Hyosung GV 125 Aquila

10 years ago today i rode out of my local dealer on a brand new 125 Aquilla. After a year on a 50cc moped damn if i didnt feel like easy rider.

This is the perfect bike to learn on if your not gunna spend the rest of your days riding with your ass higher than your head.

Turns great, handles well, breaks are good and it aint as heavy as you think by the sight of it.So easy to grind the pegs on this bike.

Gets to 70mph if you wait long enough and have a tail wind but has enough tourqe to tow a Hyndai s-coupe around a level car park.

The engine sound is, well its terrible. It sucks so bad. Probably because its a small odd V engine. It sounds nothing like any cruiser you can think of unless the idle is turned way down and the engine is cold then it kinda sounds like what it looks like but other than that just so bad.

Im 6 2 and built like barn door and the bike was a little to small. Not uncofortable just looked and felt a little small. Nice ride though and the seat was good enough.Although full disclosure i ride a indian chief now and its just big enough so dont judge it to harshly by what i said about size i aint small.

Tough litte bike too. I got rear ended twice and the lights and the bike was fine other than a dent in the tank. Not sure about how long it lats though, a year after i had some mental ditz side swiped me into a traffic island at 50mph and just destroyed the bike. Total loss.

One thing i will say. Now 10 years later i drive tuned Chief that is stupid fast and stupid heavy.If she losst a little weight she could be drag bike although i wouldnt recomend telling any chick she needs to lose weight.I wouldnt be alive today the way i ride on the raged edge if i hadnt learned to ride on the Aquilla first. It set me up for life to ride big heavy bikes way faster than they should be ridden. i have been riding for 10 years.Never had a at fault acident, only gone down 3 times, all 3 were while i was learning on this bike.My tough little 125 sacrficed herself to teach how god damn stupid car drivers are and thanks to her im alive to bend the needle on 1800cc cruiser.

Now im not saying to do this but, this bike doest look like a 125 so the cops will never hassle you for not have L plates and having your girl ride bitch.Done both for a year and never got pulled.

If Indian,Harley,Victory etc is where your heading this is the best place to start.

Have owned a 2010 model for the last 6 months all I can say is its brilliant, am new to biking and have read all the usual rubbish that about buying jap or british bikes,this bike is korean and they used to make parts for suzuki. I have no issues with the bike its rock solid and very good value for money I'm 15st and 6ft but this is a full size bike so its a great fit. Does 70mph but as u would expect on a 125 has a little trouble with very steep hills. Like many other reviews I can confirm that this bike is always mistaken for a bigger engined machine and is always admired by passers by and other bikers. Would I buy another model ? yes but I wish there were more dealers.

In short as a starter bike good value for money, very little will go wrong, and if you look after it it will look great for many years! MPG is ok about 12 quid to fill the tank cheap to insure, cheap to tax, comfortable to ride.Lots of accessories and parts are easy to come by.

I Bought My Hyosung GV125C 11' Plate Brand Spanking New, Brilliant Bike To Start With The Best Learner Bike Anybody Could Ever Wish For Incredibly Forgiving And Although You Are Not Meant To I Had No Chicken Strips Left After I Was Finished With My First Set Of Tires, Had Quite A Few Issues With It.

Grace (My Bike) First Started Corroding 2 Months After I Got Her Despite Properly Cleaning Waxing And Polishing Her But This Was Least Of My Worries With The Chain Coming Up Top Having To Replace My Chain TWICE Due To Heavy Wear And Having Only Done 10,000Miles That's 5,000Miles A Chain! Brake Pads I Cannot Really Count I Am An Incredibly Heavy Front Braker So I Have Had To Replace My Pads Twice As Well, Tire Wear From The Original Stock Tires Has Been Fantastic, My Front Tire Has Done Its 10k Miles And Has Only Just Got 100Miles Left On It (I Cant Include My Back As I Had A 1x1in Piece Of Glass Puncture It And It Was Irreparable Due To Being A Tubeless And Was Forced To Get a Michelin Rear With A Tube!)

She Was A Brilliant Bike And Will Be Sorely Missed Although Having Ridden Other 125's She Will Happily Keep Up With The YZF125's And Well Overtake The YBR's Doing In Excess Of 85Mph!.

Much Happier After Having Passed My Test And Moved Onto My New BMW F800ST-Tourer Named Jade :)

Have Fun, Stay Safe, Happy Trails!

I purchase this bike second hand for £1100. about five years ago.

After 8000 miles its never let me down,other than a new brake cable.

