Honda Cbr150

[rametindallas]

Hard to find benzene 95. Maybe something was lost in translation. Those "pump boys and girls" are very often from Laos or Burma so communication may be less than ideal. I like to watch very carefully what they are putting in my bike. If you can't read Thai :-

red = benzene 91

orange = gasohol 95

dark green = gasohol 91

light green = gasohol E20

blue = diesel

yellow = benzene 95 (if you can find it)

I just tell then I want benzine and they show me the pump. Then I check that the price is about right

42/43 baht for 91

46/47 baht for 95

I also check how much gas was pumped in. Btw the 95 benzine that I pumped went really quick. 2 or 3 days but I did kinda ride a lot on Friday.

I was getting benzene 95 at CalTex stations; very expensive, poor mileage, but great performance.

[rametindallas]

46 - 47 baht, that must be benzene 95. Hmm never see it down here in Chonburi.

I was out for a ride today and the traffic was fairly heavy with lots of container trucks as ever. Also some of the potholes in the road are big enough to be very scary. Result is a lot of jolting due to braking and accelerating in the traffic and braking to avoid huge holes in the road.

So, it led me to think I might at some point move on from the leaning forward position of the CBR 150 R i to a more upright street fighter bike. It is the heavy traffic that does me and puts a lot of my weight through my arms and hands. Does anyone else find this?

I used to ride horses and horses have no handlebars. Bikes being 'motorised horses' I grip both with my inner thighs/knees and there is no pressure on my hands so less vibration. Also, I steer (at speed) with my hips shifting their weight. I use my hands to steer at low speeds to dodge mirrors and navigate between car bumpers. I drive exclusively in Bangkok. 2007 carbed CBR150

[rametindallas]

I bought a comic, cut out the pages, and glued the pages.

What do you guys think? I did it to change the look for BMF.

I think it looks kinda funny!

[RED21]

Hard to find benzene 95. Maybe something was lost in translation. Those "pump boys and girls" are very often from Laos or Burma so communication may be less than ideal. I like to watch very carefully what they are putting in my bike. If you can't read Thai :-

red = benzene 91

orange = gasohol 95

dark green = gasohol 91

light green = gasohol E20

blue = diesel

yellow = benzene 95 (if you can find it)

I just tell then I want benzine and they show me the pump. Then I check that the price is about right

42/43 baht for 91

46/47 baht for 95

I also check how much gas was pumped in. Btw the 95 benzine that I pumped went really quick. 2 or 3 days but I did kinda ride a lot on Friday.

I was getting benzene 95 at CalTex stations; very expensive, poor mileage, but great performance.

I filled up on benzene 95 yesterday as well, at PTT. Yes it's not cheap (47/L gasohol 95 was 38/L an 11 baht difference), but I was smiling the whole time I was riding on the way home...

[mania]

I filled up on benzene 95 yesterday as well, at PTT. Yes it's not cheap (47/L gasohol 95 was 38/L an 11 baht difference), but I was smiling the whole time I was riding on the way home...

Making me want to try a tank

[blackpanda]

I filled up on benzene 95 yesterday as well, at PTT. Yes it's not cheap (47/L gasohol 95 was 38/L an 11 baht difference), but I was smiling the whole time I was riding on the way home...

Making me want to try a tank

Try it while we have it!!

When I used 95 benzine my bike would back fire quite but after a few day it stopped and ran really good. The gas went really fast as you get less for what you pump from the liter.

[TehBen]

After speaking to a mechanic at Honda, he claimed that using gasohol 91 is fine on the old carb model, but I'm still not sure. I've done a tank of 91 now and haven't had a problem so far.

Though I do have another issue.

My exhaust manifold rusted through yesterday and so I went to Honda to source a replacement. Honda want 4200 baht for a new manifold (without silencer), which I think is extortionate. Does anyone have any other suggestions?

