Lampang2

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On 10/4/2021 at 12:59 PM, EVENKEEL said:

You're right he (the Swiss) should have traded her in long ago.

turns out I was right, not a big surprise since this is a classic scheme.

 

he will be much better of with someone his own age bracket, that is correct.

 

63 - 44 = do the math.

 

the wife seems to have lost her lover in the process.

 

 

9 hours ago, darksidedog said:

I have to say I am pleased the guy has been locked up. I was half expecting some sad fine, accompanied by a wai and all over until next time.

temporarily locked up.
The wai is tomorrow, then case closed.

Motorcycle taxis and their organization is the exact same people as the police.

 

Hellbent on just getting Chinese.
Nothing else will do obviously,

Must be some brain decease.

 

1 hour ago, Issanman said:

The Honda Monkey Bike is back as a 125. It's also a bigger frame size than the original. About ฿85000.

Nice to see a Honda made monkey for change, and with USD forks also.

 

Lum is a word you hear all the time at the Issan Rocket festivals where it is used to mean parachute. 

ตกหลุมรัก

ตก-หลุม-รัก

Tok hlum rak

Fall hole love. (fall into the love hole I guess)

Fall in love

(tok as in fall, Nam tok, waterfall)

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สำออย sampoi

No P

Samoi
sǎm-ɔɔi

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so the "th r v ng"  part becomes suang instead of thruang

 

every language has it tricks, just a paint to learn them

 

 

TIT 100%

 

I couldn't order it myself without pointing it out in the broschyre.

The just said Mai mee.

But when showing it in broschyre they finally ordered it.

 

A fairly big Yamaha shop with daily deliveries from central warehouse.

 

22 minutes ago, roo860 said:

 

 

Any chance of a picture?

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post 109+111 in this thread

 

Low spec USD forks on low spec bikes is just show.

 

 

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I see your point.

But I think the quality of the normal forks are cheap also.

So in total, the USD will be a little bit better by design.

 

 

I notice Yss does replacement preload ajustable fork springs now might be just the trick.

What/who is Yss?

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6 hours ago, CMKiwi said:

Looks like you could make it out of lego blocks! Very quirky design

 

Lego bionicle is the design template for all asian motocykes

 

 

What is so good or better about "upside down" forks ?

When the upside down fork seals fail does all the oil fall out all over the disc brake ?

Fail = leaks.

Result is the same in both cases.

Oil makes its way down to the disc.
Soaks into the pads that needs to be replaced.
Disc cleaned and pads replaced.

Upp side down forks.
Major benefit:
The thickest part (the outer tube) is at the point where the most stress is.
At the head where it attaches to the rest of the bike chassis.

So the flimsy part (inner tube) takes a substantial less load.

Giving you a much more rock solid chassis.

Given, of course that you don't make a crap fork in the first place.

But used correctly, paired with a good chassis in general will give great road handling capabilities.

Historic examples using USD and being rock solid :
Zxr-400, 1992
Zx-6r, 95
GSX1000R - 05 (earlier models not rock solid)
Models you can ride on the front wheel and they will not complain or break or missbehave.


example of a motocyke with flimsy front end that will wobble like hell if you break hard from high speed. (100km+)
Yamaha exciter 150cc
Also the disc is not quite up to it.

Decade of evolution.

Backward evolution.
Forks upside down.... from what they should have been.

49 minutes ago, GoldenTriangle said:

There are a number of 150 Exciters on the road now and checking tires, I've seen a fairly wide variety. That could mean owners are getting rid of the factory issued rubber. I bought my Exciter with 7700kms and it had the original tires. They were pretty well finished but the previous owner said they weren't very good from the beginning. I bought a set of Michelin Pilot Street tires. Big improvement, esp in the rain. Btw, the Blue/Silver edition is the Exciter 150 GP and the other color combos, black/red, yellow/black, white/red etc are all known as the Exciter 150 RC. I've noticed that several online tire sites list tires for the RC but not the GP model, while they are the exact same bikes, other than the paint job.

 

did you get original dimensions for the michelin pilots ?

 

where did you get them ?

 

Even if Lampang is no small city I have found it hard ro get since no normal thai seems to order michelin pilots in that dimensions and for reasons unclear to mankind no dealer wants to bring home on request.

 

So how did you manage to get your hands on a pair, or did you buy frontweel only ?

 

 

 

Excuse my interjecting as I have not read the entire thread.... but as to the Kgai sound, I have always transliterated it as Kg - as it is neither a full K or G to my ear but sort of a hard G but I think of it as one sound that combines the two... KGAI = chicken.. 

 

ไก่

 

Gai.

 

Pronouncements depending on surrounding vowels..

 

Recommended "learning Thai from a white guy"

 

He has good explanations / rules for pronunciation, also very detailed descriptions on how to achieve correct sound.

