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On 2/16/2016 at 11:23 AM, bramds said:

 

1 hour ago, MJP said:

Did the Leoncino come to Thailand? If so, how much? Can't find prices anywhere on internet.

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According to this website the price should be somewhere between 190 and 200K http://www.greatbiker.com/benelli-leoncino-กับราคาที่หลุดออกมา/

Not sure if their source is reliable and it's a bit old (July 2016), but it should be somewhere around, they have to match the CB500 price if they want to sell any of these.

14 hours ago, wprime said:

This seems to be more a Thai thing rather than just the police. The "witnesses" in my case who tried to say I was in the wrong lane looked at me like I was the anti-christ when I argued my case (I was driving a rather expensive car with full insurance coverage and he was an uninsured motorbike).

 

Agreed.

I had to deal with cops once for an accident +1 for personal stuff and they were very helpful and remained neutral.

BTW maybe you actually are the anti-christ, you just don't know it yet

Only the traffic police can be a bit more spicy.

Hi,

Did you try to check in this area, it's the place to find out old car spare parts, there's at least 30 shops and some of them are specialized in Peugeot / Renault / Citroen :

(google map link : https://goo.gl/maps/HsJ39hS2qcz)

On 4/5/2017 at 2:13 PM, Fatboysrule said:

I was very lucky several years ago on a main highway, when a small child and his little sister veered across the road in front of me. The front wheel was wobbling in a manner that could not be controlled by his little arms. I braked hard and narrowly missed him as he left the road and rolled over in the ditch. Fortunately they were both ok.

 

Kind of same crap happened to me 5 years ago, small boy crossed the street in big (way too big) bicycle right in my face, could not avoid him but i made a suicide braking so i only hitted him at very low speed (i was being thrown above my bike before i hit him).

Worst scary shit in my life.

When i got up i was mixed between "are you okay" and i'm gonna kick your ass you almost had us all killed.

Usual stuff around here, happening every days, only time will change people's minds and we're talking decades not years.

On 2/27/2017 at 1:20 PM, DLang said:

I'd be looking at comfortable cruising at 155-160kph for 1-2 hours, when on the highway. Any comments on how the R3 is at this? comfortable/uncomfortable. 

 

Thanks. 

Sorry but where do you plan to drive 2hrs at 160km/h on a highway in Thailand ...

Bikes = no tollways and on "highways" = stick to the left lanes or pay 400 THB, anyway i don't even know how we call call these mains roads "highways".

Best case you open the throttle a couple of minutes and just pray for nobody to make a savage god save the queen u-turn right in your face (which are usually every 1km on highways).

But anyway, definitely the CB500 is much more comfortable compared to the R3 or ninja due to the riding position which is not torturing your back and arms at every seconds. The taller you are the worst it's gonna be for you to be riding a R3 or Ninja.

Some people say it's a good bike (CB500), i tried it and i found it slow as hell with no soul, no charisma, also i hated the ABS system which i found to be triggered way too early, i felt like the wheels were going to jump out every time i was breaking. I don't know if it was just bad luck or if this problem was solved on later versions (i tried it like 2-3 years ago).

The best all around big but not too big bike you can find around here is the CB400 VTEC or Revo, nimble as hell, and a true lovely soul, impressive power too for a 400CC (stock is like 57HP with a few mods you can hit 60+HP, especially with the carbs one), excellent ridding position, exceptionally well balanced and very low ground clearance.

Only one thing i wish it had better stock shock and fork springs which i found way too soft for thailand's roads.

I'm quite sure i'm not ..

So i guess "my friend" is gonna sit tight and wait to see if anything is coming in the mailbox or if anyone knocks the door

23 minutes ago, Marcel1 said:

The signs are all over thailand about cameras checking speeds.. I drive between cnx-bkk and cities in between quite regularly with high speed. Got once one 3 years ago around the toll way in bkk and one last week taken at phitsanulok. Friends of mine got tickets around lampang but even though I pass there above limits I never got one..

