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I have ridden all over Bangkok for many years. I mean a lot. I reckon I have more BKK motorbike mileage than 99% of posters here. In tight central BKK traffic, there is no way a CB 500 X, which I now own, is going to be more convenient than a much narrower scooter. It is simply too wide and cannot do those narrow 90 degree turns through the cars when you are negotiating through queues. No way. Anybody claiming otherwise is just stupid grandstanding.

I reckon some of the 2-stroke, now no longer sold, bikes e.g. NSR or the old, carburettor CBR 150 would be the quickest. But if you are determined enough and prepared to reduce margins to fractions of an inch then a Honda Wave will keep up with anything in the traffic.

Well that's funny, when I am really stuck in traffic, it is because of those scooters who can't go through because of their wide mirrors.

I go between busses and see the scooters in my mirrors come to a stop because they are too wide.

Yep, thats funny. I measured my Nouvo scooter and my stock CBR150i now

Width Handlebar Nouvo: 65cm

Width Handlebar CBR150: 70cm

Width Mirrors Nouvo: 75cm

Width Mirrors CBR150: 85cm

The mirrors on the Nouvo aren't stock, i changed them to PCX mirrors, which are a bit wider. I keep my mirrors in a "wide position" because if not they are useless (my shoulders are too wide i guess).

But even with folded mirrors the CBR150 is wider. And i guess the CBR500 isn't smaller?

So it comes down to skill again :-)

I have ridden all over Bangkok for many years. I mean a lot. I reckon I have more BKK motorbike mileage than 99% of posters here. In tight central BKK traffic, there is no way a CB 500 X, which I now own, is going to be more convenient than a much narrower scooter. It is simply too wide and cannot do those narrow 90 degree turns through the cars when you are negotiating through queues. No way. Anybody claiming otherwise is just stupid grandstanding.

I reckon some of the 2-stroke, now no longer sold, bikes e.g. NSR or the old, carburettor CBR 150 would be the quickest. But if you are determined enough and prepared to reduce margins to fractions of an inch then a Honda Wave will keep up with anything in the traffic.

Well that's funny, when I am really stuck in traffic, it is because of those scooters who can't go through because of their wide mirrors.

I go between busses and see the scooters in my mirrors come to a stop because they are too wide.

I ride in thight BKK traffic every day.

See what I wrote there? I ride, not I am stuck and can't go anywhere.

You would be surprised how easy it is to squeeze this bike through traffic.

But I guess it comes down to skill again. Trust me, I am not an old boy who has been riding for 30 years.

That is so much bullshit that im challenging you for a busy traffic ride through sukhumwit road. I remember having this debate before and as I said before the smaller the better in tight heavy traffic. I be faster on a bicycle than a scooter even. And scooter vs big bikes I will easy be home before the big bikes looking for big enough rooms to get through.

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It's all about skill.

Everyone can ride fast. But not all can ride well.

Went to the Promenade today.

Facts: Price is 350,000 baht and it is made in Japan.

The question ia how can they sell it in thailand for this price?

Does it matter?

Maybe it is only the forks, without the triple clamp that cost 15K

Because i bellieve the triple clamp alone is 11k

I see they have responded to an English speaker saying

"This price for Top Bridge Steering stem Only .Not included wheel and brake."

Which is still not really clear if that means triple only or triple & forks which I doubt price wise

source: http://oxforddictionaries.com/definition/english/stem?q=stem

so 11k for clamps, 15k for fork and how much for clip ons?

i still could not call them, very busy.

You could have called them in the time you spent on posting here

The forks from RSV are 15,000 baht

This is the same color scheme as my old bike. When the KIPS opened, all hell broke loose. Rear was always losing grip.

The bike had a mechanical exhaust valve system that was manually operated by split cable from the main throttle assembly, no electronics like the NSR or TZM - Bulletproof.

Still can see them up here in Nakhon Nowhere...much more tatty though.

In fact, over the last few years I've only noticed the KRR...seems like the TZM and NSR have fallen off the face of the earth.

Still see NSR and TZM daily in Bangkok.

Well, if you go on their website, you will find short videos accompanying most exhausts.

Cobblestones certainly look like Italy and not Thailand. My guess would be they make it there, too.

Wasn't the promo video for the Honda 500's also shot in Italy?

Well, us BKK guys are closer to the beaches :-)

Rule nr 35 says:

Vehicles travelling slowly or vehicles travelling at a slower speed than other vehicles travelling in the same direction are to stay as close to the left-hand curb as possible.

Well I can tell you, I hardly ever travel slowly or slower than other cars, so according to this law I am allowed to be in the second or third lane?

I have a very simple solution for this problem.

I don't go where the Indians go.

I just saw they are building a new Ducati showroom on Vibhavadi - Rangsit, not too far from Chatuchak market.

We are talking about the Ninja 300 and the Honda CBr 500r. They are totally different bikes regardless who makes the parts. I like sport bikes, and although the Ninja has slightly less power, I would choose it over the CBR by a mile. And that power difference can be largely eliminated with a few simple mods.

I had an experience the other day against a CBR500

Mind you I am on a 2013 ninja 250 not 300

Also I have no performance mods at this time as I took my devil pipe off.

All I have is tires, suspension & air filter upgrades.

I had the exact same thing happen to me the other day.

I am on a CB500F and the Thai guy was on a Monster 795.

I won the drag, he couldn't keep up with me and I had my girlfriend on the back.

It is all about skill and knowing your bike.

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With reports of some of the Big Wing's service thus far, it would be a bit of a painful duty giving them your proper bike to work on, as they pick their nose and hang-up the phone on you.

This is only valid for the Chiang Mai branch apparently.

No problems whatsoever in Bangkok, but of course you would know since you own a Honda bought at Big Wing and you had it serviced a couple of times there already, no?

380 Euro for 1000km service of a cheap thai made 470cc bike? Unbelievable

Have they been told the brake pads from that single front rotor only last 5k km yet?

Where did you get this info?

A poster on here was saying it.

Guess it's to do with having a single rotor on a 190+kg bike.

Posters on here say a variety of things.

Don't believe everything you read here

Apart for the fact that my brake pads are still ok after 7000 km, I won't be telling porkies.

Don't they manufacture in that new plant in Lat Krabang?

380 Euro for 1000km service of a cheap thai made 470cc bike? Unbelievable

Have they been told the brake pads from that single front rotor only last 5k km yet?

Where did you get this info?

I am at 7000 km and it still brakes fine. Still on the original pads too.

Riding every day in the city, so the brakes get used a lot.

Hold on, lets try and establish that he's actually guilty of something first.

All we know at this stage is that he owns some nice cars and is ALLEGED to have fathered a son by a 14 year old girl.

For all we know the DNA result may come up negative and he may have a perfectly legitimate reason for having a car collection, after all they are all in his name.

A Buddhist monk isn't supposed to have any material possessions, not even a bicycle.

Yesterday I received a letter from Big Wing.

For all the people who paid the replacement of the shims, next maintenance labour costs (300 baht) and changing oil (360 baht) is free.

What happened with the original shims?

They replaced 3 of the 4 shims when they did the valve clearance at 1000 km.