Hyosung GT250R, good bike or not?

[RantyDave]

You forgot the Honda CBF250 $7000

Yeah, they are just ludicrously expensive for a single, don't you think?

I've never seen a Yamaha Scorpio here in NZ. Can you get them?

Yup. TSS in the Hutt have them (fuck all use if you're in Auckland, I know). A mate who's looking for a 250 rode one and thought it was crap - citing feeling wobbly and plastic and just not very nice at all. Mind you, a scorpio has come on the last couple of cruisy wednesday night rides and doesn't seem to have any problem at all keeping up. If I were a noob now it'd be either one of those or a VTR250.

Re the Hyobags - lots of people love them but there have been mixed results from binning them (stuff seems to snap off quite easily) and their condition after a year or two is distinctly variable. Meaning that some are awful.

Dave

[corny4]

Would there be any way I could stop things falling off and stop rusting.

[Morcs]

If u want a bike with guts and not made of cardboard and foam, dont get a gtr...

My bandit is for sale.... $4,500...

[SwanTiger]

Re the Hyobags - lots of people love them but there have been mixed results from binning them (stuff seems to snap off quite easily) and their condition after a year or two is distinctly variable. Meaning that some are awful.

Are you referring to that fag who dropped his bike in a carpark been a fuckwitt and broke his handlebar and a pinky nail then took it to the shop who said the whole frame had to be replaced?

I love reading tosser posts from people who have no experience owning something, only hearsay from fagmagazines and the like.

If you spent as much time working as you do motor-mouthing about shit you don't know anything about you might be able to afford more shit and have more founded information to share.

Then again you're name does say "Ranty"

[nodrog:Me]

Would there be any way I could stop things falling off and stop rusting.

Duct tape and fish oil.

[Scouse]

Are you referring to that fag who dropped his bike in a carpark been a fuckwitt and broke his handlebar and a pinky nail then took it to the shop who said the whole frame had to be replaced?

I love reading tosser posts from people who have no experience owning something, only hearsay from fagmagazines and the like.

If you spent as much time working as you do motor-mouthing about shit you don't know anything about you might be able to afford more shit and have more founded information to share.

Then again you're name does say "Ranty"

Come on dont hold back tell us what you realy think

[RantyDave]

Are you referring to that fag who dropped his bike in a carpark been a fuckwitt and broke his handlebar and a pinky nail then took it to the shop who said the whole frame had to be replaced?

Oh, I remember that. Good example, although I don't remember sexual orientation coming into it. And, yes, the shop were talking out of their collective arses although I also recall a fairly comprehensively broken handlebar at least.

If you spent as much time working as you do motor-mouthing about shit you don't know anything about you might be able to afford more shit and have more founded information to share.

I should work harder to afford a Hyosung? Riiiiight.

Look, there are plenty of people who are happy with their Hyobags. Some of whom do many tens of thousands of trouble free K's. But they do like to be looked after - by which I mean keeping out of the rain; being parked in a garage; possibly doing something complicated with WD40 and wiping it on the frame; keeping an eye on the rear shock (they tend to shit themselves); and last but not least not dropping the bastard.

Dave

[zeocen]

GPX 250 would be quicker.

Really? I get intimidated by the sleek design of the Hyosung bikes, that's comforting to know ;P

Get a GPX, keep the 80's alive, man!

[The_Dover]

silence bitches, i'm about to speak.

I rode my mates gt250r tonight. it was fun. granted I was stoned, but it was fun. even at legal speeds. no surprises, neutral handling, decent sized, slow, gutless fun.

i'd have one for shits and giggles and thrash the living fuck out of it.

different to the stock gt250 nekkid.

[deathstar]

see words of wisdom from the wise and great white cliffs of Dover ... mine is the second hand throw off of swanny's and it just hit 26000km's the other day and there still hasn't been a single problem with it since i got it ... no rust and i went into a ditch at 115 outside kopu and i broke the mirror and the brake lever and that was it ... i would be supprised if anything else could hold up that well

[LardEmbargo]

I've never seen a Yamaha Scorpio here in NZ. Can you get them?

Yeah you can, although Mr Motorcycletrader can't make up his mind about what to call them. All of the fine examples on there look to be for new $, probably a bit soon for 2nd hand ones I guess.

If you're interested, try searching for Make = Yamaha (like, dah) and...

• Model = 225, or
• Model = Scorpio, or
• Model = SX 250 (pretty sure it's a 225cc single, dunno wot that's about) or
• Model = SX4 Scorpio

which all look like the same bike going by the weeny pictures. Anyway, apparently there should be some in Auckland too, looks like Red Baron's got one frinstance.

I wasn't that taken with the one I tried out, which did seem a bit sort of wobbly. Although that particular demo bike had been crashed the weekend before. So it might just have been feeling under the weather. And I'm a noob, so there's at least an even chance it was me.

There's a guy at work who just got into riding and bought one anyway, he thinks it's The Tits. Fell in love with it straight away, says it was exactly what he was looking for to learn on. So there you go. Worth giving one a try, I reckon, see wot you think.

[SwanTiger]

I should work harder to afford a Hyosung? Riiiiight.

No, I am suggesting that you work harder to buy yourself a founded opinion instead of relying on the filtered stories heard from others.

Just because you are capable of reading/hearing someone elses story or listning to the ramblings of a bike shop employee does not qualify your third-hand opinion.

I vote you "site" Motorcycle arm-chair journalist for a month.

[RantyDave]

No, I am suggesting that you work harder to buy yourself a founded opinion instead of relying on the filtered stories heard from others.

-Sigh ... I must be weak this morning. I've picked myself up a troll and am not doing the sensible thing and ignoring it.

Oh, I see. You have one? Look, it's OK. Your bike will not explode underneath you killing everyone within a 50 metre radius. It will not give you ebola, aids, mad cow disease or ginger hair. You will not get teh ghey. The bike's resale value is protected by the marvel of groupthink and the insane state of the 250 market. It's all going to be OK.

My opinions on rusty GT250's are caused by seeing rusty GT250's. Likewise GT250's with crapped out rear shocks are caused by talking to real, genuine, physically standing in front of me people with GT250's whose rear shocks are completely shot. If you look after your bike you will not have a problem with rust, and it may be worth keeping an eye on the rear shock - you may be immune, you may not.

Calm ... f'kin ... down

Dave

[kave]

Yeah you can, although Mr Motorcycletrader can't make up his mind about what to call them. All of the fine examples on there look to be for new $, probably a bit soon for 2nd hand ones I guess.

If you're interested, try searching for Make = Yamaha (like, dah) and...

• Model = 225, or
• Model = Scorpio, or
• Model = SX 250 (pretty sure it's a 225cc single, dunno wot that's about) or
• Model = SX4 Scorpio

which all look like the same bike going by the weeny pictures. Anyway, apparently there should be some in Auckland too, looks like Red Baron's got one frinstance.

I wasn't that taken with the one I tried out, which did seem a bit sort of wobbly. Although that particular demo bike had been crashed the weekend before. So it might just have been feeling under the weather. And I'm a noob, so there's at least an even chance it was me.

There's a guy at work who just got into riding and bought one anyway, he thinks it's The Tits. Fell in love with it straight away, says it was exactly what he was looking for to learn on. So there you go. Worth giving one a try, I reckon, see wot you think.

I think red baron has about 5 of them

[SwanTiger]

Ok Dave, I'm bored now, you've killed it for me.