Richard-BKK

Exactly what Briggsy says Koh Phangan not have a office of the Department of Land Transport. So if you pay somebody on the island to do it for you.... He can charge anything you're willing to pay.

Next year if you want to do it yourself you can do it at:

Samui Land Transport Office
125 moo 2 Tambon Lipa Noi, Koh Samui district, Surat Thani Province, 84320
Tel: 07-742-3309

According to Harley-Davidson they’re not only a Premium Brand, they’re the undisputed leader in the premium motorcycle segment… One of the Harley-Davidson top bobo’s said “We are the undisputed leader in the premium motorcycle segment in the country. Harley-Davidson is proud to lead the way in developing a strong leisure motorcycling culture”

With Triumph a few more things happened besides the lower sales price. Before we only had Brithbike (http://www.britbike.co.th) that sold and imported Triumph motorcycles for Thailand. Currently we have the manufacturer themselves active (http://www.triumphmotorcycles.co.th) on the Thai market and doing a much more professional marketing.

A second thing is that Brithbike not had many models that I always found perfect for the Thai market. For instance, the Triumph Bonneville Bobber is not available through Brithbike, but Triumph Thailand dealers have them for 570,000 THB.

To be honest, and maybe I’m wrong. It is not so much about how much more Triumph motorcycles were sold after the price went down… the real question is how much more motorcycles did Brithbike sold after the price went down...

To be honest I cannot guarantee that the story as I wrote it is 100% accurate, I can only tell what I have been told. I also not know if the information I have includes the 250 V-twin model.

It’s interesting to see that the pictures from VisorDown are just concept drawing that are rendered on a computer… While we have them here in Thailand in the showrooms… What could indicate that Stallions motorcycle is pretty high on the food chain… or not...

Even if the import duty will drop to something like 50% of what it is now, the amount of units sold extra will be marginal. We have seen this with KTM, that are now imported at a much lower import duty, and the price for Thailand also went down a good amount… but the amount of units sold is not much different.

The answer is that even if the import duty is much lower, imported motorcycles are still not cheap...

2 hours ago, NormanW said:

Put a Stallion next to any of the Japanese bikes and then all will be revealed. 

 

Plain and simple. 

 

I was going to buy the 150 café racer for 66k 3 years ago until the salesman on Sukhumvit talked me out of it as I was asking about quality and such.

 

I ended up paying 48k for a Honda Cub. 22 000 kms later Ican honestly say that I have never had any problems with it.

 

Well, 60m super cubs in 55 years says it all. 

 

Hope this helps. 

It could of course also be that the sales guy got more commission if he sold a Honda motorcycle.

A rusted exhaust system is hardly an indication of quality, I can show pictures of motorcycles from several motorcycle manufacturers (not Chinese) that have rust on exhaust pipes or other chrome parts even before a dealer sold them.

Most motorcycles sold in Thailand, are budget models what means that the accounting department has a huge say in how much parts for a motorcycle can cost. The exhaust system is somewhat traditional the most squeezed down part of a motorcycle, the metal is of low quality, the electroplating is poor standard. Good chrome plating needs a good copper layer on steel before you can electroplate the chrome layer… But most motorcycle manufacturers do just enough copper layer that the chrome will stick, also just enough chromium that it looks good.

The reality of global warranty is that the local distributor only has to send it to the manufacturer. While bought in Thailand most distributor pre-exchange products, like Synnex who swaps Seagate and WD hard drive locally and you have a new drive within 30 minutes or at most a week....

For a 250cc V-twin, Lifan Thailand had several discussions to introduce the Lifan LF250-19 onto the Thai market. The man in charge doesn't like the V-twin naked bike idea and therefore we not yet have it... Lifan makes the LF250-19 for several years already...

Sorry I not know much about Stallions Motorcycles, most information I know about them comes from China, as they have a partnership with Shineray Motorcycles…

What I know is that Stallions Motorcycles is a 100% Thai owned motorcycle manufacturer, they had a few years ago a retro design they bought out of the Tiger bankruptcy, Tiger showed that retro “cafe” racer a few times on motorcycle show but never made a production version. Stallions Motorcycle wanted to develop that retro design into a full production motorcycle.

