mrclough

If you don't mind second hand there's a very nice one for sale in Chiang Mai

To be honest, I think you may see him around the paddocks and on tv etc but I don't think he will continue racing.

The guy appears to be a family man at heart, you only have to look at the end of each race. Whilst other riders are looking to the fans and crew etc he only looks for one thing, his wife.

It is a great loss to motor sports as he is a true champion of racing but I think he may disappear from the lime light for a while and the next time he appears will be with a child in his arms.

Also in Airport Plaza, kiosk shop by the food hall 4th floor.

Nice guys and all that but would never consider buying games from them ever again.

They often burn their discs far too fast and there's missing data due to this.

Tried most other places in CM and everywhere else seems to be fine.

This was for Xbox so can't comment for Wii.

Tony has an SR400 or two doesn't he? Swore I saw one when I went past. I am interested in getting one and using the Chaly for around town. But I want to try it out first.

Doesn't have any SR400's, at least not as far as I'm aware.

You may have seen VRX400 or CB400 though.

Very rare to see a SR400 with a plate and as so I don't think they can be insured for rental purposes.

You could also try PAE games near the train station.

They do everything for Wii, xbox & playstation.

You should be ok to Pai and Mae Sai to be honest. Just a little easier if you have a little more grunt as your not up and down the gears quite so much. A better way of thinking may be to rent one of each of the bikes you are considering (within your budget) and see which feels good.

I owned the Ninja 250 but considering the price and comfort level I couldn't realistically recommend this over the Honda. I just got fed up of waiting for the Honda to be released lol.

Ya renting sounds like a good plan for now. Any idea on where to find a place that rents them out? Particularly the 150, as I've only seen 1 place renting out a 250 and have yet to find a 150 for rent anywhere.

I think you're more likely to find the older style 150 for rent to be honest. These are much smaller and thinner than the newer ones. I know Tony & Jeff have 250's at Tony's big bikes in town. I know they have given a few riding lessons / guidance to people who want to rent but have little to no experience. May be worth looking them up.

Not sure of the address and number but I'm sure a quick google search will put you right.

I hit up Gat (ngua?) in San Patong on Saturday and picked up a Honda nice, they had a lot of bikes there, including KSRs.

I went to the 7-11 at the beginning of Wu Lai road at about 5am and got one of the yellow trucks for 20B. Took the 30min ride out there, found a bike I liked, bought it and rode it back.

Nice what bike did you end up with?

I should have capitalized that, Honda Nice. It's a 110cc 4 speed with a clutch.

I hope to have time this week and next to rip it apart and add it all to this:

I hope the larger disc brake will fit on the Chaly. The engine will fit with ease, the chaly I bought had a honda 100cc engine at one point, so it will bolt up in 5 minutes. I'd like to use the entire front fork from handle bars to disc brake from the Nice. I also want to retrofit the Nice's speedometer and instrument cluster into the Chaly's housing.

Would love to see some pics of the project once it's done. Love these little bikes and there's almost unlimited amounts of mods you can do with them. Saw a lot of Thai's out on them and the old Honda Cub's yesterday. See a lot around the Phayao area on weekends.

Are you sure you want to go to Mae Sai and back on a small bike?

It's entirely your choice at the end of the day. The link to the 250 was an example of available options more than anything else.

As far as I'm aware the 150 & 250 are exactly the same size, just bigger engine in the latter.

If you're going to do Mae Sai visa runs on your bike then the extra power of the 250 would be a big advantage. Better for getting up those hills, which there are plenty of and not revving the engine quite so high when cruising along.

I travelled up to Chiang Rai quite a lot when I had my Ninja 250 and it was fine on those runs. There's very little difference between that & the CBR 250 apart from the price lol.

Out of town I now ride my 650 and it's obviously much easier going on those kind of routes and not really difference in fuel costs if you're doing the same sort of speeds as the engine doesn't work as hard.

Maybe that's also an option for you further down the line once you're ready.

I went from 150 to 250 to 650 and was glad I didn't try jumping on the big bike straight away as many people do. I think it was a confidence thing more than anything in my case.

