Helkama Oy is a Finnish company and

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, operating several subsidiaries that focus on

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s (Helkama Velox),

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for ships and communications (Helkama Bica), household appliances and refrigerators (Helkama Forste), accessories and imports for

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automobiles (Helkama-Auto), and

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maintenance and import (Uuttera Oy). Despite this broad variety of activities, Helkama is mostly known as a bicycle brand. Helkama has also made several mopeds until they shut down the moped production in the 1990s. Helkama-mopeds were very popular in Finland. The most popular moped model was

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, 1970s and 1980s a trial bike which won several trial races. Nowadays Helkama has also electric bicycles on its productlist.

External links

Official website

Helkama Velox
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