Technical Touch - Belgium
Technical Touch of Lommel , in Belgium , is a well-known name in the MX / Enduro market , having roots going back more than 30 years since it was founded in 1992 by Jan Berthels .
Jan was the personal suspension mechanic for none other than the great Stefan Everts and was the personal suspension mechanic for ex-World Champion MotoGP racer Kevin Schwantz . After seeing how difficult it was to obtain OEM KYB parts , Jan leveraged his contacts and knowledge with KYB Suspensions in Japan and in the MX market and started as a one-man suspension business . He worked closely with KYB and put a lot of effort into closing a deal with KYB in Japan to become the only exclusive importer for KYB detailed motorcycle genuine parts and oils in the world . With this deal he started providing in-house servicing and technical support for new customers and distributors . Besides its own service centre with in-house technicians , " Technical Touch provides official KYB racing service for factory teams that use KYB suspension and teams who rely on our KYB factory kit suspension in the MXGP , MX2 and EMX series ,"
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Jan Berthels
Jan ' s son Jannis Berthels told International Dealer News when we met at EICMA in November 2021 . " With more than 16 years of KYB experience in distributing OEM spare parts , assembling and designing factory kit suspension and providing the official racing service , Technical Touch was ready for the next step ," explained Jannis . " In 2007 we founded Technical Touch USA to supply the North and South of America with KYB detailed motorcycle genuine parts and oils . " In addition to KYB , we also became the European importer for Hinson Clutch Racing Components and the American importer for X-trig , and supply the European market with Yoshimura exhausts , American made ODI grips and the German X-Trig triple clamps and racing components brand ." Nine years later ( 2018 ), Technical Touch started supplying several European motorcycle brands with KYB OEM suspension and products - brands such as Sherco , Rieju and , the latest addition , Barcelona
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