Just about luck I guess and the few bath I spend for tickets I am happy to classify as "roadtax"

I just talked with the reception girl here in chiang mai and she confirmed that they do have automatic "radars", she said that you'll get cath only if you drive above 120 km/h (but i don't know how true is that, considering that it was displayed like max speed 80km/h,  it's just bar talking).

I've been driving south / west / est to cambodia i never saw these signs, maybe i wasn't paying attention but when i drove from BKK to chiang mai there was plenty up them especially starting from somewhere between uttaratid and lamphang and up to chiang mai (road 11, i took the long way).

So the 1M baht question is what's the worst case scenario, you get catch, then what?

You just receive a fine regardless of your (or should i say my friend) speed !?

1 hour ago, Kwasaki said:

If you see a flashing camera's up ahead slow down. 

People say it's just a rope tied up at both sides of the road, and if you hit it too fast, it runs an kodak disposable camera.

But i mean, i need to know, for "my friend" 

45 minutes ago, canthai55 said:

Also on the 118 road. My understanding - the signs are erected first, as a warning. Cameras to follow.

Yeah well, how do i put this, it makes perfect sense.

The question is : is it fake warning like in some EU countries just to make people slow down or are there actually some radars after the warnings?

And can it flash motorbikes from the back ?

EDIT : Sorry did u mean that 100% when there's a sign there's a radar after? No fake warnings?

Hey guys,

I just arrived in chiang mai and on the road i noticed several warning sign regarding automatic speed control ...

Mostly around Lampang (from memory)

Is that actually true ? I could not see any boxes on the sides, and every car was doing at least 120 km/h even just after the signs.

If it's true, is it some new tech radar like in europe where they can flash from front and back = cars and motorcycles or only from the front (like 1st generation radar in EU)  car only ? (just asking by curiosity.. ).

Too late for editing, sir you have been quoted :D

15 minutes ago, thaiguzzi said:

Air cooled.

Pushrod operated valves ie OHV.

2 valves per cylinder.

Long stroke.

Proper engine. Big difference to, say a Z900.

It's all about torque, and where it's made...

So your point is?

My point this

On 2/11/2017 at 10:50 AM, thaiguzzi said:

Yeah, 74 is a similar number to a well sorted 1200 Sporty. What is more impressive are the torque figures, more than 75 lb ft. I'm never that interested in bhp numbers, lb ft is what does it for me, and where.

Jesus 74HP on a 900CC engine ;

Did they forgot to feed the horses on the road and most of them starved to death or what !?

It looks like something standing between the goldwin and the forza.

What's nex, a 1200CC v4 (vmax style) scooter with traction control and dual clutch automatic gearbox !?

Oh, for the thread owner, BTW you should maybe move this post to the "for sale" section

Definetly. I mean how many of them have they sold, worldwide, so far ? Like 5 !?

On 4/9/2017 at 10:07 PM, Rc2702 said:

OK so I'm there on the brand of bike I like this Stallion style I'm on it but I'm stingy and I never buy brand new vehicles so I'm looking at 30,000 baht and we have spotted one for sale in that range.

 

My next novice question:

 

How serious should I be treating bike wear I mean I want to look the part but do you wear that padded stuff to be on the safe side at all times or maybe just for longer journeys?

 

What starter brands should I be looking at for the clothes I mean I don't want to get laughed out the shop when they see my bike but I do want to have that Reno Raynes look 4.0 (the renegade) albeit with short hair.

First buy a good helmet not a tesco lotus index one, full or modular.

Second buy gloves, you have no idea how it's gonna help you if (or should i say when) you fall.

Third : Good shoes

For jacket, i would say buy a heavy jean jacket for regular rides, buy a real jacket for long trip roads.

Now that's easy to say, like now i'm heading from bkk to chiang mai with my big jacket, it's 42 degrees here and i thought i was going to die yesterday, had to stop 1 day only after 300km.

On 4/11/2017 at 8:51 AM, bramds said:

Buy a bicycle.

Ahaha you killed me !

@ Rc2702 : 

I would say, don't buy a "big" manual as a starter, a good and fun idea would be to start with a cheap 2nd hand MSX ;

It's cheap, light, manoeuvrable and only 4 manual gear box, perfect to start in Bangkok / Thailand.

