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Big B wrote:i'd get the kawi any day of the week and twice on sundays over the hyosung.

Mega ditto!

It is common for humans to fear what they dont understand

Misguided Missle wrote:It is common for humans to fear what they dont understand

In my case the "fear" has nothing to do with lack of understanding. I have been in the automotive industry for 20 years. I have first hand experiences with Korean(Hyundai) and Japanese(Honda) automotive manufacturers. There is no comparasion between the two. Do I have any personal experience with Hyosung? No but I am going to bet that the delta between a Hyosung-Honda is the same as Hyundai-Honda. I remember a top executive at Hyundai telling skeptic Hyundai dealer principals about 8 years ago, "we are almost caught up with Honda"(a big exaggeration) and "in a few years we will be on par with them"(a huge optimism).....obviously not a prediction that had come true to no surprise of anyone.

My wife drives a Hyundai, good car for the money.

Seems they are now in the top 5 in the USA.

They must be doing something right.

I remember in 59 when the Hondas showed up, they were the laughing stock of the motorcycle world.

I guess they had the last laugh.

Before I bought my Hyosung, I long long and hard at the Honda Aero. I saved two grand up front, and got better fuel mileage.

Two good enough reasons to go with the unknown dark horse.

Misguided Missle wrote:
I remember in 59 when the Hondas showed up, they were the laughing stock of the motorcycle world.

I wasn't alive then but I don't really think Honda was ever the laughing stock of the motorcycle world. Their product had brilliant engineering and were super sound from day one and they filled a niche that did not conflict with Brits and the American manufacturers so basically they were ignored by Triumph, not laughed at.

Honda however made a quantum leap in a very short time. Within a few years they were dominating races and in 1969 introduced the brilliant CB750K which was so technically advanced, it basically rang the death bell for the British motorcycle industry.

Compared to the Euro bikes, they were a joke. My ole man was still riding his square four Indian on the street, and an Matchless off road into the mid 60s.

It took the Japs years to get into the market, by then most of the Euro companies stopped importing to the US. Except BMW. By the mid 70s most of the Euro machines were gone. I never owned a japanese bike until the late 70s. Then it was a nasty 3 cylinder 2 cycle 750, for road racing.