Hyosung reliability

[gw555]

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

[EJT]

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

[Drum]

Hey, I'm not bagging the Hysosung, but doesn't a new rear shock and CDI at 9000 k's count as 'trouble'?

[gw555]

I dont think it does really. I think most new bikes have something go wrong and at the time the cdi units were a known problem, they have been fixed now

[McJim]

My Ducati recommended service intervals are every 10,000km - making it cheaper to run than a Hyosung GT250R.....

[madmal64]

Wow! 26000 out of a rear tyre Im lucky if I get 10000
Im sure there are 1 too many zeros in those numbers.
Even so its still good motoring. Glad to hear you are happy with it.

[karmakillernz]

Wow! 35000 out of a rear tyre Im lucky if I get 10000
Im sure there are 1 too many zeros in those numbers.

Apparently the tyres that come with the Hyosungs are built to last for ages (at the expense of other qualities). I've heard other people say they've lasted 20,000km+ before too...

[gw555]

Wow! 26000 out of a rear tyre Im lucky if I get 10000
Im sure there are 1 too many zeros in those numbers.
Even so its still good motoring. Glad to hear you are happy with it.

Yeah the stock tyres are Shinkos which are really hard compound. Only problem I found with them were when the tread wore down a bit they werent to good in the wet and it made for interesting riding, when I changed the rear I still had about 5000k left on it but the season of rain was upon me so I decided to spend the money and went for Conti Road Attack

[Grub]

Wow! 26000 out of a rear tyre Im lucky if I get 10000

Ya must ride like a bogun ... I got 14,0000 out of mine commuting Paekak Hill every day

[gw555]

My Ducati recommended service intervals are every 10,000km - making it cheaper to run than a Hyosung GT250R.....

Thats one of the reasons I have been thinking about buying a 650 because the service intervals on those are 6000k and since my ks just keep ticking over.........

[gw555]

Ya must ride like a bogun ... I got 14,0000 out of mine commuting Paekak Hill every day

Its probably because my commute is 35km each way mostly on the Hutt Motorway, so there arent to many twisties on that

Also it was a Shinko which are really hard, my Conti is coming up for renewal shortly and it has done 16000

[Grub]

Its probably because my commute is 35km each way

Oh I wasn't referring to you as a bogun ... it was that Mal fella

I hear you about the Shinkos. I deal for a flat ride to work and back but you're right about their safety for anything else.

[skelstar]

Yeah I got 20000kms out of my rear tyre on a 250 Comet.

[FFS]

I bought my gt650r with 1700Km on the clock, its now at 3000, thus far i have had no issues.

[madmal64]

Ya must ride like a bogun ... I got 14,0000 out of mine commuting Paekak Hill every day

Well you know me & my tyre pressures eh?
That doesnt help the situation either