Have fun, drive it a couple of month, if you're still alive and confident with manual gears then sell it and take and upgrade, you will only lose a few thousands bahts.

What the hell is that !?

Aha i really would not want to crash with that bike, if it touches the ground even at 10km/h you end up with like 50K of replacement parts :D

59 minutes ago, khunpa said:

Of course, blame the motorbikes ability to drive over 90 km/h.

 

This has nothing to do with:

 

1. Terrible NON-existing law-enforcement.

2. Terrible driving schools giving licenses to people who can not drive at all.

....

No i don't agree ... ! :D

They don't give the license to anyone, you just can't fail the test, i mean even with 1 eye 1 leg and 1 arm i don't see how you could possibly fail.

I got my license in 1 day, basically all you have to do (except the vision test and the kind of psycho technical test) is to come with your own motorbike in front of the officer and drive in a circuit for like 2 minutes (max).

No mandatory supervised driving lessons, no nothing.

And the best is that you can do the test with your honda scoopy and drive a Hayabusa right afer.

Get one of these beauties, i would kill for one !!

(not the bol d'or, i would just thrown that one away!)

Thanks for your advice !

I know car balancing is not something extremely hard to do but since  i've never done that i would rather give it to someone who knows exactly what he's doing = not me.

I know a tiny dirty small shop who said they'll do it, just didn't really wanted to give them my bike after seeing the storm in their 10m2 shop, but at the end of the day i'll probably have to deal with them.

8 hours ago, Richard-BKK said:

If you want your motorcycle to be fixed by Red Baron Bangkok, and not bought you motorcycle there, you have to pay an entry fee for the service.

 

For a Honda CB400 this fee is probably around 20,000 THB, it depends a bit on motorcycle age and how legal the motorcycle is. If you expect that your greenbook is not 100% legal you not have to try to get service from Red Baron Bangkok...

I don't think so ;

I bought my bike 3 years ago, 2nd hand from thai owner, i got it checked at red baron, they changed on my request:

Air filter / Oil filter / Spark plugs / Oil / Coolant / brake fluids / front and rear sprockets / Chain.

Didn't paid any "entry fee" for this, but don't tell me they changed so badly !?

You mean you can drive , hope you're notracing in Pattaya

So go for a MT-09/CB650F then, anything bigger is "unusable" for daily driving in Thailand.

Unless you're considering to buy 2nd then i would go for a hornet 600 / 900 but they are real hard to find (with papers) and i'm not talking about maintenance / spare parts.

Also CB1000 / CB1300 : they look huge but they are way more maneuverable than they look like, and even if they're big bike you'r not gona end up in a wall when you throttle, they're "soft" bikes compared to their CC.

If you want a bike people look, you can be sure a CB1300 is the one, it's really popular around here.

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Is it a good bike? Anybody own one and could give me some comment (good/bad).

I live in the sticks in the southern province of Ranong and I'm looking for a bike to have fun with in the area. I've been quoted 139'000 bht for it, it is worth the money?

Thank you for the feedback.

Hi,

Is it worth the money : yes

Is it a good bike : Yes and no

It's a good bike in the way it's one of the few dirt bikes available in Thailand, the price is fair and it does the job.

Its not a good bike because of its lack of power, lack of power when you're on dirt roard / lack of top speed when you'r on regular roads.

This always made me feel like if i was driving a tractor, huge impressive bike but nothing much when you throttle.

Now that's my experience and i'm sure people had better experiences, i could not read all the previous pages to be honest

Also, i just noticed if your post that you said you were a noob, and you already crahsed once with the ducati.

I'm not jugging, but if you are, as you say, a "noob" i would definitely not take anything bigger than a CB650F, which is already big for new drivers.

(I understand money's not really a concern and you want to please yourself, but picking up something too big for your overall experience and your experience in Thailand could be something that you'll regret for the rest of your life)

What is your driving experience in Thailand, what kind of bikes have you been riding and how many KMs if i may ask ?

Again, the question is not to judge you but to understand your experience / abilities, then we can talk about which bike to buy next.