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CBR 250 first class insurance rates here at Sumet are as follows.

ABS: New - 6,200 / Second hand 6,600

Non ABS: New - 6,000 / Second hand 6,500

The coverage is great and it also includes a provision for theft. One of our customers has had two major crashes with about 20,000 worth of damage both times. Other than a small deductable, he didn't have to pay a thing. However, I imagine his premiums are going to be a bit higher next year.

So how do we contact you in order to take out Insurance, do you have an office in Phuket?

I just sent an e-mail with all the details. No need to come to the shop. Everything can be taken care of via fax and e-mail. If anyone else is interested in first class insurance for the CBR 250, you can either send a TV PM or an e-mail to [email protected] . Thanks.

Brian

Cheers.

CBR 250 first class insurance rates here at Sumet are as follows.

ABS: New - 6,200 / Second hand 6,600

Non ABS: New - 6,000 / Second hand 6,500

The coverage is great and it also includes a provision for theft. One of our customers has had two major crashes with about 20,000 worth of damage both times. Other than a small deductable, he didn't have to pay a thing. However, I imagine his premiums are going to be a bit higher next year.

So how do we contact you in order to take out Insurance, do you have an office in Phuket?

Blimey is there a railroad there, never seen it!!

Do not go to see the Men in Black 3.

Is that called back in time? saw it advertised and is now showing.

A great tune by Pitbull!!

Were the crew foreign or Thai?

If it's a major Hollywood movie I would guess The Railroad Man.

http://www.movieinsi...tus/production/

http://forums.whirlp...archive/1821062

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Blimey is there a railroad there, never seen it!!

You certainly do not have to rev the nuts out of to get it going unless you are a complete idiot and trying to go faster than the bike is capable, they overheat do they, not experienced that as yet in the 1000kms plus and mostly in heavy traffic, there are a few constant knockers of this bike, it makes you wonder why!! for me it is fantastic, the step daughter loves it more than the Z because it is slower so all good there, it looks good, fantastic on fuel, comfortable etc etc, sorted out the oil filter problem, took it back to where I purchased it hoping to get a proper service, at first they did not want to change the now found oil filter, I pointed out it was to be changed according to the service schedule, the service was completed correctly this time at a cost of just over 400 bht, cheap as chips to maintain and run, this is a great bike but it is not to everyones liking for whatever reason, just accept some people enjoy it and enjoy owning it.

Dohhhh. Kawa I was refering to the 4 cylinder Cbr250 the cbr250rr.

And Tony you know full well what I mean. The old cbr would not even get going until 3 to 4 thou revs and then even at a fairly slow speed say 70kmh you had to have it above 10,000 which is tiresome and makes the rider look like a plonker.

On a nice road they are great around town they are crap. But then they were never designed for that were as the cbr 2011 is.

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Oooops sorry misread your post lol

Update to my first service, took the bike back to the first Honda dealer where they said "this bike no have oil filter" took the lady outside to the bike, I pointed to the newly discovered oil filter and said " this oil filter" her response was, "that oil filter" she smiled and disappeared back inside!!

You certainly do not have to rev the nuts out of to get it going unless you are a complete idiot and trying to go faster than the bike is capable, they overheat do they, not experienced that as yet in the 1000kms plus and mostly in heavy traffic, there are a few constant knockers of this bike, it makes you wonder why!! for me it is fantastic, the step daughter loves it more than the Z because it is slower so all good there, it looks good, fantastic on fuel, comfortable etc etc, sorted out the oil filter problem, took it back to where I purchased it hoping to get a proper service, at first they did not want to change the now found oil filter, I pointed out it was to be changed according to the service schedule, the service was completed correctly this time at a cost of just over 400 bht, cheap as chips to maintain and run, this is a great bike but it is not to everyones liking for whatever reason, just accept some people enjoy it and enjoy owning it.

The Honda and Kawasaki both look dated. The even older Yamaha TZ250, which Yamaha sold in Thailand, looks even today very sharp... Even for a old 2-stroke...

Who posted those huge pictures, bloody annoying!! that bike looks great as do the other 250's posted.

I have found it in the manual, why would the dealer say this bike does not have an oil filter? is it positioned directly under the oil filler cap and behind the right side cowl? it's very worrying that a dealer does not know this bike has an oil filter and it has not been changed!!

Most likely the dealer told you "no, we didn't change the oil filter" and you heard "there is no oil filter". I don't think it would even occur to a motorbike dealer that there are people that don't know about the oil filter...

great story tho, keep 'em coming!

