Can someone tell me specifically why the Hyosungs are bad?

[onearmedbandit]

Hate to tell you this but Google been around while

I don't know who's being more sarcastic. Wonder if this new-fangled website called google could tell me.

[Gremlin]

They were shit when they first started coming into the country.

They've come a long way since then.

Much the same as Hyundai.

And with that, the thread is done...

[The Lone Rider]

Hi, I can answer every question you want towards Hyosung.

Just visit this link, and it has everything about them.

The Truth About Hyosung in NZ

[Maha]

They were shit when they first started coming into the country.

They've come a long way since then.

Much the same as Hyundai.

These words are the truth to the question.
Swoop does have a point though...

[Maha]

I ask you this. When was the last time a Homoda won a production based, NZ National Road racing championship? I could be wrong but I reckon 10 years ago almost with an angry, short, ginga hangin off the tiller.

Suzuki is where it's at, no fucking question.

Love the Suzuki GSXR promo...'Own the racetrack'....yeah, at Ruapuna....

[Tigadee]

It this all just like the rivalry re Honda/Harley/Suzuki? Is it just bike snobbery or something more specific? (bad parts/badly made etc)

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...t=hyosungs+bad

[Swoop]

I'm wondering if Huyosung's are bad after all.
DrunkenMistake threw away a nice Honda VFR to get one...

[willytheekid]

I ask you this. When was the last time a Homoda won a production based, NZ National Road racing championship? I could be wrong but I reckon 10 years ago almost with an angry, short, ginga hangin off the tiller.

Suzuki is where it's at, no fucking question.

But you meet the nicest people on a honda!


...see, even santa has one!

[G4L4XY]

I had a Hyosung '06GTR

Speedo was replaced by previous owner. Then when I bought it the temp guage didn't work and later the rev guage backlight failed to work.
At over $300 for a replacement unit I just went without haha.
Sidestand switch liked to fuckout all the time.
Spark plug cracked on me once too, had to ride home under 6k revs otherwise it would backfire like crazy and cutout

[Madness]

Buy a Kawasaki. Why? Because nobody's mentioned that marque in this thread yet and I like mine.

I remember when the Hyo Aquila came out a few moons ago. Fookin ugly as sin but they could hold their own on the road with a decent pilot (what was the name of the short-arsed salesman at TSS when they started?).

[sootie]

I waited around Cycletreads for 30 minutes or so a couple of months ago while getting a tyre replaced. Poked my nose into everything while waiting as one does. One of the two interesting conversations I had with one of the staff (who were not busy) concerned Hyosung motorcycles. I asked what he thought of them. Considering that Cycletreads are agents, I was amazed at this guy's honesty. He told me that progress was pretty much as it had been with early Japanese motor vehicles, ie they were still having a lot of QA hassles with them, but it should eventually sort itself out, and it was improving. This seems to tie in with Gremlin's comments.

[SMOKEU]

Suzuki is where it's at, no fucking question.

For quality you still can't beat a Honda, and both of the bikes I own are Suzukis.

[tigertim20]

It this all just like the rivalry re Honda/Harley/Suzuki? Is it just bike snobbery or something more specific? (bad parts/badly made etc)

I'm not looking to get one I'm just curious.

Plz no generic "Hyoshit is SHIT purely cause it's shit". Reasons plz kthx.

without reading the rest of the thread, Its not that they are shit, its that they arent particularly well established yet. when something is new, everyone assumes it will be shit.

Th reality is that the first hyosungs did have quite a few teething issues, but then, so have many reputable brands when they have released new models. Poeple are unwilling to accept that a newcomer to the market might actually be on a similar par with the competition.

Hyundai are a good example, didnt have a real good rep a few years ago, but that has changed, my work recently purchased a fleet for our branch and went with hyundai, and theyre pretty good, our work requires that the vehicles get a hard time, and they are doing well.

Its not so much that they are shit, its that people want to see the proof in terms of longevity, they are getting there, and the failings thay have had are slowly getting worked out, but you do need to look at the prices as well, take say a comet 650, and compare to say a suzuki and a kwak equivalent, they are cheaper because they use a bot of older tech

[actungbaby]

I ask you this. When was the last time a Homoda won a production based, NZ National Road racing championship? I could be wrong but I reckon 10 years ago almost with an angry, short, ginga hangin off the tiller.

Suzuki is where it's at, no fucking question.

yes and they deserve to be in new zealand they ones backed the racing big time

[FJRider]

That, and the 250 hyosungs are FAAAARKIN heavy underpowered fuckin things with a turning radius of the moon. Hyosungs getting there though.

But ... they're cheap ... so people buy them.