Kymco Motorcycle Reviews
Kymco Motorcycle Reviews and comparisons from Rider magazine. A Taiwanese company, Kymco has a history of offering motorcycles with good build quality, two-year warranties and an extensive U.S. dealer network. Pricing for Kymco motorcycles has a tendency to run much lower than comparable Japanese and European offerings.
2010 Kymco Lineup
Rider Contributor
November 17, 2010
photography by Scott Hirko [This 2010 Kymco Lineup review was originally published in the January 2010 issue of Rider magazine] 2010 Kymco Grandvista 250 Kymco’s 2010 two-wheeled lineup, which includes 16 scooters and a small-displacement motorcycle, offers a wide variety of fun, stylish and... Read more »
2010 Kymco Xciting 500Ri vs. 2010 Yamaha Tmax
Rider Contributor
October 20, 2010
photography by Scott Hirko [This 2010 Kymco Xciting 500Ri vs. 2010 Yamaha Tmax road test was originally published in the December 2009 issue of Rider magazine] 2010 Kymco Xciting 500Ri and 2010 Yamaha Tmax in action The first time I took one of these scooters out with my riding buddies they were holding... Read more »
2011 Kymco Scooters
Rider Contributor
September 1, 2010
Kymco has announced three new scooters for 2011: 2011 Kymco Downtown 300i Kymco Downtown 300i With the open-road performance of a maxi scooter and the agility of a sportbike, the Downtown 300i delivers the ultimate scooter riding experience. It is powered by an all-new 299cc liquid-cooled, SOHC,... Read more »
2007 Kymco Xciting 500 Road Test
Rider Contributor
October 24, 2007
[This 2007 Kymco Xciting 500 Road Test was originally published in the May 2006 issue of Rider magazine] The Kymco Xciting 500 weighs 529 pounds fully fueled and carries its weight low. Scooters were big back in the 1960s when I was in high school, and began making a comeback in the ’90s. Today,... Read more »
2005 Kymco Venox Road Test
Bill Stermer
January 1, 2007
I know what you’re thinking. To answer your first obvious question, Kymco is an acronym for Kwang Yang Motor Company, a Taiwanese firm that now has five manufacturing plants in Asia and distributes its products in 63 countries. At this time Kymco claims 400 U.S. dealerships, and its powersports... Read more »
