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I am interested in a Felo FW07. How long is the subsidy thing running for, or is it a permanent arrangement. 150,000 baht is real value for one of these. Are the only suppliers in Bangkok? I am in the far north.

On 5/8/2024 at 4:16 PM, Dust said:

I ordered this 6000w electric scooter(Felo FW07) at the recent motor show here and received it last week.   Before the motor show I had previously test drove it on the motorsport park track near Suvarnaphumi was happy with the acceleration, brakes, and handling around the track.  It is able to get me from Bang Yai Nonthaburi to downtown Bangkok and back easily on a charge which was the main ability I was looking for.  It also doesn't look that goofy.    It has type 2 charging so it can share the wall charger I use with my plugin hybrid Volvo.  The biggest minus for me is probably the storage space. There is barely room for paperwork under the seat.     Later this year I will probably pick up a used Yamaha TMax 560 to complement it and allow for longer trips with a better bump absorbing suspension.

You get some stupid posts on here, but the OP's is up there with the most stupid.

Very sad, indded. RIP, Colin.

I have a Yamaha SCR950, a KTM 390 Duke and a Yamaha Aerox. I am older than I was, but I have no problem with the weight of the SCR or difficulty changing gears. If the new BMW CE 02 electric motorcycle wasn't so expensive - although I could afford it - I would replace the 390 and Aerox with one. 0-50 KPH is 3 seconds. Decent range. Good suspension, unlike the Aerox. Light. I have worked out how much petrol I use on the KTM and Aerox and projected it over five years. If the batteries went on the CE 04 soon after - they are warranted for five years - the savings on petrol would be swallowed up by the cost of a new batteries. In England,where I am from,  the cheaper intial purchase price and bigger saving on petrol - twice as much as Thailand - makes the CE 02 begin to make sense over long-term. Assuming it's reliable.

I thought if a motorist caused serious injury or death to a third party while being under the influence of alcohol, it carried a mandatory penalty of ten years in prison. That's where he should go.

I have been with my wife for four years. She has never mentioned a dowry. I wouldn't pay one, anyway. It's for Thais.

36 minutes ago, bob smith said:

is that where I'm going then?

 

bob.

Philippines?

2 hours ago, bob smith said:

This is one of the reasons why I am leaving this god forsaken place.

 

I have just checked the date and it is not April 1st yet.

 

This country is an absolute joke!

Anyone with even an ounce of self respect would struggle to take this place seriously.

 

bob.

Enjoy yourself back in the woke west.

16 hours ago, EVENKEEL said:

Nothing like a trip to the home country for a few months to change your way of thinking. Let's see if you can have 1/2 dozen beers and climb aboard your MB without the coppers bothering you, reasonable cost of living, bla bla bla but mostly the drinking and driving part.

Mostly the drinking and driving part. What a fool you are.

15 hours ago, Crossy said:

@GammaGlobulin we ALL have a writing style, just like we all have an accent and an <insert appropriate slang term for rectum here>.

 

I have a Bolton accent (check out Fred Dibnah on YouTube) and a "techy" writing style (it's what I've done to earn a crust for much longer than I care to remember).

 

It's all part of who we are.

 

NOTE to other members: - Personal attacks on the open forum or by PM will not be tolerated!

 

What sort of stuff do you write to make a living, Crossy?

I am never bored. 

Short of a woman in NZ, probably.

Take her home.

You don't need a KTM garage to service a 390. Any competent mechanic can do it.

18 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

Agreed... anyone not wearing a helmet... it doesn't make them look stupid, they just are stupid.

 

 

A couple of friends carry their own motorcycle helmets around, they don't have motorcycles, but they are smart enough to use a good helmet when they need to get somewhere on a bike (back & forth from work, football etc)... 

 

 

One of the things that has astonished me about Thai's throughout Covid is how they were all convinced to wear masks yet the numbers wearing helmets remained so outrageously low. 

18 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

And so many still wear masks. Says a lot about them.