Hyosung motard

daddysmut · 09-29-2006, 09:14 AM

has anyone seen these yet?

robert_s_hunter · 10-01-2006, 04:20 AM

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Originally Posted by daddysmut

has anyone seen these yet?

Yeah, but it's a UM product. As far as I've been able to determine, it has nothing to do with Hyosung. It looks remarkably like a bike built by Zongshen (Chinese). If you're interested in learning more about them, I'll see if I can dig up the info I saw about it.

daddysmut · 10-03-2006, 01:46 PM

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Originally Posted by robert_s_hunter

Yeah, but it's a UM product. As far as I've been able to determine, it has nothing to do with Hyosung. It looks remarkably like a bike built by Zongshen (Chinese). If you're interested in learning more about them, I'll see if I can dig up the info I saw about it.

oh, that would be cool

robert_s_hunter · 10-03-2006, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by daddysmut

oh, that would be cool

My pleasure. When I dig it up, I'll post it here.

P.S.: I'm still lookin'! Why is it you can never find somethin' when your lookin' for it?!

liquid486 · 10-08-2006, 04:20 PM

UM and Hyosung are the same right?

fiveninerzero · 10-08-2006, 04:53 PM

i dunno, but that thing is tite

jiffy · 10-08-2006, 06:56 PM

Same company. They also go by Alphasports at times. Not sure why.

robert_s_hunter · 10-10-2006, 07:42 AM

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Originally Posted by liquid486

UM and Hyosung are the same right?

The short answer is "no". UM is a Chinese company that has contracted with Hyosung, a Korean company, to supply them with bikes of 250cc and larger. Eventually, this is supposed to lead to UM building their own 250cc and up bikes with Hyosung motors in them.

robert_s_hunter · 10-10-2006, 07:57 AM

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Originally Posted by jiffy

Same company. They also go by Alphasports at times. Not sure why.

Sorry but, "NO SOUP FOR YOU!" UM, Chinese manufacturer. Hyosung, Korean manufacturer. AlphaSports, US importing company. In chronological order, it goes something like this. AlphaSports imports bikes from Hyosung and rebadges them as AlphaSports. Hyosung decides they want to control their own destiny, and assume control of North American distribution. Then, Hyosung signs a deal with UM to supply them with rebadged 250cc and up bikes in order to maximize their production capacity. In a couple of years, Hyosung is supposed to supply 250cc and larger engines to UM for use in bikes that will be UM designs. And here endeth thy lesson....

jiffy · 10-10-2006, 08:19 PM

So "No soup for you" I was more or less right just used the wrong wording. It is the exact same bike and made by the same people...just under different contracts for different purposes. There was a picture of a GT650 floating around with the UM badge. Someone asked who made it...well technically it is Hyosung. Sorry, I was close enough ...no real lesson there.

robert_s_hunter · 10-10-2006, 08:27 PM

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So "No soup for you" I was more or less right just used the wrong wording. It is the exact same bike and made by the same people...just under different contracts for different purposes. There was a picture of a GT650 floating around with the UM badge. Someone asked who made it...well technically it is Hyosung. Sorry, I was close enough ...no real lesson there.

Sorry.... No offense intended, I was just joshing with ya'!!! Poor attempt at a joke, I guess. I thought everyone "got" Seinfeld references. Peace man & Cheers, Robert

jiffy · 10-10-2006, 08:43 PM

I can't wait for your report on the Hyosung 250. FYI.

robert_s_hunter · 10-10-2006, 09:09 PM

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I can't wait for your report on the Hyosung 250. FYI.

I'm thinking that I'd like to have at least a thousand miles on the clock before I do the full report. That way I can speak to how it performs when run-in, and removed from that new-bike "smell", if ya' know what I mean. With any luck and a little help from the weather gods, that shouldn't be too far off!