Fresh look for Hyosung

[Bonez]

But its supposed to only be 150kg (155 for the GT250R) which seems to be only around 10kg heavier than the older 250's you get.

Not too bad really. My old '77 CJ250T, a vertical twin, weighed in at around 159kgs dry/183.0 kg wet, had about 27hp and 80mph top speed. Could handle 600km plus weekend trips no worries. You could slot a Cb360 donk in them. I like the fact the GT250s are a biggish framed bike.

Edit- Would be interesting to do a side by side comparison with a GT250, GT250R, GPX250 and GSX250 twin.

[Maha]

Why feck around with them when you could feck around with this 185hp fecker .....


http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7...%20Platino.jpg

[disenfranchised]

Edit- Would be interesting to do a side by side comparison with a GT250, GT250R, GPX250 and GSX250 twin.

Do you mean in the real world, or just on paper?
cause there'se always stuff like this around

http://www.motorbikes.be/en/compare.aspx

[Bonez]

Why feck around with them when you could feck around with this 185hp fecker .....


http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/7...%20Platino.jpg

The Suzuki you mean?

That thing in the front is Chinese owned. Obviously of poorer quality............

[Bonez]

Do you mean in the real world, or just on paper?
cause there'se always stuff like this around

http://www.motorbikes.be/en/compare.aspx

Real world stuff of course. Paper crap is ok around the bonfire while drinking a few Woodstocks.

[Maha]

The Suzuki you mean?

That thing in the front is Chinese owned. Obviously of poorer quality............

Italian-Japanese i think you will find Bonez...and at US$88,000 the Agusta is a step in the right direction....

[Bonez]

Italian-Japanese i think you will find Bonez...

I stand corrected. Thanks. The Chinese seem to be owning everything these days it's hard to keep up.

[Hillbilly]

But its supposed to only be 150kg (155 for the GT250R) which seems to be only around 10kg heavier than the older 250's you get.

Check out the specs according to the review attached. It's 170kg dry. (2nd part of the review is only a photo)

PS: NC4R, you're caps lock key is stuck!

[disenfranchised]

Check out the specs according to the review attached. It's 170kg dry.

Seems to depend what you read

Australian site has it at 155Kg
http://www.hyosungmotors.com.au/gt250r.html

UK site has it at 171Kg
http://www.hyosung.co.uk/detail.php?id=6

Korean at 168Kg
http://www.hyosungmotors.co.kr/produ...t/gt250r_s.asp

And an independent statistics which claims a frankly ridiculous 126Kg
http://www.bikez.com/motorcycles/hyo...250_r_2006.php

[N4CR]

Aren't 400s the same price or cheaper. Add a DIY turbo to them then what?

TURBO A HYOSUNG IF IT CAN TAKE IT THEN WHAT. I'M JUST SAYING MODDING A HYOSUNG OR A 250 WITHOUT A TURBO OR SOME OTHER SERIOUS STUFF IS PRETTY POINTLESS REALLY PRICE/PERFORMANCE ETC. TURBO A 400 WOULD BE INTERESTING ACTUALLY, MAYBE LOW 600 POWER IN A SMALL PACKAGE?

PS: NC4R, you're caps lock key is stuck!

IT'S N4CR AND YES I KNOW, I'M REPLACING WINJA TILL I SEE FIT.

[TonyB]

Then again, I have heard of a guy who raced his GT650 having the engine shit itself, I don't know if sticky valves were the issue. I think motobob or keystone19 know of the guy, perhaps someone else on KB does too and can elaborate?

If it was in Chch then it was related to the flywheel. As an aside, since the Hyosung in question died, the owner has heard several stories of big brand V-Twins destroying crankshafts and flywheels under race conditions, so the problem was not a result of poor build quality.

[Bonez]

If it was in Chch then it was related to the flywheel. As an aside, since the Hyosung in question died, the owner has heard several stories of big brand V-Twins destroying crankshafts and flywheels under race conditions, so the problem was not a result of poor build quality.

How do you come to that conclusion? Without inspecting the components?