2009 Hyosung GT650R

[xwhatsit]

I See Nothing Wrong With Hyosungs And Consider Some Of Them My Dearest Friends.

[jrandom]

hold value

What is this 'hold value'?



In my world, you buy bike, ride bike until bike drops dead a quarter million kilometres later (in the case of a Suzuki) or significantly earlier than that (in the case of a Hobag), then rinse and repeat.

If you want to trade cash for something that 'holds value', I'm sure I can find you the phone number of a bullion broker.

[imdying]

Who uses steel frames anymore? That is so 1990's...like, get real girlfriend.

Open mouth after engaging brain.

[Tank]

What is this 'hold value'?



In my world, you buy bike, ride bike until bike drops dead a quarter million kilometres later (in the case of a Suzuki) or significantly earlier than that (in the case of a Hobag), then rinse and repeat.

If you want to trade cash for something that 'holds value', I'm sure I can find you the phone number of a bullion broker.

When starting out in biking you can end up changing bikes several times while you learn what kind of biking you like.

In the last 12 months I've had:

A GN250 - very cheap new bike to see if I liked riding - Not my ideal bike to keep for 250k km

A M50 - I loved - until I decided I wanted to see more of the 'off the beaten track' and that my bike wasnt ideal for doing gravel road riding.

The V-Strom. At this point - I can really see myself keeping this one and running it till dont go no more.

[McJim]

I would still rather have a 10 year old Ducati 600/750/900ss than a brand new Hyosung. Cheaper too. Proper steel frame (chrome, molybdenum, manganese etc.....none of this cheesy pig iron mind you!), USD Forks, Brembo Brakes, named suspension!....and you get to keep your self respect!

Seriously though, I'm glad people buy these bikes - it makes me feel so....well....superior

I can't believe that the Hyosung 250 owners put up with 4,000km service intervals and the 650 put up with 6,000 km intervals - My old bike has service interval of 10,000km and the new ones are 12,000km....cheap to run and fix are Ducatis.

[Hillbilly]

EFI and four pot front brakes are certainly what the bike needed.

Now all they need to do is get rid of the steel frame and replace it with an ally one.

The steel trellis frame of the GT-650X should do the trick.

[CookMySock]

The steel trellis frame of the GT-650X should do the trick.

Yeh that looks nice dunnit. I wonder how much I can import one for.. Should I bring in an RX450SM too?

DB

[James Deuce]

Should I bring in an RX450SM too?

DB

Yeah, go on, I dare you!

[CookMySock]

Yeah, go on, I dare you!

Yeah but I'd take it out of the box and put its front wheel on wouldn't I.. There goes a grand off its resale value..

DB

[DarkLord]

I wonder what the stock tyres are like on this bike. I hope it's not Shinkos and that they have some decent rubber on there......

[Tank]

Yeah but I'd take it out of the box and put its front wheel on wouldn't I.. There goes a grand off its resale value..

DB

If you were worried about resale - you wouldn't have purchased a Ho'Bag.

[CookMySock]

I wonder what the stock tyres are like on this bike. I hope it's not Shinkos and that they have some decent rubber on there......

The '05 NZ GT650R came out with bridgestones on it. Dunno about the new ones.

Steve

[DarkLord]

Has anyone had the chance to take one of these out for a ride? I'm curious about the build quality on these bikes. I'd really like to hear the opinion of someone who has ridden both the GT250R and the GT650R.

I really noticed the difference when I hopped on my mates '03 Bandit 1200 and took that for a ride - the build quality was just SO much better than the Hyo, it felt like a cheaply put together piece of crap once I got back on it, in comparison to the Bandit.

Would be interesting to hear people's thoughts....