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Most comments here are from people who have no clue about teenagers these days, even forgotten their own teenage years..., it's near impossible to shield them in a bubble just because you're worried..., all you can do is to give them all the good knowledge and care you can, and hope for the best ... A small car if can afford and he accepts maybe an option... After that Honda riding school, and maybe go there twice, and another riding school, educate about using helmet and spotting danger early..., specially how reckless others can be..., should be part of upbringing anyway..., risk aversion = survival. Experience rider parents can help a lot with their kids, but otherwise, it's not easy.. Good luck...! 🤞🏻

As long as she doesn't gift it to somebody else....! 😜 You'll be fine...

The look of it...!? 😅 I have given up on the looks years ago...! When on tour I have both... , a 48 L topbox and a Motowolf 66 L bag in front of it on back seat, and of course huge Forza underseat... , we go on nearly a month long tours, so need all the space I can find ... Next year will be the longest, planning a trip from Phuket to Cambodia...! 🤞🏻

Can put a rack and topbox on the back, but attach it only when it's needed. The cheap JDR that everybody has now comes off easily with a push of a button...

On paper the Exciter is very similar, a bit lighter and lower compression SOHC engine (as oppose to DOHC on Honda), with 5.5 liter tank (4.5 on Honda). Only it is 5 speed (as 6 speed on Honda). Similar power and torque... It has a fanbase here and I've seen them pick up some speed on the road, but that's 50kg Thai kids, put a 90kg farang with some luggage, I don't know how it does going up the hills...! I'm sure it's okay around town though... (but auto scooters are kings in traffic... 🤗).

Would they send a representative to accident site right away with a phone call who can speak Thai and can deal with police and help with various issues...?

Is 120-ish the price....? For each shoe...! Yes, when buying aftermarket bell, must specify Forza 300 or 350, must be different... When I was buying shoes I asked the seller which is better, Carbon or Copper, he said Copper stand to higher temperatures, and good for very high speed..., he recommended Carbon to me...! Maybe in Thai hot weather, and my touring normally at 120kph, I should try Copper..., interesting you got spring too, send me the Lazada / Shopee link if available, my Lazada supplier does not include springs...?

I had old model Forza 300 2016 before and used it on that one, now I'm putting it on Forza 350 - these have 5 shoes instead of previous 3, Honda has tried to improve this issue, but unfortunately it didn't work...! You're right about the effect of groves. On my old Forza I also changed to Carbon shoes (they also have Copper). It worked for 25,000 km without issue. But one day I did a full throttle at green traffic light, and one of the shoes broke, the clutch was grabbing, and the bike would stall when stopped. But I could still ride it, only problem was when full stop...! I manage to get to a Honda dealer, they opened it and changed the shoes to their own OEM, this worked perfectly again for about 10,000 km or so until I sold the bike. When they opened I noticed the groves were still on the bell, almost intact...! So I realised the OEM shoes work with this aftermarket bell, no need to change. Hence I'm only changing the bell this time. And before I do all this I had opened, cleaned, cleared dust, sandpapered the shoes and so on, but to no avail. This time I check more frequently and maybe change the shoes to prevent them breaking like last time, but the aftermarket bell is my only solution that I know works ... With sintered shoes I'm guessing you mean Copper version they sell..., right.. ? I wonder if that is stronger than Carbon that broke on me...! 🤔 So according to your experience the Copper shoes without aftermarket bell solve this issue as well...? Have you had it over say 10,000 km, because this problem starts around 6000/7000 km on new Honda bikes give or take... Yamaha owners never reported this until this post. As for Aerox my friend has 96,000 km on his, still same shoes and bell...! No issue... 😎

My clutch housing bell arrived today, I used this on my previous Forza. The small holes and groved inside the bell which are added to the standard (Honda) bell makes it a lot better, small holes stop it getting warm an warped, also exit resin/dust. The groves catch the shoes, stop it slipping...

First you have to find it, slow leak could also be from around the valve or rims...! Then they either plug tubeless tyres, sometimes works well..., or can ask them to take it off and patch it from inside, this works a lot better, and last for a good long time... If a new tyre, worth the repair, otherwise a new one. I say forget putting a tube, not worth the effort and cost (on a small bike/tyre)...

Or you can hold both brakes strong, then rev the throttle to about 4k or 5k for a a couple of seconds, do it 2 or 3 times.... Or open the clutch, clean and sandpaper the shoes... But all of these only fix it for a few days, after that it will be back again. Been there done that...! 🙄

Yes, I believe this is the case too... Saying that, they usually put all their service data into their computer, and any dealer can access it. So can buy from one place but service in another etc. However, they use the lack warranty service book as excuse to not honor warranties. To be honest though, if the bike was serviced at Yamaha regularly it would have come with the service book..., but worth asking to check on computer..., give them the green book to check (say I just want fir my information, to see what was done...!)

It's the auto clutch at the back of CVT, the clutch shoes and clutch housing bell. Though it's very rare in Yamaha..., but I have seen this on almost every heavy Honda scooters, ADV 350 and Forza 300/350... I myself and 2 other friends all currently have this issue. Dealers just open and clean it, problem comes back after a few weeks. On my previous Forza I have used aftermarket Bell and Carbon shoes, it worked perfectly for 25,000km, then one shoe broke, changed back to OEM shoes and worked perfectly until I sold it. Just yesterday ordered aftermarket Bell to change on my current Forza. This time I am leaving the OEM shoes and not changing it. I think changing the Bell alone resolves it - will see... As you have warranty, have to play with what Yamaha says, maybe ask them to change shoes and bell to OEM on warranty, it should work for another 7000 km...!

Helmet saves life, no question, but this is one of those things that only effects the person himself/herself, only more education, TV accident example ads etc. can help. But at the end of the day it does not effect other people. Now, drink drivers kill a lot of other people. Bad brakes, bad tires, faulty lights and indicators, all of these can effect other people, I want them to be enforced first...!

I read some of the posts, but sorry in case I missed it, how does bank know the registered name of a phone number given to them...? I thought only SIM card company can do that (and maybe police - probably through them). Are the banks given access or they can contact some place to verify this info..., because if this is not going to be automatic, or say quickly done via some computer, it will take forever for bank staff to go through every phone number of every account - probably for Thais too... My number was registered many years ago with True using old passport number, but banks has my new passport number, I hope that's not a big deal, same name after all..., not received anything from the bank yet..., I pop on to True and update the passport number, just in case.