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Maybe the bike is light but there's also the weight of the rider. I don't worry that the suspension will break but that it will be harsh. But maybe those fat tires have really fat rubber walls and can be inflated with relatively low pressure so there's some dampening there? @KhunLAyea enforcement differs heavily depending on the area. I know of a few places where they strictly would fine you for riding something like that on the roads. In many areas they might not care. But that can change any day and there might be some crackdown. Who knows. Wouldn't buy something like that unless it's throw-away money for a toy and not a replacement for a regular scooter. Range on that thing must be abysmal too as there's hardly room for the battery.

Why sad? And while I didn't ride that specific model I rode about half a dozen similar electric bikes so I have a pretty good idea how that one would fare imho. And that specific one has just so many things that seem wrong to me that I don't know where to start. Well I guess I would start with the puny suspension. Kick stand being aftermarket is fine but what is that red thing? That's what I was curious about. Of course they are illegal. It doesn't even have a registration (unless I'm missing some number plate that's not visible from this angle) and with that 2000W electric motor and two wheels it clearly falls under the definition of a Motorcycle. The first sentence of Chapter 1 of the Vehicle Act says: "No person shall use an unregistered vehicle.". What makes you think it's legal?

A nice collection of nonsensical technical design ???? I guess it's the modern eastern version of a <deleted>ty chopper ???? Wouldn't buy one of these just because of that. Plus it's not road legal. BTW never seen such a weird kickstand. What's the red thing that sticks into the air?

Easy fix for a few bath with one of those third party extenders. Bought one immediately for my AT. 158kg curb weight seems far from heavy. Just don't give your bike to someone inexperienced and incapable. Personally the 300s are not my cup of tea. If it were a bit cheaper maybe I'd consider it as a daily scooter replacement but for that it's too inconvenient and unexciting. If the OP is just getting started with big bikes then maybe it's worth considering as a learner bike that will be sold in 2-3 years.

Bought my Shark and my ex's HJC at Your Helmets a couple years ago, they were really friendly. https://www.yourhelmetshop.com/

Sure but that's a different story. The main point here is how long can one backpay taxes and keep the same registration. 3 years. Jeff should be fine.

Didn't this come up in another thread and the conclusion was the number plate changed so it actually expired and was registered newly? I remember us argueing about that before ???? And yes Jeff, the limit is 3 years. http://web.krisdika.go.th/data/outsitedata/outsite21/file/Vehicle_Act_BE_2522_(1979).pdf

Maybe you misread what I said? I think we agree. If more than or equal to 250W then you need to register and insure it to be legally allowed to ride on public roads. If less than 250W then you can't register them and hence can't legally ride them on public roads.

Thai law and the DLT already require electric motorcycles with more than 250 Watt to be registered and insured. https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/30402252 Electric motorcycles have for pretty much forever not been looked as bicycles but as motorcycles as can be seen in the Motor Vehicle Act. In fact it counts bicycles with motors as motorcycles (no surprise).

Today I learned: One can get CTPL insurance for a unregistered and not road legal bike in Thailand ????

I think you are reading too much into it. It wouldn't make any sense if he was driving a car.

There are highways in and around BKK where motorbikes are not allowed and you are supposed to ride on the frontage road. It's really hard to tell sometimes where you can and can't ride a bike but there are occasionally signs. Doesn't help that Google Maps will try to make you go on the main lanes. It can help to observe how others are riding. If every motorbike is on the frontage road and noone goes on the main one then maybe try to stay there too. Of course they don't always follow the rules so it can be really tricky.

Why is that a bogus excuse? AFAIK there is a requirement to carry the green book or a copy of it.

The UK post office is not the first place I'd consult on road regulations in Thailand. And one can't answer the question if an IDP is needed or not for a specific person just by specifying a country.

No it's just a common myth. If there is no valid reason to fine you for then they most likely wont fine you. I've ridden more than 200 000 km in the past decade all over Thailand and gone through uncountable police stops and never been fined unjustly. People probably started thinking that police make up reasons because a lot of people get fined for something else after showing their license but it's usually a valid infraction like no helmet, no paid road tax etc. And then there is a minority of police officers in certain places that don't know the rule or really just try to get money even by making up stuff. If they made up a justification and just wanted money then they wouldn't send you to pay at the police office, they would pocket the cash on the spot themselves. There's also always the possibility of missing information, misunderstandings etc. But if you are here for quite a while as your expired IDP suggests then it seems they might have a valid reason to fine you. Just pay it, it's not much.

Just with my own bikes probably around a dozen. I've read it. That's why I know that they don't do the tests according to the regulation. And that's why the screenshot with the 100dB reading in the OP does not need to mean much because the bike might just as well produce 95dB at the relevant RPM. If you took say a Ducati Panigale V4 right from the showroom with the standard exhaust and just tested it for the maximum noise it can produce you will see it exceed 100dB by quite a bit. And yet it's road legal because at the relevant RPM it shuts a valve in the exhaust.

@properperson at what RPM was that measurement taken? Did they look at the specs to determine how the test needs to be done? I have not seen a single test being performed in Thailand in full accordance with the TIS regulations.

There is no "GET post" in HTTP. It's either GET or POST (or any of the other HTTP methods). And in this case he can actually query the API just fine with the querystring parameters in a GET request as you can see when clicking the example link I posted. You can easily observe the GET request that is done by the JS in that page to the backend in your browsers dev tools network tab.

If JSON as a reply works for you then you can just hit up their API that is used by that form page behind the scenes. You can easily adjust the querystring parameters there: https://www.mastercard.us/settlement/currencyrate/conversion-rate?fxDate=0000-00-00&transCurr=EUR&crdhldBillCurr=USD&bankFee=0&transAmt=1 Otherwise: you can't just fill their input fields with stuff you send in the URL if their page was not coded to behave that way. What you could also do is make a JS bookmarklet that will run some Javascript in the page to set the values.

no. it was proposed, approved by the cabinet and published in the royal gazette october 27th 2020 source: https://thethaiger.com/news/national/thailand-to-introduce-separate-test-for-big-bike-riders-from-next-year I have not heard of any reports of anyone getting such a license from the DLT though.

They are called zero-dollar because the local Thai industry makes close to zero dollars from these tourists because all establishments and transportation are owned by chinese and the money flows back to China. The tours are not free. The article starts by explaining this...

The question becomes how they got his email and knew that he was trying to apply to enter Thailand. It implies that the information from his application was leaked. Was there any report along those lines? I didn't notice any but there had been database leaks from various Thai immigration systems in the past.

The owners manual as mentioned will state that. Also the service check book will have a table with the required info. Usually you don't have to think when to change it and just let them do it at the service. But if you ride a lot in areas with dirty air (e.g. dust) then you might want to consider replacing the filter more frequently than specified by the manufacturer. If you don't have a manual or it's only in Thai then you can download an english version from the web by googling "owner manual" + the bike model and year.

Looks like a CB500X rather than a CBR to me. He even had aux lights fitted for increased visibility. Hope the guy recovers well. U-Turns are so dangerous here it's crazy. The car drivers don't care, don't see or misjudge the speed of the bikes.

Milage of the bike has not much to do with battery health. Much more important are long periods of sitting without usage, high temperatures etc. As said if it fires up quickly even after a week of not being used then why replace it? A battery will most likely show signs of weakness before it completely craps out. And it's easy to source a new one. If you want to, you can also go to one of the common battery shops and let them measure the CCA (Cold Cranking Amps).