Hyosung 2010

[disenfranchised]

I was quite interested a while ago when I saw a supposed image of the 2009 model 650R for Japan in this image floating around.

I'm beginning to suspect it was all a have though, as on the Japanese website, they don't even have any 650 models.

If it had been real, I would definitely still be considering Hyo when I upgrade. (I'll still try one of course)

[AllanB]

That might have more to do with the fact that italians actually have a sense of "style" .

Sometimes.

The origami muffler on that new V4 Aprilia is bloody awful - they probably market it as 'Japanese styling' ha ha ha.

And Ducati's styling of their electrical wiring often appears to resemble a bowl of spaghetti being thrown over the frame......

Hyosung - probably a name that will be as common as any of the big makers in a decade or two.

[325rocket]

Hyosung - probably a name that will be as common as any of the big makers in a decade or two.

I think you’re probably right but they new to update the look of their bikes. The first run of bikes was good (I thought anyway) but if they want to shake the “hyosung’s are crap” rep its time for an update. The stacked headlight has to go for one. They look good side on but from the front they already look out dated.

[DarkLord]

Whatever happened to the supposed 1000cc V-twin they were supposed to be bringing out?

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

I will give Hyosung 5 years and they will be a major player, yes they have had a few teething issues, but as JD said all manufactures have had to go through this. Hyosung have been making a name for them self overseas, and apparently do well on the track as well.

Styling is each to there own whether they look good or not. I ride the other half's GT650 every so often... its a great bike, handles well (comparatively) its a good first big bike from the learners.

[Creeping Death]

...like Samsung,those things will be everywhere.

[CookMySock]

Whatever happened to the supposed 1000cc V-twin they were supposed to be bringing out?

And their RX450SM Supermoto.. lots of folks were looking forward to that.

They certainly entered the marketplace with a hell of a wallop, which is ten thousand times better an attempt than the chinks are making.

Steve

[SS90]

Interesting.

A hell of alot of Hyosung bashing goes on on this site, and it just seems more and more that it is not as well deserved as some would have us believe, infact, lately I read the thread on a 100,000KM old GT250R.....you know, I can't think of ONE VT250 (of any model year) that has seen those KM's.

Sure, it MUST have happened, but personally I have never seen (or heard) of such an example.

I don't particularly WANT a Hyosung, but in the future if Family etc force me to own a cheaper bike then I would opt for a second hand GT650 straight away!

[CookMySock]

The GT650 is probably the bike least ridden-by-the-masses in NZ, simply because there isn't that many of them. Everyone's ridden a gixxer, and less a ducat, but not a GT650. So it's easy to be disparaging about something one has never ridden.

I own one, and I don't really know any different. The only thing I really don't like about mine, is it's ability to handle square-edged bumps. Other than that, its a barrel of laughs.

If people want to ride with me and trade turns on bikes, I'd be keen. Mostly. Case by case basis I guess. I let one bloke ride it and he complained how badly it handled on gravel.. fucken arse I almost wet myself - not keen on that again.

Steve