culture and business environment. A lot of this shows in their motorcycle/scooter manufacturing.
I bet they wish now they were still part of Japan, now Japan is one of the worlds top economies and allied to every Western power. Especially now, with the war drums getting louder by the day...
i drove 40.000km on a 50ccm Kymco YUP here in Germany, the Scooter felt apart but someone picked it up and made him back good for sale. They are freaking reliable!!!
Yes, people told me all they did was oil change while they owned the scooter. I thought they were certainly exaggerating. No bike or car will be like that. Not even my Toyota. However, you really need to own one to believe that. I owned Kymco before. It’s really amazing.
I didnt realize that about Taiwan and Japan. Fascinating
@@MrJeremywarner 1895 to 1945.
China took over when Japan lost the war.
Kymco is actually a really good scooter.
I have a little one to go to my work, a Agility 50 CC, with a Blue plate in Holland here, it means your not alowed to go faster then only 25 km per hour,., mine goes up to 60 km per hour, but mostly I do 30 km per hour,; 40 km with one liter petrol., so also cheap to drive.,., every 4000 km I go to the scootershop for a checkup and oilchange etc., already 23.000 km on it, . just a nice little scooter.
Don't know how abnormally "good" it is, but Suzuki is surely in close cahoots with them when it comes to scooter production. Which in my opinion, customer service and
product availability has become everything but "good".
baba duke ;
It absolutlely is. Got a Myroad 700i and had a Suzuki Burgman 650 before. The Suzuki is more expensive but not as good as the Kymco. Especially after i changed the serial cludge to Dr Pulley's sports cludge (named HIT cludge). It's real fun to cruise along German countryside highways.
They make some great 4 wheelers
So here’s my story. I bought a brand new Kymco in 2009. It was 50cc. I loved it. $6 in fuel per week, commuting 50 km everyday. I put 8400 kms in the first and only year I owned it. I found myself longing for a clutch, and gears. So I saved $900 and went through a motorcycle training course. Then I sold my trusty Kymco, which didn’t give me a lick of trouble ever, and acquired a Honda CM450. Then a Honda CB750. Then a Honda GL1100 Goldwing. Then a Kawasaki GTR1000 Concours. Then a Suzuki B-King1300. Then a Honda F6C Valkyrie, and finally a Suzuki DR650. I now have 46000 on the DR, and am thinking about maybe a new Goldwing, perhaps a Honda VFR1200... who knows what my next bike will be. All thanks to a little Taiwanese 50cc scooter.
You shouldnt sell it, it will be grand papi of your bikes
I love the looks and style of the B-King and still want one today. What was it like to ride and own? I currently ride a well-modified 1st gen FZ1 (160rwhp) and a KTM 950sm.
@@j.thomas7128 I miss that bike, but also I don’t. It just had so much power that I could never legally use. And the gears were super tall; you could make 160 kph in first gear. When I first bought it, the sales person suggested that I just leave it in third all the time, and treat it like an automatic 😂. Anyway, I didn’t fit comfortably on it, and threw a lot of money at it in moto gp style rear-sets and a Corbin seat, in an attempt to get comfy on it. Eventually I traded it in for a dual sport.
@@caryd67 Thank you. Tall gears and more power than i would ever need are things i can live with. Hearing that it has enough torque to ride third gear all day is welcoming. The FZ1 was setup originally as an upright track bike that i could still street, but over time, it's evolved into a tourer with top bag and panniers and Im getting too old to ride Hooligan on the SM. Thanks for your advice! I'm starting my search for a B-King!
@@j.thomas7128 one final thing I remember is the tires, specially the rear tire: it’s a pretty wide rim compared to the Hayabusa, and tire choices are quite limited for the B-King. I was contemplating switching out the rear rim for a ‘busa rim which would offer far more tire options, but never did. Anyway I wish you excellent luck in your search, I feel like it’s a pretty rare bike nowadays ✌🏻👋🏻🇨🇦
I think when a lot of people hear 'Taiwan' or that something is made in Taiwan they think sweatshops and they think of all the stories about poor production quality they heard about Chinese products. If that's you, I'd urge you to do some research on the country (or region of China, if you're Chinese). Taiwan has the 22nd highest GDP in the world, ahead of Sweden and Belgium, with a relatively small population of only 25 million people. Their industry focuses on high tech, with big companies you might recognize like HTC, ASUS, MSI and countless others. If they're going to be good at anything, they're going to be good at scooters - everyone in Taiwan rides a scooter, they love them.
I live in taiwan product of taiwan is great..i used kymco i love it so far
Fool man..idiot
Steve Higgins
Taiwanese riders are being raped by those oligopoly manufacturers while Kymco being the leader.
This is the reason why most Taiwanese riders hate Kymco so much.
