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7 hours ago, jackdd said:

Did you consider wrapping? Then the different types of plastic would be no problem, it would all look the same

I did, actually I had wrapped successfully my PCX before. With the Forza, done by the same company (Wrap Society) it didn't work. Many parts were too complex for them to do and the wrap didn't stick. They ended up unwrapping it and returning it to me with no charge...

Hi,

I have the white/blue version of the Forza 2018 and am looking to re-spray it.

Does anyone know where I can find the exact match for the white colour. I know Honda has all colour codes etc, but I can't find anything that tells me exactly the code I am looking for.

Second question. I like the shiny gloss white effect of the white colour on the Forza. Will I be able to reproduce it on the other plastic parts (considering they are a different type of plastic). And, if yes, will the average paint shop be able to do that or is it only possibly with industrial processes and machinery? (apologies, am no expert, it may be a naive question).

Thanks! 

Hello, I am looking to change colour to my new Forza. Does anyone know a good shop where I can hand my new bike for a repaint?

I am no expert, but I guess that being all plastic (and different types of plastic) it needs to be a shop which specialises in motorbikes/scooters.

I live in Bang Na area but anywhere in Bangkok will do if they are reliable.

Thanks in advance.

Maybe check with local mocy taxi.
 
How much costed the PCX job?
Pic Please ?
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New Forza-skin.
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I don't have a style... :)

Is that your "style"?

pic be nice

Every office has different rules, and I guess every consulate too... You are not stating which counsulate.

I received a few of those residence certificates from Bangkok Immigration. They take 2 weeks to issue, they cost 400 baht each and they are issued on production of your passport with a non tourist visa and a 90 day report sheet.

Important point is the 90 day report cerfiticate as they refused outright to produce a residence certificate if I didn't have one. We all know that if you have a 10000 years visa but leave the country every 89 days for one day you are not expected to do the 90 day report. In a situation like this you would not be able to get the residence certificate, which is a bit absurd. In cases like this you could only refer to the embassy.

The certificate is called in Thai: Nan Su Rub Rong Ti Yu (good luck with that ???? ) but I don't think you can have it on an METV.

Hi all,

I want a new skin for my Forza and my Scoopy.

I am thinking of applying some fun stickers to the Scoopy. Looked on Lazada and found some inexpensive ones, but I wouldn't know how to stick them on.

Anyone has recommendations?

As for the Forza, it's a blue/black/white 2018 model and I want to wrap the blue and black with something more fancyful. I did it with a PCX some time ago through Wrapping Society. Nothing wrong with them, but costed more than I would like to spend now, and they are very car focused.

Does anyone have a tip for bike wrapping, rather than car wrapping please?

Thanks in advance.

Hi,

I would like to thank user @Fat Prophet for his recommendation on a different thread.

I was looking for a way to lower my Forza 300 2018. The 'Revolution' lowering bracket I had installed on the rear had helped but not enough.

So I asked on TV and I got this recommendation:

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Noi Wat Dan 24. He is on Soi Wat Dan, about 1.5 to 2 km from the Bearing BTS station. All the motorbike taxis know him and where he is. Take your old seat with you; he will put the new seat on the plastic frame. Takes about 2 to 3 hours and the price is about B1,200. Closed on Thursdays. Across the street and left (as you face out from Noi's shop) about 20 meters is Kan@Wat Dan, who is also good and a few 100 Baht cheaper.

 

Noi has lots of seat designs, fabric choices and stitching colors. He did 2 PCX seats for me. Excellent work. Given the passage of time, the information above on days open and pricing may not be accurate.

 

I went there yesterday. They are really well set up. They are friendly, and flexible. They will take the seat off your bike, take off (and throw away the cover), let you choose another cover, reshape the seat as you see require, test it and then produce a new seat for you with the shape, cover and colours you have selected.

They can put a flag on the side if you wish, and they can also stamp their logo on the seat, which I asked them not to.

I let my creativity run and got a blue cover, with white edges and a flag on the side. Very happy about it. 1000 baht lol... when I want to change again I just spend another 1000 and bring it back to normal for selling, or simply change colours.