 

 

47 minutes ago, Briggsy said:

550 kms done

 

Run-in

 

I discovered in the manual there is quite a strict recommended run-in. I was taking it easy but it recommends not over 5000 rpm for the first 1000 km and then not over 7500 rpm for the 1000 - 1600 km period. So, I decided to play the white man and follow the recommended run-in. Aaagh, it's boring. 5000 revs in top gear = 69 km/h. But I will stick with it. I am over half way there.

 

Seating position

 

The seat is comfy. The peg position is relaxed. On the downside, I must have banged my shin around 10 times when kicking the side stand up or down. This probably relates to it being in a different position to other bikes I have/have had. The back pegs are quite far forward meaning I bang the back of my legs on my girlfriend's feet. This usually happens as I stop at a junction.

 

Admiring looks

 

Almost none. How strange

 

Left-hand controls

 

Definitely not as neatly placed as the Honda controls. The Yamaha controls are positioned away from the handlebar making simultaneous use of the clutch and indicators slightly more problematic.

 

Chain adjustment

 

I have discovered that Yamaha add an extra complication for the chain adjustment. The back brake is bolted to the swinging arm and this bolt must be loosened when adjusting the chain. It looks a bit of a pain to get at, right next to the back brake line. I hope this doesn't become an issue.

 

 

Design

 

I washed the bike for the first time the other day and came to appreciate how the designers had gone out of their way to make the bike look different with many little touches.

 

Coolant reservoir

 

I discovered this in an unexpected place, just inside the belly pan next to the exhaust on the left of the bike. Could be tricky to fill up. Managed to get a tiny burn on my hand from the exhaust when examining it.

 

Lean

 

The bike has more width, more height and greater lean than your Honda Wave. This means when parking, position the Exciter over to the right as it will lean over and take up a lot of space widthwise.

 

The important bits

 

Brakes, engine and tyres seem fine so far.

 

Roll on 1000 kms.

 

front tyre very slippery

 

recommended replacement suggestions wanted.

 

 

 

 

 

1 hour ago, DavidHouston said:

Here's a new one for me "อากาศ" - "air pocket" or turbulence. From today's newspaper  คม-ชัด-ลึก :

"สายการบินรัสเซีย Aeroflot ระบุว่า มีผู้โดยสารหลายรายที่ได้รับบาดเจ็บจากเหตุการณ์ตกหลุมอากาศอย่างรุนแรง ก่อนถึงกรุงเทพราว 40 นาที ส่วนใหญ่ไม่คาดเข็มขัดนิรภัย"

 

The Russian airline "Aeroflot" announced today that most of the passengers who were injured as a result of the violent air pocket [or turbulence] encountered 40 minutes before reaching Bangkok were not wearing seat belts.

i looked closer into the 2 words.

หลุม  = (lum)  Cavity, ditch, pothole, hollow

อากาศ  = (agat)  weather , sky, gas, air (outside) climate

 

35 minutes ago, bradleyc93 said:

Jasmine the name?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jasmine_rice

 

Never noticed that they sell it by liter? ( ลิตร )

Worth checking next time at the market.

 

You can analyze the density at home to find out which is the best deal.

 

 

จั๊ว = intensely, glaringly (white

มะลิ​ jasmine

 

:-)

 

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Can buy rice

 

Homm Mali, but here just says Mali

Homm means smell good btw

A variant called jaow

Meaning Jasmin rice (before boiled)

Kaow suaj (same but boiled ready to eat)

Puzzling as you would think they misspelled kaow (rice)

But it should be kaow tjaow Mali

(dry before boiled)

 

Can be bought by liter or kilo.

Kilo is obviously to complicated to spell out so just says LO โล

 

 

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How much to replace the weak front suspension?

Don't know how.
If any kits are available.

Maybe someone else knows.


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10 minutes ago, GoldenTriangle said:

The 150 Exciter is a great little bike for the city but the forks are terrible, bottom out easily. Also rust developing around rear brake pedal pivot and fork bolts on a bike that a year old and less than 10k. As usual, the good parts of the bike, like the engine, brakes and transmission are paid for by cutting costs on low end suspension and cheaper tires. Anyone know of any aftermarket suspension parts that aren't too expensive? I've seen complete aftermarket exhaust systems for this bike that range between 15,000 to 20,000 baht. The exhaust appears to be a single system so to just put on a different end can, you'd have to cut the header pipe. Mechanics at Yamaha have told me that swapping out the big stock end can releases a bit of power and loses some weight, and looks better. I got the bike at a good price and don't plan on selling it anytime soon so I'd like to do some modification to suit. Any owners done any mods they're happy with?

thanks

 

i bought the rack-holder

 

agree the tyres are crap and front forks also crap

 

tyres i recommend to all and everyone to replace asap

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