@@irnagtx2366 that is just not true. Kymco sold over 565,000 scooters in 2019 because they are a good brand and a reliable product. In a total scooter fleet of 16 million in Taiwan for 1 company to sell 565,000 in one year indicates that the Taiwanese people trust Kymco. If you got a bad bike or a bad dealer you should fix that problem, not run around all over the internet bad mouthing the Kymco company as a whole.
Taiwan is an island off the coast of China, where the democratic Chinese went after mao took over. It ain’t no damn region I’m China, dawg. You 💯 all 🧢
Nothing wrong with KYMCOS. I worked with a delivery company that had a fleet of KYMCOS! I rode the wheels off those machines!👍
Its actually a good scoot! did you know BMW Scooters C-series engines are manufactured by Kymco. awesome!
I'm shoping for a scooter now and thats what i hear from dealers.
I appreciate your sudden enlightenment; but do some research before your next review of a 55 year old company that built almost all of Honda's motorcycle engines through the 1980's.
KYMCO- Kwang Yang Motor Company, makes some of the most reliable bikes in the world. Have some respect and at the very least do your homework before you post such a closed minded opinion on a product that everyone interested in a scooter in the USA should seriously consider!
I have nothing to say to that guy but to say that he is a total imbecile.
Some of KYMCO's bikes are re-branded Lifan products from Mainland China. To assume that every KYMCO is going to be good because they made Honda's stuff ignores this.
They're about 50/50 across their product line when referring to their scoots built in Taiwan (the good ones) versus their scoots built in their Chinese facilities (not so good).
I think this guy is just being honest. In the United States, We just do not think of Kymco and other Chinese or Thai motor companies as up to par.
**Yeah...you're 'saying something' but that's not even close to 'entire picture' regarding Honda 'farming-out' SOME 'engine manufacturing' for Honda by 'Kymco'...like generators etc. UNDER HONDA'S DIRECT 'QUALITY CONTROL' requirements...and when that began 'slipping' and being 'covertly avoided' by the use of poor quality and assembly techniques...Honda brought 'home' it's motorcycle production where it belongs, IN JAPAN** **For instance, production of the 'GET-2' 50cc engine suffered from early failures by the use of a 'permanent-bearing' on one aspect of the bearing-journal...done to 'ease production and assembly costs' and that bearing failed miserably because of 'crud build-up and over-stress' and the impossibility of repairing it made many American buyers of the bikes and scooters produced mad as hell when they were told 'Replace the engine is the only answer' on engines with only several thousand miles on them! (this is normally enough miles to 'seat the engine well' on any Honda motorcycle, never mind 'wear it out!**' Honda 'learned their lessons' and brought bike production back to Japan where it belongs since 2008.
As a younger guy I love automatic scooters, two of my friends have the stereotypical manual 600cc motorcycles. I'm happy riding my auto 125.
We've had a Kymco "People 150" in the family since 2007. Daughter used it for High School and College. Taught her boyfriend how to ride 2 wheels ( they're both Sportster riders now). Thing still runs and is waiting to start the next family member.
That's a beautiful generation tradition, if you wanna look it as that.
I'm hoping to get my first scooter(50cc)next year. I'd be the first rider in my family, as no one in my family rides motorcycles or scooters.
This isn't a review. Can I suggest that you learn a little about the bikes you ride before passing judgement? You rarely seem to know what you're talking about.
+Scuba Steve Vlogs no way
Where does it say this is a review?
@@drnapalm7605
And what does the word "review" mean in your part of the world? Because YEAH,, his video's are not only reviews, they're also personal assessments.
He skims bible versus, however he definitely does REVIEW bikes.
*REVIEW: to examine or study again especially : to reexamine judicially. 3 : to look back on : take a retrospective view of review the past. 4a : to go over or examine critically or deliberately reviewed the results of the study.
Kymco is parly owned by Honda.
+3000 employes
+ 600,000 units produced per year.
It is realy professional.
I just got me a xtown 300i.
Super quality, super service by the dealer who is also rep for Honda and Indian, and the biggest mc dealer in Denmark.
I am happy I changed from motorbike to scooter for commuting.
I am 65y old and I prefere to call my scooter a "COMFORT BIKE"
Have a great day.
I have a 2012 kymco downtown 300i, I love it. Very reliable. Did extensive research, before purchasing.Happy with my decision
I bought it when it first came out in '11. $4600 OTD
@@M1Anut Still have mine, although I may try to sell it soon ☹️
I live in Taiwan. Kymco is a legit company!
I found out my Kawasaki 360 Praire ATV is built by Kymco and it's very good build guality. Very happy with it. Kymco also builds several engines for BMW motorcycles and others. Great company in my opinion.
My wife owns a Kymco scooter and she really likes it. She can easily keep up with my bike on the interstate. They are not a new company, they were originally part of Honda but split from them in the early 1960's and started the Kwan Yang Motor COmpany, hence KYMCO. They not only continue to make engines for Honda, but other companies, including BMW! They make a couple of smaller bikes, similar to a Gromm or the Kawi 125, but are less expensive since they are manufactured in Taiwan. If you are into scooters, this would probably be a decent buy for you.