For people who are familiar with the automotive industry will know that having a good design is not the only thing you need, so Stallions Motorcycle looked for a partner to develop the concept in more detail and make it production ready. Long story short they found a reliable partner in Shineray Motorcycles, Shineray is one of the most popular motorcycles manufacturers in China… and currently heavily investing in overseas businesses.

The engineers I know at Shineray, don’t have enough info on the whole partnership between Stallions and Shineray. But they guess that Stallions motorcycle also shares in the profit from Shineray selling the designs around the world…

Are all Chinese made Stallions/Shineray look-a-likes made by one of the two? No the success of the partnership of Stallions and Shineray didn’t go unnoticed… and many smaller companies are copying the design and supply parts….

Hello Norman,

Please explain how you know that the quality of the Stallions motorcycles isn't in their vocabulary? From all people who actually have a Stallions motorcycle on this forum and several other forums we can only read positive comments.

So Norman, did you ever own a Stallions motorcycle? What is your experience with Stallions Motorcycles?  Saying “They have not quality” is a bold statement… Especially as you seem to be one of the small percentage that says they’re of low quality….

OpenWRT and Lede are still part of the same team, to explain in simple terms the differences OpenWRT is/will be more conservative, and Lede is/will be more innovative, border pushing… As example the latest OpenWRT firmware still uses the Linux Kernel 3.18, while the latest from Lede uses the Linux Kernel 4.4. Not take my word for it http://openwrtsummit.org

One benefit is that the Linux Kernel 4.4 is almost completely in C programming language, which the Linux Kernel 3.18 version still depends on a good amount of assembling language. Nothing wrong with Assembling language, but much harder to track down bugs and correct them.

The Linux Kernel (Operating System) is not like MS Windows, that when the newer the version the bigger the memory what is needed. The difference between the Linux Kernel 3.18 and the Linux Kernel 4.4 is only a few hundred kilobytes…

The Linksys E2000 original firmware was based on the Linux Kernel 2.4, the Linux Kernel 2.4 was original introduced in 2001 – that means that the now 7 year old Linksys E2000 (which I bought in 2010) had at the base an operating system that was 16 year old.

The last security patch for the Linksys E2000 was from 2014, but many router manufacturers don’t update older products like Linksys-Cisco/Belkin…

The Lede firmware uses the Linux kernel 4.4, which is for instance also used in the latest Ubuntu Server LTS (Long Term Support) version.

My first test install was on a Linksys E2000 (which uses a Broadcom DCM4717 chipset with 8MB Flash and 32MB ram what is not much for router I bought in 2010).

The flash size of the Lede (OpenWRT) firmware is only 3.75MB, compared to the 7MB Linksys E2000 stock firmware. The Linksys E200 firmware uses more bitmap graphics in the user interface so needs more space.

The Lede (OpenWRT) firmware offer much more control over your router, for beginners this can be a bit overwhelming. But when you get used to the options and features you find that the firmware upgrade was useful. Not specific to the firmware, but after the upgrade I moved all WIFI connection to TCP/IPv6 (this makes it much more difficult for hackers to catch data and do something useful with it. The router sadly still communicates with the Internet Service Provider by IPv4 (but all little steps help).

The 7 year old Linksys E2000 version 1, with a Broadcom DCM4717 chip @ 354Mhz was never a speed monster, but in my case it did functioned well as test router. I’m planning to upgrade our two main routers to see how that works…

Another useful option is that with the Lede firmware you really run Linux and you can install additional packages or uninstall from the user interface. For instance for a router with USB (the Linksys E2000 doesn’t have a USB) you can load packages to make the USB storage part of a NAS … you can even download and install a package to download torrents…

7 hours ago, Thaijack2014 said:

For Choice and price, buy a Laptop in the US. Some people write about parts of your laptop not available or with difficulty available in Thailand. I wonder which parts?

