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Check out shark helmets. About 10 to 12k. A step up from real (which I have too).

Real have new models too. Not to bad. 2500 baht and up.

As far as other peoples recommendation regarding comfort.. Everyone has a different shapes head, you need to decide yourself unfortunately

Beware of fitting an exhaust with a large diameter down pipe - I did and the bike lost a huge amount of torque and sounded horribly antisocial. I then had the original 'gutted' and it gained a huge amount over std with nearly as much top end and sounded just right - like an old fashioned 'thumper'.

DLang - do you mean replacing the whole airbox or just putting a K&N element in the std one?

Had the same problem with my cb300f. Fitted a local made slip on exhaust and lost a ton of power and made too much noise. Ended up making a baffle that slips in the end and holds in with a screw. Lots of trial and error but basically had to restrict the exhaust flow quite a bit to get the power back.

Can buy ready made baffles on eBay for about $5 delivered from china.

Me and another forum member had good success quietening up Thai made exhausts. Don't waste your money on fancy stuff from abroad, at least not on this bike.

It ain't no ducati

Tesco has child helmets.

When my kid turns 3 I will plonk her on the front of the scooter and low speed around the moo baan. With a helmet of course.

May I ask how you are intending to carry the baby on a motorcycle? I appreciate that you are trying to do the right thing, but a baby carried in someones arms is not safe even if it is wearing a helmet.

The law in the UK requires that a pillion passenger must be able to put their feet on the proper foot pegs before they are allowed legally to be on the back.

Two of the risks from carrying a baby in arms are crushing injuries sustained from landing on top of the baby or as I know happened recently on Koh Samui. A minor loss of control caused the women rider to fall off, her baby rolled into the road and was run over by a truck.

I do understand 'TiT' but if you want to try and carry a baby on a motorcycle I would think the only compromise to some degree of safety would be some kind of Child Safety Seat similar to one used in a car.

The Thai visa safety advisor has spoken

I hooked mine straight to the battery similar to yours. Went away for a month and the battery was completely flat, had to buy a new battery.

Local Mechanic also broke the USB( shorted it somehow), inline fuse still intact but no power from the outlet. I completely tested it all with a multimeter.

Ended up just buying a 12v cigarette plug usb from 7 eleven 199 baht, soldering an inline fuse and two wires to it and running it to the licence plate light. Plug sits under the seat.

Bought a 1 meter USB extension lead for 50 baht, Which I ran up the side of the bike to the handle bars.

Could have bought off the shelf for 700baht from a motorbike shop, But 7 eleven was a 2 min walk way for the parts.

I have a Gaggia Baby Twin bought it almost 7 years ago and still going strong with daily usage - I'd expect it to stand up to the usage you suggest - in fact I have seen them in use at busy coffee shops on the BTS concourses.

It's dual pump so it froths milk and makes excellent coffee - downside is that it is not fully automatic, the user has to know how to use it and maintain it (this is really just a case of knowing how to use it properly and running cleaning fluid through it every few months)

If your staff will be the ones actually making the coffee, I'd say it's a suitable reasonably priced quality solution - about 20k baht in Thailand. You'd also need a grinder, I have a Gaggia MDF the same age, probably another 7.5k here.

For reference, these are the steps:

- Turn coffee machine on to warm up

- Milk into jug, milk thermometer into milk

- Grind beans for about 25 seconds

- Beans in to coffee filter and tamped down

- By this time the machine will be warm, open steam wand to purge water from wand, close and then open again to trigger steam

- Steam the milk, making sure you place the wand to make froth well, watch the temp

- Put milk aside, purge water from wand again (important, not doing this will leave pressure in the pump and will over time break the pump)

- Portafilter in to machine, espresso shot glasses (or cup) under it, make coffee (should take about 27 seconds to be just right)

- Milk in, draw a little picture of a fern (optional), chocolate sprinkled on top,

- Empty portafilter, turn machine off, wash up

Quite a few steps but they become second nature and become a 3 minute job, and an automatic machine is going to cost a lot more..

The pods are nice, and obviously much simpler, but at a much higher ongoing cost - and they don't taste as good, and you're limited to pre made capsules instead of being able to select beans.

Nice post.

I've got a nespresso pod machine. I use it most days though lately I find the taste a little boring.