&kl
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Curtis Kennimer; huh?
Can you say what cc. It is that keeps up on the intereststate?
First, you never check out your accessories after you start riding down the road. Not safe. Do it before you start riding, so you know what everything does (and if it actually works like it's intended to) Use your turn signals, so other drivers know your intentions. I don't understand why you give reviews about bikes when you ride worse than some beginners.
Kawasaki J300s are made by Kymco. Some Arctic Cat Atv models are actually made by Kymco. Kymco means quality. Their only downside is the name. Some might mistake it for Chinese crap. Big mistake. Kymco is Japanese quality at a cheaper price.
Kymco(Taiwan/China) and Japan are in cahoots. They just haven't officially revealed to the public ,they're sister companies as of yet.
I had a 08 xciting 500 and enjoyed it very much. super east maintenance, great handling, and all day comfort
Ive toured and done 750 miles in one day on kymco scooter (xciting 500) Very reliable they make very good products.
Megascooter engines from Kymco are trusted by BMW in her own megascooters, and also as a range extender engine for the range extender electric vehicle version of the BMW i3 REX.
I have a Kymco people 50 and it goes 43 mph stock. Kymco has always made fantastic bikes.
Kymco and Sym are actually the largest scooter manufacturers in the world. Good quality products.
I learned to ride on a Kymco K-Pipe and over the years have graduated up to a Goldwing now. I still have my K-Pipe. Reliable and fun to ride, 90+ miles to the gallon. Kymco makes great stuff. And I recommend the K-Pipe for beginners. You'll outgrow it quick unless you're want something for around a small town or campus, but it made learning to ride and pass the exam so easy.
I've rode several Kymco 4-wheelers & I was pretty impressed with quality, especially considering the price compared to similar Japanese big 4 bikes in the same class. They are more than competitively priced & generally better optioned & equipped than more established brands.
kymco is not bad at all. Very well made and they last a long time. Here in Colombia they are really popular and take a beating really well
This is an actual review I was looking for, someone who has ridden across the country on big motorcycles and is now wanting to try it on a "scooter". Great review!
This guy always jumps on a bike for a in depth review and never knows anything about the bike. ' Don't know how many cylinders, don't know what that button is for, don't know the horsepower'. The funny thing is, he gets away with it and I always dig the video's... 😅
I had the same model here in Germany. If you change the CVT rollers for lighter sliders that thing is insane. Kymco makes the engines for the BMW 650 scooters.
In early 2008, KYMCO was chosen by BMW to supply the engines for their G450 X Enduro bike. The optional range extender in the BMW i3 is also supplied by Kymco. In late 2013, Kawasaki announced that their new J300 scooter is manufactured in partnership with Kymco. It is based on a Kymco Downtown 300i. © ctto
Kymco quality isn’t bad. Nothing wrong with being made in Taiwan. The Grom is made in Thailand. The problem is finding parts and people to work on them when they do break.
Just a note, please don't take offense, but Thailand and Taiwan are very different places. There comparason should not be part of this conversation, we are talking about Taiwan and Taiwanese manufacturing quality. Rice isn't rice!
Jonathan Keese my point is that even “Japanese bikes” aren’t necessarily made in Japan
Jonathan Keese Kymco also makes parts for Honda so you COULD say that Hondas are made in Taiwan too. At least partially
A lot of taiwanese scooters use gy6 engines, not hard to find parts for. A lot of them are gy6 bikes and use the same chassis.
@@afn-bd2ro It actually depends on your area. In western states like Cali, there's a lot of parts you could find there(hey even in Seattle Wa. I found a couple of shops when I was touring) but unfortunately on the east or southern states, not so much. Went to visit my mom in Dallas and found none...nada.
I am glad that kymco is coming to India with Electric and maxi scooters, thank God I l be able to make few more reviews.
I can’t stand when people call scooters mopeds. They couldn’t be more different. Also makes it hard for me to find Moped parts and videos because scooter stuff comes up instead. Lol
Craig Campbell When i was more interested in scooter I wanted the size of the tires to indicate moped, but there is no motorcycling church to impose canon
Martin D I don’t understand your comment. It doesn’t make any sense but so you know moped stands for motor/pedal. To be considered a moped it must have pedals like a bicycle. A scooter by definition is simply a motorcycle with a step through frame.
Craig Campbell Thank you for your elucidation Brother Campbell.
Martin D you’re welcome.
They call scooters "mopads" here in South Arkansas. They also call beenie caps a "toboggan" here
I’ve worked some in Taiwan and seen tens of thousands of Kymco products on the road. From my experience, the typical Taiwanese worker is well paid, diligent, and does quality work. Probably equal to Japanese build quality, if not quite the same design standards. If something by Kymco struck my fancy, I’d have no issue buying it.
