submaniac

Just get a rucksack it looks much cooler.

no rucksacks!!! I'm tired of rucksacks!!! When I go to tesco or something I have to carry it inside and everything. I would love to be able to leave stuff locked inside bag on the bike.

From what I remember needed the green book and a copy of the Thai I'd that the owner has signed. Since it is a foreigner with no Thai is I think you need passport. Take bike to local land transport office for inspection pay fees and transfer. A local bike shop can take care of it for you if you wish

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This is my bike in the USA. It is a 2006 Honda CBR1000RR, which I installed factory repsol fairings on it.

This is the current model CBR1000RR (2014)

these are the specs between the 2004-2005, 2006-2007, and the 2012 off of wikipedia.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CBR1000RR

Performance Power Output 148.6 hp (111 kW) @ 10,750 rpm^[20] 158.8 hp (118 kW) @ 11,500 rpm^[20] 178.0 hp (133 kW) @ 12,000 rpm^[21] Torque 76.4 lbf·ft (103.6 N·m) @ 8,500 rpm^[20] 79.6 lbf·ft (107.9 N·m) @ 8,750 rpm^[20] 82.6 lbf·ft (112.0 N·m) @ 8,500 rpm

Ok, my 8 year old bike pretty much looks like the current 2014 bike. Notable differences are that my exhaust is under the seat (which I like better) and the new ones have the exhaust down low.

My new bike is all paid for, and I have added alot of aftermarket stuff to fit my riding.

Now in regards to buying the newest, greatest bike, what's the point? And really what's the point between buying the current bike and waiting for the next generation?

For my cbr, in 8 years the improvement has been a whopping 20hp over the one I have. However, I don't see how that is much of an improvement. SInce 2001, all the Japanese bikes have a rev limiter which limits the speed to 300km/h. So I won't see the additional power on the top speed, and there's no where I can safely run my bike at those kind of speeds anyways.

What about acceleration? Well, even with 158 horsepower, I cannot just rev the engine and drop the clutch. That will result in a massive wheelie and me being thrown from the bike. On the new CBR1000RR, I can't do that either because same result. On all sportbikes you have to finesse the launch to get it going. So how does the extra horsepower benefit me? Probably not at all really. The two bikes are so close in their acceleration times that it is negligible, and the acceleration times are more a product of the rider being skilled in how to bring on the power as opposed to the bike doing the work.

With that said, I see no point in buying a new CBR1000RR, as it is so close to the bike I have, and I am not as skilled of a rider to get better performance out of the newer bike.

Ok, you get a couple more horsepower if you wait. But 99% of us are no where near as skilled to get the extra advantages out of the bike. So for me, it's like why bother? Just buy it so you can enjoy it rather than waiting for the next generation. The next generation will be an improvement for sure, but it's going to be such a small improvement compared to the current bike.

Gloves, I would recommend Alpinestars smx-2 gloves. I have the smx-1 and I love them. Very ventilated, but strong.

For jacket I have a Joe Rocket mesh.

Pants--I like Icon kevlar jeans.

Boots--I have a pair of sidis with air vents.

All of this stuff is liveable in Thailand.

Honestly, I don't think a person's internet searches should even be ALLOWED in court UNLESS the internet activities THEMSELVES were illegal. Which they were not. I realize the press has reported them but that's different than what's entered in a trial. As far as guilt or innocence, at the very least there is culpability in the death from gross neglect. the question is whether it was premeditated murder. I understand the public has tried and convicted the man already and I'm inclined to agree he looks guilty of murder. But fair trials matter too.

Disagree. There are certain internet activities which are in themselves illegal, such as, for example, looking at child pornography on a website. This is the only internet activity that I can think of that is in and of itself a crime.

There is still freedom of thought on the internet in that activities which are illegal, are nonetheless legal to discuss or give instructions for. For example, there are numerous websites and books (like the anarchist's cookbook) on how to make explosives, make pipebombs, make firearm silencers, and manufacture illegal drugs like meth amphetamine. It's perfectly legal to read up on this stuff. The illegality is if you go beyond learning about it to actually doing it.

The fact that he was researching on how long it takes a child to die in a car is perfectly relevant and admissible because it demonstrates knowledge. For example, the constituent ingredients to manufacture meth amphetamine are legal to posses by themselves. Now if I get caught with psuedo ephedrine and other chemical ingredients to manufacture, it's perfectly admissible that I did an internet search on it. Why? Because it goes to whether I can argue "gee I didn't know I could manufacture meth out of this stuff". The response is "you did a big internet search and have knowledge of how to manufacture it so you can't argue that your possession of the ingredients is accidental."

The fact that he did a internet search on how long it takes a child to die in a hot car is relevant because he had a child under his care die in a hot car. He cannot argue "hey I didn't know if I left a child in a hot car for a couple hours that child would die". Hence, perfectly relevant.

And, as an aside, I have never in my life done an internet search on the subject of how long it would take a child to die in a hot car.