Have had great fun customising the bike [for little cost] and has given me miles of smiles. My plan was to buy a small bike, past my test and buy a bigger bike later,but I love the bike and decided to keep it

It isnt the fastes of machines but it is a cruiser ,so just cruise

This is my review of my 2007 Hyosung GV 125 Cruiser, owned for just over a year and ridden almost all year round (excluding snow). Some people may not have heard of Hyosung or indeed the GV125, which is less common than the Sports Roadster GT125.

Many people assume that anything not European or Japanese is a cheap Chinese generic branded Jap copy. This is not true of Hyosung, a South Korean manufacturer producing it’s own machines that are a far cry from some cheap Chinese brands. The GV125 is a large (by 125 standards) cruiser sharing the frame and many components with the GV250. This gives it great road presence, makes it a comfortable fit for tall chaps like myself and the weight transfers to a positive handling experience, providing you get rid of the stock tires!

No one over the age of 17 expects high performance from a 125 and this is where the weight of this bike has a negative impact. The Hyosung should be by 125 standards no slouch, producing the maximum legal learner output of 14.5 hp from its high revving little twin engine. However, the weight makes acceleration a leisurely experience with a top end of about 70mph (indicated). I would say it’s roughly equal to a CG125 in performance.

The ride is pretty good on short distances, although take it over 50 miles and the high revving engine translates into vibrations meaning back pain and a numb backside. Mine came with a rather gay sissy bar which went straight on ebay and some very good hard panniers and screen by an Italian brand called Givi which certainly enhance the bikes practicality.

Reliability on this bike is excellent providing you take care of it and this is no mean feat due to expanse of Chrome shiny bits. I gave up polishing and just coated the thing in the fantastic anti corrosion spray ACF50. However, if I had not done this it would have meant hours of cleaning or terrible corrosion. I know this because I had to sort out the previous owner’s mild neglect. The engine is rock steady in all weather, starting first time, every time, the only problems I had was with carb icing when it got very cold. The gear box is another matter, being clunky especially between first, neutral and second gear and requires regular oil changes to get any semblance of smoothness in the lower gears. Consumables are cheap and strangely cheaper and faster to arrive if ordered from point of origin – Korea!!

So would I buy one again? I have to say no, but this is mostly down to the fact that it is a cruiser and being a 125 lacks the good points (large low revving relaxing engine) and has all the bad points – no good for the test because of the low speed handling, too much bloody chrome and that irritating gear box. I’m not going to replace with another 125 because there is no point , I’m going to pass my test and buy a proper bike and yes it might be a Hyosung, they make a fine 650!

(Hyosung gv125) I dont no what some peoples problem are with these bike. I have had this for almost 2 months now and paid a grate £400 for it on a 2003 plate i have had no problems and its started 1st time evertime. Im trained as a bike mechanic and i do all the work on my bikes plus my mates bikes in the garage of my home. I have worked on honda cbr125, honda cg125, honda cb125 and lots more in the 125 range and all of my mates have used my bike to get them where they need to and back all they say about the hyosung is it dont sit right but its a grate bike. Thats why they dont have one. All im trying to say is if you dont like to ride a crusier find something you sit right with if you do like them then its a grate bike if its been looked after like mine was, i got mine from a women who owned it for almost 4 years and sold it as she got pegnent and could ride no more always been in the garage and sevice every 2000km (i would at (3500km) plus they look grate every likes the look of mine and alwats asking me when im selling let them no.

I always liked the look of this bike and after reading the reviews from this website I have purchased a second hand Hyosung GV 125 with 3000 km from new. Big Big mistake!!! After driveing it 150 km I have put this bike on sale and got myself a proper comuter(Honda dylan) witch I really love.

From first day I drove the Hyosung the engine stopped at every traffic light. The dealer opened the carburettor and discovered one of the jets in the carburettor was broken. He gave me 2 options.... 1 was to buy a new carburettor for 330 british pounds or to buy another jet but I had to wait for 2 weeks to arrive. Aparently the jet would cost 12 pounds + 22 pounds delievry because they would post it from Japan to Italy, from Italy to Germany and from Germany to England. Never heard of this much rubbish. Waited for 2 weeks and after they repaired the carburettor I had exactly the same problem. Aparently I needed a new carburettor because the bike stood for 1-2 years and that messed the carburettor. Terrible!!! Also the first day I purchased the hyosung one of the front brake shoes fell off. Also the the brake lever is too wide so you need giant hands to drive this rubbish. The back brake is too sensitive so do yourself a favour and dont drive this bike in the rain. Terrible experience!!! Only reaches 55 mph maximum. Very slow to start and takes ages to reach 55 mph. The bike is bigger that some 1000cc so is very hard to handle and do a U turn. This bike is a complete joke and i really regreted getting myself in such trouble. The only thing I liked was the gears with they were smooth compared to honda CG I used to have. Very hard to get parts and very expensive parts probably the most expensive parts for a 125 cc. "Enjoy your Hyosung" if you decide to buy one of corse if you can enjoy it. I think they should have called JOKEsugn. LOL...

