mania

Drats! I see I also have to file a Form 8938

I hope there is a online version of that too

Edit: Oh I see it was suppose to go with the tax return?

This form 8938

Yet I used Turbo Tax & while it asked about my foreign interest earned & listed it....

Turbo never prompted me for this form to be filed out.

Edit 2 : Just went back through Turbo & tried to file 8938 but it claimed I do not need to.

After running me through various screens asking values.

Funny because this site

http://www.irs.gov/Businesses/Comparison-of-Form-8938-and-FBAR-Requirements

Said based on their limits I did. Yet Turbo uses higher numbers for totals of assets

being 400-600k. Which sadly I do not have here.

Ahh US tax time love it almost as much as visiting Chiangmai Immigration

I know the paper instructions says use your U.S. address if you live in the U.S. and if you do not live in the U.S to use your foreign address. Guess it's up to you...maybe use the address you live at more days out of the year.

Thanks Pib

I guess I will use Thailand then,

I wondered because I just E-filed my Tax returns& used my US address on those because

I pay with a US credit card & also the tiny return ( probably our last )

gets direct deposited into a US bank account

I heard that they may use them as rental bikes. I guess it will give people a chance for a proper test ride before they buy.

I just had a mental image of CBR1000's turning up at track days

Imagine the look on the renters face when they see the tires when they come back yet the guy only racked up

1-200km

Actually suzuki now has the weakest line on inline 4's now. I was surprised.

Poor Suzuki is actually having a lot of problems as a company right now.

They are about to cut 10-20% of all their dealerships & also

American Suzuki Motor Corporation is filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

American Suzuki — now called Suzuki Motor of America —

is drastically restructuring its business, not just to exist

without its automotive lines, but also on a more fundamental basis.

http://www.asphaltandrubber.com/news/suzuki-motor-america-dealership-cuts/#more-41154

I thought it was about time I posted some pics of my new Ninja. Of the 3 colours available, obviously this is my favourite.

Yes truth be told Kawasaki is & always will be green

When I ordered mine there was the possibility they could take awhile with green

back ordered of course & taking the longest for delivery as you found out.

So I went red since unless I win the lottery I am not getting that Panigale of my dreams

I like it ok but may at some point go all red if I can decide on something unique.

One guy I saw recently did repaint parts of his & add the special edition stickers like yours.

Not a bad look too

Also check out how he painted the stock exhaust silver shields to mimic the ZX6R 636 all black exhaust

rather nice looking I think

I am going to give it a try online but,

For the initial application User Application Form

When it asks for address,

I still have my US address valid & of course my address here in Thailand

Does anyone know if they care which you use?

If it does not matter I rather use the US address

Thanks for any help

someone on here also mentioned that the kawasaki shops sell copies too so it doesnt really surprise me although not very good business practice for companies of that size and stature imagine if they found honda in the western world selling copies could completely destroy there image.

heheh yeah that is probably where I got my thinking & felt surprised a main dealer

would sell copies.

But you know I guess it is just looked on differently here &

like I said they seem to have no qualms about telling you it is cheaper because it is a copy.

I will post some pics of my Astars copies i bought from big wing.

I am a little surprised BigWing sells a copy

You know when I bought my TCX boots it said made in Vietnam

inside so I thought sheesh a copy?

As I thought they were all made in Italy

I was a bit pissed as I had asked

if they were authentic & the seller said yes.

So I emailed TCX Italy & asked

They wrote back right away & said please send pics of inside & labels etc

which I did.

Then they wrote back & said yes it is their product & how did I like it.

I wondered because my 1st email basically asked if they made their boots in VN

but she would not answer till I sent pics with the numbers from labels etc.

Was good though that they answered promptly & were very courteous

You guys that are looking should also scan mocyc-dot-com

impossible to tell if these are original or copies

For sure you need to look in person but,

I can tell immediately if they are copies as the copies I have seen

of various jackets etc were very obvious.

Also surprisingly I have found here in Thailand a merchant has no qualms if you ask

if it is real or copy they will tell you.

komine s43 for 22 k.

Released a year after s 42 and it is all leather from 320sp big bike shop.

You know I have bought things from 320sp nice folks.

Also they have many things they cannot advertise because they are not the

legal distributors

So ask if you want to check on other brands too.

As for this brand or others as someone said go try it on.

Fit is very important. Should not be loose or it will twist/move around in a crash & not do its job

because it will not hold the armor where they should be when crashing

Good leathers or mixed suits are not made to be comfy standing or walking.

Sit on a bike once you get them on & see. That is where you check fit.

They are cut to be on a bike in a riding crouch

As to mixed materials many good suits use a stretch panel in non critical areas

for comfort. You will see many with a V panel near the crotch, or certain main joints etc.

You do not need to go too overboard especially if your thinking of occasional track days etc.

Save some $$ for good boots gloves etc.

The 2006 Zx6R in Silver

You guys that are looking should also scan mocyc-dot-com

http://mocyc.com/market_all.html?category=9&sub_category=55

Because many times they have good deals on various suits

Dainese

http://mocyc.com/market814092/daineselagunaprotitaniumracingsuit...italyimpo

Spidi

http://mocyc.com/market814088/spidigpprowindsuititalyimport...

Komine

http://mocyc.com/market759962/320sp%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%A3%E0%B8%B4%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%A1%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B3%E0%B9%80%E0%B8%82%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%94%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%82%E0%B9%88%E0%B8%87+%E0%B8%8A%E0%B8%B8%E0%B8%94%E0%B8%AB%E0%B8%99%E0%B8%B1%E0%B8%87%22%E0%B9%81%E0%B8%97%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%A5%E0%B9%89%E0%B8%B2%E0%B8%99%22

It's a V twin mate not an inline 4..... well according to this.....

