The company was founded in Bologna, Italy in 1930 by Antonino Malaguti to build bicycle.

With the onslaught of cheap scooters from Asian companies such as Kymco and Daelim as well as Chinese manufacturers, can Malaguti hold on?

Malaguti Moto (malagutimoto.it)

Hyosung‘s fullname is Hyosung Motors & Machinery Inc. Founded in 1978 , it started by assembling motorcycle licenced from Suzuki (compare Daelim and Honda).

Compared to other Asian motorcycle manufacturers (except Japan) which focused on smaller displacement motorcycles, Hyosung has a range of 650 models for sport, road and curiser.

Hyosung (hyosungmotors.co.kr)

From its beginning as Honda parts assembler for domestic market, Daelim is now exporting its motorcycle to the world.

In Singapore, I first came across the name while looking for my first bike.

Since I was restricted to the 125cc category, the Daelim Magma 125, with it’s good look was a natural candidate.

It was again a candidate when I upgraded to the Suzuki Marauder 125. In the end I did not choose it because I wasn’t convinced enough to try the Korean quality. The other nagging thoughts was whether maintenance and parts are available.

Do you own a Daelim? Let us know your thoughts.

(daelimmotor.com/eng/)

From Korea, Taiwan and Malaysia respectively, they mainly produce small capacity motorcycles more common in Asia.

Our manufacturer tour will be looking at them next.