Neilly

On 5/16/2021 at 10:53 PM, alx123 said:

@Neilly 

 

Great job on restoring the look of that wave 

Just my OCD kicking in ????????

1 hour ago, millymoopoo said:

Try changing the tarp to heshian (sack material) then water it, often when the sun is on it.

Not only will it shade the tank/pipes but will cool them too.!

It's evaporative cooling.

We did this to our camp water tanks at work (Oman) as the water in the afternoon/evening was too hot to shower with.

We got some rolls of hessian material and wrapped the tanks and rigged up a waterline over the tops of them and left the tap partially open from mid morning until evening...worked a treat

2 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

I 've just bought a " Chang gel battery 12v 5amp " for a Wave the Wave l've been fixing up.

I will see how it gets on because it only cost 195 baht at Shopee, looks as good as any dearer batteries.

I got one of those for the daughters Wave off Lazada a couple of months ago, yep dirt cheap, and so far has held it's charge no problem at all.

Replaced the battery on the CRF, it's been running on a PCX battery since April 2017...it just shat itself one day when we were up in the hills and the PCX one sort-of fitted...I'm surprised it's lasted this long TBH

Stranded in 2017...

4 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Thailand says foreigners to get COVID-19 vaccines amid access concern

 

 

 

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand confirmed on Thursday that it plans to include 3 million foreigners living in the country in its mass vaccination programme to protect the entire population, amid concerns over the scope of vaccine access.

 

"Anybody living in Thailand, whether they be Thai or foreign, if they want they vaccine, they can get it," head of the disease control department, Opas Kankawinpong told a briefing.

 

The health ministry is working on other ways to include non-Thais in the vaccination programme, including via mobile applications or direct contact from hospitals, according to the foreign ministry.

I think that should read "The Health Ministry is looking at setting up a committee"...possibly, in the future, maybe ????

16 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Where the dam radiator and coolant bottle hiding on these weird things.

I think they were optional extras at the time ????

I bought a Wave 100 of similar vintage (Baht 4,500 with no book) for my daughter to learn to ride on a few months ago...and yep, they are a strange breed. Parts are cheap as chips on Lazada for these things ????

7 hours ago, khunPer said:

From 4th May and until further notice you can only drink alone, including residence (according to Nicha)...

And Richard Barrow...

17 hours ago, Tagged said:

Getting Irc GP21 right now on my crf and it was 3150,- baht inc sending from 29tire

 

Was time to change

I'd say you had your moneys-worth out'a that one  ????...there's a couple of hills we have to get up and I wouldn't like to try it on that tyre! ????

On 4/5/2021 at 6:35 AM, huberthammer said:

The immigration website has been down for almost a month now

It's now back up and running again ????

18 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

One of my favourite IOM riders, l thought he had done some track races and then went to take up IOM. 

Maybe I'm mixing him up with someone else. 

Because he dropped out of the 2016 season (he broke his back in Aug 2015) he had to do qualifying races to get entry into the 2017 IoM

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For the 2016 season Martin decided not to race in the TT for the first time in 11 years, opting instead for a mountain bike race. He was uncertain if the decision would lead him to retire from road racing, mountain bike racing, or if he would go on to do something else, but said "if I do race on the roads it will be with TAS".

 

Martin signed a new deal with Honda Racing on 18 January 2017 to ride the Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade SP2, rekindling his ambition to win the Isle of Man TT and renewing his focus on his road racing career

And yes, he's one of my favourite racers too, mad as a box of frogs, but great all the same ????

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Martin suffered a serious crash in the Dundrod 150 Superbike event, part of the Ulster Grand Prix races in August 2015. Following the crash, Martin only got back on his racing motorbike in March 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guy_Martin

4 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

Is there a requirement for competing in X number of road races before?

Yes there is, I've just finished reading one of Guy Martins books (We Need to Weaken the Mixture) and he mentions that he had to do so many races before he was allowed to ride the Fireblade there

3 hours ago, JonnyF said:

These bikes would generally get ridden to the trails and all the other stuff would be off road, which is generally low mileage as it's tough to rack up hundreds of kms on dirt tracks. 1000 kms for an oil change doesn't sound too bad at all,

Pretty well sums up my CRF250L, we try and ride every Friday and average about 80km per ride, a quarter of that will be on pavement getting to the trails and linking them up. I give mine an oil change every 1,000km and a new filter every other oil change.

2 hours ago, BBJ said:

How many people are going to race it?  For those that might the rebuild schedule you quoted it normal. 

Going on the current mileage of my 2014 CRF250L it would take me about 12 years to hit 32k...so that's not an issue, nor the price really...but all the guys I ride with are on 250's...so I'll stick with my old girl, bless her

2 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

Is the 450 for sale road legal?

Yes

21 hours ago, canthai55 said:

All that has changed is the displacement - except for things like fuel tank, gauge cluster, suspension travel.

All bolt on bits - racks, bars, crash protection should remain the same as the frame is shared.

Without having the chance to put them side by side yet I'm not really sure what will cross over, I do know the rad is on the opposite side and the frame no longer has a rear sub-frame though.

43 minutes ago, ktm jeff said:

I just cant understand how Honda cant design an engine / fuel injection system that cant even pass the outdated Euro 4 standards.

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January 1st 2021 is when the really big change comes in, but once again, there's nothing for consumers or existing motorcycle owners to be concerned about. From that date, every brand new motorcycle sold here in the UK will have to be Euro 5 compliant, even if it's a model that's been in production for decades and was perfectly legal to be sold a couple of days earlier in 2020. 

 

Buyers will therefore still be able to purchase these Euro 4 compliant motorcycles from dealers for the next two years, which should be plenty of time for existing stocks to be cleared. Riding and owning a Euro 4 model won’t be or feel any different from a Euro 5 compliant model. Some models have only needed very minor upgrades by manufacturers to make them Euro 5 compliant, but there's no reason for buyers to delay purchasing a new motorcycle to wait for a Euro 5 compliant version if the bike is currently being sold under the end-of-series derogation system as a Euro 4 model.

https://www.honda.co.uk/engineroom/bikes/what-euro5-means-for-uk-motorcycles/

6 hours ago, JonnyF said:

I might pop into BigWing BKK to have a look.

If you do, and they have one there can you check the seat height please, should be;  Seat height - 942 mm (37.1 in)...I saw a photo on a facebook page with a girl sat on one, either she has very long legs or they've lowered it

1 hour ago, ktm jeff said:

If that is possible , with what components

Airbox mods and ECU...yet to see if Thailand got the USA version or the semi skinned EU version

17 hours ago, ubonjoe said:

I am on True Online for my connection and not getting the 522 failures.

Most people that are getting it are using TOT it seems.

Been getting the 522 msg on TV (all other sites work fine) for about two weeks now, doesn't matter which browser I use...but yep, I'm on TOT.

It is weird tho, first off you can't get TV no matter what you try and then all of a sudden everything back to normal...if it gets worse I may try the VPN route