GT250R Warranty Issues :(

**Scouse** · 12th August 2006, 19:31

Hyosung the Skoda of Motorcycles

**terbang** · 12th August 2006, 19:39

Originally Posted by zrxer

Hyosung the Skoda of Motorcycles

Saw a Hyosung on the Coro loop today. No speed triples though, must have been too wet for them..

**crazybigal** · 12th August 2006, 19:41

FUCK! what a bunch of dicks!
why dont they just swap the cdi unit out and see what happens!
did they give you a loaner to ride while your bike is in the shop? Id be asking for one.!
If you want your $$$bling back, the longer you leave it the worse your chances will be!
call fair go! allways a good plan!
as far as the rust goes, well thats got to give you a good case!
I tell you i wouldnt be in a hurry to be buyn a gt comet, I saw one that had a minor smack, frame just buckled! .cheap bike, cheap quality! thats life!

**Jsn** · 12th August 2006, 19:48

Yeah Frame rust still not fixed.. doesn't look like they plan on it either.. solicitors are expensive tho

Still hard to believe after 1000km of testriding they didn't experience the fault... then I hop on for 10 mins and it happens.

**SwanTiger** · 12th August 2006, 21:40

Where do you keep your bike JSN? I've ridden in the rain a lot, done over 18,000 km and don't have any rust on my frame. The only place that does have rust is on certain parts of the muffler, however I fixed that by sandpaper and some paint shit that seals it, I forget the name. But its the heat resistant stuff you can buy from any old hardware store.

EDIT: Again that just proves one of my points about teething and dealer assembly. The rubber bits that went on my pegs fell off after a few thousand KM, the screws vibrated loose. In my opinion, that is something the dealer can easily fix at assembly by using loctite or some other method to keep the rubber bit on the peg. Same goes with the muffler rusting, 10 minutes to sand and repaint the parts that will rust (usually around the welds were the two exhuasts become one). Same goes with the standard shinko shitty tyres, for about $300 you can get front and rear diablo's (if I recall correctly) - or at least for around $300 you can get decent tyres. For almost $7,500 new you'd think that they'd do this.

Again... look at the GSX-R frames that snap in half, or the ZX exhuast that had to be recalled 'cos they leaked or some shit. Every brand has their faults and will always continue to have faults. As WINJA in all his wisdom once said, its about making it right that counts and Kawasaki seem to do an okay job of it.

**sAsLEX** · 12th August 2006, 23:16

Originally Posted by SwanTiger

Again... look at the GSX-R frames that snap in half, or the ZX exhuast that had to be recalled 'cos they leaked or some shit. Every brand has their faults and will always continue to have faults. As WINJA in all his wisdom once said, its about making it right that counts and Kawasaki seem to do an okay job of it.

And ...calling WINJA what are suzi like with warrenty claims? huh

and a recall thats admitting a fault and rectifying it not riding the bike to hamilton and back and claiming nothings wrong and continually removing someones means of transport from them, fuck if you wanted to pay 7k to lug a bike back to the shop you may as well by a late 80s ducati in shit condition.

**The_Dover** · 12th August 2006, 23:23

Originally Posted by SwanTiger

Just like the GSX-R frames snapping in half.

big difference between shit house production standards causing failures in everyday use and parts failing in a crash swampy.

don't get me wrong, I had a handbag once, but their qc is about as good as KFC's.

**Jsn** · 13th August 2006, 00:06

Yeah I've also had one of the exhaust bolts fall off at some point, and the bolts that hold the rubber footpeg things on have fallen out.. and the exhaust is rusty as around the entire seams (cut open (AND RE-WELDED) to remove baffles). It's not like it gets stored in the rain either.. usually sits in the lockup at work or in the bike shop lol :S..I think it might just be bad finishing by hyosung for the most part. still .. back to the shop 4 times and still nothing has been done about the rust.. it is on 1 weld on the frame and a couple of other nooks and crannies. Surely a good paint job would have stopped this problem before it began!

**SwanTiger** · 13th August 2006, 00:28

Have you cut that kill switch wire yet?

If it isn't the kill switch then it'll be one of your coils, I had one on my bike crap out at around 1,500km on the clock, was replaced under warranty. The symptoms were slightly different however, as the bike would still run on one cylinder happily, but sudden loss and regain of power all the same.

As for Mt Eden not solving the problem yet, it's hard for them to replace something under warranty when there is no obvious problem to them. If they don't know what is wrong, they can't just go replacing things willy nilly to problem solve as they wont be reimbursed for it.

Hyosungs finish isn't the best, but if you look after the bike it lives through anything.

**Jsn** · 13th August 2006, 00:34

Nah i'll cut the switch in the morning .. don't fancy getting soaked right now

**WINJA** · 13th August 2006, 10:14

Originally Posted by sAsLEX

And ...calling WINJA what are suzi like with warrenty claims? huh

and a recall thats admitting a fault and rectifying it not riding the bike to hamilton and back and claiming nothings wrong and continually removing someones means of transport from them, fuck if you wanted to pay 7k to lug a bike back to the shop you may as well by a late 80s ducati in shit condition.

JUST TO CLRIFY , ARE YOU HAVING WARRANTY ISSUES WITH A SUZUKI , IF SO DETAILS PLEASE .
I STILL CANT SEE HOW ANYONE COULD POSSIBLY BE WORSE THAN HONDA FOR WARRANTY CLAIMS

**Hellraiser** · 13th August 2006, 10:19

Be carefull if you cut and join the wires on the switch yourself then technically you have voided the warranty same with your de baffled exhaust even though it was done by Mt Eden it has still voided the factory warranty.