Bought our Hyosung GV 125 second hand from a dealer, the paint was a bit flat and some of the Chrome tarnished. Within 4 days of owning it a nice car driver rear ended us, causing the bike to be off the road for 4 weeks, however the dealer managed to get the parts required easily, and the rear of the bike was rebuilt. Liberal coats of Autosol and Autoglym, and the bike looks fantastic, the extra chromes added by its original owner set the bike off really well, certainly looks worth way more than the 1200 euros we paid.

Ride wise with the rear suspension set to 4 out of 5, it handles well, and ridden solo it pulls well. It even copes reasonably well 2 up. Very comfortable, even with a pillion. Speed wise, its fairly agricultural with a top speed of 120 kph if you are lucky. Then again if you want to win moto GP, then you won't be buying a cruiser.

Reliability wise it starts first time every time, seems reasonable on fuel, everything works as it should. Basic maintenance is easy with a fairly rudimentary tool kit. For an old biker like me, its great things haven't changed much in 20 years.

All in all a great little bike, great looks, helped by the fact its the same size as its 250 big brother. And the best bit? It's a V twin, and yes you can hear it, it gurgles as a V twin should, and it even vibrates like a good v twin should, so check the nuts n bolts on a weekly basis when you polish the paint n chromes, as you need to to stop the rust.

Great value for money, great design, a real Harley-Davidson/Indian look a like that is affordable, and can be ridden on a car licence in Spain, great for the Mrs, who doesn't have a bike licence.

Great looking bike, I'm always getting comments from other drivers as to why I have L plates on what they think is a much more powerful bike. It is quite large and as a tall chap, 6 2" I can ride it without looking daft. Acceleration is what you would expect for a 125cc, but it handles great. Again as per other reviews it needs a weekly polish to keep the chrome in good nick. Polish regularly 20mins a week is better than a 2 hour special, once a month. A real head turner. Economy is fine , I get 71 miles per gallon from it and I have a long large hill between home and work. Have not done a fairer fuel consumption test as yet though. Am looking at a Victory cruiser for my first big bike, but my experience with Hyosung so far is very good and I will definitely try the 650 Hyosung cruiser too as it's half the price of a Victory bike. All in all big smiles with this bike. Don't be put of by the lack of a "Big Name". Bargain!!

I own a Hyosung Aquila GV125 (2010 model)since April 2010 (bought it new)and I must say that I'm very pleased with it, so far.

I use it every single day for my job and cruising arround, except if it rains.

Built Quality: concerning the price it's quite good builted. Of course we have to have extra care of the crhomes because they have not a nickel layer under the chrome (the jap bikes have), so we must make sure to always keep the bike free from humidity to prevent spots of rust. If you ride it in rain use some kind of lubrificator and the chromes will mantain in great conditions.

Reliability: Mine has already about 6000km and so far it's working like a clock. No problems starting it; no problems with strange noises in the engine).. all works really fine. I've notice a little oil lowering (about 100ml) after 4000km of use, but this it's perfectly normal as I drove the bike in hight temperatures and for long periods of time .. so, us all of you know, 4T Engines always burn some oil... it's normal.

Tips for keep it always in good conditions:

- Be sure to check the tires pressure;

- In raining days be sure to clean it to prevent rust to emerge (preferencially do not use it when it's raining);

- Try not to speed up in ways that the rev counter hits more than 80%. Normally I try to mantain the revolutions at 5500/6000 rpm when at 5th gear and I always let the engine runs free and shift to another gear when the engine starts to "ask" for another one. For this, you must learn to "hear the engine".

- DO NOT make wholes or any other kind of modification on the exhaust. If you do this, you will mess the engine compression and for sure you will damage it. It's a 125cc ... if you want noise be sure to buy something larger than 125cc ... I find ridiculous to hear so much noise in something so weak in terms of engine power... well .. it's my opinion.

- Keep all mechanical revisions in day.

Finally: I believe that there should be always someone that's not happy with this bike, but if we take good care of it, and if you are not a sporty driver, this bike will do it's job. I've read some comments that were, at least, ridiculous and exaggerated, and some of them almost sureal. If they realy did happen i'm sorry for them. but what we don't know is HOW they take care of the bikes and how sporty they ride. For those who are interested in speed, you MUST NOT buy one cruiser. Cruisers are made for cruising, not speeding. Drive safely!