I am going to visit one of the smaller shops to see what they suggest as I am sure I could get something for much less outside of Honda.

Also, clutch cables, how easy are they to change yourself?

[blackpanda]

After speaking to a mechanic at Honda, he claimed that using gasohol 91 is fine on the old carb model, but I'm still not sure. I've done a tank of 91 now and haven't had a problem so far.

Though I do have another issue.

My exhaust manifold rusted through yesterday and so I went to Honda to source a replacement. Honda want 4200 baht for a new manifold (without silencer), which I think is extortionate. Does anyone have any other suggestions?

I am going to visit one of the smaller shops to see what they suggest as I am sure I could get something for much less outside of Honda.

Also, clutch cables, how easy are they to change yourself?

You can get an exhaust pipe for around 1k baht at a bike shop. Honda is expensive because their part are QC inspected to pass government inspections. An after market pipe is your best bet.

If your in nonthaburi then I know a shop

[YipYipYa123]

After speaking to a mechanic at Honda, he claimed that using gasohol 91 is fine on the old carb model, but I'm still not sure. I've done a tank of 91 now and haven't had a problem so far.

Though I do have another issue.

My exhaust manifold rusted through yesterday and so I went to Honda to source a replacement. Honda want 4200 baht for a new manifold (without silencer), which I think is extortionate. Does anyone have any other suggestions?

I am going to visit one of the smaller shops to see what they suggest as I am sure I could get something for much less outside of Honda.

Also, clutch cables, how easy are they to change yourself?

You can get an exhaust pipe for around 1k baht at a bike shop. Honda is expensive because their part are QC inspected to pass government inspections. An after market pipe is your best bet.

If your in nonthaburi then I know a shop

an after market pipe for 1k ? whats it made from ?

[loserlazer]

After speaking to a mechanic at Honda, he claimed that using gasohol 91 is fine on the old carb model, but I'm still not sure. I've done a tank of 91 now and haven't had a problem so far.

Though I do have another issue.

My exhaust manifold rusted through yesterday and so I went to Honda to source a replacement. Honda want 4200 baht for a new manifold (without silencer), which I think is extortionate. Does anyone have any other suggestions?

I am going to visit one of the smaller shops to see what they suggest as I am sure I could get something for much less outside of Honda.

Also, clutch cables, how easy are they to change yourself?

You can get an exhaust pipe for around 1k baht at a bike shop. Honda is expensive because their part are QC inspected to pass government inspections. An after market pipe is your best bet.

If your in nonthaburi then I know a shop

an after market pipe for 1k ? whats it made from ?

From mud and grass maybe?

[TehBen]

After speaking to a mechanic at Honda, he claimed that using gasohol 91 is fine on the old carb model, but I'm still not sure. I've done a tank of 91 now and haven't had a problem so far.

Though I do have another issue.

My exhaust manifold rusted through yesterday and so I went to Honda to source a replacement. Honda want 4200 baht for a new manifold (without silencer), which I think is extortionate. Does anyone have any other suggestions?

I am going to visit one of the smaller shops to see what they suggest as I am sure I could get something for much less outside of Honda.

Also, clutch cables, how easy are they to change yourself?

You can get an exhaust pipe for around 1k baht at a bike shop. Honda is expensive because their part are QC inspected to pass government inspections. An after market pipe is your best bet.

If your in nonthaburi then I know a shop

I'm in Chachoengsao, which is a bit far. Thanks anyway

[blackpanda]

After speaking to a mechanic at Honda, he claimed that using gasohol 91 is fine on the old carb model, but I'm still not sure. I've done a tank of 91 now and haven't had a problem so far.

Though I do have another issue.

My exhaust manifold rusted through yesterday and so I went to Honda to source a replacement. Honda want 4200 baht for a new manifold (without silencer), which I think is extortionate. Does anyone have any other suggestions?

I am going to visit one of the smaller shops to see what they suggest as I am sure I could get something for much less outside of Honda.