KYMCO designs most of their scooters for wester markets in Italy, so I question your statement on design standards, as for model names, they are almost the worst.
@Jonnielights The model names are really dumb but at least the badges are easily removed so you don't have to look at them.
@@jakeryan9469 My 2009 Grandvista 250 would never have made it to my driveway if Kymco had not changed the name of the Grand Dink for the US market.
My Kymco GT200i took over 50k kilometers of daily commuting, fun runs from southern Quebec into Vermont/upstate NY/New Hampshire, Saturday rides about Quebec, and one or two ventures onto gravel. Blew out a belt when I neglected the service interval. Ate a stator about 40km in. Survived until I decided to move up to a BV 350 and--after a winter in hibernation--wouldn't start up when I checked it before posting the Craigslist ad. Gave it to the first guy to call for "free to pick up".
For all I know, the guy rezzed it and it's tootling around somewhere still.
I had a Kymco in my early 20s. I loved it. You’re talking to someone who is literally AFRAID of motorcycles and bikes. I’m afraid to be on them, around them just no. But I bought the Kymco from my dad’s friend and rode it around the neighborhood until the tires got bad. I was making 8$ at the time and couldn’t afford to fix it. So my dad sold it. But I’m looking in to getting another to drive back and forth to work and school. I really did enjoy mine
I like working on Kymco engines. Surprising quality for a scooter. Won’t be trading my Indian any time soon, but small engines are a joy to tinker with.
I just bought a used 500 xciting Kymco. So far it’s pretty impressive. Road it home from the cycle shop, around 350 miles, and it rode great. Just hope I can get parts if it ever needs them.
I bought a Kymco Spade 150 used and have put around 2k miles on it in the past 9 months. It hasn't given me anything but reliable and fun riding. That being said, I totally agree with you on getting parts if and when needed. I like to buy consumables up front (like brake pads/shoes, gaskets for often serviced areas, ect...) and nobody aftermarket makes shoes yet. I've been waiting for months to get them along with a few other things from our local dealer and that is the only thing that would make me hesitant to buying another Kymco in the future. I hear it's easier to get parts for the scooters and quads though. I really hope Kymco USA can get their stuff together soon, because they make a great product but everything needs parts over time and makes a boat anchor if you can't repair it.
Have had a Kymco ATV for 8 years,
Best one f the seven I have owned. Buying a new bigger one this Christmas.
Taiwan stuff is well built, my sym joyride 200 is a fantastic, had it 6years with nothing major failures to report.
I bought myself a Kymco zing 125 last month and I was genuinly surprised it didn't suck.
As always 'all the gear, all the time!'
The moment I saw you riding without gloves was the moment I realized exactly why you have never heard of Kymco... Because you don't do research.
I have a Kymco 160 cc and it goes anywhere. Drove down the highway like a boss. It's small, so I didn't like the highway experience, but it handled the speed purring like a kitten. gets about 70 miles to the gallon of gas, and I've been able to do all repairs. I would like a video on the front breaks though. It's also easy to get parts.
I had a Yamaha 400cc Majesty and it was a great scooter! Lot's of power, storage space and protection from the elements. I only sold it because I didn't have time to ride anymore. There is a stigma in this country against scooters which is too bad.
I had a Majesty put 13k on it I should have never sold it now there over 8k new
Yeah. I'm surprised nobody in the comments made note of the guy in the Acura at the beginning, ribbing our host about his "moped."
Why would you think Kymco is low quality? Taiwan is not China. And these days a lot of Chinese stuff is actually good quality, if you pay the cost for better materials and quality control. It's the the cheap budget junk that stinks. You get what you pay for.
Taiwan is China, the Republic of China ( they are the good guys). The People's Republic of China ( Communists, mortal enemies of free people).
Soldier, I give u 10 points. 10 outa 10. Ho of M’sia.
@@saxonsoldier67 the peoples republic of china is not communist
@@KamuiProductsInc Technically, you are correct. The PRC is only governed by Communists. Mao is so proud of the distinction.
@@saxonsoldier67 the government is far closer to the center than the left
They are very authoritarian though
Kymco makes the engine that goes into BMW'S scooters. Lord bless you. Be safe. VAUGHN
Kmyco is number choice in Europe when it comes to scooter
No ones listening, they’re just waiting for the post it to fly off
finally someone who gets my videos
I recently had my eye on a 700i just like that, but it sold before my indecisiveness wore off. Kymco no longer makes anything larger than a 400, so snag them while you can guys.
Billy Bailey kymco Ak550? It's a beast!
KYMCO still makes larger displacement bikes, they are just not exported to the USA.
Can't get kymco in Ireland which is a balls. I'm getting an Ak500 even if I have to drive it back from Taiwan!
I’ve been riding a kymco people 250cc for two years and absolutely love it.
