I hear much bashing of Gareware as well as GT250 out here even before its release - that too mostly from folks who've much less used Hyo products, so didn't want to post much about the GT or Gareware to have a flaming argument.

As far as my exp goes, its been around 6 months since the GTR came home and when i say Gareware has done everything in their power to make sure i have a good ownership experience, i mean it.

The product is not bulletproof.
It has its strong points and weaker ones, just like any other brand out there.

So, expect the GT250 to have its up's and down's as well.

Its just that the way they handle any given issue has been satisfactory. I found myself talking to their regional technical manager, GM, Service head quite frequently. They dont just hear my complaints but actually listen to it take it seriously and work on it, not only that - they follow-up after returning the bike from service to make sure there are no reminiscent issues.

Dont mean to point fingers, but - I dont see many well established brands doing that today except for Kawasaki. I was surprised with the level of service.

Its a good product, there's good spares/service network, if only the technical knowledge of the service tech's were better than what it is now, there's nothing to it. I see it gradually improving with time...

Although this is from the official site of Hyo. India... This is not really a 250, its a 650.

Check out how the 250cc bike comparisons fare here,Honda CBR250R vs. Hyosung GT250R vs. Kawasaki Ninja 250R | MC Comparison - Motorcyclist Magazine

I don't know about GT250 or N250R, but I for sure can't agree with a point in this review...
Its not 8000 mi interval for oil change, it should be 3500 or 4000 mi between oil change...FOR SURE. So I leave the credibility of the review posted during Jul 2011 to other's.

Hey guys, after this union budget, any idea how much change in GT250R price can we expect? I mean, can the budget lead to an increase in price by 10000-20000 rupees?

Please say "NO" :-)

i am eagerly waiting for the update dude .. for me days are like years now .. can't wait to see the bike and know abt price and more details ...

any guys has info ??

AFAIK, Ninja250R which used to be Rs.3,08,XXX OTR Kanjurmarg, Mumbai last June is now costing as of today 3,22,500

Honda CBR250R used to be Rs.1,64,XXX OTR (STD) Thane around 2 months back is now costing as of today Rs.1,69,XXX and add 1000 bucks more for tri-color.

So you do the Math for GT now as we do not know the cost of the bike yet.
The basic excise duty has been hiked from the 10% to 12% in union Budget 2012.

your spot on..buddy, the increase in 2% is much more and even if we consider the Ex-show room price for GT around 2L and easily it will be 30k more for OTR in B'lor as the duties here is more than other places.

now Ninja is officially out of range for many ppl , wonder how much it will cost in B'lore it should be around 3.5L .. which is way too expensive, if Ninja wants to survive they should reduce price by drastically

FYI, @All guys, Post budget prices are not here for at least 3-4 more days. Excise is taxed at factory, not at showroom. So you still get pre budget pricing for all most current stock in the showrooms.

The 14k rise in Ninja 250R prices since last June is not due to excise hike which happened few days back.

Since Excise Duty pre-added to Ex-Showroom prices, the 2.76 Lac Ex-Showroom price of Ninja 250R already includes 10% excise duty. So, prior to excise duty, the price was 2.51 lac. Adding new increased Excise duty, we get a price of 2.81 Lac Ex-Showroom which is a 5k (OR 1.82%) hike in Ex Showroom prices.

We can use the 1.82% (Or increase of Rs.1820/lac Ex-Showroom prices) formula to roughly calculate new Ex-Showroom prices of all motorcycles post budget. So Duke, CBR150R prices will increase by 2.1-2.2 k approx. Road-tax and insurance will also increase accordingly.

Wake up Hyosung-Garware

Seems like we should wake Hyosung up!!!!!!!!!!

Can we bombard them with mails???

The cake looks hot, but then really not a big fan of Hyosy! Obviously Hyosy needs to grow a lot in their technological finesse, but then we get for what we pay. The only good thing about Hyosung is spares downtime and it's real cheap too. But then I'd keep my moolah in the bank I guess and be on the look out.

Cheers!
VJ

this bike is hot cake rollers.. i hope with the bike comming in India.. the services centers also open up everywhere.. or eles it would be a fail to bring such a sweet looking bike without a place to pamper it up..

Im looking forward to it, if there is no service centers then i would look up to Honda crb 250 cause atleast they are everywhere in order to pamper the sweetheart

Are you sure that Hyosung spares are less expensive?

more or less reasonably priced.

Comparitively, cheap yes bud.

But then one of my friend's who lives in Korea says it's like people use the same GT 650R for courier services there, lol. Not to belittle the brand or stuff, but just my take from the experience I've got from driving the bike, I don't think it's worth the buck! In the short term, yes, but in the long run, definitely not

No hard feelings!

Cheers!
VJ