When you are passionate about your ride this is always an exciting time of year – new product time! Here’s the latest and greatest for 2010.
All of the Hyosung motorcycles are fuel-injected (FI) for 2010. This is where we start to see S&T flex their technical muscle. The MS3-250 scooter was always fuel-injected which was earlier by a year or more than other vendors. This exciting change comes from Hyosung’s parent company, S&T (Science & Technology) in S. Korea. Also new on the technology front, the 650’s also receive new S&T developed FI units.
What is Fuel-Injection and why do you care? The fuel-injection unit replaces the carburetor and the manual choke on some of our bikes and scooters and is much smarter than the scooters with automatic chokes on their carburetors. It *knows* it’s cold and adjusts, It *thinks” where a carburetor won’t. It’s a little more expensive because it’s got more sensors and a computer to know what to do with the extra data. It’s probably what you have on your car if you have a car. It’s a step forward and one I embrace.
The 250’s have received significant attention for 2010. Based on customer feedback, the GV250 has a new seat, footpegs that are better positioned and, of course, no manual choke – just hit the button and go!
The GT250 and GT250R get a newly designed tail section and triple-clamp which really helps out with the bikes’ appearance. Don’t forget how well the GT250R did in the Motorcycle.com 250cc shootout here.
Finally, Hyosung pulled the trigger on the ST7, the Avitar derived classic cruiser we told you about in our November newsletter. Look for it in late spring and let us know early if you are interested. I think this one will be tough to find at first and quantities will be limited.
The Genuine Scooter Company (GSC) has made a major change this year for the classic Stella. The motor for this year will be a 4-stroke and will eliminate the two-stroke smell and smoke.
I know, I know. Some of you will miss that!
Well, the 2T Stella is still available new so let me know if you need an instant classic, we’re here to help! Along with the Stella, the good people at GSC added a white Buddy 50 for the folks that were waiting just for that. The Buddy 50, 125 and International models continue as before – when you’re America’s Favorite Scooter why mess with success?
But the real excitement in 2010 from Genuine is the Blur SS220i. SS, to me, always stands for Super Sport. The i in 220i means, you guessed it, a fuel-injected 220cc motor.
I think Super Sport is gonna work just fine for the SS220i.
The SS220i is an updated version of the GSC Blur. A few years ago, the Blur was One Quick Sport Scooter. The Blur had a 150cc motor. This scooter is going to walk away from some others in its class. This will be a Genuine scooter that you’ll be able to use on “the big roads”. Dean (my GSC rep) said it’s a pistol. The SS220i should be a very interesting scooter. It’s coming in gunmetal and white.
Details are still sketchy from SYM on the rumored RV200 and RV300i. Apparently the RV300i is not just a drop-in FI motor from the capable CityCom 300i but will be optimized for the RV250’s scooter’s step-up into the larger luxo-scooter class. We’ve had great success with the RV250 but more power and fuel-injection will be welcome for expanding the performance and capability envelope of the SYM’s.
But wait, there’s more! All three companies are offering either discounts or accessory packages. GSC extended their Dressed For The Holidays until Valentine’s Day, SYM has a similar deal for some of their scooters. Hyosung has a plethora of discounts – cash money – that are too numerous to list here. But unless you are wealthy, you should look at them here!
The 2010 Hyosung 250’s are available now. The other new products are coming later in the spring. Let me know what you have your eye on and I’ll keep you up on delivery dates.
Initial allocation of some of these in the past have gone quickly leaving you waiting until the next shipment arrives from Taiwan/Korea.
Makes you cranky. We like you happy, not cranky.