Bought my wife a kymco 500,she took the moto coarse on it. I bought a Suzuki, 800, wife would leave me all the time so I moved up to 1500, she still stayed with me but she cold go by a has station where I would have to stop. The kymco is safe, storage out the wazzoo. It's why we kept it instead of the motorcycle.
I have a PGO 150cc scooter made in Taiwan, it has been an incredible reliable and quick little scooter. It has 26000 miles on it and still runs well with no issues. I would not hesitate to buy any scooters from Taiwan.
I have a kymco agility 125 2015. It's a little runner. Got 13k on the clock. Regularly go on 100 mile round trip rides. Just runs beautifully
My old 600cc Honda Silverwing touring scooter had a very similar power band set up. Took 8 seconds to get to 60 MPH. But out on the Interstate accelerating from 65 MPH from behind a slow Semi to 90 MPH was effortless. And STILL had power to spare at 90! KYMCO builds A1 quality stuff. The repair history proves that. They had like 2 models in their history that were a bit glitchy, but *overall* they are VERY reliable. I don't own one, I don't sell them, and I am not paid by anyone to say that! LOL Just an honest observation from my last 5 years reading about, watching on YT, and talking to owners at the scooter rally's about KYMCO.
COYOTE ADVENTURES have the 2009 silver wing, great scoot. (Don't ride it much anymore, as my vstar 1100 is more funner) ;)
I loved my little 300cc Kymco ATV. Great engine.
I'm giving up on this "reviews". The constant "I know nothing about this bike" or "I don't know what this buttons are doing" or "I don't know if it's single cylinder, or twin". I'm looking for information, not a constand display of general ignorance. This, and the useless "words of wisdom", hmmm NO, thank you!
Quick tip - Tour the controls and buttons BEFORE starting the ride. Please? :-)
Little do people
Know they actually made motors for bmw bikes
I had a 2012 Kymco Agility 50. That thing LASTED for 3 years and almost 30k miles before having a major mechanical failure. (the sprocket split)
and i have a 2004 kymco 50 dink classic , that i still drive without any major issues in all these years
I own and Kimco 250 Grand Vista. Beautiful bike. 11 years old,never had a problem with it in 17,000 miles .
Many bikers are ignorant about scooters.
KYMCO is on the Internet, FYI. 🤣
Former owner of a kymco scooter back in the late 90s, the dink 180. It had a 2 stroke engine and was very reliable, up to the point it was stolen from my front yard. Imagine 20+ yrs later what they can build now. Don't trash Eastern companies, they work hard and produce cheap reliable machines, not dependent on certain myths to sustain sales like (cough-cough) HD.
Had a Burgman 400, Burgman 650 Executive and now a Honda Silverwing. I also have a VFR800. But for comfort and practicality the maxi-scooters rule.
I'm wanting to buy a maxi scooter for mostly city ..some highway. Of course something very little maintenance. What would you recommend ?
@@Johnwillbegone @John Depends on how tall you are, how much highway etc. The Burgmans are great, 400 is plenty in town and for some highway. The 650 is a great long distance highway ride. If you want sportier a Kymco or BMW 650 is good (Kymco makes the drivetrains for BMW). Silverwing's are all over 10 years old now. You can find a low mileage one for cheap I'll bet. Supposed to change drivebelts on all of these around 16,000 miles but I've never heard of anyone having a failure. Honda PCX150 is capable of doing a couple of highway exits but that's it.
A bit of research BEFORE your test/review would greatly improve your commentary.
I think he'd rather be a biker preacher than a preacher who does bike reviews. He just hasn't figured out how to merge and monetize them together.
In the UK,’bike’ riders don’t wave to scooter riders ! Even though the foot forward riding position is really comfortable ( in my opinion )
Impressive demo. Knows nothing about the scooter. But trying to show it off anyway. It’s got ‘buttons.’ Cool.
Hey bro... have you tried the brand SYM? If you ever get your hands on a SYM cruisym and do abit of review on it… that would be awesome..
That's another Excellent Brand from Taiwan !!
A lot of the so called real motor riders do not realize that the today motorscooters ara as heavy and as fast as the real motorbikes. I have a Honda 600 Silverwing and if I want I do 100k/h within 7 sec. I treat her with respect and I know if something goes wrong it will turn out bad. So before I go I check everythng do my clothing gloves and helmet. I practice regularly. And I also realize there are lots of cardrivers who rather see me lying in hospital so I drive defensively. And I see so often guys like you who are making a so called test of a motorscooter with disrespect. Automatic motorscooters and "real" motorbikes are the future. Wake up man! I had a couple of real motorbikes but I would not change them with my Honda Silverwing.
I've got a 2007 KYMCO 125 and it's been a very reliable scooter. I ride it around East TN and it had never let me down. I use 93 octane gas and I change the oil every three months. I definitely would buy another one.
And God said: Let idiots ride without gloves; and it came to pass.
bigwheelsturning i was gonna talk shit about the comment. but within a few seconds i realized he should have done a walk around and knows nothing about what he is saying.
