Everyone has an opinion whats yours. Hyosung?

[portokiwi]

It has two wheels and an engine.

Its a motorbike.

To me the rest is only a matter of personal taste.

Enjoy riding your pride and joy.


Chris

I ment this one...

Me too i agree. as long as it works. And you are happy Who the F@#k cares.

[gw555]

Okay, will let you know when I get there then

[vtec]

But, that's just not true. Harleys of the last decade are built very well, and are lovely bikes to ride. Expensive, to be sure, but not all of them are - how about the new XR1200 at $16K RRP, eh? Fookin drool!

That said, I rode a 1340 a few months back which saw fit, after an hour or two of 'moderate pace' two up, to piss a fine mist of hot oil all over my legs, the exhaust, the frame, etc.





Oh, come on. Most sport bike riders don't have a patch on any of the racers. I'd venture to suggest that the proportion of HD riders who 'can ride' and the proportion of sprotbike pilots who 'can ride' are about the same.

Don't try defending Harleys, if it wasn't for the Jappers making decent bike and stealing a lot of their market share, they'd still be making crappy carbed temperamental aircooled lumps of arse. Aren't they all still carbed?

As it was they had to get Porsche in to design a water cooling system for their V-Rod. How lame is that.

They've had all sorts of problems over the years, they're just lucky that many of their riders know how unsafe the bikes are and ride to the bikes ability which isn't all that fast. Because firstly they can't take corners, my dad's boxer-six Honda Valkyrie could out corner them, secondly they can't stop and most harley riders insist that the front brakes are not to be touched ???, thirdly the suspension on them is usually rubbish and far less comfortable than the modern japper cruisers. Fourthly the engines are unreliable and sound like they are coughing and farting at idle. And they put out pathetic horsepower for their cubic capacity, and their fuel range is rubbish. I can't see one advantage of owning a Harley over owning an M109R or similar.

And they are priced really high to appeal to the snobbiness of the baby boomer generation and make them feel exclusive. And then they go and pretend to be hard??? WTF?

[vtec]

Wow, 5 G for a 20 YEAR OLD BIKE!!!! I think i'd rather have a nice brand new one for $1000 bucks more.......or a second hand one 18-20 years younger for about the same price as that, and yeah my first bike is from that era by the way...

And how could you possibly know you'll get more kms out of a 20 year old bike?which probably has already done 50k? (the bikes are still new)

Can you get a brand new 250 for $6g, I've been in Aussie for a bit. And they don't even make 250's of the same calibre as the CBRs and ZXRs of old.

Let me know if you know of one Hyosung 250 that's managed more than a hundred thousand k's without an internal rebuild. I know of many CBR's that have.

Also with regard to your comment about my description of what people meant by Honda's = gay, Gay has different meanings, it can mean a homosexual, or in the old days it used to mean happiness, it can also be used as a flippant meaningless insult, which is the way it's been used here (except it was used jokingly). Like saying something sucks (which gay people often do) hahaha. You're welcome to call Kawasaki's gay if you like I'm not stopping you. It would just have different meaning to how it was said with regard to Hondas. I just think that Hyosungs and Harleys are pretty gay.

[firefighter]

Can you get a brand new 250 for $6g, I've been in Aussie for a bit. And they don't even make 250's of the same calibre as the CBRs and ZXRs of old.

Let me know if you know of one Hyosung 250 that's managed more than a hundred thousand k's without an internal rebuild. I know of many CBR's that have.

Also with regard to your comment about my description of what people meant by Honda's = gay, Gay has different meanings, it can mean a homosexual, or in the old days it used to mean happiness, it can also be used as a flippant meaningless insult, which is the way it's been used here (except it was used jokingly). Like saying something sucks (which gay people often do) hahaha. You're welcome to call Kawasaki's gay if you like I'm not stopping you. It would just have different meaning to how it was said with regard to Hondas. I just think that Hyosungs and Harleys are pretty gay.

Well that would be a bike with a very tough life!That's a lot of kms for a bike to do in a couple of years!

There's more than one meaning for gay!? Yes I realise that! And I was actually taking the piss......and no I don't think Kwakas are gay, in fact I owned an early 90's 250 kwaka, and loved it, and my dream bike would probably be a ZX6R or an R6. I don't think ANY bike is gay really, I love all bikes, and generally try to stay clear of the tit-for-tatt pissing contest aguements about how much cooler one bike is than another - because I pretty much love all bikes (ok the odd ones I hate but not many) I love harleys, triumphs, naked, motrads, sports, cruisers, i'm a bike slut hahahaha, if I won the big one i'd have every bike I could get my hands on!