I looked for the oil filter which on most bikes is at the front of the engine and is the screw on type, this one is hidden behind

the right front cowl and does not look like an oil filter, the dealer clearly said this bike has no filter, who am I to argue with people who should

know a lot more than me, good that it has made you laugh though thinking about a career as a comedian!!

Good to see you can laugh about it

But please, don't enquire about the 100,000 baht gsxr 600 k7 for sale in the classifieds. The seller isnt really going to get sent to Afganistan next week to fight for the Thai air force, and he wont really post it to you in a Thai army truck. Don't ask me why he would lie about such a thing, just take my word for it

Whats not to laugh about!! don't understand the comment after should I be laughing at that as well!!

I have found it in the manual, why would the dealer say this bike does not have an oil filter? is it positioned directly under the oil filler cap and behind the right side cowl? it's very worrying that a dealer does not know this bike has an oil filter and it has not been changed!!

Most likely the dealer told you "no, we didn't change the oil filter" and you heard "there is no oil filter". I don't think it would even occur to a motorbike dealer that there are people that don't know about the oil filter...

great story tho, keep 'em coming!

I looked for the oil filter which on most bikes is at the front of the engine and is the screw on type, this one is hidden behind

the right front cowl and does not look like an oil filter, the dealer clearly said this bike has no filter, who am I to argue with people who should

know a lot more than me(which they should do as I do not touch bikes myself, good that it has made you laugh though thinking about a career as a comedian!!

I was enjoying reading through this page until someone stated that the 1st service on a Kawasaki 250 'cost a friend 1500B'..........

It's strange that the first service on my Ninja 650 came in at half the price of his Ninja 250......... A tad over 750 baht (inc oil and filter)

For '200 baht' do Honda even change the oil filter during the first service???? :S

What oil filter? if there is an oil filter on this bike I can not find it, I questioned the dealer as to weather they had changed the oil filter, dealer says "no oil filter on this bike, just change oil"

The owners manual does not show an oil filter, it does not mention the oil filter in the oil information page, if there is an oil filter could someone tell me where it is on the bike!!

I'm sure you are right, i didn't realise that the CBR250 has no oil filter, explains why the CBR is a little cheaper to service than the Ninja 250, but 1500B for the Ninja 250's first service???

What dealership screwed him over, it most certainly wasn't any of the dealerships in Bangkok.

The cbr has an oil filter. Remove belly pan to gain access.

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I have found it in the manual, why would the dealer say this bike does not have an oil filter? is it positioned directly under the oil filler cap and behind the right side cowl? it's very worrying that a dealer does not know this bike has an oil filter and it has not been changed!!

Fully synthetic oil halts the break in process.

It really shouldn't be used until a couple of thousand Km at least.

Not a problem as the bike has been sold..

Yea the oil used was fully synthetic,

Kawasaki are putting fully synthetic oil in to their bikes at the first service?!?

I seriously hope that you're mistaken.

No I am not mistaken, fully synthetic oil was used, the cost of the oil was 1600bht.

Yea the oil used was fully synthetic, labour was 400bht plus the oil filter, I'm happy with the 250 it is fast enough for me, and much more fun to drive than the big powerful bike, my opinion of course.

I was enjoying reading through this page until someone stated that the 1st service on a Kawasaki 250 'cost a friend 1500B'..........

It's strange that the first service on my Ninja 650 came in at half the price of his Ninja 250......... A tad over 750 baht (inc oil and filter)

For '200 baht' do Honda even change the oil filter during the first service???? :S

What oil filter? if there is an oil filter on this bike I can not find it, I questioned the dealer as to weather they had changed the oil filter, dealer says "no oil filter on this bike, just change oil"

The owners manual does not show an oil filter, it does not mention the oil filter in the oil information page, if there is an oil filter could someone tell me where it is on the bike!!

I'm sure you are right, i didn't realise that the CBR250 has no oil filter, explains why the CBR is a little cheaper to service than the Ninja 250, but 1500B for the Ninja 250's first service???

What dealership screwed him over, it most certainly wasn't any of the dealerships in Bangkok.

It might have been 1200bht but definitely over 1000 baht, it was kawasaki Phuket so that would explain it, the 1st service on my Z1000 was 2500bht I think kawasaki are just expensive!!

They also hit him for 17000bht 1st class insurance!!