@@yolovegas1499 I wonder what this does.
KYMCO is a portmanteau for Kwang Yang Motor Company.
I've been living in Taiwan for the past two years now... everybody and their grandmothers gets around on two wheels. Even dogs in Taiwan ride scooters!
When I arrived in Taipei, I picked up a 1995 Kymco Freeway 125 with 14,500km on the odometer (it only counts up to 99,999km). I rode all around Taiwan on it, and put 30,000km (18,641 miles) on it in two years. I had to replace plenty of things on it due to age, wear and tear, but it never once left me, my wife and dog stranded. We've even been over the Central Cross-Island Highway, which reaches a height of 3,200 meters (10,498 feet), six times.
On one occasion, we were riding through Taroko Gorge, which starts at sea level and runs 54 miles to the He Huan Shan area, which is over 10,000 feet. All the dudes riding cruisers or sports bikes gave me a thumbs up as they rode past me and my wife, who was holding our medium-sized dog in her lap. Even with passengers, a big camping backpack and two trunks stuffed with food, the Kymco Freeway held its own on that busy, narrow, winding road. When we got to the gas station, we definitely got more looks than the guys with expensive bikes... which goes to show you, it's not WHAT you ride, it's HOW you ride.
I finally had to give up Little Kymie this week. Age, riding fast and up one too many steep mountain roads finally took its toll. She was blowing plumes of blue smoke and burning up a quart of motor oil every five days, and I didn't feel like spending money at the mechanic when it could be better put towards a new bike.
After test riding a 150cc Sym, PGO Hotshot, and Kymco G5, I bought the Kymco for its superior handling and acceleration.
No gloves, boots or any protection, how do you expect people to take your opinion seriously ?
WRONG If you ever had a HONDA in your life you had a KYMCO product lol Look it up that is a touring scooter . Kymco is the biggest and best exporter in Taiwan of small cc stuff . They private label for polaris and more not Junk at all .. O yeah two year parts and Labor warranty's! That 50cc and 80 cc Kawasaki youth atv is a kymco look at the rear rotors on them !
I'm an industry trained Honda tech, and that is the very first time I have ever heard that claim. Considering they spilt with Honda in 1963 that is a dubious claim at best.
Yeah they split your right but Honda still used them as engine builders . Honda started SYM , PGO and more all Taiwanese quality manufactures For instance Kymco built a BMW design motor for them because kymco has top notch manufacture capabilities .. Kymco produces everything but the rubber parts castings , light bulbs, plastic all not a lot of company's do that not even the big 4 ! I was Kymco dealer since the beginning that is why i can attest to the Quality and the US kymco line .. Kymco USA was bought by kymco Taiwan sometime around 2012 or so then they changed the product line as you know it today side by side dominant..
You understand there are HONDA plants in Taiwan right? Still made by Honda, but located in Taiwan. Not made in Taiwan by another rcompany.
The only Honda plant that i know of is the car plant in Taiwan , Honda ,Kaw,SUZ,Yam all subbed out to a bunch of electronic parts and some small parts like water pumps levers etc to plants in Taiwan ..
@@baltsosser kinda what I was thinking, I'm not in the industry like you are but I never had anyone tell me my crf450 was a kymco.
From my research they make all BMW bikes that are under 800cc...same factory same equipment to build this and bmw...not bad imo
Normal person: why is there a sticky note on the window? Me: waiting for the sticky note to fly in his face.
I started riding on a kymco super 9 50cc bout 20 years ago, great starter bike imo.
Kymcos are very popular in the Netherlands. I have a 50cc kymco agility and i love it
I have a Kymco new like 50cc and rides great too 👍
Kymco is top of the line!! I had their agility 125 scooter for over 10 years. Not one single problem never. Changed the oil every 5k miles thats it and I got it for under $2k new. It also cruzed at 65mph and I beat my friend on his zuma 125 every time. Forget honda, yamaha get a kymco.
Great video thanks. I also heard the name the first time here in Singapore, but the dealer seems very kind and thorough in his explanations and already telling me about "ride trips" they're having to Malaysia and so on.
It also seemed very comfortable at the shop, and hardly shakes when the passenger gets on.
I might just buy it although it's $20,000 in Singapore currently, in Singapore dollars.
Thanks man!
Clickbait. Worst video you've posted. You didn't know anything about the product your riding. You got me dizzy with your camera going up and down and up and down. That sticky note on the windscreen was driving me crazy. You're better than this. Kymco's are great scooters.
SRK is some what famous for not knowing didly about what they sell.
Kymco i believe used to produce alot of suzuki parts amd there atv arent as bad as people think
Had a like 200i for a couple of years and absolutely faultless.
BMW are using KYMCO engines for their 600 GT scooters.
