In 2009 Kawasaki Heavy Industry set up an operation in Changzhou, Jiangsu. That operation manufactures engines in a joint venture with Kwang Yang Motor Co, KYMCO.
http://www.dealernews.com/dealernews...rm-partnership
That was 2009 and it is now 2012.…the venture was to transfer small engine technology basically single cylinder 2-4stroke engines.
The CFMOTO 650 twin is obviously a Kawasaki design….CFMOTO operates out of Hangzhou, Jiangsu in relatively close proximity to the plant in Changzhou.
"We have confidence that Kawasaki will transfer more models to CKH in the future," says Shinichi Tamba, senior vice president of Kawasaki's Consumer Products & Machinery division.”
Obviously they did but was the technology transfer authorized. Is this this an example of industrial espionage or a licensed rights to technology?
I suppose there are only few people in the world that could answer that question with any authority?