They have many ready made seats very cheap (a scoopy seat is only 300 baht), and they seem to work for export, as they had pick ups full of well packaged seats leaving the shop.

A job well done. Thanks for the recommendations.

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Noi-Watdan-24/262449413770120

Visa in latin languages is "Visto", which simply means "Seen".
It is therefore a mention by a representative of the government of the issuing country (a consule) who is better located and have more time available to conduct a research on the subject and inform the immigration officer at the border that the subject has been "seen" (checked) and is ok to enter the country. Obviously the visa grants no rights whatsoever, it's an intra government device to facilitate the work of the border checks. If I have a visa and the immigration finds me unacceptable they will not let me in.
From this we should then deduce how to explain the Visa Exemption, and the extensions, which are not Visa Extensions but Permissions to Extend your Stay.
This is also proven by the fact that often one is permitted to stay beyond the validity of the visa, but mot beyond the validity of the entry stamp (unless an extension is granted).
Languages are live matter, and when translations come in meanings change. Also money and diplomatic stuff makes everything more complex.
So it's well possible that official channels call an extension of stay a Visa Extension. It is also possible that a Peruvian consule in China grants me a visa to visit Peru regardless of their inability to conduct any checks on me.
Love this stuff.

4 hours ago, Fat Prophet said:

From an old post (2014) by Thailaw in this forum:

Noi Wat Dan 24. He is on Soi Wat Dan, about 1.5 to 2 km from the Bearing BTS station. All the motorbike taxis know him and where he is. Take your old seat with you; he will put the new seat on the plastic frame. Takes about 2 to 3 hours and the price is about B1,200. Closed on Thursdays. Across the street and left (as you face out from Noi's shop) about 20 meters is Kan@Wat Dan, who is also good and a few 100 Baht cheaper.

 

Noi has lots of seat designs, fabric choices and stitching colors. He did 2 PCX seats for me. Excellent work. Given the passage of time, the information above on days open and pricing may not be accurate.  

Perfect, thanks!

On 5/10/2019 at 4:54 PM, papa al said:

Seat rebuilds are cheap & often while-you-wait.

Tell me more please. Would I do it on the original seat to make it softer, or would it help the problem of the step being too far behind for my height (see my post). And do you know where in BKK I could do it?

Thanks!

On 9/8/2018 at 1:44 PM, Beastmasteruk said:

HiI have owned a PCx for 18 months which I bought from new and am looking to upgrade to something bigger and more comfortable on longer rides. At the moment, after 30 minutes I get a numb bum and feel the seat on the PCx is crap. I upgraded the suspension to yss g euro's which helped smooth out the terrible road surfaces and even changed the seat. When I drive down Sukhumvit road flat out at 95 kph, cars, trucks and other vehicles fly past dangerously close. I went down to Mityon in Pattaya and saw the new Forza 2018 alongside the Xmax. Sat on both for 5 minutes each. Have to say almost identical looking bikes, Xmax seat was miles more comfortable and definitely learning more towards the Xmax than the new Forza. Yes, Forza looks mikes better than old model but still same old engine, slower acceleration and top speed than Xmax. Didn't decide yet....

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I ended up in this thread for the opposite reason... I had a PCX for 18 months, travelled very long journeys and found it very comfortable. I upgraded to Forza 300 a few months ago and I found the Forza sit harder and now I have pain at the bottom of my spine, as the little step in the seat is too far behind for me to provide support for my weight. In other words either I sit back and try to support my back, but the bike is too tall to do that or I sit closer to the front of the seat but it's quite painful. A new seat is expensive and is not a safe bet. I regret having upgraded, as I travelled long journeys all the time.

23 hours ago, PoorSucker said:

Get a multiple entry non-o, then you can enter unlimited times during a year, each time receiving 90 days. 

Or even better a Non-OA that gives you one year permission to stay every time you enter during a year. 

Only difference when applying is that the Non-OA requires a health declaration and police report. 

The Non-OA can be used for two years if you get a multiple entry re-entry permit the second year. 