Bogdan Paun That's the BMW C650gt. A 650cc scooter. And it can run the curviest roads and not get left behind running with the 600-650 sport bikes. Off the line it doesn't accelerate as fast, but it actually can scoot around the tight turns as fast or faster. And at the end of the run, you can pull your lunch and a cold beer out from under the seat. There's enough space under the seat for 2 helmets and a tool kit plus a little extra.
My mistake. Actually it's BMW C650 Sport and BMW C650 GT. Not sure about BMW C400X yet.
I'm sure BMW chose Kymco engines for good reasons ;)
@@gpecaut1 So true, in fact, I have put a single small camping tent in there, some dried and canned goods, some rice, some clothes, and it all fit. I just put my portable mini methane stove in the top storage(off the shelf storage btw, with other stuff) then went around my country(Philippines) touring for six months straight.
Kymco scooters rock!! Well made, convenient, fun, cheap to buy and run. They make scooters for many bike makers including Peugeot Scooters in E.U. "nations".👍
Don't be discouraged by all the "negative Nellie's out there . You're review was fine . I never thought you tried to pass yourself off as a Kymco expert. If you can glean something useful out of the negative comments and apply it to future videos so be ii, otherwise don't worry about their negativity .
Kymco succesfully sells his scoots in Europe since the early 90's. Their overall quality is pretty same at Japanese Level and they sells like bread. Btw this particolar model, MyRoad 700, has been the biggest bust for Kymco ever, at least here in Italy. Is fucking humungous, with un balanced design and very heavy. Maybe you should try the late AK550 or the Xciting S 400. I've just purchased my second 300cc scooter by Kymco and they offer now 5 years warranty. If you are on a budget, with Kymco you don't go wrong.
A lot of the small displacement japanese bikes are actually made in Taiwan now. My Honda CB500F for example.
i would still wear protection on my hands etc before going on a bike
F there was a 15 Kymco 250 (i believe it was a 250) in the shop for some body repairs and the guy let me ride it being i do motorcycle repairs and custom paint and i tell ya that bike impressed me and how well it handles and cruises right along
Interesting from the point of view of "I don't know!"
Okay, you don't "drive" a motorcycle or scooter,... You ride them.
Also, if you keep just using the front brake only, you're gonna be in some shit soon :(
Notice you did not thank god for a beautiful day. I know it was overcast and not too sunny, but you should thank him for the good and the bad, and the hurricanes and storms and quakes and wars and...all the crap of this world. But...he loves us.
I agree with all those who believe you should maybe, just maybe, at least read up on the bike you're about to review.
Even over my shitty speakers I can hear it's a twin and not a single pot.
My Kimco super 9 was the best ,fastest longest lasting water cooled 50cc moped ever. now outlawed in the USA.
i love my kymco agility 125, i've had it 2 years and it's been good so far, more reliable than my old yamaha even.
Hummm,
My husband is considering a Kymco and I want a Burgman
Kymco makes a good scooter but I have to go with the burgman of i had to choose. I had a 400 for a little over a year and might be picking up a 650 next week. If recommend a 400 of you're looking for something that can occasionally go on the freeway but mostly use it for around town commuting. My only gripe with the kymco is that is was barely not as comfortable as the burgman. Still a great little motor bike though
@@troyjones4271 I have 2 400 Burgmans.Made for Girls but it is a GREAT scooter! You will LOVE it!!!!!!!!!!!
I believe the only one more luxurious than a Burgman is the BMW 650.
@@amramjose .......Built by the Kwan Yang Motor Company=KYMCO, only the boxer engines are still built in Germany .
@@dwightdodd3734 Made for girls? Why? I guess you wouldn't think much of the Burgman 200 scooter. I'm 53, 5 foot 3, 115 lbs and all male but.. I can't handle a 400. You think I'm less than a girl? I guess I can't complain.. you own two of those girl bikes, I'm in good company.