Also, clutch cables, how easy are they to change yourself?

You can get an exhaust pipe for around 1k baht at a bike shop. Honda is expensive because their part are QC inspected to pass government inspections. An after market pipe is your best bet.

If your in nonthaburi then I know a shop

I'm in Chachoengsao, which is a bit far. Thanks anyway

Pipe is made of stainless steel.

PM me if you would like to work something out.

[TehBen]

Thanks. I've got a guy who said he will sort it tomorrow for less than 1000 for a stainless manifold. If he fails I will send you a PM!

[blackpanda]

Thanks. I've got a guy who said he will sort it tomorrow for less than 1000 for a stainless manifold. If he fails I will send you a PM!

No problem. Good luck with your exhaust. Post up some pictures when it's finished

[Briggsy]

I stuck one of these batteries in my CBR 150 R Fi today. The old battery was 2 years 3 months old and was rather the worse for wear. 780 Baht. Increased ampage from 5 to 6 amps.

On a separate issue, I am now sticking gasohol 95 in. Seems to run ok but considerable reduction in fuel efficiency. I will continue to measure this and see how it goes.

[blackpanda]

I was using VPower but last night the shell station was closed so I had to settle for 95 gasohol. It okay

Gas does seem to go rather fast with 95 octane

[rametindallas]

I am back in Dallas for a month now and caught up on everything so I can write this story. I stayed in Bangkok for ten weeks from mid-November 2012. I stay 10-12 weeks every year since 1999 in Thailand and this was the first trip I didn't use a taxi. I had bought a 2007 cbr150 in January of 2012 but couldn't drive it because I didn't have time to change title, get Thai MC license, and insurance. One of the first things I did on this last trip was get that all sorted out. My best friend contacted his friend in the Land Transport Office who escorted me to every desk needed to get a motorcycle driver's license and take the written (there is only one copy of the Rules of the Road and Signage in English and they don’t loan it out and you can’t buy one) and practical tests. I had to go to Nontaburi to the Land Transport Office where the previous owner had the bike registered and transfered the title to me and to the Land Transport Office on Sukumvit near where I stay. The last stop was to buy personal injury insurance. I will skip the details of all the little humbugs and peccadilloes of the Thai system that must be dealt with as I was fortunate to complete the entire process in two days. The next day I went to another friend’s warehouse near Don Muang Airport to get my bike and found the battery dead. I got a jump-start from the guys at the taxi maintenance barn across the street. One of the mechanics volunteered that his son ran a MC hop shop only a kilometer away so I followed him there. His son makes those illegal street racers that wake you up in the middle of the night but his mechanic put a new battery and pretended to do the other work I paid for. The following morning I picked up the bike and drove in Thailand for the first time. I’ve ridden on the back of MC taxis many times, observing their driving techniques, and rode daily on my bikes in Louisiana and Dallas for more than twenty years and I used to race dirt bikes but nothing I had experienced before was quite like the experience I had delivering my bike to my apartment on On Nut (that is a story in itself). I stayed on the southbound service road of Viphawadee-Rangsit Rd. until I got to Lat Prao, then on to Sri Nagarindra to On Nut and everything was fine until it wasn’t. About five km. from the apartment, the bike just quit so I coasted into a tiny soi. Looking down, I saw a steady leak of fuel onto the engine casing and onto the street. I called my friend and he found a Honda shop walking distance from my apartment by using his computer. I caught a songtheaw to the shop and they loaned me a scooter for me to show them where I had broken down. I showed them and returned to the shop and they towed my bike with one of theirs shortly after. I had them clean the fuel tank, replace/add? fuel filter, rebuild carburetor, replace the needle valve, and replace all fuel hoses (the breakdown was caused by a split fuel line). Next day I paid Bt. 1,700 and picked up my bike and never had another problem. I will write about learning to drive in Bangkok traffic and the lessons learned if there is interest out there.