I did ride up to Pai with a Sonic 125 and can't recall having any issues. I know that Mae Sai is considerably further, but asides from a comfort point of view, should I really be concerned about doing the run with a 150?

Will I be working the engine too hard and end up thrashing it?

Like you said, it's a confidence thing for me too, and I'm wary about jumping into a 250 right away. Although I do like that it's the same size, so maybe it's an option still.

You should be ok to Pai and Mae Sai to be honest. Just a little easier if you have a little more grunt as your not up and down the gears quite so much. A better way of thinking may be to rent one of each of the bikes you are considering (within your budget) and see which feels good.

I owned the Ninja 250 but considering the price and comfort level I couldn't realistically recommend this over the Honda. I just got fed up of waiting for the Honda to be released lol.

Go to a discount travel agent ...there is probably one right near your hotel or even in the lobby area...

Why are people so obssessed with buying everything on line ?

Maybe it's the fact that buy searching on line you're not limited by the agreements with airlines that your travel agent has. Maybe also the fact that quite often Thai travel agents just look on line and charge you for doing the searching. It could also be the fact that you get better / cheaper deals most of the time. Another possibility is that there are so many horror stories of Travel Agents in Chiang Mai charging for tickets then suddenly they're gone leaving you with no ticket to travel anywhere.

There are many other reasons I'm sure but these along with the fact you can shop on line 24/7 for convenience is what sways it for me.

Just saw this on the classifieds, may be of interest to you.

http://classifieds.t...mai-166139.html

Thanks, although I'm still hesitant going with anything bigger then 150. I'm paying for more power, which I don't need or want. Are the 150 and 250 the same physical size? Because I like the medium size of the 150.

Also, I'm more of a beginner rider just looking to get around town while having some fun, and the obligatory visa runs when necessary.

I'd really love to get an oldschool cruiser type, but hassle free low maintenance is big for me and I'll get that with a newer sport bike I'd imagine.

It's entirely your choice at the end of the day. The link to the 250 was an example of available options more than anything else.

As far as I'm aware the 150 & 250 are exactly the same size, just bigger engine in the latter.

If you're going to do Mae Sai visa runs on your bike then the extra power of the 250 would be a big advantage. Better for getting up those hills, which there are plenty of and not revving the engine quite so high when cruising along.

I travelled up to Chiang Rai quite a lot when I had my Ninja 250 and it was fine on those runs. There's very little difference between that & the CBR 250 apart from the price lol.

Out of town I now ride my 650 and it's obviously much easier going on those kind of routes and not really difference in fuel costs if you're doing the same sort of speeds as the engine doesn't work as hard.

Maybe that's also an option for you further down the line once you're ready.

I went from 150 to 250 to 650 and was glad I didn't try jumping on the big bike straight away as many people do. I think it was a confidence thing more than anything in my case.

Ethiad have some good deals on right now. May be worth looking on their site.

Also www.asiatravelmarket.com is a very useful and easy site to use.

Just saw this on the classifieds, may be of interest to you.

http://classifieds.thaivisa.com/automotives-vehicles/motorcycles/black-honda-cbr-250-r-abs-16000km-89k-baht-obo-chiang-mai-166139.html

if you are travelling up pai and down or similar, probably best to go with something with clutch. I dont know how others, but it feels like freewheeling going down the slope with semi auto.

30-50k could get you a older model cbr. but i would suggest getting a nsr instead with that budget since the cbr are likely gonna be trashed as well. choose wisely, usually the nsr just need a new gasket, piston rings and maybe a set of clutch plates and it will be good to go, pretty dam_n cheap to top overhual a nsr. its easier and more economical to fix up bad 2 stroker than a 4 stroker imo.

not sure about the consumption on cbr150, but my old ksr gets between 35-40km/l with an open air filter and aftermarket exhause. my nsr fetch between 23-25km/l, its arent that bad actually. the only issue about the nsr i have is that it kind of bogs at lower rpm, cant seems to get rid of it

Also consider the oil your constantly burning and regular top end rebuilds as all 2 strokes need and what your quoting is a complete false economy. Uses much more fuel (which seems to keep rising in price) uses lots of oil, not that cheap for decent quality oil. Needs top end rebuilds ( time off the road, buying parts, paying a mechanic etc) are all going to add up pretty quickly.

