Opinions wanted: Hyusung GV650C Aquila cruiser

Could be. I've heard stories of stones snapping belts, never first
hand though. Maybe I was just lucky. I took it over the Birdsville
Track, among other dirt roads. The real problem for belt drives is
mud. Clogs up the pulleys.

Toosmoky
This space for rent...

 

Ahhh... This is all good info. Thanks Doug.

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Onya bike

Gerry

 

Ta, Deevo. How are you mending?

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Gerry

 

The Hyosung Christina Aguilera? [1] I rode one once - it was a
courtesy loaner while my regular ride was being serviced. I didn't
like it.

It went OK, and it was better that the 250 Viragos they usually lent
me, but I really didn't like the handling - it wallowed about and felt
very unstable. I thought it must have had flat tyres, but it didn't.
On another occasion, they lent me a Hyosung GT 650, and it was a far
better bike (albeit with wooden brakes, but pads can be changed), so
maybe it was just the particular Aguilera I rode. Everyone's tastes
differ, and I'm definitely in the sporty bike fan category so I'm not
a good judge of good looking cruisers, but I reckoned the Aguilera was
one of the ugliest bikes I've ever ridden.

Hyosung as a brand seem to be coming along in leaps and bounds, and
are proving very popular with new riders. I'm seriously considering
replacing my Japanese commuter with one of their 250s. I don't think
reliability would be a big issue.

If you like the looks, and a test ride proves satisfactory, go for it.

Tony F

[1] did you see what I did there? ;^)

 

"Deevo" wrote

I guess people would take the piss even more if you work for a Kia
dealer and you drive a Kia.

Engine management, brakes, gearbox, even the ignition lock. It never
left the bitumen, was used as a shopping trolley/child transport
vehicle.

Locally the savings using pump biodiesel, which is only 10% biodiesel
anyway, and only available at Gull servos, is $0.02 per litre. Why
would you bother? I've filled my Ranger with it a few times with no
noticeable effect.

Theo

 

Thanks for your input, Tony. I'll suss out the handling during the
test ride.

Wrong kind of bird. Aquila means "eagle".


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Gerry

 

Also know a belt drive bike that had a stone embedded in the belt,
visible from both sides. Noticed it in Bundaberg and rode another 4000km
back to Melbourne before replacing the belt as a precaution. During
that time it did not get any worse. As per Dougs comment, a belt drive
only needs one adjustment, some time after installation to adjust for
some initial belt stretching, and then never need another adjustment for
the lifetime.

Nev..

 

For those still reading this thread, here are some reviews:

http://www.productreview.com.au/p/hyosung-gv650-aquila.html

http://www.bikepoint.com.au/reviews/2010/road/hyosung/gv650c/launch-hyosung-aquila-classic-21264

I'm thinking it might be good value for the price.
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Gerry

 

My general summary of Hyosungs is that they're not great, nor shite but
they are cheap, pretty reliable (mine at least) and have the majority of
features you'd want as standard. Be interested to know if you get a fuel
tap on it .. I don't have one on mine, I got a gauge..

 

Yep, that's about what I reckon. You get what you pay for. But I
think, with my un-hoonlike riding habits, and by lavishing heaps of
TLC on the machine, combined with the fact hat it will have a garage
to sleep in, she'll be fine.

Well, my Kwacka Supa Sherpa only has an "on" and "reserve" position on
the fuel tap, no fuel gauge. You learn to re-zero the trip meter when
you fill up and hope the reserve tank gets you out of trouble if you
screw up. Life's rough on the grim edge...


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Gerry

 

Only the ignorant ones. One thing about working in spare parts is that it
gives you good insight as to which cars are reliable through their parts
requirements.

Unfortunate, were these covered by warranty?

It seems that Gull agrees with you, the two local Gull outlets here have
(re) introduced full mineral diesel to their tanks. Most, if not all
manufacturers of modern CRDI engines are advising owners to avoid biodiesel.

I'd be curious to see what Ford's policy is to that. When I was car
shopping a few years back I looked at the Subaru Outback 3.0l, the only
drawback of it was they reccomended using PULP only. When I queried Subaru
Australia as to whether using regular ULP would affect warranty they said
that it would.

 

About the same, seems I've hit a bit of a brick wall movement wise. I'm
just waiting for a surgeon's report to see if there's any more progress
that's likely to be made.

 

Here is what I have seen on forums about them.

Q. I want a bike what should I get? Hyosungs look like good value for
money.

A. Get something Japanese.

Q. I got a Hyosung because I like the way they look and how cheap it
was. All you people who bought Jap bikes are stupid/an or/ were ripped off.

A. Anticipation.

Q. My Hyosung just shat itself. Where can I get a new engine cheap?

A. LOL

Fraser

 

Questions for Fraser:

Isn't the Hyosung GV650's motor actually a Suzuki motor in disguise?

Is there any reason you have it in for Hyosung?

Who, in this thread, said/implied that "people who bought Jap bikes
are stupid/an or/ were ripped off"?

I find your comment weird.

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Gerry

 

Hang in there, Deevo. All the best.

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Gerry

 

Don't know that it's an opinion or comment - I saw

I still doubt the validity though FWIW.

N/

 

Yes, I had glossed over that bit, but now that I factor it in, it
makes his comment even murkier.

I'd imagine one would find the full spectrum of opinions on those
forums, so why did Fraser select the ones he did?

In fact, it's a pile of non sequitur. It adds nothing to the
discussion.

I fail to "get" where he's coming from.

Perhaps the error is mine...

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Gerry

 

After a bit more research, I find that the engine is probably a clone
of Suzuki's SV650. Hyosung has apparently been making engines for
Suzuki for quite some time.

Anyone got more info on this?


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Gerry

 

Actually no, they are similar designs though.


G-S

 

The motor was designed using information they learned whilst making
motors for Suzuki but it's a clean sheet design, not a copy.


G-S