You can convert your visa examption, or your tourist visa into a Non-Immigrant O at Chaeng Wattana. You will need to have money in the bank (can provide more details if you wish), you will get 90 days that you can then extend year on year. With a multiple entry reentry permit and 1900 per year for your extension you will be OK for life (until the law changes). This is very similar to the nonOA, but you don't have to exit the country to get it and you don't have to mess about with medical certificates and police reports. It's Non-O for the purpose of retirement. The constraints are: (1) Need money (not seasoned) when you first apply. (2) Need to wait a couple of weeks for the visa to be issued (cannot leave the country) (3) Need to apply for extension (and therefore be in the country) 90 days later, and need money seasoned for 2 months (recent changes mean that the money need to stay in your account afterwards too, not too clear on that).

Surely there will be others here who have other views, but I can vouch that the above is well possible because I did it... from tourist to Non-O, for the purpose of retirement.

1 hour ago, KittenKong said:

@topt is correct. Non-residents have no liability for UK CGT on shares, nor do they have any liability for UK income tax on dividends or bank interest unless they also have other income that is not exempt (i.e. rental income). As a result I have moved all my offshore investments back onshore, where I also benefit from UK deposit and investment protection law.

 

Hargreaves Lansdowne is a fairly expensive platform which I would not use.

 

I have had a UK credit card for 40+ years, during which time I have never lived in the UK.

Thanks. Just to be absolutely clear... I do not have shares, and my funds pay very little income in terms of dividends.. what I have is funds such as these ones: https://www.bailliegifford.com/en/uk/individual-investors/prices/#oeic does the exemption applies to these too? (I do not have any other taxable income).

Yes, I am aware HL is expensive, it's a conscious decision to accept that for now.

2 hours ago, topt said:

As I mentioned the law changed in 2015 for people who are non resident for tax - you have it covered anyway so no problem but after seeing your reply below you may want to recheck......

 

Not so if you are non resident for tax. Irrespective of where your funds are based -

https://www.gov.uk/capital-gains-tax/what-you-pay-it-on

 

Thanks, I will look deeper into this, but I think I definitely need an accountant to get all this sorted out... your last point about no CGT liability is very good news and it totally surprised me. So, let me get this right... if I buy units for 10,000 and sell them 1 or more years later for 100,000, the 90,000 gains that I made will not be liable to CGT if I am not a UK resident?

Hopefully not too good to be true ????

2 hours ago, topt said:

HMRC could not care less if you have a UK account or not.

You have to apply to be non resident - if that is what you want?

As non resident for tax purposes my understanding is you are not lable for Capital Gains tax apart from any property capital gains tax - this change came in from April 2016 if I remember correctly. 

 

If you have just sold your property you should check the HMRC help pages and see what you may be liable for and when you may want to declare/request your non-residency.......

Thanks. Actually you pay CGT on the property sale if you haven't resided in it for x years of the past x years. I can't write here what I am doing, but I will not be liable on the property I will be selling.

You also pay CGT on the gains you make on your funds, if they are held in the UK. For example if I buy units of a fund tomorrow and I sell them next week, the gains are liable to CGT in the UK, if my platform is UK based. Hence the idea of moving them elsewhere. So, for the time being I still have to do my self-assessment in the UK (hence my other post about an accountant).

So, I think what I will do is the following:

- Declare my non-residency with HMRC.

- Keep current account in the UK and credit cards, for as long as it lasts, using a friend's email address.

- Approach Heargraves Landsdown and tell them I am no longer a resident, so I come clear and they unblock my money.

- Lastly I look into saxo bank, lloyds international or or other offshore solutions (which may also give me a credit card etc.)

Thanks to all, it was helpful.

5 minutes ago, Pilotman said:

It seem,s a little odd, certainly impractical, to voluntarily give up your UK residency.  All you will do is cause trouble for yourself in all many of ways, UK bank accounts being one. Crossy has given you the right advice. 

You are right, and that's what I have done for some time. But I can't hide this from HMRC really, it's risky, and in any case - as said below - the investment bank now simply blocked everything until I prove my residency (switching to a friend's address didn't work, they want to see the gas bill on my name, lol).

