Hyosung GT650R - inexpensive sport

Motorcycle Hyosung GT650R attracts attention not only with a bright aggressive design, in some ways similar to the Benelli Tornado Tre 900, excellent characteristics, but also a relatively small price for its category. Mototechnics from Asia has recently become increasingly appear on the world market, but has not yet won the confidence of motorcyclists.

About the manufacturer

The Korean company HYOSUNG (S & T Motors) is quite young and appeared only thirty years ago. Since the company had no own know-how, it had to establish cooperation with other manufacturing companies. After an unsuccessful attempt with Moto Guzzi Hyosung signed a contract with Suzuki. Koreans added their know-how to the Japanese developments, and then for the first time motorcycles under the Hyosung brand appeared on the market. However, the Japanese imposed some restrictions, so soon the company began to engage in their own design studies, luring to themselves several Japanese engineers.

In 1988, the company became the official supplier of the Olympic Games in Seoul, and in 1994 debuted on the European market with its first cruiser, the Hyosung Cruise 125. Before 2001, several other own motorcycles were produced. In 2007, the company was bought by a large holding company S & T Group and received another official name - S & T Motors.

Inexpensive sportbike

Hyosung GT650R - sports motorcycle with engine capacity of 647 cm ³ . At the moment this is the biggest cubic capacity produced by S & T Motors. Motorcycle Hyosung GT650R is very popular among novice motorcyclists, who want their first "horse" was just the sport. The motorcycle can accelerate to good speeds, but still rather leisurely, like a straight in the guise of sports. At the same time, it costs a little: its price on the secondary market starts from 150,000 rubles. The search for spare parts also does not cause problems. In Europe, a motorcycle is popular, it is often chosen by those wishing not only high speeds but comfort when traveling long distances, moreover, when buying a new motorcycle, the manufacturer gives a two-year guarantee.

In the original, it is available in only three colors: red, white and black, but you can buy plastic with another design solution separately.

Hyosung GT650R: specifications

If the first models of this company were presented with Suzuki engines, the GT650R is a completely Korean development. The motorcycle has a two-cylinder four-stroke V-engine with a capacity of 79 liters. from. The cooling system is liquid, and the engine is started from the electric starter. The transmission is six-speed. At the first speed, the Hyosung GT650R accelerates to 86 km / h, and to 134 km / h on the second. The dry weight of the motorcycle is 215 kg, and the volume of the gasoline tank is 17 liters. The brakes are represented by a 300 mm floating brake disc with a four-piston caliper on the front wheel and a 230 mm disc with a two-piston caliper in the rear. The length and height of the motorcycle are 2090 and 1135 respectively, with a landing height of 830 inches.

The front suspension is represented by an inverted telescopic fork, and the rear suspension is a pendulum with a mono-shock absorber.

disadvantages

At all merits, it is necessary to specify and misses in the model Hyosung GT650R. Reviews motorcyclists agree that the brakes of the motorcycle are rather weak. They are identical to the previous model with an engine capacity of 250 cm ³ , which is half the size, and it would seem that the brake system could also be modified. In addition, it affects the speed of a fairly large weight for the sportbike - almost 230 kg with a refueled tank. This weight is suitable for chopper or straight, but unusual for sports, the weight of which is sometimes 50 and even 80 kg less than the GT650R.

Many owners also complain about the poor quality of the rubber supplied in the kit, for damper damages and the timing chain tensioner .

The new Hyosung GT650R costs about 350 thousand rubles, because of this among motorcyclists a dispute develops: what is better, a new Korean or second-hand Japanese? Those wishing to use the new technology will choose Hyosung, and those who do not mind buying and repairing a used motorcycle will give preference to some Suzuki or Honda.

In addition, if a motorcyclist is a beginner and takes the Hyosung GT650R to learn driving, then in a couple of seasons the question of selling will arise. New Asian technology is rapidly losing in price, besides the attitude to both Chinese and Korean motorcycles in bikers is suspicious, so it will not be easy to sell a motorcycle or will have to lose a lot in price. But the Japanese, taken in the secondary market, does not have such problems - these are proven manufacturers who are always responsible for quality.