[blackpanda]

Just changed the front break on my 150 and wow how it grabs. The new front break makes the rear break feel mushy. I kinda feel like changing the rear one too but it's still has plenty of the metal on the break pads.

After 2years if riding the new FI I have realized that small bike are cheap to run and a great way to get around.

[T_Dog]

Just changed the front break on my 150 and wow how it grabs. The new front break makes the rear break feel mushy. I kinda feel like changing the rear one too but it's still has plenty of the metal on the break pads.

After 2years if riding the new FI I have realized that small bike are cheap to run and a great way to get around.

At something like 80 miles to the gallon, the -150's do give you a lot of fun for the baht!

[blackpanda]

Yes it is a decent little sports bike. But still has to be respected as it can easily get up 80mph, which is more then what you need for these Thai streets. It a great beginner bike.

[mania]

Not to mention the money collector guys use them & ride two up

they must be ok

[RED21]

Not to mention the money collector guys use them & ride two up

they must be ok

Well most of those money collector guys are lithe... Haven't seen one who's 6 foot tall and weighing around 16 stones

I definitely agree that the 150s give more bang for buck in terms of price, fuel consumption and maintenance... that's probably why I kept mine.

Edited February 21, 2013 by RED21

[wantan]

Yeah, CBR150 still rules! Nice to see some life back in this thread

IMO it has enough power even in the mountains if riding alone. All you have to do is keeping the revs up. And imo the sound of my stock 2012 CBR is fantastic at high revs. But i only have my scooters to compare with

[loserlazer]

I never forget my days with my cbr150 and i almost miss it.

[RED21]

Keeping the thread alive.

Kittaco handgrips I got from Brian (Sumet Cycle), installed a few weeks ago.

[KRS1]

Rode an older CBR 150 for over 7 years, but had to upgrade to the bigger 250 do to bad knees getting worse. Although i think the newer 150 would have done the trick.

[CBR250R]

I loved my 2009 CBR150R (now 2011 CBR150R after having installed the 150R engine in my 2011 CBR125R chassis). Here is a recent write-up I posted to a CBR125R forum explaining my love of the CBR150R over the CBR250R.

"Geastman - I really like my CBR250R too. I still think it's a great bike. Yet most think I'm "whacked" for putting it up for sale. It still makes me smile widely when I ride it - and I'm often left wondering afterwards - "Will I later regret selling this?". It is that good. If I had never ridden a CBR125R previously - I never would have known what I had been missing. I think the CBR125R has had some kind of Lorenzian "imprinting" effect on me to the point where I've found myself completely and enduringly - bonded with the bike - unable to part with it.

I too purchased the CBR250R because I thought it would address some small issues I had with the CBR125R - like twice as much power for cruising and overtaking at 100km/hr on the highway, and a better, more up-to-date chassis. Many can relate to the frustration of fighting a head-wind while trying to maintain 100km/hr on the highway (with the CBR125R). And the CBR250R certainly addressed these issues. But I noticed after a while that the "benefits" weren't without some drawbacks. The CBR250R weighs about 80lbs more than my 2009 CBR125R. So it lost a bit of the flickability I loved with the old bike. The CBR250R was less engaging overall to ride too. There was less sense of urgency when revving it. It lacked a bit of character in this way compared to the CBR125R. I didn't have to tuck-in onto the tank with the CBR250R. Or plan my passes strategically. I grew to embrace these qualities in the CBR125R and didn't realize how much I'd miss them when I "moved up" and how much these qualities were an essential part of the riding experience for me. I missed the high-strung "I feel like I'm Rossi when traveling at 80km/hr" effect that the CBR125R delivered. I think much of the connection with the 125 involves exactly what you mention about "screaming" the bike. That line speaks volumes for me.