Yes as you found out it is a inline 4

That site made a print error

BTW nice video here

http://www.kawasaki.com/Products/product-specifications.aspx?id=715

I do remember reading a shootout between the WR,CRF & one other?

I remember the WR was praised highly as far & away the best engine of the three

so that would be a good possibility.

On that video I do realize it is a few years old but,

One thing I see is power to weight is better on the motard

& the race both times was won on the launch by the WR. Whether that

was purely power to weight or also rider reaction is a ???

One thing I never understand about testers who want to use

a drag race as an example is this,

If they are going to make two or more runs then for goodness sake

swap the riders every race from bike to bike.

Drag races are a large portion down to rider reaction times & launch.

Swap the riders to validate the result.

Yes, but far too much in my opinion. If a rider wants that position, they can get a Versys. To me the bike feels totally out of balance with the stock bars, and the wind buffets my helmet far to much. The sport bars come no where near the level of a ZX-6, but perhaps half way between stock Ninja650 and stock ZX-6 height.

+1 I always wondered about those/that stock bar

seemed very out of place on that bike. More like a MX bar

Those biker clip ons you have could probably also be reversed/flipped over?

Does look like you still have a lot of room to spare between the fairing & bar ends.

Would it be too much? Hard to tell from the pics.

Wouldn't he have been wiser to tell the FBI the moment he was plied for information, then he could have fed her misinformation whilst keeping his trophy.

Woulda, coulda, shoulda,

Just depends which head is doing the thinking

But I ain't seen chicken strips that thick since, err,

If you mean LL's bike? I think he did good for those IRC tires.

In this recent post the last two are pics are of his tires up close

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/625425-superbike-magazine-racing-academy-krangkracharn-curcuit-16-17-march-2013/#entry6214227

He is 59 & she was 27

He could always plead insanity

Just say he was plum crazy about that girl

Many in Thailand could relate

my motorcycle is running better with the smoke...<deleted>?

Must be unburnt fuel in the air & your bike is making use of it

Sorry for my ignorant post but how bad is pm10 of 200+ can anyone put it into a nice perspective

I can see why this would affect the young, elderly and those with respiratory issues but for the young healthy adult, I don't see this as being any critical than a few days of second hand smoke or is it worse?

Should I be locking myself indoors with all entry points sealed?

You know I have been trying to get a handle on the facts myself.

Only because I do try to exercise daily & for the most part still do.

I did have a stomach ailment the day before yesterday & not sure if it is

connected but I rarely have any problems at all. So rare in fact I know the last one was

in December 2007

But anyway,

back in this post

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/611721-smoke-smog-dust-2013-chiang-mai/page-7#entry6213464

I noticed from a report someone linked it said,

On the basis of the average reduction in the PM2.5 concentration (6.52 μg per cubic meter) in the metropolitan areas included in this analysis and the effect estimate from model 4 in Table 2, the average increase in life expectancy attributable to the reduced levels of air pollution was approximately 0.4 year.....

In metropolitan areas where reductions in PM2.5 were 13 to 14 μg per cubic meter, the contribution of improvements in air quality to increases in life expectancy may have been as much as 0.82 year

So that seems like a non event.

Meaning 4-8 months shorter life in the bigger picture does not seem like something to

get too alarmed over.

But, I am not clear on the measurements given.

They cite two examples 6.25 & 13-14 ug per cubic meter averages

Yet when I look at http://aqmthai.com/

They show today's average as 57.41 for PM2.5 particles today in Chiang Mai

so a very large difference of about six times as great a density

So.... While I will not spend all my time worrying about it as I think stress kills just as fast.

I will try to use common sense & judge whether I will subject myself to

deep breathing like when exercising in this kind of air if the day is bad enough

That original picture in post #1 is funny

It has a Kawasaki Ultra 300 Jetski hiding in the back

at first sight I though it was some giant sport bike

I assume those prices are for track bikes i.e unregistered.

The ZX10R was sold by Kawasaki for 670,000 if my memory serves me correctly, that was 2-3 years ago before the recent price hikes due to government taxation.

Honda sells the CBR1000RR for 870k (give or take a few baht). I dont see a ZX636 being less than 600k if it's registered for road use. I'd love to be wrong though.

Yeah my Thai reading is nowhere near good enough to read the whole article.

So when they mention prices like that I am not sure what they are talking about.

Since it is not available here are they quoting nearest country or??

But, surely if they brought it in I think it might kill sales to any of

their other upper end sport bikes.

At a claimed hp at 13,500 rpm + the KTRC traction control system, big piston forks, etc.

I think many perf minded riders would go straight for it. If they could afford it

heheh we can dream !

Superbike Thailand December 2012 issue had a test of the

2013 636 & listed price at 450k baht basic model

& 490k baht for the KIBS/ABS model

But I do wonder at that price as it is equal to $16,773. USD

The retail I believe in the US is around $12,000

So maybe they will import it but at close to 450k-490k Baht

Styling is good IMO

maybe on par with Kawasaki N250 cannot say till we see some

side/front back shots to see how the fairings are working.

The stubby exhaust is good as well as the beefier swing arm

Rear hugger is good, front turn signals old style not good.

BUT........

If it is a single cylinder thumper forget it.

If it is a twin it may have legs in today's market

here in Asia & India