Being given a 125, sat outside under a cover 5 years

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Friends son crashed sometime after CBT, left bike at his dad’s under a tarp where it has sat, for some years. No longer wants it, dad moving to flat, so no garden to keep it in.

Hyosung 125cc

Looks like headlight missing, did this previously have a bikin fairing i wonder?

These are the only photos i have, collecting it next Monday, hopefully going to push it a couple miles to my house.

Can anyone see anything obviously catastrophically wrong with it?

I intend to give it to the kid 2 doors down who had his bike stolen last autumn, to fix up and ride,

[doggone]

I thought it would have looked far worse more or less outside under a sheet TBH.
Well worth tinkering with if it is free but what's it worth in good order £1500 or so? Need to be realistic if there are hidden horrors which I suspect is likely.

[P.]

Thats as close to factory fresh as I have seen on a used Hyosung.

They are heavy. That did have full fairing, its got USD which only came on the GT125R model.

Its still got fucking lego block Shinko tyres, factor in some rubber cos those things are like bricks

The 125R fairing kit can be ££

Its worth is low, especially without its tarty frock.

[stinkwheel]

Looka like a viable project bike and the price is right.

Shouldn't cost anything much other than time and a battery to see if it's a runner.

One potential tripping point is if any of the FI or ignition system relys on something electronic in the clocks or key/ignition switch. Especially if there's an immobiliser or something.

Getting these things roadworthy can cost more than you imagine. Budget for a set of tyres, brake pads, chain and sprockets, cables, filters and fluids, fork seals and possibly some of the wheel/chassis bearings. You could be at £500 by then.

Then you'll need a headlamp and instruments. You can get small digital instrument panels pretty cheaply or start scouring breakers. My go-to for lights with fixer-uppers is usually a couple of fork clamp brackets and a pattern 250LC headlamp which you can also attach some universal indicators to. The USD forks might make that a little trickier.
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[WD Forte]

Wasn't A100man fucking about with one of those or similar?
if so he may have some tips and tricks
I'll second/third the "Beware the money pit!" advice and try and get it
running first to see if its viable, then price parts with the attitude of
just getting it through an MOT.
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[WD Forte]

Ah... Just looked at his profile and it was/is the GT250A not the 125
but they may have similar features
I'd expect them to have the same wiring conventions at least which may help.
This is the GT250R

https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fmoto.zombdrive.com%2Fimages1280_%2Fhyosung-gt-250-r-2007-12.jpg&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=b9216b6c5e9d5be22d998b5d23e63be820ed4835f7ddbff3a74137121c17b326&ipo=images
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[A100man]

Not me - my GT250 is a 1976 Suzuki..

Qasn't it chickenstrips with the Hyosung.
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[WD Forte]

A100man, Chickenstrip
I dunno, all you people look the same to me..........
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Conveniently the 250 is identical. They share everything...just the engine would make it non learner legal, but I mean, I've never seen someone put one into a 125 frame and forget to register it.

I think it's peperami that has a hyosung. I'd buy another if it come up cheap

[A100man]

[WD Forte]

Aha! Pepperami it is then
I knew someone here had been tinkering with one
but I'm a bit shocked to see he last posted in 2023
I thought it was more recent than that
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[Raffles]

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[that_impulse_guy]

i had a look into getting the fairinged version when I was on cbt because its actually a "full-sized bike"...and a v-twin.

What put me off was there seem to be somewhat of an issue with carb rubbers/inlets leaking, and theyre scarce to replace. I never did actually go view one, just joined the facebook groups and tried to decode what the yoof were saying. You had to filter out "dumb people doing dumb things" as well as the "most of these bikes had been owned and fiddled with in the past"

I believe (please correct me) its the same general frame for the 125, the 250 and the 650.

I probably would have bought one, if they were still available new (bought a secondhand one...) but I think they phased out in 2012 or 2016 or something.

Also, free bike is good. Changes the whole equation.
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[P.]

650 is very different all round.

You can get 2020/2021 models rarely but yeah they started to hide after 2018 when the prices met similar budgets as the CBR/GSX 125 crew.

Good point on the rubbers though. They were shit. As was rear suspension but you can YOLO one in there.

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[blairkent]

It definitely looks like a solid project bike, and at the right price, it's worth a shot. As you mentioned, checking if it runs shouldn’t cost much beyond a battery and some time, but there are a few things to consider before diving in. [url=https://en.tradebearings.com/clist_184.html]Wheel hub bearings[/url], swingarm bearings, and steering head bearings should all be checked. Replacements aren’t too costly, but bad ones will ruin handling and safety.