And as for you thinking harleys and hyos are gay- that's cool, different strokes man, fair enough, I didn't like them to start with, until I rode one, but really I have no issues with that, I'm just saying give them a chance to prove themselves, they could be pieces of shit when they're 10, meh, I like mine and have had no issues with it .............yet! (touch wood)

[scumdog]

Don't try defending Harleys, if it wasn't for the Jappers making decent bike and stealing a lot of their market share, they'd still be making crappy carbed temperamental aircooled lumps of arse. Aren't they all still carbed?

As it was they had to get Porsche in to design a water cooling system for their V-Rod. How lame is that.

They've had all sorts of problems over the years, they're just lucky that many of their riders know how unsafe the bikes are and ride to the bikes ability which isn't all that fast. Because firstly they can't take corners, my dad's boxer-six Honda Valkyrie could out corner them, secondly they can't stop and most harley riders insist that the front brakes are not to be touched ???, thirdly the suspension on them is usually rubbish and far less comfortable than the modern japper cruisers. Fourthly the engines are unreliable and sound like they are coughing and farting at idle. And they put out pathetic horsepower for their cubic capacity, and their fuel range is rubbish. I can't see one advantage of owning a Harley over owning an M109R or similar.

And they are priced really high to appeal to the snobbiness of the baby boomer generation and make them feel exclusive. And then they go and pretend to be hard??? WTF?

Wa-wa-wa-wa......

[Drew]

Congrats on the new bike!

This thread has taken a predictable turn, but is entertaining none the less.

If ya like a bike, the most replies you'll get on here are negative when asking what people think. Seems more popular to slag off than to not offer an opinion through lack of actual knowledge.

I've only ridden a GT250 that'd been dropped, and the left hand bar was broken off. Other than the remote clutch I thought it was pretty good.

[Hadley]

You'll find that people who actually own Hyosungs generally like them, and people who have ridden them once or twice will more often than not say they are shit.
I think they are a good learner/commuter and serve as a great stepping stone to a larger capacity bike.
Im happy with mine and would much rather have a new Hyobag than an 20 year old other brand bike.

[jrandom]

spit froth blither, Harleys go around corners slower than my CBR600, etc

OK, man, whatever you say. Sorry to see you got all that loathing goin' on.

[Gummie]

Nothing unusual in the way of comments.
I seemed to of tagged on a few chain but that is to expected of anything any body owns, if someone else owns something different then theirs is always shit.
i am glad some people are getting a good thrashing on their keyboards as their opinions of their bikes its good to see (good in, bad out LOL)

Only time now can tell if this bike is a lemon or something that will last the distance, but as all of you know that IS the fun part.

Anyway must head to work and hope to give you a wave on the roads.

[Sable]

Overweight underpowered unreliable Ducati rip-off styled learner motorcycle made by a South Korean lawnmower company. However, that's not necessarily a bad thing. A lot of motorcycling's appeal is about the look of the thing. I wanted to get one of these, then I saw a brand new DRZ400SM in black and gold for the same price which I wanted more, then realized I could afford neither and bought what I have now, which would blow the pair of them away if it were working properly.

[carver]

sack of shit....

there are more bad things than good that i can say about this.
the japs build their bikes in a factory

hyosung build theirs in a shed

[Jerry74]

Hyosungs are built from old coke cans, cast offs from the briggs and stratton lawnmowing company part bins.

I know a couple of guys with Hyobags who are just waiting to trade them in for more reputable brands.

Look the part but underpowered.

My old Kawasaki outperforms Hyosung anyday.

[Fatt Max]

Nice choice mate.
I personally went for a VL250 cos I am a fat bastard and need the leg room, but at the end of the day it's your bike and you are going to love it...just be on the look out for little scum bag drivers who try and run you off the road.
Enjoy mate, I should have got on 2 wheels 20 years ago but loving it now.
Take care, ride safe and eat pies...

[tri boy]

Gawd there is alot of teenage dribble in this thread.
"Korean lawnmower company"????????WTF!
Do some research on S and T Korea, (who are the major backers of Hyosung).
NZ's major R+D companies look like kiddies playing with blocks compared to it.
Fonterra should contract their science research to them.
Hyosungs WILL be one of the major players in the m/cycle world over the next two decades.

As for being heavy, underpowered 250's you puppies have never ridden old crap have you?