3 minutes ago, Crossy said:

 

I get zero banking related physical post, everything is done by email (paperless statements etc.) or their secure messaging systems.

 

With friends like that, who needs enemies? I assume the investment chaps will be able to propose a solution that doesn't involve you liquidating all your investments.

 

Yes, you are right on the first point. As long as I don't get in trouble with HMRC for keeping an account (they will surely be told I am abroad).

The investment chaps (Hargraves Landsdown) I will contact tomorrow again. They already told me I can shift money between funds, they also said I can't invest in ISAs, and they said I can keep the account. Now I have to figure out what I need to do to get the money out when I need them ????

Obviously if I can avoid CGT by shifting the lot to Singapore or elsewhere then I will look into it... but for the time being I can't even move out 5000 GBP ???? Will call them tomorrow and declare I left.

7 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Don't over-think the issue, many of us just do the following.

 

CURRENT ACCOUNT:- Maintain a UK address, parents, kids, siblings even friends. Move your accounts there.

 

Ditto for CREDIT CARDS.

 

INVESTMENTS (I would look at moving to an offshore based platform, no direct experience there).

 

In 20 odd years of being a UK citizen living outside the UK (and non-resident for tax purposes) I have only ever had one problem. Barclaycard decided that since I wasn't spending money in the UK I wasn't entitled to their card and pulled the plug. I paid off the small balance and cut up the card, their loss.

 

I still have a UK current account (Nationwide) and credit cards (Nationwide and MBNA). I also maintain a Lloyds International account in the IoM (Sterling, Euro, USD) as I get funds in several currencies, don't want to lose on exchange rates. Both use my UK address although I'm changing Lloyds to be the Thai address.

 

The banks won't magically know you're out of the country unless you tell them (Barclaycard are psychic although it took them 10 years of me not spending a cent in the UK before they cottoned on). If you're worried about being shopped by your internet banking, get a VPN with servers in the UK and bank via that.

 

In other words, don't burn your bridges, do nothing until you have to.

 

Thanks for your well thought message. You are right, 'do nothing until you have to'... that is what I have done so far in the past couple of years. Now it's time to burn bridges though, as the house is sold and I really don't have anywhere to hide for a couple of reasons: I haven't got much left in the UK in terms of friends or relatives. I don't want to burden friends with banking post, and the investment bank as soon as they heard I have a new address (a friend) blocked all my funds until I provide utility bills on my name. So I have to come out clean and declare non-residency with them. Current account and CC are still OK though and I may keep it that way as you suggest.

I will look at the LLoyds international account you mentioned.

9 minutes ago, sanemax said:

I  use a UK tax company to fill in and submit my tax returns , you just have to tell him all the figures and he fills the form out on-line and submits it to the I.R. , he used to work for the I.R. and knows it all .

   He charges 120 GBP to fill in and submit the tax return , PM me if you want his contact details

Thanks will do.

3 minutes ago, NightSky said:

As mentioned you can simply contact any UK accountant to file a UK tax return for you for about 120 pounds that’s about what I pay also

 

or you can register a tax account with the HMRC and file your own return online for free

Thanks. I remember that filing online wasn't possible for non UK residents two-three years back. Do you have direct experience that it's possible now?

1 minute ago, Yellowtail said:

They have per-hour rates for in-office consultations, which (I think) are around $70. 

Thanks a lot. If you have any specific recommendation about Deloitte office I'll appreciate. Otherwise I'll look at google. Helpful. Cheers.

Just now, Yellowtail said:

I'm from the US and Deloitte for both Thai and US filings.

Thanks. Can you give me an idea of approximate costs for a normal guy like me just needing little advice and a tax return?

I know I should ask them ???? but it's Sunday, and I am in full decision-making mode...  in USD, 100? 200? 1000?

Hello all,

Not sure if this query makes sense, but is there an accountancy firm in Bangkok able deal with my UK tax position, tax return etc, familiar with issues pertaining to people who moved out of the UK?

Or can anyone recommend someone in the UK for this?

Thanks in advance,

straydog