One of our 08' GT250R's starter solenoid has gone faulty. Click, click, click, click, click, click, start! bewdy! Had to push it once. Its slowly getting worse, dealer is getting a new solenoid - no worries!
Steve
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One of our 08' GT250R's starter solenoid has gone faulty. Click, click, click, click, click, click, start! bewdy! Had to push it once. Its slowly getting worse, dealer is getting a new solenoid - no worries!
Steve
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WTB: Hyosung bikes or going or not.
Dirt n00b
tis all good a love the warrenty thing. i mean you buy stuff new and there is always little things to fix.. take my bosses new car for example 80k worth of car and its been back at lest 4 times for different things and we havnt even had it 6 months!
so teething problems should not make people not want to buy these machines cause they are a great learners bike!!
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Weekend cruiser
mine has done just over 16k now and has been good but has major bad brakes and clutch cable problems.
The clutch cable problem is because i have wider MX bars which i find more comfortable than the OEM bars and the cable gets frayed in the metal tube just below the clutch lever because it is pulled to tight. Sofar i have replaced the cable 4 times and it is starting to get that tell tale clicking sound of slowling fraying steel cable again so i have a spare one sitting around knowing that this will break again soon. a custom made slightly longer cable would fix this problem but meh!!!
The brakes are absolute crap and have been rebuilt twice and pads replaced in the front four times in 16Kthe back brake is almost non existant and the front brake gets an extra hard time because of this. havent found any pads that will last longer than 4-5000k on the front so far and last time the disc got slighty scored so i presumme they will wear even faster now.
motor wise it has been a gem apart from the frequent service intervals it needs there seems to be not alot wrong with it. chain and sprocketrs replaced at around 10k otherwise shes mint. tires replaced at around the same time. A great cheap bike that has served its purpose as a comfortable commuter and cant fault them too much really apart from the crap brakes and only being as powerful as a lawnmower but gets the job done overall without much efforts. would recommend as cheap transport over a 15-20 year old jappa for similar prices
Come on, Toshi, come on!
Highway Biker
Reading through some of the posts, I'd have to say some people are in a bit of denial.
Sure it's mainly only bits'n'bobs that need doing but they still need doing (and it seems it's usually on relatively new bikes too), so i still remain unconvinced about hyosung reliability and build quality. Especially after hearing some right shocking stories including brake calipers coming loose...
Hardcore Biker
Mine just clocked 10,000km and apart from having to replace the whole dashboard after 500k of travel (under warranty of course) its been fine ever since. New chain and sprockets needed soon but mechanically its perfect.
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But we still like them, you see.Originally Posted by Patar
I'm not exactly sure what this thread is FOR, but I AM sure it was not abut persuading anyone of anything.
My GT650R has been the picture of reliability. From 921km on the odometer to its present 15,000km - I have not put any tool on it for any purpose. Zilch, nada, nuthin. NO tool. Reliable!
Steve
"I am a licenced motorcycle instructor, I agree with dangerousbastard, no point in repeating what he said."
"read what Steve says. He's right."
"What Steve said pretty much summed it up."
"I did axactly as you said and it worked...!!"
"Wow, Great advise there DB."
WTB: Hyosung bikes or going or not.
Dirt n00b
this to me would sound like the bike was not assembled properly...
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I found my '07 Hyosung to be more reliable than the '06 one. The '06 one blew 2 forkseals and the speedo was substantially out and didn't like going into neutral. The '07 one, besides needing a battery change has been fine. About 24,000 k's on the clock and still going strong.
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Highway Biker
Okay just as a update I have clocked 70000km now and replaced rear shock again at 66000km
Bike has been off road for 8weeks due to crash but I have it back now and it is still going strong
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Amazed at the number of people who have replaced chains and sprockets and brake pads inside of 10000 km on their Hyosungs. Motors seem to be faultless but in comparison my GPX is on original everything at 16000km. My chinese gn had two chains by 20000km. So it seems the Hyosungs a bit of an in-between on the consumables.mine has done just over 16k now and has been good but has major bad brakes and clutch cable problems.