Think I'll upgrade to a gaggia set up similar to yours

This cant be real, Best troll thread ever.

Bravo!!!

search button would reveal a thread of about 32 pages

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/743375-cb-300f/

I can feel a thread close coming on

need photo's signed by the kids dr

Not for a Thai passport you don't.

My bad, did Thai and aus passport same day for new born. Mixed up

need photo's signed by the kids dr

1st,how much do you like,care about like etc.If life is only so so to you,don't really care if you lived another day,then

Ride A 70cc up to A 2000 cc. If your really enjoying life,your in good health and want to stay that way,then don't gamble.

I've been riding since 1967,some in Thailand.I love motorcycling.But I have given it up in Thailand.The risks are so

Great on getting permantly hurt or killed.Good luck it's your life.

yawn.

Bit late to the party

in BKK

http://www.pangolin.co.th/index.php

You want a light weight bike? Your gonna get aluminum

i suggest they fly a drone over any PM's house and see what happens. Invited in for tea n cake perhaps?

oh the stupidity

im sure the condition of the parking was sub standard but unfortunately you as the operator of the vehicle are responsible. If there was 1000 nails laying in that parking spot you would use your judgement not to park there. Same in this case. unfortunately as it was a rental bike it suggests that you probably were unfamiliar with the capabilities and used poor judgement.

I suggest he stacks it with a good pre workout so he can get an good vascular pump.

actually the cargo elevator cost only a few hundred thousand baht and the shop house was 2.5m...

not too expensive for a 4 story man cave if your playing with 500k+ motorbikes

supersports in all central department stores has them

There are a few Big Wings in Bangkok I think. At least 2 I know of.

I am not sure on waiting times. It can't vary depending on stock availability. When I bought mine there was no waiting time. I got the day I paid the money. Also, no problems I am aware of so far.

I was at big wing ratchapreuk and there was about 10 or so new 650s out the back with the plastic still on.

Buy a shop house and install a cargo elevator to level 2,3 and 4. I know someone who has already done this.

I hate it when someone writes this because in my opinion its so true and my justification to buy an 821 instead seems ridiculous.

luckily time is on my side until the wallet opens for a new beast

He-he,

Well I got a buddy that rides a Hyperstrada and when he takes of, it goes like a bat out of hell and sounds awesome from the stock exhaust so I can understand why you want a 821.

We all got different situations in our life's, some earn so much money they can buy whatever they want and some got family commitments (like me) and I just can't justify towards my family shelling out so much on a bike.

If you are young and no kids, go for it man, it still cheaper than a tin can Honda/Toyota and waaaaaaay more fun.

Likely next year there should be some 2nd hand 821's on the market so you can perhaps save yourself lots of $$ if you go that way and one must assume the ex owners has taken good care of them unlike the typical scooter owners that normally runs them until they fell apart.

Unfortunately, in terms of disposable income, I got the family package too

Its a bottomless money pit.

If I didn't have them I could have a different bike for the day of the week! Ha

If he does actually buy a bike, I'm betting he will end up with either a 650 Kawasaki or a 650 Honda made in Thailand. That is the most practical decision in terms of cost, value for money, and overall performance. Plus both bikes have ABS, an important factor. With the Ducati 821 being the perceived favorite, it is more than 50% more in price than the 650cc Japanese bikes and there are looming questions about getting fast and reliable service for Ducati in Thailand. It is also a lot hotter to ride a Ducati for most of the year than the smaller Japanese bikes which are more practical for Thailand's average climate. Plus the Japanese bikes are good at all riding speeds. Ducatis sound and ride much better at faster speeds, but in Thailand you are more often riding slow than fast because of conditions when out on the Thai roads.

+1

When I bought my V650, I had to follow my brain and not my heart.

As a family man with a kid, my Versys is only a toy used 2-3 times a week (if that) for short trips and I enjoy that.

Cheap to buy and maintain and I fell it has enough power +90% of the time so for me it's win win and no regrets.

One can easily be HP addicted and keep on buying more and more powerful bikes but I again agree that the 650's are the sweet spot size where many will say; it's good fun, good enough and stay in this class.

I hate it when someone writes this because in my opinion its so true and my justification to buy an 821 instead seems ridiculous.

luckily time is on my side until the wallet opens for a new beast