What will break after a while? Most likely the hard drive... easy to buy in Thailand.

Your screen might brake... that is difficult to replace.

Memory? Hardly goes kaputt. You can upgrade it in Thailand, no problem.

If you buy one with DVD drive, you can replace that drive with a second HDD... Which I would do: buy a laptop with a SSD as main drive and put a bigger (1 TB or more) HDD as second drive. If you want to store a lot, this is a very good option.

 

Concerning phone... I would definitly buy it in Thailand. There is no lock on most phones here, so you can use it anywhere. Apart from Samsung or Apple, there are very good options here, from less then 4000 Baht up to 26000 Baht... My Wiko (French brand, but Chinese built, bought in Thailand) was 4000 Baht. After two years it still has a great battery life (unlike my Samsung Note 4) is very slim and I'm happy with it. Duo SIM etc.... now of course an outdated model, so for the same price you will get an even better phone!

 

Good luck with your purchases!

From the 20 Acer Notebook we have in the office 2 had in the last year a problem with the mainboard, from what I understand from other notebook owners... a bad mainboard is the second biggest problems with modern notebooks... as so much is integrated on the mainboard...

Upgrade your older router to the latest options and security features with OpenWRT-Forked LEDE Releases 17.01.

This open-source free aftermarket firmware for routers comes with the Linux 4.4 kernel, most routers available in the market still use a Linux kernel 3.18 or earlier.

Check if your router is supported: https://lede-project.org/

If you want to buy a notebook with global warranty you pay for it also. Compare notebooks from several brand names in Thailand (with domestic warranty) and notebooks you can buy in the US (global warranty) with similar specifications. And figure out which one is best. My advice, buy a notebook model that they also sell in Thailand, otherwise you can still wait a month or longer for parts with global warranty.

Similar about mobile phones, some mobile phones sold in the US, with the same name have sometimes a slower processor. Several Samsung models for example...

17 hours ago, MartinL said:

Riding a tall bike if you're short is a piece of pi55, it's the consequences of what might happen when you stop on a gravel-strewn road, a road full of potholes, a steaming heap of cow crap, a camber etc. that's the problem. 

 

If you're long-legged and your foot slides on gravel, you've got a bit of leeway to recover. If you're on tiptoe, there's nowhere to go.

 

 

Of course, it is even dangerous to not be able to put your feet firmly on the ground. But the seat height of the Stallion Scrambler 400 motorcycle is what can be called standard for Thailand, it is around the same height as all small-capacity motorcycles available in Thailand... As second example, the most sold motorcycles in Thailand, the Honda Wave, has only a 2cm lower seat height...

On 2/19/2017 at 9:21 AM, Rdrokit said:

Like my Stallion Scrambler 400 as it has a seat height of 790mm (31inches) perfect for me as I am 190cm tall. Would be a problem for shorter people.

The seat height of the Stallion Scrambler 400 is the same as the Honda CBR150R, and I could not count/tell how many "short" people I have seen riding that bike.

Last time I bought a Chinese no-name +/- 50 THB USB 2.0 Bluetooth 100Meter range dongle from Panthip (Bangkok) and it worked without any problems.

My girlfriend one time bought an old motorcycle that was registered and had all paperwork, but tax was not paid for almost 5 years. She was able to register / transfer the ownership to her name, as she explained to the DLT that she needed to pay a good amount of money to restore the motorcycle to make it road worthy and understandably would only pay that amount if the paperwork was in her name… The DLT officer agreed and motorcycle was transferred in her name…

I would recommend that you search for 'motorcycle classifieds Thailand' most websites you find offer free classified advertising.

As Microsoft also provide the Flash player update for MS Windows 10 computers are open for attacks as Adobe already revealed the problems with the previous Flash plugin version used in IE and Edge browser. Therefore I still use Firefox on MS Windows, I can manually install and upgrade the plugins or easily disable them....

Most scooters which come without greenbook are stolen. If you’re using a motorcycle/scooter like this to upgrade your old scooter you will have a difficult time explaining your innocent.