Good step up from a GN250?

[Hiflyer]

The Hyo's are plenty cool, and enough power to roll up most hills in top gear at the speed limit, unless the hill or you are rather massive.

There's not much wrong with the Hyosungs. The things to watch for are ;

Gearbox. With the cold engine idling at around 2,000rpm, clutch in and click through first, second, and then try and find neutral with the bike stationary. Warm the engine up (20 min open road ride) and see if it's any more difficult to find neutral. If it is, then this gearbox has been mistreated. Don't touch the bike, as you will need new engine cases and a complete engine strip to fix the problem. Engines with this fault have a strange spongy feeling clutch, and are extremely hard to find neutral.

It's called clutch cable adjustment. . . do it and you will magically have neutral, i thought I had a prolem . . . but. . . . no.

Engine. Starts and idles smoothly with no rattles and clunks - you either get a good engine or a dud one.. There are plenty of dud ones, but there are also plenty of good ones. Oil is not overfilled - it makes a bad metallic clatter if you overfill the oil in these. Oil colour is clean - these engines run real lean, and must have regular oil changes.

Sorry to be a kill buzz but there are such things as average ones, you just have to not RAPE THEM

Electronic Dash. Lights up properly and everything works. Expensive to replace.

Go for a good ride on one - an hour or so. Don't push the shinko tyres in the wet at all, or they will bite you.. Don't push the bike hard into corners on heavily undulating road - they don't have a quality suspension in them, and you will find yourself on your arse.

I know you only ride hyosungs and all that but I'm pretty sure that

1. going from a GN 250 to a GT250R will be heaps and the Shinkos will put up with whats thrown at them

and

2. the shinkos are fine, you gotta know your limits, if you end up on your arse then your obviously a bit too eager....

Cheap to buy, cheap to crash, cheap to fix.

Steve

But yea the GT250R is awesome, I went for a cruise up SH16 today and found that its so much fun! chicken strips all but gone, seriously though it can provide more than enough fun, and if you think that you might not have enough money to buy AND maintain a 600 theres no reason to not buy a 250 you can have heaps of enjoyment out of for a few years while you save up.

[Hiflyer]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-228041067.htm


id ask how the damage on the clutch lever happened if it "has never been dropped"

[NinjaNanna]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-228041067.htm


id ask how the damage on the clutch lever happened if it "has never been dropped"

hmmm looks more like a busted brake lever not clutch lever????????? That's weird that they'd get that wrong???????

[CookMySock]

It's called clutch cable adjustment. . . do it and you will magically have neutral, i thought I had a prolem . . . but. . . . no.

No. This is a real fault. I can show you the broken bits if you like. Perhaps you think I don't know how to adjust a clutch cable, but really I cant be effed arguing with you.

Steve

[hayd3n]

http://www.trademe.co.nz/Trade-Me-Mo...-228041067.htm


id ask how the damage on the clutch lever happened if it "has never been dropped"

its the front guard on backwards or just a hyo thing?
nope just checked its a hyo thing
Other known specifications of the Kinetic Hyosung Comet are as follows: 5-speed. 150 / 70x17 tyres. 27 bhp. 10000 rpm max. Estimated top speed - 125 kmph ...
pft get a vtr 250

[Squid]

The Hyo's are plenty cool, and enough power to roll up most hills in top gear at the speed limit, unless the hill or you are rather massive.

I had the use of a GT250R last week up in the north island and I CANT say it liked going over the kaimai ranges much. It made it eventually in 4th gear and well under the speed limit though...

Go for a good ride on one - an hour or so. Don't push the shinko tyres in the wet at all, or they will bite you.. Don't push the bike hard into corners on heavily undulating road - they don't have a quality suspension in them....

Yeah what he said!! The shinkos are pretty usless in the wet. Admititly this was going from the Michelins on my gixxer but it felt like riding on wet grass.

'Honda' and 'bulletproof' are pretty synonymous.

I did a google search for "honda" and it just came up = gay

[Dare]

I had the use of a GT250R last week up in the north island and I can say it liked going over the kaimai ranges much. It made it eventually in 4th gear and well under the speed limit though...

Can or can't?

I did a google search for "honda" and it just came up = gay

All I got was this...

http://www.autoblog.com/2008/03/10/h...e-gay-cordial/

[bsasuper]

I thought the idea was to step UP from a 250, id look at the honda hornet 600, I just rode one from auckland to roto vegas with my mate on his R1, and on the twisty bits he admitted he was almost left behind

[jrandom]

It will be a daily rider commuting to work and I hope to do some touring. My budget is about $6k (at a stretch). I'm looking at keeping whatever I buy for about 2 years. I prefer reliability over power.

Then for gawd's sake, why not buy a brand new Yamaha Scorpio 225 for $4000? Wonderful little bikes. I'd 'ave one.

And I'd give any cunt on a two-cylinder 250 the learn on it, too. Don't underestimate the Scorpios.

Whatever you do, don't go getting a Hobag or a fifteen to twenty year old rolled, bowled and arseholed Jap import IL4 250.

Seriously, go test-ride a Scorpio before making your final decision.

[Squid]

Can or can't?

cant. It didnt like it one little bit

[Choco]

Get a hornet! I did it and havent regretted it. Now i've sold it and looking to get the hornet's big brother: the 900!!

Search for the 'hornet swarm' thread. A lot of us upgraded to or learned on the hornet 250 and love them to bits.

[TOTO]

1. As an ex hayosund 250 owner i will say this - Stay the hell away from them. if I knew about those bikes what I know now I would have never touched one.

2. As and ex 250 hornet and a current 900 hornet owner I will say this - this the most awesomest bike I have ever ridden and Ive ridden many till now. It is simple and easy to maintain and last ages. A friend of mine juts clocked his 96 hornet over 100 000 km and the hornet is going like new. Dont be scared of the slightly older at all , as hornets they are virtually bulletproof, unlike the new hyosungs which shit themselfs after you pass the roughly 17 000km mark...


My word is go for the hornet , you will never look back.

[davebullet]

+1 for the VTR250. Low down torque of a twin is great. I haven't ridden an IL4 250 to compare, but our VTR250 is reliable as hell and does 30+ km/litre mostly commuting too.

[TOTO]

+1 for the VTR250. Low down torque of a twin is great. I haven't ridden an IL4 250 to compare, but our VTR250 is reliable as hell and does 30+ km/litre mostly commuting too.

agree. not as powerful as the hornet, but very very economical and so light and nimble trough the twisties.

[jrandom]

The Hornets and VTR250s are good. I'd incline toward a VTR. Fair bit of money to sink into a 250, mind you; my inclination toward the Scorpio is coloured by the fact that you could very sensibly keep it after you get your first 'big' bike.

Test-ride 'em all and see!

And this current thread, which I assume the OP has noticed by now, is yet another reminder of why Hyobags are a dreadful idea.