GT250R Warranty Issues :(

[Mr. Peanut]

They would of drained the carbs to check for water,often the problem when missing up hills (fuel moves to the taps and into carbs).In intermittent cutting out is just that,intermittent - if it won't do it in the shop they have very little to go on can only do a few checks.It can take hours to sort these things out,ideally the mechanic rides around until it happens,then he can diagnose.If you won't pay for the time,and Hyosung won't pay for the time...then they will be reluctant to foot the bill themselves,afterall it's not really their problem.I have the same problem in my game - no one will pay for diagnosis,and until someone does,the job doesn't get fixed.You bought the bike in good faith,they sold the bike in good faith....did Hyosung build the bike in good faith?

Had a similar problem with my SJ125, can't fix a bike with no problem.
I just let the mechanics ride it for a week until it stuffed up again.

Turned out to be a *well* placed ignition connection around the suspension area. Bike bumped around a bit it would disconnect. Only to reconnect on random.

Fuck I hate electrics.

[Hellraiser]

Take it into Red Baron or Spectrum and tell them the CDI is faulty they will get a replacement under warranty.

[Jsn]

Yeah I went to spectrum today to see if someone could hop on the back and come and witness it cutting out but they were closed eh. Will have to go on monday I suppose.. And it only starts cutting out on hills which would indicate that it isn't a CDI issue? I could be wrong tho, I'm a far cry from being a mechanic.

[SwanTiger]

Ok, Bike is now back in my hands after the 4th time in the shop. They have said they cannot find the problem @ all after riding the bike to hamilton and back. As soon as I got the bike back I rode it up the albany hill / oteha valley rd onramp and it promptly cut out and left me standing on the side of the road.
They suggested that I get a second opinion on the matter as they can't find the problem.
So what I am asking for is for a friendly mechanic who lives on the shore (preferably) to come for a little ride with me in albany.. I will pick up and drop you off of course.. There might even be a free red bull or something on the cards
So if there are any mechanics who have 45mins / 1 hour free today or tomorrow I would be very grateful for some help

Can you elaborate on what happens when the bike cuts out, every detail, from approximate speed, RPM, incline/decline, road conditions, etc...

Your problem sounds like the generic side stand switch that has crapped out, but if they've checked that then it must be something else. If it only ever happens going up a incline then its even more strange.

I know a bit about Hyosung bikes now, have ridden quite a few pulled a few apart and know most of the common problems.

Most of which come down to three things:

1. NZ's poor fuel quality
2. Poor storage of the bike
3. Poor assembly by the Dealer

[SwanTiger]

Yeah I went to spectrum today to see if someone could hop on the back and come and witness it cutting out but they were closed eh. Will have to go on monday I suppose.. And it only starts cutting out on hills which would indicate that it isn't a CDI issue? I could be wrong tho, I'm a far cry from being a mechanic.

Have they physically inspected or replaced the side stand switch? The problem you are describing sounds exactly that. When my switch crapped out it would play up on inclines and declines and occasionally in corners if the peg/side stand was scraping.

[sAsLEX]

1. NZ's poor fuel quality
2. Poor storage of the bike
3. Poor assembly by the Dealer

ummm other brands cope
so i redid the list


1. Korean
2. Cheap
3. New to the market

[Jsn]

Ok, sure can!
When going up a LONG steepish incline, Sitting @ about 9k rpm or taking it to about 10k in each gear, you will get most of the way to the top and being doing about ~90kmh in 4th? then it will start bouncing down 1000rpm then back up.. it will do this every few seconds.
Lately tho it has been cutting out completely and going to 0rpm (with electrics still functioning) and then it will suddenly jump back to the wherever you have the throttle at at the time.. it will keep doing this until you lose all power forcing you to pull over, then the engine stalls. once it has started doing this it will continue cutting out a little bit even on flat road it you give it some revs.

I have had 2 instances where the sidestand has been at fault, and when that happened it eouldn't even go into gear without stalling.
Any opinions on what it could be would be helpful.. you could even take it for a ride if ur keen

[Jsn]

Oh right.. when you start it again it starts fine till it starts cutting again.

[SwanTiger]

ummm other brands cope
so i redid the list


1. Korean
2. Cheap
3. New to the market

They are new to market and like all the other brands when they were developing their products there were teething issues. Unless you can speak from experience, your prejudiced comments based on other peoples experiences is worthless regarding Hyosung.

If someone has a problem with their Hyosung, they'll bitch and moan about it and make as much fuss as possible, but you won't hear the thousands of other owners who enjoy their bike and have no gripes.

Just like the GSX-R frames snapping in half.

[SwanTiger]

Hey dude, definitely sounds like your side stand switch is nakered.

Cut the wire that goes to it from the little black box (the side stand switch) and then expose the copper of the two wires and twist them togeather, then cover it up with electrical tape.

Your bike will function normally.

Try riding it with it like that and I think you'll find there wont be any problems.

Either way, Mt. Eden will replace the switch for you if it is proven to be the problem. It was in my case, I had the exact same problem as you described. It cut out on my while over taking a car and I almost had a head on with a truck. So I pulled over and chopped it off on the spot and I've never had a problem since.

Mt. Eden are pretty good to deal with from my experience so they should be pretty keen to help you out and find a solution. My Fuel tap started leaking due to the rubber perishing, our fuel has a lot of additives in it and the particular rubber used obviously can't handle it.

Anyway, my warranty was over (had done 18,000km) and they still replaced it on the spot, free of charge.

[Jsn]

Cheers for the info.. will go outside now and chop the wire. I think they are sick of seeing my bike eh.. they have now oficially done more km's on it than I have.. spent 4 weeks in the shop so far. You'd think that if your bike had the same problem they would pick it up on mine? they told me they have never had a single problem with the gt250r's apart from shitty batteries..

[Mr. Peanut]

they have never had a single problem with the gt250r's apart from shitty batteries..

Of course not, they've had far more than one

Should be a nice reliable bike once you've got that naggle sorted.

[SwanTiger]

I only had the fuel tap replaced the other day, I actually rang in and asked them to order me the fuel tap at a cost of $130 so I could replace it myself. But I rode in there and they said to take it down to the workshop, in half an hour they had it sorted.

As for the side stand switch, I never bothered to tell them about it because my warranty had expired anyway. If you look around on the internet you'll find heaps of people have the same problem. Basically its just a shitty/cheap component, gets a lot of water, oil and other shit thrown at it and the vibration wouldn't help either.

Don't know why the mechanics never experienced the problem though, they may not of been riding it the same as you. At 9,000 RPM that's 1,500 RPM off redline and there is a bit of vibration going through the bike.

Then again I road my bike about 3,000 km after first experiencing the problem, then it would happen every 20 or 40 km and sometimes not for a few hundred km. If I didn't go over 7,000 rpm / 105 kmp/h it would never happen.

[Jsn]

Hm theres some pretty solid rain going on outside.. might wait till it stops. You got your baffles removed yet swan?

[SwanTiger]

Nah, hopefully getting a new bike next week once I've put new sprockets on. I'm going to debaffle my girlfriends GV 250 cruiser though, well, remove the end caps anyway.