The brakes are absolute crap and have been rebuilt twice and pads replaced in the front four times in 16K
motor wise it has been a gem apart from the frequent service intervals it needs there seems to be not alot wrong with it. chain and sprocketrs replaced at around 10k otherwise shes mint. tires replaced at around the same time. A great cheap bike that has served its purpose as a comfortable commuter and cant fault them too much really apart from the crap brakes and only being as powerful as a lawnmower but gets the job done overall without much efforts. would recommend as cheap transport over a 15-20 year old jappa for similar prices
Hardcore Biker
Thats understandable. People who get the brand new Hyos are new riders with some spare cash and not too much spare time to take care of the bike properly. I have oiled my chain maybe a total of 10 times in the last 10000km and my dealer has washed the bike more often then I have.
We also tend to thrash them round quite a bit so no wonder our consumables run out a bit faster. I took my bike over the rimutakas every sunny weekend during the summer and cooked the brakes on every run. I was surprised the lasted as long as they did.
Highway Biker
9000k's original everything no problems, no better or worse than any other bike out there.
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I have had many problems!!
I own a 2008 GT250R, only about 3 months or so and have done 9,900kms. This would be over 10,000kms easy if it wasn't for the bike shitting oil all over my rear tire yesterday and ending my ride over the rimutakas early. I didn't come off. OK, so here goes:
Before 1,000kms the chain gaurd came off at 100km/h in the wet at night. It caught in the chain and locked my rear wheel up for a few seconds while I fish tailed down the road crapping myself. There is a metal piece inside the chain gaurd that would have done this.
The handle bars like to slap the tank on straight lines at high-ish speeds on good ol' New Zealand roads. That also happened yesterday where the front wheel started bouncing at 100km/h then thrashed around, smacking my hands into the tank on boths sides for a few seconds. I wasn't even close to pushing it/going too fast!!! This has happened a couple of times... even once at 130km/h on a dead straight line.
At 7,000kms the chain was braking on two of the links. I tension my chain correctly and lube it very often. Especially since I do near 1,000kms a week riding on it. It was replaced by a crappier chain (got sold a non O ring chain, damn it) and that chain needs replacing now at 9,900.
At 8,000kms the bike started making a damn rattling noise when I wring its neck a bit. The noise never used to be there. Also on cold start you can hear the rattle with a few revs held constant from the throttle. Turns out something in the exhaust is slightly loose or something. No major.... for now.
The tail light bulb and a bulb under the dash for the rev meter needed replacing. I got pulled over by a cop for the tail light. He didn't seem to like me much, especially the fact that I was riding a bike. I wasn't speeding or anything. Hmmm...
At 9,900 I was going over rimutakas and the bike spewed oil over my rear tire resulting in a big rear tire slide out, only to bite back and nearly highside me. My bike has oil splattered everywhere and my rear tire had a nice thick coating of oil. The rear suspension is also shot. Mega soft. It would make a great trampoline for my younger brothers.
I get the bike serviced every 4,000kms (which is a bit less than once a month).
I like the look of these bikes, they are comfortable, sound great, cheap on petrol BUT I have had enough of riding one. Give me an r6 or some other REAL sports bike that wont try its hardest to kill me on the simplest of cruises. Ofcoarse, this is only my opinion and is based on my rather shitty experiences with it.
The Shinkos have never let me down too. Good for commuting and I have taken them right to the edge and I haven't come off. In the wet they felt fine. Nice meaty tread. I feel safe in the wet on them, but not on a Hyobag that spews oil everywhere and has many other faults.
Other than the fact that mine has been an expensive death trap, I SORTA still like the GT250R's hahaha. It's funny to see other people have had similar issues.
Hardcore Biker
Didn't you say in the other thread that the 'oil' leaked from the little rubber tube? That would be the fuel overflow valve I believe. Did you by chance fuel it up to the rim and then take it over the takas?
At least you came out better off then all the superbike riders on Sunday race 1
Up on 1 to save on tyre costs
Yeah it was a rubber tube, although I wouldn't say it was a little tube! And I know for sure that this tube wasn't the fuel overflow tube after checking last night. Also it would be weird to find shitloads of oil coming out of it wouldn't it!? The fuel was actually running reasonably low, I was going to fill up in Masterton. I was below half a tank for sure. Cheers for your comment though! Discussion is welcome and appreciated
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