Haojue motorcycles is manufactured by the Grand River Group (大长江集团) also based in Jiangmen, Guangdong province.

The Grand River Group partner with Suzuki, forming the Suzuki Motorcycle R & D Co Ltd in 2002. Haojue motorcycles are often Suzuki models, branded or co-branded as Haojue.

Haojue Motorcycle (haojue.com/en)

A reader pointed out that Korea has 2 large motorcycle companies. We mentioned Daelim, today we take a look at Hyosung.

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)

Daelim Motor is a Korean motorcycle manufacturer founded in 1962.

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/)

Is there really a Nami brand as mentioned in Supercross, The Movie?

Never heard of it.
But beside Honda, Yamaha and Suzuki (mentioned by Nami’s president in the movie), there are indeed some other dirt bike brands.

I could think of KTM, Gas Gas and Husqvarna.

Our motorcycle manufacturer tour will next visit them in turns.

A while back you read about the major Italian motorcycle makers. Now it is time to round up the Japanese motorcycle makers.

Suzuki was featured yesterday. Other major Japanese motorcycle brands are Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki.

Talking about Japanese motorcycle manufacturers, it would be interesting to look at market share of these manufacturers put together. If you have a copy of this report, drop me the figure.

The second motorcyle that I owned was a Suzuki. Being a main stream brand it was easy to find parts and maintenance was cheap.

Suzuki was founded in 1909. Like many Japanese motorcycle manufacturers, Suzuki’s products cut across other industries, including cars, trucks and engines.

Check out all the Suzuki Motorcycle ever built!

Suzuki Cycles (suzukicycles.com)

I’m picking up some Chinese names for motorcycle manufacturers so I can get into conversations with the locals.

• Honda 本田
• Yamaha 亚马哈, 雅马哈
• Suzuki 铃木
• Kawasaki 川崎
• Harley-Davidson 哈雷
• BMW 宝马
• Ducati 杜卡迪