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I just cant understand how Honda cant design an engine / fuel injection system that cant even pass the outdated Euro 4 standards.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

17 hours ago, corkman said:

Hey Guys (and Gals),

 

I live in Bangkok, lower Sukhumvit. My (thai)GF and I were thinking to escape the madness and "work from home" from the beach in Samui for 10 days. Planning to travel down next week on 21st January, via Bangkok Airways.

 

Does anyone know the latest on whether we need to "Quarantine" and just exactly what "Quarantine" means? My plans will be (a) relaxing at the hotel, (b) having a few beers at any place that is open, and (c) going for some nice dinners at any place that is open (The Cliff, Coco's, Prego, etc.).

 

Any advice would be very much appreciated.

 

Thanks in advance.

The following was put out a couple of days ago (12th)...not sure if Sukhumvit is in one of the 'red' areas or not...

Source: https://www.facebook.com/samuiinfobynicha/

I did this last year but can't find the old one to update it...

And if you want the tide heights for any other part of Thailand go here...

http://www.hydro.navy.mi.th/servicestide.htm

Just click on the area you're interested in and a PDF file will download automatically

Samui Tide Heights - 2021.pdf

On 1/8/2021 at 12:00 AM, Tropicalevo said:

I have just heard from a reliable source that there was one new case on Samui.

Family in Suratthani found to be Covid positive. One family member had come to Samui.

Tracking team traced her and the Tessabaan visited her home and tested her. No symptoms but tested positive. Now back on the mainland and in hospital.

Her home and neighbour's homes disinfected by the Tessabaan and all known contacts now in quarantine.

I'm guessing it's this one...

1. Friends (Same restaurant and hotel) = 9 Negative

2. Sabianglae's Staff = 3 Negative

3. Villa's cleaners = 7 (Waiting for test result on the 8 Jan)

1 hour ago, DrPhibes said:

Need to buy an all-in-one printer and some paper there as that won't fit in my suitcase.

There's a shop inside Tesco Lotus in Lamai called Banana IT...they have them for sure, saw some a couple of days ago...and Tesco sell paper

It's taking a lot longer than it used to that's for sure...item posted on the 4th Dec has only just reached Samui, hopefully I'll finally get it tomorrow...

6 hours ago, khunPer said:

I tried to use a download form, but Samui Immigration has an extra line on top of page 2 for e-mail address, and even I nicely wrote "E-mail:" on the downloaded form, if was not accepted; it had to be their form with pre-printed "E-mail address:_________"...

I even went one better a couple of years ago, I scanned one of their own forms into my computer and saved it as a PDF, and then filled it in on the computer...even that wasn't accepted, it had to be hand written...go figure ????

3 hours ago, delgarcon said:

I can't speak Thai, but maybe someone could translate the directive of the Surat Thani governor

And this one...

3 hours ago, DaveInSukhumvit said:

If anyone sees the Contact Tracing timeline for the new "family of 7", please post a link.

Found this one...

31 minutes ago, phetphet said:

Also been told by someone else that schools ordered to close (this one is in Samui), from 5th for one week.

I had an email from my daughters school earlier this evening saying that the school closure was 'imminent', and would be from the 5th until the 19th...they were waiting on confirmation from the governor of Surat Thani...as of now I haven't received another email saying the school is definitely closed tomorrow

Edit:

School closure confirmed....

17 hours ago, ivor bigun said:

Using track and trace my parcel left the UK on the 4th ,but just says in transit ,nothing about arriving here in Thailand ,anyone else had this problem? 

I have one that was sent on the same day...this delay has been fairly usual over the last few months. My guess is that they are waiting until they have a full shipment and then off it goes. If you are lucky your parcel was one of the last in and you receive it after about ten days, or like us ours was one of the first to arrive after the last shipment left and will take at least three weeks to get here.

1 hour ago, VocalNeal said:

Sorry to get all technical but a CBR500R produces max hp at 8500 rpm so the rev limiter must be set a bit higher. There is something wrong with the OP's bike.

The red line is at 8500...that's what the OP states, he didn't say he hits the limiter at 8500