Honda Motorcycles

[klinpree]

Has anybody got any info on the bikes that honda are going to start selling in Thailand. I read somewhere that a VT 250 was coming. Any info much appreciated. Cheers

[dave_boo]

Just adding a reply 'cuz I'm interested in the answer also.

[Kwarium]

Also interested! The local Honda dealer told me that in February 09 APHonda would open a bigbike shop at Ram Intra/At Narong.

I went to APHonda in Samut Prakarn (The head office for Thailand, where they also run rider safety classes and refurbish and sell repossessed bikes) and was told the same thing, but not one word of further detail. No date, no sizes, no models. Just "Big Bike Shop".

I'm confident that when word is released our esteemed 'in the know' members will post here first!

Edit:

Oh yeah, here's a link to the lack of information!

[dave_boo]

Also interested! The local Honda dealer told me that in February 09 APHonda would open a bigbike shop at Ram Intra/At Narong.

I went to APHonda in Samut Prakarn (The head office for Thailand, where they also run rider safety classes and refurbish and sell repossessed bikes) and was told the same thing, but not one word of further detail. No date, no sizes, no models. Just "Big Bike Shop".

I'm confident that when word is released our esteemed 'in the know' members will post here first!

Edit:

Oh yeah, here's a link to the lack of information!

If you check out this link, there could be an indication of what they're going to offer. Here's hoping that they're not crazily priced.

[Bard]

Also interested! The local Honda dealer told me that in February 09 APHonda would open a bigbike shop at Ram Intra/At Narong.

I went to APHonda in Samut Prakarn (The head office for Thailand, where they also run rider safety classes and refurbish and sell repossessed bikes) and was told the same thing, but not one word of further detail. No date, no sizes, no models. Just "Big Bike Shop".

I'm confident that when word is released our esteemed 'in the know' members will post here first!

Edit:

Oh yeah, here's a link to the lack of information!

If you check out this link, there could be an indication of what they're going to offer. Here's hoping that they're not crazily priced.

Let us really HOPE they can come up with some decent prices for the bikes to compete with the release of the Kawa ER6n. If the transalp is prices decently I am in for a tourbike...

[Richard-BKK]

I was told that Honda would start importing 250cc and above from Japan in early 2009. And as the VTR 250 is the only Honda 250cc road bike made in Japan (by Honda) it would be the only bike available. I also saw a nice looking 230cc motorad style motorcycle from Honda.... But not sure if that is made in Japan.

But from another angle I got information that Honda is setting up a large motorcycle distribution/manufacturing facility in Malaysia, which will start production/delivery of a single cylinder 250cc motorcycle. Probably similar to the CBF/CBX 250.

So the 250cc range is completely blurred, it is possible that Honda will introduce two 250cc models a sporty V-twin VTR 250 and a single cylinder all-rounder bike as the CBF-250.

In Cologne, Honda is showing a newly upgraded Honda CBF-125 (PGM-FI etc), and some people believe that Honda want to give some extra attention to the smaller CBF range...

[bberg]

About the Honda VTR 250cc : http://www.motorcycle.in.th/article.php/20...Powerful-V-Twin

Has anybody more information about this bike included when it's avaliable in Thailand.

The price is expected to be 144 000 baht and avaliable early 2010, anybody with more and more exact information?

[BigBikeBKK]

^ Be advised that very little of what you read on that site is accurate...