Hyosung GT250R dramas

[Donut]

just got my new 2008 hyobag and took it over the coro loop today and the damn front left brake caliper come off :S the 2 bolts that hold it vibrated loose..... so much for thinking it just had crap brakes. Anyone else had anything like this happen?

[babyblade250rr]

perhaps look at taking it back under warrenty thats extremely dangerous!! it's not uncommon for new bikes to fault on something but that sounds like major!! Those dang Korean bike

[Pancakes]

I don't think that it is a Korean bike has much to do with it, rather that NZ'ers can be lazy fuckers and do cheap jobs on cheap bikes. That said, even if they're applying 100% effort people can make mistakes and until you KNOW things are A OK assume they're not. Go over your bike regularly so you learn what and where things are and what they're supposed to look like so you'll click if somethings astray.

Honestly mate they're built to a budget and there are things to look out for, the std brake pads last like a bucket of KFC at a Kirikiti game but I use mine everyday and give it death and while it's the slowest bike bar a GN I've ever been on or owned it does the trick and some of the issues people have with them and the name they have may be more from the fact that the vast majority of Hyo riders haven't owned another bike in their life and may have made similar mistakes or have the same problems of their own causing with other bikes?

[James Deuce]

The caliper doesn't come off because of "cheap Korean quality". The dealer didn't bolt it on properly when they did final assembly.

I sincerely hope you rang the dealer and spoke to someone.

[Pancakes]

Whitht he new bike ALWAYS take it back to the dealer to ask, if it goes wrong and you've tried to jimmy it up yourself they may decline you or not cover all the costs, just what the initial cost would be. Also then if things get worse they will (should) remember that they told you it will be sweet and look after you.

Come on the Ho-bag ride dood. See in my signature.

[Dakara]

I got a 2008 GT250R myself a few days ago, only done about 150k's so far but no sign of any problems. As a few posters pointed out, it sounds like a delers assembly fault.

[Donut]

Whitht he new bike ALWAYS take it back to the dealer to ask, if it goes wrong and you've tried to jimmy it up yourself they may decline you or not cover all the costs, just what the initial cost would be. Also then if things get worse they will (should) remember that they told you it will be sweet and look after you.

Come on the Ho-bag ride dood. See in my signature.

had no choice but to find some budget bolts to hold it togeather or i couldnt get home. kinda hard to push it from the middle of the coro loop :P hopefully the dealer will understand though

[Renegade]

thats dam bad luck, you should have rang them from the loop and made them come pick your ass up, dealer fault all the way man

[Grub]

had no choice but to find some budget bolts to hold it togeather or i couldnt get home. kinda hard to push it from the middle of the coro loop :P hopefully the dealer will understand though

The dealer had better understand. I would actually advise LTNZ or whoever now does the Warrant issuers registrations (used to be MotoSafe).

This is more than just a "mistake", this could have killed you. The dealer must have steps and procedures in place so this doesn't happen and then they have to be monitored. They are unlikely to take this very seriously, preferring to regard it as a one-off, unless some regulatory agency is involved

[Donut]

The dealer had better understand. I would actually advise LTNZ or whoever now does the Warrant issuers registrations (used to be MotoSafe).

This is more than just a "mistake", this could have killed you. The dealer must have steps and procedures in place so this doesn't happen and then they have to be monitored. They are unlikely to take this very seriously, preferring to regard it as a one-off, unless some regulatory agency is involved

I will speak with the dealer before i take things further. im sure they will be apologetic and go out of thee way to ensure its not going to happen again. ill post back once i get a chance to speak with them (damn work can never get anything done)

[vifferman]

This is very bad. Usually caliper bolts have loctite on to prevent this sort of thing happening. I would be very pissed off if something like this happened to me.

[Donut]

yeah, i guess i was ust lucky nothing serious happened. i thought it was just the front fork bottoming out when i heard the twang but soon found out that wasnt the case

[SwanTiger]

As has already been stated by other members, speak with the dealer you purchased the motorcycle from and post their company details.

[slickaz]

so has there been any developments??
PS: this may seem a silly Q but who is the dealer? im looking at buying a hyo very soon in a week maybe and i wanna know who to avoid buying from..if thats ok..

[klyong82]

Name and shame....