canthai55

Just checked some specs for the CRF250M - uses same engine as the 250R. It lists 24A charging system, not 44 as you posted above. Misprint ?

OP is tired of looking at Beautiful Women ? May I never succumb !

Not up to speed on that particular bike, but some use a zener diode as a voltage compensating/adjusting device to limit excess. Turns what is not needed into heat, which is released thru the attached heat sink.

12V will not charge a 12V battery. Industry standard is 13.7 to 14.5V. Honda specifies the high beam on as this puts as much of a load on the charging system as can be done while testing. 15.5V at 5000 RPM seems a tad high, but they may well just want to make sure - if any other accessories are wired into the system, that sufficient voltage remains to power all loads and keep battery charged. 340 Watts divided by 12V nominal is aprox 30 amps. V time A = W. Wire your accy lights direct off the battery, with a fuse or fusible link, and use a relay.

Royal Enfield just established a distributorship here in Thailand. Just sold my Harley 5 months ago and am thinking about buying one myself. Just saw the article on TVF yesterday. Something to look into.

Cheers

Now that IS a leap - HD to RE !

Are you going to live and ride in India ? If so, the price you quoted is what you will pay. Post #43 listed Thai prices on their Facebook page, cheapest model is 200,000 baht. But ride what you want. I would hazard a guess - and that it what it is - that your riding experience is very limited, judging from what you have posted. In this and other threads also. If I am wrong, I am ready to be corrected.

If they are going to use a tire plug, make sure it is a mushroom style plug, much better is a patch which is installed after removing the tire from the rim. This seals the plug to the inside tire carcass, as well as filling the hole to prevent water intrusion and the rusting of the steel belts within the tire.

What specifically do you suggest?

Handling and ABS are only important if you want to race, but there other things in life for some of us and I have yet to find a decently priced bike here in Thailand, that isn't cramped.

When shopping for my last new bike, I rented lots of them. Did the MHS loop as a proving ground as it is close by. On the Versys the ABS saved me from a crash, And no - I was not racing. It, along with the 500X, CB650F were all good bikes for 2 up. Not cramped at all. Good handling is also a life saver, this coming from a guy who has much seat time on H1 and H2 Kawasakis. And parts are readily available for all these bikes in Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Malaysia - the list goes on. Of course, you can not buy them for 50,000 baht. At that price point you are just going beyond a bike with pedals, which are also easy to fix. Your standards are obviously much different than mine. I gave up 1950's bikes in the 60's, and them in the 70's, ...

Why on earth would anybody want a manual car in 2016.

People who like to drive - that is who. People who want to sit back and turn the steering wheel buy autos

Why people want a 1950's technology ride when you can have a modern one with good handling, excellent brakes, outstanding reliability. Sure you can fix a RE on any Indian street corner, just like an oxcart and a scythe.

Hard to tell from the pic, but looks to be a Mikuni carb ? If so, parts available even for the old ones. A better way to go might be to put a new one on. If that model no longer made, you could try a flatslide - great carbs. Fork seals should not be a problem either as that year bike used a fork sourced from outside suppliers most likely - Showa maybe - and generic parts should not be too hard to find. The old seals may have a part number still visible molded into the rubber. Nice bike. Good luck with your search.

People will not change except for two reasons -

1 - they want to

2 - they are forced to

Clearly - they do not want to. So ...

The only solution to this ongoing problem is for outside forces to drag both sides - kicking and screaming if that is what it takes - to the bargaining table and make them come to an agreement.

One thing to consider - make a short list. When you do go back, rent for a month or whatever time you need to check the place out. For me a month is more than enuf. Still undecided - try place #2. Then #3 ... I liked Chiang Mai the first time I went there - just had a good feeling about it for whatever reason. Met my wife there, and the rest is history. You just may - in your travels - find the same thing. Good luck with your decision.

fuel consumption depends on a lot of different factors so almost impossible to be right is saying a model does x or y..

remember years ago, Company I worked for had 2 brand new Ford Transits LWB and High top delivered, I had one of them... the Company looked at everything and was on a chart. at one of the 3 monthly meetings it turned out my Transit averaged 32 MPG, the other one 26 MPG. even a year later these figures had not changed

Driver has a lot to do with it. My Father always taught me to be smooth - easier on all the mechanicals.

i can only advise you where not to buy one i had bad experience on a web site called kaidee

Kaidee does not sell anything. I think you had a bad experience with someone who placed an add on this site. Don't blame the messenger in my view.

You want to check what your Thai insurance company wants for a DL. is IDP OK, or do they want Thai license. Can be very costly if you have an accident and find your insurance is not valid due to no Thai DL

There is a video where a guy in England put a 650cc Sport bike engine in his. Might give you the mileage and speed you desire.

Undertaking a line of cars on a bike, at a speed faster than most of the cars are traveling at, is putting yourself at unnecessary risk as the video shows.

+1 Try to mitigate the risk as much as you can. Especially when riding a bike. In that situation I always keep an eye on the front wheels. If you watch them, you have a little more time to react as you can see which direction the car is turning. Bike should have got behind the car and passed on his right. Looks like he will have lots of time to contemplate his bad decision, if he lived.

"School of Hard Knocks" - isn't that the mythical school that is believed to be real by people who have lost all their sense due to hard knocks? An annex of the equally mythical University of Life?

If I was the OP I would get it running good enough, drive across the border to the Cameron Highlands with a pocket full of cash, have a resident expert fix what needs doing while I have a vacation, and drive it right back across the border. Best of both worlds.

Legal or not - the bike rider has a duty to stay alive. This means pay attention. He did not. School of hard knocks. "But it was not my fault !!!" Heard in a graveyard near you.

Regarding your bent neck (steering stem), there's nothing in metal a Thai repairer can't straighten with a blow torch and a sledge hammer.

Without a frame table - or a reasonable facsimile - getting it straight will be almost impossible. Tracking will be out for sure.

I will miss Jeremy Clarkson. Sure, he was not PC - neither am I. Loved some of his comments tho' - your experience may vary. So he got drunk and punched someone - happens. Should have punched him back - tit for tat. This running to the law/boss is childish. Settle it yourself.

No I didn't. The fact is, no rules needed to be changed in the transition from horses & carts to cars. Lots more laws were created once cars became mainstream though.

Remember somewhere had a law still on the books where a man had to preceed an automobile waving a red light at night time to warn others of its approach.

Nice one Dave !! I have said many times - take out scooters from the deaths per annum, compare EMS services as you mentioned, and the total will be comparable. Driving here 15 years and seen lots, but see lots in the West too. Everybody else on the road is out to kill you - drive accordingly.