OK, if you suddenly decide you don't want to be a parent anymore...OK that's one thing. This child was a beautiful toddler and he would not have had a hard time being adopted. There are thousands of parents lined up to adopt...killing him?!?!? Even a dog does not deserve to die by heat stroke in a car, let alone a little baby.

Yup, meant the hayabusa http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_Hayabusa

Whoops, realize that they are not GSXR-1300, but GSX-1300R.

5-6k I could live with. 10k is pushing it, but may be worth it. I will have to check it out. Thanks everyone.

Simply having an insurance policy on a toddler is a red flag for me. I didn't even know you could do it. Normally a person buys life insurance to make sure their spouse and/or children are taken care of if they die. I did not even know it was possible to have a life insurance policy on a toddler. I have never heard of that before.

OK

"supersport"=600ccor so engine (Kawasaki had a 636cc ninja that fell in this class);

"super bike"=1000cc (and can be up to 1200cc if a twin in world superbike racing, which is where the name comes from"

"hyper sport"=sport bike with over 1000cc like GSXR1300 and Kawasaki Ninja 1400. Despite powerful engine, not really a racing bike. Very large size and meant primarily for touring.

a ER-6 is not supersport or superbike. I consider it a UJM (universal japanese motorcycle)

Seriously, if you sit around not buying because your waiting for the next big thing then you're never going to buy. No matter what you buy, you will eventually be 'outdated', especially in a fast moving world like motorcycles. But even then (and I'm still on a 2006 CBR1000RR in the states) the 'improvements' really aren't going to be huge quantum leaps, but more slow evolutionary steps than anything else.

you can get saddle bad mounts done in Bangkok, no that hard.

they do custom job or all kinds of adventure bikes here.

check big bike shops from mocyc.com and ask them. especially the ones working on kawasaki versys and honda cb500x.

prices also not that bad.

cool bike you have there. do you use it for long time?

Hi, and thank you. Yeah, I've had it a while. Got in in the days when you couldn't get the larger cc bikes in Thailand, and all you could get was the old style cbr150. Suits my puposes. I like a high revving Japanese i4, and its a nice small size that I can manuever, even in BKK.

Still love it, really. Suits my purposes great. Just wanted the hard bags to turn it into kind of a mini sport tourer.

Actually Casualbiker, your mounts look kind of promising. Givi makes mounting hardware for the FZ6 (which is a related model to the FZR400) http://www.ebay.com/itm/GIVI-YAMAHA-FZ6-2004-06-SIDE-CASE-MOUNT-KIT-PL351-/201117481534?pt=Motorcycles_Parts_Accessories&hash=item2ed3893a3e&vxp=mtr

I like the Givi cases, but they're kind of pricey. The ones I was looking at are less than $40 for the pair.

What bikes does your mounting kit fit?

So I have a 'vintage' FZR400R in Bangkok, which is this thing

For the longest time I wanted hard, lockable saddlebags for it. Seemed it would be incredibly useful as I could carry things, and actually lock stuff in the bike.

So I was thinking of getting these things:

was going to refurb them. Paint them white (I guess it would match the 'vintage' style of the bike), and have them installed on the FZR.

When the FZR came out, there were no hard saddle bag mounting kits. These saddlebags were made for a different bike, and the mounting kits aren't readily available anymore. The mounts on the bags look like this:

So the question is do you think it would be hard to have saddlebag mounts custom fabricated in Thailand (particularly BKK), and does anyone know of someone who may be able to do it? Thx.

I know it's not ecologically correct, but it is a beautiful wood

...especially on a stratocaster.

My friend (an intellectual property lawyer, btw, if it matters) had left California for Thailand. He is in his late 50's, went through a nasty divorce in the states (Falang woman, if it matters) and, basically wanted a fresh start. Moved to Thailand to start again. I'm friends with him on Facebook, and was checking out his photos. Every week new photos. It seemed like every week he was with a new (younger) girl, 20-30 years his junior. He had taken up a job teaching English. His reviews by the students at the high school level were great (he was really loved by the students). He got a job teaching at a major university in Thailand. I checked his profile, and saw him posting that he was going home. Now this made no sense to me because it looked like he was really enjoying life. (And let's face facts, living in Thailand and going out with young girls is alot better than living in the states and going out with girls your own age). So I finally spoke to him when he got back, and then he explained it to me. His ex wife had been complaining because, while he was making a good enough living to be in Thailand, it was not enough to pay off his child support and his alimony. His passport was gonna get pulled unless he came back to the states, which he did. Now he works a shit job in the states and dreams of being back in Thailand.

One day I will write a book detailing my technique for avoiding pitfalls like those found in this thread. The working title of the book is "keep dick in pants". I find that my technique also works well to avoid a myriad of other problems that are posted about on Thaivisa.

I just don't think they'd make a 250cc 4 cyl. The cost of manufacturer would be the same as making a larger cc 4 cyl. Honda made the original 250cbr (4 cyl) that IIRC cost new the same as a 600cc bike.

To OP, there is no advantage one way or the other. There are no special agreements with Portugal or South Africa and Thailand, so it doesn't matter. I actually can't think of other countries that Thailand gives special advantages to.