And now that I have a 2011 CBR150R (I'm supposed to pick up my 150cc swapped bike from the dealer tomorrow) - I anticipate having the best of both worlds. The bike screams like the CBR125R - and is even smoother at high RPM so you want to spin it up there even more. It even boasts an increase in redline of 500 RPM (11,500 RPM) so it can sing a little higher and pass off the GP bike persona even better. And it seems like it makes its 6 extra horsepower over the CBR125R from about 8000 to 10,500 RPM so it feels and sounds angry at this RPM - and pulls great - like it's imitating a Honda S2000 beyond it's twin-cam V-tec crossover. The CBR150R has character! Granted - it doesn't accelerate as quickly as the CBR250R, nor does it overtake vehicles at highway speeds as easily - but when you're riding it - the sounds it makes do a pretty good job of trying to convince you it's faster. And it does accelerate noticably faster than the CBR125R. On my Wakami Lake trip last summer I cruised comfortably at a true 100km/hr. In a stong headwind - I just dropped it down to 5th and maintained the same pace - while sitting up and fully loaded with gear. I even had to slow down for the 650 V-Strom riders I was riding with! (They didn't want to exceed 96km/hr). And the new 2011+ chassis does it for me too. It feels more substantial than the older generation - with a level of solidity I find really appealing. It feels much like the CBR250R in every way - just shrunk down a bit - with the bike weighing about 60 lbs less! And I tend to like the looks of the 2011 CBR125R over the 2011 CBR250R too."

Mike

Edited February 21, 2013 by CBR250R

[Bingo66]

I've never had a new bike and never done any dealership services (I have a 2008 R6) . I'm looking after / using a friends 2012 CBR 150 in BKK as a daily driver (about 50km a day), it's registered in Chonburi and just under 12 months old. She asked me to take it for a service, it was suppose to have a service on 1,000 km, it's now on 2300 km. Can I take it to any dealership in BKK and get the 1,000 service still? Can anyone recommend and vouch for a good dealership in BKK? Location is not important as I travel all around BKK during week for work.

The service is free right as the bike is still under warranty? What's the standard Warranty / Service Warranty on these bikes?

Bike has never had an oil change, chain lube or tighten, poor thing has been badly neglected.

[rametindallas]

I've never had a new bike and never done any dealership services (I have a 2008 R6) . I'm looking after / using a friends 2012 CBR 150 in BKK as a daily driver (about 50km a day), it's registered in Chonburi and just under 12 months old. She asked me to take it for a service, it was suppose to have a service on 1,000 km, it's now on 2300 km. Can I take it to any dealership in BKK and get the 1,000 service still? Can anyone recommend and vouch for a good dealership in BKK? Location is not important as I travel all around BKK during week for work.

The service is free right as the bike is still under warranty? What's the standard Warranty / Service Warranty on these bikes?

Bike has never had an oil change, chain lube or tighten, poor thing has been badly neglected.

I had some work done at the Honda dealership next to Krung Sri Bank opposite soi 30 On Nut. No English spoken but I put my Thai friend on the phone to the mechanic and I was pleased with the speed and quality of their work.

[blackpanda]

I've never had a new bike and never done any dealership services (I have a 2008 R6) . I'm looking after / using a friends 2012 CBR 150 in BKK as a daily driver (about 50km a day), it's registered in Chonburi and just under 12 months old. She asked me to take it for a service, it was suppose to have a service on 1,000 km, it's now on 2300 km. Can I take it to any dealership in BKK and get the 1,000 service still? Can anyone recommend and vouch for a good dealership in BKK? Location is not important as I travel all around BKK during week for work.

The service is free right as the bike is still under warranty? What's the standard Warranty / Service Warranty on these bikes?

Bike has never had an oil change, chain lube or tighten, poor thing has been badly neglected.

I would get free service from the dealer that I bought the bike. But on an oil change its just 20 baht different.

130 for an oil change. At the dealer you just say oil and they understand.

If you want the chain oiled or tighten just point at the chain and that should be free. Take the bike anywhere. Service in Thailand is cheap.