Motorcycles are rarely built in a bubble. While we’re probably all used to the idea of brake specialists like Brembo or suspension specialists like Showa or Öhlins making their components available to a cross-section of motorcycle manufacturers, there are also deeper partnerships at work.
This fact isn't at all new, or even particularly unique. In fact, in motorcycle history, it’s a bit of a time-honored tradition. Going back to the early 20th century, frame and engine specialists would team up to create a single machine together, secure in the knowledge that each partner company was doing the thing that it was best at doing.