Better off going for the newer CBR rather than the old one as they're ultra reliable, have a warranty, have fuel injection which means very cheap running costs.

The difference between getting the cheaper NSR or a new CBR 150 is quite a bit but i really don't think it would take too long before the NSR ended costing more than the CBR.

As for the older CBR's being thrashed? 99% of people who want a NSR over the CBR want them purely because they are a faster bike, No other reason at all. Not rocket science to figure out which ones are most likely to be thrashed and need work doing on the engines

Wouldn't even consider a Sonic or NSR personally.

All of them are old bikes and most have been thrashed.

Sure the NSR's are a 2T and you can squeeze loads of power out of them once you've completely rebuilt the engine but also burn through fuel & oil like its water.

New CBR is a good option but if you look around you can buy a 2nd hand / nearly new 250 for the price of a new 150, close on anyway.

Agree with the post above.

New? 2nd hand?

Budget?

Auto? Semi-Auto? Manual?

A little more information would probably get you a great deal more advice.

If you are new to bikes and not mechanically minded then I would not recommend buying 2nd hand in Thailand. There a lot of nice looking crap bikes around.

Remember, no matter how much you polish a turd ...... it's still a turd!!

There's a second hand bike market every weekend at Meechok Plaza, behind Rimping on the 1001.

I would imagine you're going to be looking more at the 50k end of your budget rather than the 30k end.

Also try www.mocyc.com

All in Thai but lots of bikes for sale

Or

4.18 Imperial Gallons for the Versys

3.4 Imperial Gallons for the er6n

...... I think lol

Just had my garden done today by Tom, his Dad & Uncle.

They did a very good job and cleaned everything away after themselves.

Quick work and only charged me 400 THB.

My garden isn't large by any means but it was a little overdue on the cutting side.

I found Tom's number on Thaivisa classifieds. He speaks pretty good English so is easy to deal with.

Please find a link to his Ad here

Thanks

Around 2 hours 30 min on the bike with a drink / fuel stop somewhere along the way.

There are songthaews and tuk tuks in Chiang Rai as well as a few car & bike rental places.

The times shown on Google maps are always way over the time it really takes in my experience.

Eagle in CM and other places in Thailand are extremely expensive compared with most other places around the world.

Would probably be better getting one from another country, easier still if you know someone coming to visit as they could bring it over for you.

Just a though on the Versys v's Ninja / er6n range.

Isn't the different gearing going to make a difference?

The only reason I ask is that on a recent trip from CM to Sukhothai & back the 2 guys with me on the er6n's seemed to be going through quite a bit more fuel than me.

We were cruising around 120 / 130 most of the time and I didn't even attempt to work out Km/l equations. I just fill it up when it needs fuel, simple as that for me.

My old 250 ninja

My Current bike

There's the back end of the Fino shopping bike in this pic too lol

May the fourth be with you!!!

Done this route twice in the last two months and the roads are fine.

A little rough in places but depending on what you're driving will depend on how bad it feels.

Was very bumpy in a pick-up the first trip but very nice in a Lancer EX the second time.

There is a bypass on the way back which cuts a lot of the rough section out and is considerably quicker but I can't remember exactly where it is as I wasn't driving.

Was in Bangkok the other week and this sort of this happened everytime we tried to get a cab.

Seems they just see the colour of your skin and either are not interested off or see it as an opportunity to try and rip you off.

This was happening in the daytime as well as the evening.

On the up side, public transport seems to be improving constantly in Bangkok so with a bit of luck these will be the same guys crying into their cheap whisky & noodles when they have no customers and everyone has other options like MRT, BTS etc etc.

They are very short sighted when it comes to realising their use is getting less and less and their potential customers are getting more and more options not to put up with their BS.