Hyosung reliability

[gw555]

Did a new headlight loom and 90/130W bulb upgrade, well worth it for double the beam distance. Outriding your clear vision is a good way to stain ya pants!

I imported a Super Plasma bulb which is a std 60/55w equivalent to 135/125w because I do a reasonable amount of night riding. It gives out a very white light - 5000 kelvin on High beam, Low beam is a bluish/purple light and 3800 kelvin.

According to the Hella website these bulbs are illegal in this country so I rang the LTSA and they said they didnt have a problem with them unless you were intentionally blinding oncoming traffic and they said Hella was incorrect in saying they were illegal

[gw555]

How exactly is a rear shock and cdi unit needing replacement NOT a problem... even if it's covered by warranty that sort of stuff shouldn't happen... The GPX that I had, which was absolutely rubbish, was a 1986 model, and last year (when I owned it), I rode it back to back with a Hyosung GT250, and I have to say... Hyosung suspension is crap...

These two items were known problems with the 2006 model, I knew this when I bought the bike so I took the chance I could have a problem with them and they were fixed no questions asked

[Pancakes]

I imported a Super Plasma bulb which is a std 60/55w equivalent to 135/125w because I do a reasonable amount of night riding. It gives out a very white light - 5000 kelvin on High beam, Low beam is a bluish/purple light and 3800 kelvin.

I think you'll find the most you'll get from any brand is a 30+ Xenon or 50+ Xenon plus (so your 50/65 is then a 75/90). The tint on them will reduce the real world output below the wattage of the bulbs as a tint can only filter light out, blue however is a "faster" colour for your eye to see so can be better than the std yellowish bulbs. For more on the colours search HID lights.

According to the Hella website these bulbs are illegal in this country so I rang the LTSA and they said they didnt have a problem with them unless you were intentionally blinding oncoming traffic and they said Hella was incorrect in saying they were illegal

No matter what bulbs you have I'd recommend the loom upgrade. From the Hella website;

"Reduce the voltage drop to the bulbs
By bypassing the standard wiring with relays the voltage to the headlamp can increase, giving improved performance from any bulb. Typically standard wiring is relatively thin and a 1 volt drop is common to the bulbs. When replaced with higher capacity cable and relays this voltage drop can be reduced. A 10% drop in voltage (1.2V) equals 33% drop in light output. Your local Auto Electrician will be able to offer this service."

If it look sweet and works right you'll get a WOF, "legal" or not. What that means is they aren't going to be held liable for you changing your bike from std or maybe haven't paid to have the product certified, that has no bearing (or little bearing) on whether it could actually be cert'ed or not.

[sonic_nz]

I've done just over 5000km and just took my GT250R for a warrant... I have no brake pads left... :S maybe im a bit too heavy with the brakings... :P

[Pancakes]

Nah mate. The standard pads are cardboard and the last half just vapourises. Get some for $45/$50 bucks a pair from any of the shops that sell these bikes and if you want/need a hand doing it feel free to come around to mine and we can get it done. Takes 5 mins.

[TOTO]

Yep happy with mine. The only little problem I have had with mine (coming up to 10k so early days) is the chainguard fell off - oh and the boot got jammed. Both minor

I had exactly the same happen to me. both were fixed my Mt Eden motorcycles at no extra charge.
6000k broken fuel filter - replaced at no charge.
8000k new chain and sproket
12000k service coming up next week.

only thing I hate are those frequent services 4000k , damn I'm having a service every bloody month. Havent had the bike for 3 months yet.

[nivram]

An 07 Comet 4000kms no problmes apart from the fixing the 3rd gear flat spot that I did myself. A lot of bike for very little $$$

[Dodger]

I reached the 20000km mark this morning.
Bike still going well and is booked in for the service on Friday.

I'm now using the bike with the wife on the back a few times a week, after car parking prices went up in town.
It's OK with us two heavy lumps on it, although acceleration suffers.

The plan is to get a bigger bike later in the year. (and keep the 250 as well)
Just need to save up the cash first

Only "problem" I have had in the last 15000kms is the fuel gauge light has gone out, at some stage I'll replace the bulb

[gw555]

I reached the 20000km mark this morning.
Bike still going well and is booked in for the service on Friday.

Congratulations

[CookMySock]

I imported a Super Plasma bulb which is a std 60/55w equivalent to 135/125w because I do a reasonable amount of night riding.

Did this make much difference ? I notice the lights on my 650 are quite dim.

thanks,
DB

[Dodger]

I imported a Super Plasma bulb which is a std 60/55w equivalent to 135/125w because I do a reasonable amount of night riding. It gives out a very white light - 5000 kelvin on High beam, Low beam is a bluish/purple light and 3800 kelvin.

I did notice that beastie on your bike, where did you import it from?
what cost?

[gw555]

Imported bulb from USA, from memory it was around $NZ80.00 including freight. I was thinking about getting another for a spare as I have had it for >12 months now.

I am not sure wether you can get them for the GTR as they are H1 and H3 I think??

[trackinman]

After reading the bagging that Hyosungs get I thought I would post my experiences of owning one:

Bought in July 06 new

As at 13 September 07 done >42000km

9000km new rear shock and cdi unit under warranty
11700 new chain and front brake pads
24000 one fork seal
26000 new rear tyre
34000 new rear brake pads
35000 new front tyre
36000 new chain and sprockets

I get this serviced every 4000km as recommended by Hyosung, and have never had any trouble with it and in fact am contemplating buying another

CDI? whats is the know problem. i have a GV250 and when it gets warm (after 3-4 minutes) it starts missing on the rear cylinder. I changed the plug (it was clean as a whistle) and it seem to idle ok the next day I started it again in the garage and after 3-4 minutes it started missing again after warming up. I am thinking its either the lead/coil ofr the CDI unit.

[Mr. Rock]

thought i might as well share my experiences with my hyo.

after 17km i had to take it back to the shop, when it was made the person who assembled it caught a wire in a screw and took a little bit if insulation off a power cable, everytime i turned left my bike would die. that got fixed and was sweet.

then i noticed the clock was not holding the time. on the 1000km service the dash was replaced under warranty. all good.

coming up on 2000km and everything is now running perfect.

reliable, and looks good. i like it.

[xwhatsit]

when it was made the person who assembled it caught a wire in a screw and took a little bit if insulation off a power cable, everytime i turned left my bike would die. that got fixed and was sweet.

The gossip is that a lot of the problems with the Hyosungs (well, not so much now, but there used to be when they first came to NZ) was the guys in the bike shops assembling them out of the crate poorly. Whether it was crap documentation from Hyosung, different ways of doing things than they were used to, or just giving the new boy something to do by putting the `little cheap learner bikes' together, a lot of bits just fell off. I suppose they eventually got fed up with replacing bits for no charge.

Look pretty sweet to me. Certainly stand up a lot better to abuse than the post-2000 GN250s do.