congrats dude for the new bike....2.85 lak is very high according to me especially when ninja is at 3.15 in mumbai..

That's some serious money..But congrats on the booking Need to check em out soon enough them in the showroom.

O.T: I wonder how much the naked version will cost considering this one is priced this high.

Here's the review of BI and ACI,June 2012

Congrats NikC on booking the bike.

Congrats NikC
Do let us know how it feels and stands with your expectations////

zigwheels ratings regarding certain bikes are biased to a large extent. look at the review of pulsar 200ns, they went to large extent to glorify bajaj by proving that Duke was actually designed by Bajaj team in house, also carbs does not lead to any negatives on the contrary fuel injection was not needed because triple spark burned fuel so efficiently that it negated the need for fuel Injection

haa haa, in the comparision chart of pulsar vs duke, they have not mentioned good points of duke specs while hiding negatives of pulsar, all the other bikes like cbr, r 15 has been shown lagging behind pulsar 200ns

i know many people will ask why will they promote pulsar on the cost of duke , the reason being biker who wants to buy duke will by default will buy it but a to prove to the biker who can not afford duke that, Seriously man you are getting bike as good as or actually better then duke for 40 K Cheaper, WOW can you believe your luck. they pulled no stops in the review to indirectly directly home to this point.

do you think all the world press is biased except the zigwheels? all the international reviews which i hav e read have come up with many technical issues with bike, also ergo issues and what with having a elephants body and weight but heart of dear . seriously man thats just for people who wants to impress by making others believe wow we have got supersports or litre class! while it has no go to even compete with 250;s and i am quite sure it will not be able to beat duke in 0-60 or 0-100.
i sincerely hope the service issues are sorted for those who decides to put their money in it.

i know some people as usual will not take my words kindly. i have no animosity towards a bike maker or bike lovers but as an engineer, tester i want everyone to have to know in details about bike so the can take informed decision.

This bike reminds me of the Indian craze of bigger is better even is practicality and perfomrance takes a big hit i.e. SUV's , hope it does not start that kind of foolish trend in bikes

My point is sports bikes are supposed to be agile and nimble and from past two decades all sbk supersports manufacturer are trying to reduce mass size, or to be able strike a balance in between two, here we have something apposite because they wanted to appease show off janta and in the end even they might not be appeased if the bike has the kind of tech glitches poor parts quality etc etc like everywhere in the world

Have you ridden one? May be he rode one and liked it after the test ride and chose what was available within his budget and willingness.
In the end, the goal is *he* should be happy with whatever he got for whatever reasons..
G250Rs are really classified as Learners bike in Australia due to Power to Weight distro but not a bad bike to start your supersport journey... Each to their own...You get what you pay for...

my reply was not directed towards his buying decision but towards the review of zigwheels and towards future buyers so as they make well informed decisions

well i have one word for you, i am sure u have not ridden any of the mentioned bikes .. and your opinions purely based on the knowledge which you have gathered from the net. so stop spoiling this thread with P200NS.

You mean to say that all other reviews like of TimesNow,xBhp,PTR,zigwheels,AutoCarIndia biased ?? i don't think so .. do read all the review and all of them given exact same verdict, in case of GT250R all reviews are same and this is 2012 version and Hyosung always improving the bike and you won;t find 2012 version review anywhere as of now except India, and your opinion about P200NS is purely illutional and your in dark relating to its details ..ask fellow xbhp'ans who rode the bike .. then you will understand its capabilities.

acccording to all the reviews gt250r is not a bad bike to own...its just that hyosung has to take into consideration a few aspects that can make the bike a very gud bike..n i really feel that hyosung has actually made 2012 version far better than the previous ones though few things are still lagging..but this shows that hyosung is actually working towards making great bikes.

but there are so many things going on in the hyosung camp with regards to partnership, will hyosung survive in india this time, quality of bike n services, new dealership, what about existing dealers, price of the bike etc etc ....

this is making things more confusing atleast for me folks

melroyal, the scond picture, the comparison one is not readable.

guys, i wanna tell a few things-

first of all, almost all reviews are biased to some extent. some are clever enough to hide it in the twist of words, others don't have that kind of vocabulory to hide there bias. the reasons are many but mainly its financing- who is financing whom. or sporsorship- i will sponsor your few rides and you give me a nice review and also you gets exclusive support for photoshoot so your review looks awesome and you get hits or magazine sales and i get my bike sales. things like these do exist.

second - it our job as a reader to extract the truth from the review.

so there is no use in saying here that this review is biased, that review is biased.

regarding GT250R, it has some negatives and it tries to make-up for its negatives by offering you a big bike feel and big bike looks. almost all bikes have some negatives and positives. if it feels the one for you, go for it, otherwise don't.

Bad, people still think from a conservative approach!

Nonetheless, consider it this way...
This is the only super-sport (aping) bike available till 1000ccs in India (obviously the others are its own brothers)

The 'feel' and the attitude is way different from anything you can own at this amount.
The engine is way way refined and sorted compared to its bigger siblings.

Just do not base your thoughts on whatever experiences you had with earlier Hyosungs, this is a lot improved bike. Ride it and believe it....

But one thing, Hyosung must price it sensibly. It SHOULD not go anyway around the Ninja...


PS: Not confirmed: there might be chances that official launch MIGHT get delayed a little.

It already delayed according to new information instead of 7th the launch might happen around 13/14th

and there is a pleasant surprise on the Price , you will come to know on the launch day

Hmmm... Definitely food for thought.
It appears the CBR blows the GT250 outta the water..

For prospective buyers, hope you see exactly what you want in the GT250 - in terms of requirement, before booking.