The truth behind Kimco is they come from a country where it is still more common for people to ride motorcycles and scooters than it is to have a car there's more motorcycles on the road in Taiwan then in the United States almost everyone rides a motorcycle or knows how to ride a motorcycle in Taiwan they are actually really great bikes they are worldwide the number one manufacturer of motorcycles worldwide when it comes to reliability and the reason I don't own one is cuz I don't like working on my own stuff I'm not a motorcycle mechanic I can do some things but not a lot and just because they're Asian and they're not Japanese most places especially shops that work on motorcycles file these bikes under the Chinese bike category and they say they won't even touch the damn things that is why I do not own a Kymco otherwise I would gladly on a Kymco because I currently have a 2014 Suzuki Burgman 400 which 0 to 40 50 miles an hour my Burgman is quicker but that's 750 cc Kymco at Kimco the he just rode is way way more comfortable out on the highway then my Burgman 400 short-term the Burgman has no problem and I even do lots of Fairly Long Highway rides every now and then up to about 90 maybe a hundred miles at a time out on the highway in my Burgman does great still gets 55 to 60 miles per gallon average fuel economy out on the highway but yeah Kymco is a great manufacturer everyone who I know who has a Kymco never complains but a lot of the people I know who own gym cuz also are mechanically inclined which I am I just don't like working on my own stuff but they do like working on their own stuff and they do like tinkering around with things which is part of why they love their Kim Co because realistically if you have an issue with the Kymco and you are capable enough of diagnosing it and knowing that you need to replace this part it is actually really easy to take the broken part off of your Kim Co and take it into a motorcycle service center that sells parts and actually cross reference a part off of another motorcycle that looks like it is the exact same part generally Kawasaki is where the crossover comes from when you fix a Kymco in the US but there's a few other manufacturers that are basically using the exact same Parts as Kim Co and the reason that that 750cc touring scooter was around $7,000 brand new is the import tariffs coming from Taiwan are very low as well as it is not expensive in Taiwan to manufacture and assemble products like it is in many other parts of the world and still have them be of a good high quality in Taiwan the people working at Kimco are also the people riding Kim Co and they would love to have a good quality product so when they manufacturer of these vehicles the people who are manufacturing them try to do it to an extremely high-quality standard because they know that one day that bike could possibly be theirs and they would much rather not have problems with it plus they know it could quite easily be there near were buying the bike and they don't want their neighbor complaining about a motorcycle that they help to assemble and saying what a piece of crap it is in fact when it comes to your bang for your buck even most Chinese bikes are really high quality considering the parts that are usually unreliable on an actual Chinese bike are parts that are inexpensive for a place with good quality parts and you can buy a knockoff of any Honda that is 400 CC's or less as a Chinese bike that as long as it is a Honda model that has been around for 8 years or longer such as the Honda Metropolitan 50cc scooter those are 2000 brand new in the US or there is a company called TaoTao and they are the company that actually manufactures the engines for Honda and they also make knock-off bikes of Honda specially the 50cc scooter segment the engine itself is essentially a Honda engine it is a Honda Clone Engine and you can go and buy from dealerships depending on the state in the city you live in one of these bikes assembled and ready to go and delivered for $750 and then throw tax on top of it making it may be up to $800 out the door and delivered to your house and another $300 and parts and essentially what you are writing is a Honda Metropolitan but you have just spent a lot less on it and the warranty on the TaoTao scooters is the same as on Honda scooters in most cases you can get the Toto for less than 600 bucks and when you include the money in buying the few necessary parts to upgrade to the higher-quality parts you can get into a TaoTao that's going to last you as long as the Honda Metropolitan will for usually less than half the price of the Honda the one advantage is you can take the Honda to any motorcycle shop and they will work on it where is the TaoTao is a Honda and if you have those upgrade Parts on it you can actually refer to the Honda owners manual from 8 years back to the year model of what the TaoTao is and everything matches up to be the same the only reason you pay a lot less for the Chinese bike in the case of TaoTao is you can buy them Factory Direct Plus they are mass-producing them in such numbers that a lot of the parts are current Parts being made for bikes that are new models or existing models currently on the road for other bigger manufacturers so they can manufacture those parts at a really low cost and when they are making their own bikes they can actually put however much profit margin into the bike they want but they choose to go ahead and put a low profit margin in people in the states that say that Chinese bikes are tile on these bikes are crap I remind them that the primary modes of transportation for China and Taiwan are still motorcycles and everyone in those countries rides and those motorcycles are way less expensive and generally the same quality or only slightly lower quality than the bikes that they are copying.
Trevor Kemp .... That is absolutely the longest, single sentence I've ever read! Not a single damn punctuation ANYWHERE!! Shit man, take a breath!
There is a period at the very end.
Dan Phillips Its true tho.... I'd choose a Kymco Spade, over a Grom any day! 👍😎🏍
...first... fucking paragraghs, dude. Second; a honda metro is not the same as a gy6 50 scooter. The gy6 is loosely based off an old ass honda engine. The metro and ruckus use the same engine except the metro has EFI, but they aren't gy6 bikes and make sligtly more power. Gy6 50s are also bigger bikes. The only gy6 50 that is the same size is probably the Buddy, which also comes in a 125 or 150.
@Greg Myers ...yeah... I drove my taotao quantum for a lil over a yeae straight, amassing well over 15k miles. Keep the valves adjusted and change the oil every two weeks and it'll last as long as you want it to.
I really didn't like how you just cut the video without finishing sentace or your last words ..
SloW PoKe thought I was the only one!
i used to have a Kymco Gran dink 50cc scooter. I loved driving it, it was stable and usable. (not fast by any means... because scooter laws in NL kinda suck).
but the thing i like most that i wish my Piaggio Mp3 500 had from it: the mirrors. the mirrors on the Gran dink were located in a great place and offered so much visibility compared to what i have now. (and yes i drive the Mp3 500 because i have yet to get my motorcycle license (working on that atm though, had to wait till i was 24 to get to be able to drive on everything at once, this was available with a car license because laws)).