Kymco is not crap, they are a very good and reliable scooter but have been known to build a simpler bike (not as many bells & whistles) and use older technology than other manufacturers. Now though they are really stepping up and a lot of their bikes offer better styling, fuel injection, ABS, etc, especially in Urop and Asia. They seem to even be finally using some outside help in naming their bikes...no more "Grand Dink" or "Super Dink".

I really liked the Downtown 300, it accelerated faster than the B400, had the same top end and the mpg was higher but the ergonomics were a complete disaster unless you only stayed in the city limits. If Kawasaki hasn't changed the ergos Suzuki will still reign supreme and won't have much to worry about in lost sales. One thing I noticed though, it appears that the Kawasaki offers less hp than the Kymco
