soihok Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 Hi All. I ride one of these: Bike.jpg Nice. I take it you ride both? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shurup Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 That's my Canadian bike, Yamaha WR450. Great bike, wish I had it here. It only gets used about one week per year now. Sent from one of my mobiles, whatever mobile it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornishcarlos Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 That's my Canadian bike, Yamaha WR450. Great bike, wish I had it here. It only gets used about one week per year now. Sent from one of my mobiles, whatever mobile it is. Some beautiful scenery there... Shame you only get to play once a year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shurup Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 That's my Canadian bike, Yamaha WR450. Great bike, wish I had it here. It only gets used about one week per year now. Sent from one of my mobiles, whatever mobile it is. Some beautiful scenery there... Shame you only get to play once a year But I've got to play a lot more living in Thailand, but on street bike now. Sent from one of my mobiles, whatever mobile it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wong! Posted July 26, 2014 Share Posted July 26, 2014 I ride this one a Honda CB500F as of today. My first bike. I'm already thinking about some customizations, mainly for visibility such as maybe HID headlights and/or LED running lights, and brake modulator. cool man, congrats! very wise decision to get this bike for the beginning. this bike will show you all the necessary dynamics of a bike you need to know in a forgiving way. Ride it a year or two and jump to a faster bigger bike like a cb650f white looks nice too and i think you got it for a good price as that yoshi pipe, sliders, tank pad, these cost around 20 k thb alone! How many kms is the bike? and a great bike to start riding big bikes. Headlight is pretty OK for cb500f and hid s are heavy and sensitive and lots of work to get one installed, removing the headlight, nearly crack opening it, cleaning inside, lots of wiring, putting it into a oven! not worth the hassle imo and no turning back on this. But check led headlights, they are new and it is plug and play, no modifications needed. can get some led signals and there is a tail tidy available for it which really transforms this bike, not that expensive. Best mods you can get for cb500f is the rear YSS shock being sold at bigwing for 11 k thb and a fresh set of Pirelli rosso2s for 8600 thb including labor. These will make this bike handle and feel great and will provide you lots of confidence. Also consider changing that plastic brake lines with braided steel lines. costs around 3000 thb something at RSV racing. Also consider getting a steering damper for cheap as the biggest gripe for me for 500 series is the light front end. yes, it makes the turn ins telepathic and make the bike nimble but you get wobbles on bad road surfaces especially two up. These will make your bike greater. Rambling, how did you find it? put your impressions in honda 500 thread so we can easily follow: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/583461-cbr-500cc-leaked-pic/page-110 happy rides. Never had even a suggestion of handlebar wobble on my F. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phra Ek Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 Hi All. I ride one of these: Bike.jpg Nice. I take it you ride both? Not at the same time - seat's too small. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezy1801 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 2012 Yamaha R1 thats what I ride around Thailand. Sent from my GT-I9500 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ll2 Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 2012 Yamaha R1 thats what I ride around Thailand. Sent from my GT-I9500 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Nice R1! Where do you ride it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dezy1801 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 2012 Yamaha R1 thats what I ride around Thailand. Sent from my GT-I9500 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Nice R1! Where do you ride it? Mostly issan. From Sakaeo to Buriram, Surin, Phatum Thani, Korat. Good roads for riding.Sent from my GT-I9500 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ll2 Posted July 28, 2014 Share Posted July 28, 2014 2012 Yamaha R1 thats what I ride around Thailand. Sent from my GT-I9500 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Nice R1! Where do you ride it? Mostly issan. From Sakaeo to Buriram, Surin, Phatum Thani, Korat. Good roads for riding.Sent from my GT-I9500 using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Yeah nice roads around Isaan actually apart from the occasional buffalo by the road! A lot of winding back roads. Happy and safe rides! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebike Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 (edited) Currently working on modding this TZM into a streetfighter... Edited July 29, 2014 by mikebike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soihok Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Looks a bit wet there Mike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikebike Posted July 29, 2014 Share Posted July 29, 2014 Looks a bit wet there Mike. Aye, we are getting half days of sun (morn) and rain (aft) here in Khanom... Its a good pic to play with in Photoshop though... an idea generator! I started a new thread on my mod... http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/forum/117-bikes-in-thailand/ - any ideas/sources welcome!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cornishcarlos Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Just picked it up yesterday in Phuket and had a great ride back to Suratthani on it this morning. Quicker than the last time I did the trip on the Wave Was looking at the 300F but for a few baht more, I got this with less than 1000km on it... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ll2 Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Just picked it up yesterday in Phuket and had a great ride back to Suratthani on it this morning. Quicker than the last time I did the trip on the Wave Was looking at the 300F but for a few baht more, I got this with less than 1000km on it... image.jpg image.jpg image.jpg man, you got a good deal really. and sure much better than cb300f. congrats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rambling Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Just picked it up yesterday in Phuket and had a great ride back to Suratthani on it this morning. Quicker than the last time I did the trip on the Wave Was looking at the 300F but for a few baht more, I got this with less than 1000km on it... image.jpg image.jpg image.jpg Welcome to the club, my white CB500F says hi :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenBravo Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 (edited) A trio of Honda Super Cubs Edited August 8, 2014 by KarenBravo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dave_boo Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Just picked it up yesterday in Phuket and had a great ride back to Suratthani on it this morning. Quicker than the last time I did the trip on the Wave Was looking at the 300F but for a few baht more, I got this with less than 1000km on it... image.jpg image.jpg image.jpg Welcome to the club, my white CB500F says hi :-) As does my black CB500X. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soihok Posted August 8, 2014 Share Posted August 8, 2014 Yamaha MT-09 ABS on the way. Not in Thailand, but Singapore. Bring it on! Wonder how it mans up compared to the Street Triple R I owned? Will collect the bike in late September. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnPark Posted November 30, 2015 Share Posted November 30, 2015 Ducati Panigale 899, bought about 2 months ago. Like it a lot better than the Z800 I had before. Great to finally get back on the road/track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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