I was enjoying reading through this page until someone stated that the 1st service on a Kawasaki 250 'cost a friend 1500B'..........

It's strange that the first service on my Ninja 650 came in at half the price of his Ninja 250......... A tad over 750 baht (inc oil and filter)

For '200 baht' do Honda even change the oil filter during the first service???? :S

What oil filter? if there is an oil filter on this bike I can not find it, I questioned the dealer as to weather they had changed the oil filter, dealer says "no oil filter on this bike, just change oil"

The owners manual does not show an oil filter, it does not mention the oil filter in the oil information page, if there is an oil filter could someone tell me where it is on the bike!!

That's funny, on your original post you said BKK to Chiang Mai which is 750 kms. Nice editing work.

No editing out work.

I left my house in Bangkok at 7am, and I was in Chiang Mai for lunch.

My house to Lampang is 566km, checked on google maps for the route I took. That is where I first checked the average speed which was 121 or 126kph GPS. From there it is 80km or so(?) to Chiang Mai.

If my original post mentioned an off-the-top-of-me head 750km to Chiang Mai it is as good as irrelevant, as I'm sure everyone, including you has driven it.

Thanks to the great CBR250R and its great fairings, you can leave BKK at 7am, have lunch in Chiang Mai, then go for an afternoon ride up Doi Suthep before going out and hitting the bars. Great bike that it is.

The next few days through the MHS Loop and down to Mae Sot were splendid! The light n nimble CBR is a joy in the twisties.

I have to admit you do sound like a Honda sales person!! but anyway it is a great little bike!!

I'm 75kg and 175cm. I find the great CBR250R to be so stable while WOT that you (I) can cruise with the throttle pinned all day long no bother at all. Some bikes are so rattly and unstable that when WOT they feel like they're going to fall apart. The CBR250R is so smooth and stable at top speed that cruising at WOT is simply a pleasure.

Left my house in Don Mueang at 7am, was in Chiang Mai before lunch time. Outside lane and WOT until Lampang.

Only drank 3 tanks of gas! 555.

With the great fairings and wind protection, and thus almost no affect on the body, it was back on the bike for a ride up Doi Suthep and still enough energy to see to two Loi Krohers.

This was part of a 2,500km 4 day tour of the North and N.Western (MHS down to Mae Sot) Thailand.

Can't imagine those speeds for such periods of time on a naked bike. But the great little CBR250R simply devours the miles at such speeds with little to no affect on the body!

Go Honda!

Cool story bro.

Must have been a late lunch. Even if 'lunch' is 1pm that would mean you averaged at least 125kph (140 on the speedo) for the whole 6 hours. How about gas stops, getting out of Bangkok (even at 7am this takes time), passing through towns, bad sections of road etc. In my experience to do BKK to Chiang Mai in 5-6 hours you need to be touching 180-200 for fairly extended periods on the open/well maintained bits of road to make up for all of the above.

Still, never let the truth get in the way of a good spam, right.

As you was not with him it is a storey to believe, why would someone lie?

Oh okay I stand corrected!!

I'm 75kg and 175cm. I find the great CBR250R to be so stable while WOT that you (I) can cruise with the throttle pinned all day long no bother at all. Some bikes are so rattly and unstable that when WOT they feel like they're going to fall apart. The CBR250R is so smooth and stable at top speed that cruising at WOT is simply a pleasure.

Left my house in Don Mueang at 7am, was in Chiang Mai before lunch time. Outside lane and WOT until Lampang.

Only drank 3 tanks of gas! 555.

With the great fairings and wind protection, and thus almost no affect on the body, it was back on the bike for a ride up Doi Suthep and still enough energy to see to two Loi Krohers.

This was part of a 2,500km 4 day tour of the North and N.Western (MHS down to Mae Sot) Thailand.

Can't imagine those speeds for such periods of time on a naked bike. But the great little CBR250R simply devours the miles at such speeds with little to no affect on the body!

Go Honda!

Cool story bro.

Must have been a late lunch. Even if 'lunch' is 1pm that would mean you averaged at least 125kph (140 on the speedo) for the whole 6 hours. How about gas stops, getting out of Bangkok (even at 7am this takes time), passing through towns, bad sections of road etc. In my experience to do BKK to Chiang Mai in 5-6 hours you need to be touching 180-200 for fairly extended periods on the open/well maintained bits of road to make up for all of the above.

Still, never let the truth get in the way of a good spam, right.

