hyosung gt125R

[spitfire123]

Hi all,

well the story goes...

a mate of mine wants to buy the hyosung gt125 and i was weiry of it being korian?

i head they can do about 60ish standerd?

i was wonding wha the reliability,speed,engine wise reliable?,handling?


any input would be great.


cheers
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[Marcg868]

Had mine 5 months and must say its a hell of alot better than my previous bike (CBR 125) it handles very well with decent rubber on ( Pilot road 2, Dunlop roadsmarts, BT90's )

Brakes are adequate with the standard pads, but they are vastly improved with EBC pads like mine has.

Reliability, no problems here apart from mine didn't like starting much during heavy downpours, quick change of both spark plugs has sorted that.

Speed looking about 70/75 mph on the flat, on par with the other 4T 125's, still not as fast as the 2 smokes.

Finish, not quite on par as Jap bikes, but not as bad a chinese bikes, but with anybike, if you look after it their should be no problems.

Overall im happy with it, persuading me to trade it in for the GT650R me thinks
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[druidsam]

i had one for 7 months and didnt have a single complaint with it. good looking big bike for a 125,comfy,reliable and economical.



.......................Sam
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[prawny1]

hyosung on the whole are good bikes, they are licenced to build there engines etc on older suzuki designs,

I haven't heard of any bad problems with the gt/gtr bikes apart from maybe inconsistant finnish, but the build quality is meant to be generaly pretty good (puts most other far eastern bikes to shame).

Not related to the thread but the single cylinder stuff can suffer from cam bearing failure but i think that is down to budget bearings rather than design fault, and if you check the vin tag on most of the cruise 2 bikes, you will find they show a manufacture date of 1997 for some reason, the last cruise i saw was on a 05 plate and that was the same.

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[daemonoid]

[Marcg868]

[fatsamurai]

Mine was very reliable - my only beef with it being that most of the exposed metal, particularly the downpipes, collector box etc, rusted like hell.

One of the better 125's out there

Mine did about 60/65 tops. It's a heavy bike.
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Hyosung GT125 [SOLD] -> Suzuki GSX 750W [SOLD] -> SV650S [Crashed] -> FZ6

[spitfire123]

thanks for the replys people.


v.much apriciated.


hes buying one now i think and the bloke is dropping it off.


what are the most common things to look out for wjen buying this bike and common problems?


the bikes on an 06 plate and done 16k
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You won't be able to eat my dust......As it'll settle before you get there.

[m0l0t0v]

Change brake pads and tyres if it's stock. If not, it should be fine
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