As you was not with him it is a storey to believe, why would someone lie?

You must be lightweight because most I've managed is 150 but that was upright

When I'm going this fast I'm usually on a tour, so I usually have a tank bag, which you can kind of rest your body on, for wont of a better description. I also have the Touring Windscreen (1,500b or something at Sumet), this takes the wind off your body and over your helmet.

Cruising at 160kph indicated is smooth and simple. Shooting up to 165kph depending on the air I suppose.

I'm not too sure why the trolls want to claim the CBR250R fairing isn't useful, but I suppose they're just trolling. Sad when trolls need to start talking nonsense about a bike just so they can feel better about themselves.

I have had mine flat out 155kph which is more than fast enough for me, it's a great bike and 1st service only 200bht, my mate had his 1st service on his Kawa 250 1500bht. Honda is great!! bike is so good in traffic unlike my previous Z1000 which was horrible in traffic. the fairing is great and I have the bigger front screen coming so should be even more comfortable.

Full fairings on a low powered 250 is just silly IMO

Have to agree. Anything making less than 30 RWHP shouldn't be fully faired...especially when they fall so short of the old ZX-2R.

Or perhaps any bike that people like to race on the cheap should be four cylinders.

Or maybe someone who trolls threads about bikes he doesn't own and has no interest owning has bigger issues and overcompensates with bigbikes?

Liking the color of these bikes, pink is the new black!!!

You mean you own a bike with lots of plastic!!! each to there own in choice of vehicle!! what is a noob?

Why not dress up another thumper in sport bike plastic. Seems to be a winning formula for the new CB'r' 250...

Seriously mate if you have nothing constructive to say about a bike you clearly have a problem with then don't post, or is it your childish attempt to provoke people that actually like a bike that is cheap,looks good,comfortable and is just great to ride in and out of town!!!

Be careful with your replies as you are perilously close to breaking forum rules!! it would be such a shame to see you go!!

Sorry, I have a hard time taking seriously someone who thinks a CB'r' 250 beginner bike is in any way better than a Z1000 or who thinks that a Nissan March is a proper car for a bloke. If that offends you I hope you can get over it.

Not offended at all just feel a little bit sorry for you, in fact I do feel pity for a man(I am assuming you are a man, who finds it interesting to post within a thread about something you obviously have no interest in(could this be a sign of loneliness, if as your name suggests you like big bikes then why not start a thread about big bikes, you won't then feel the need to try your childish attempts at this so called gender thing relating to what people own, a bike is a bike it is only maybe called a beginners bike because it is cheap and has not got the power of the big bikes, it is a bike preferred by many because it is a lot easier to drive in town, it is a lot cheaper on fuel, it is not as heavy as the big bikes making it easier to handle in traffic.

I am only replying because it will be interesting to see how long you will keep the gender thing going within this thread, I am sure many people are laughing but it is at your expense, and as you like to hide behind emotions here is one for your persistence.

Why not dress up another thumper in sport bike plastic. Seems to be a winning formula for the new CB'r' 250...

Seriously mate if you have nothing constructive to say about a bike you clearly have a problem with then don't post, or is it your childish attempt to provoke people that actually like a bike that is cheap,looks good,comfortable and is just great to ride in and out of town!!!

Be careful with your replies as you are perilously close to breaking forum rules!! it would be such a shame to see you go!!

The CBR is cheap but it is also a great bike for town, it's so much more enjoyable and fun to drive than the bigger powerful bikes, I should have got this before the Z1000, as for being under powered I certainly do not think 155kph is slow on Thai roads, it's more enjoyable to go between 80 kph up to 120kph which is far safer, a great bike and I want to drive it far more than I ever did the Z.

Says the guys who thinks a Nissan March is a great car...

Yep Nissan March is a great car, looks good, cheap on fuel, cheap to maintain, whats not to like about it, obviously some people have a complex and are afraid of what others might think, up to them and each to there own.

a lot of people are fooled into thinking they are getting a small sports bike.....which it is clearly not.... you would want to be a real lemon to see it as a touring bike

Why not a touring bike. ANY bike can tour. What makes a good touring bike is one that is comfortable. Frugal and fast enough for the traveled roads. The cbr ticks those boxes at least here in Thailand.

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The CBR ticks all boxes in my opinion, looks good, comfortable on long rides, great on fuel, very cheap to maintain and a good price new whats not to like about it!! it's plenty fast enough for me on these dangerous Thai roads, a great bike.