Thaiwi Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 Agree with you there 100%. It's like they save up and buy any piece that's available and chuck it on the bike without any coordination what so ever. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchbike Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Yeah that's the typical "Thai modification style". Indeed way to busy and colorfull for most of us, but I like to see these kids working on there bikes , better then spend there money on whiskey and beer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eeeya Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 If I was a thai teenager I'd probably be riding the yellow one. That's the ford escort/cortina of thailand 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiwi Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 If I was a thai teenager I'd probably be riding the yellow one. That's the ford escort/cortina of thailandIf I had to choose, I'd probably take the same. But I'll never understand the wafer thin wheels these guys sport on their machines. Zoomer X, Wave, MSX even. Doesn't matter what, they'll chuck the tiny biscuits on them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KarenBravo Posted August 31, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 31, 2014 If I was a thai teenager I'd probably be riding the yellow one. That's the ford escort/cortina of thailandIf I had to choose, I'd probably take the same. But I'll never understand the wafer thin wheels these guys sport on their machines. Zoomer X, Wave, MSX even. Doesn't matter what, they'll chuck the tiny biscuits on them. Because they're quicker from a standing start. Less inertia. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiwi Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 Haha I should have rephrased it, I understand why they use them. But they're crazy! My commute is along Bangna-trat road, it's not uncommon to see them come wheel to wheel with the bumps and cracks in the road, then take a spill. Each to their own I guess. But I'd pop them after a 5 minute ride. 555. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ttakata Posted August 31, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 31, 2014 (edited) Hope this thread keeps on for a bit. I'm hoping to join the super cub club soon. Just gotta get my ducks in a row first. I agree. It shall stay as long as I have anything to do with it! One thing I have noticed is that this topic hasn't attracted the know it all, downers that ruin most others. Touch wood. Small bikes are awesome and there is a massive interest in them in this part of the world that seems to never be represented on this forum. So to anyone else out there, who likes smaller bikes, feel free to post up what you've got/what you're working on. But I'll always be partial to the cubs. I much prefer small bikes because they are much funner to ride. Even girls think small bikes are cool as seen on my old Ruckus 49cc. These are the bikes I had before moving to BKK; notice most are tiny. Sure the bigbike was fun at Willow Springs, but otherwise it was boring because you can't enjoy a bigbike on public roads safely and track time is too expensive to do all the time for me. Racing the pocketbikes in a parking lot with 6-10 friends was by far the funnest thing I have ever done in my life beating out skiing, lacrosse, snowboarding, paintball/speedball, shooting machine guns, sex, drinking, ice hockey, go karts, autocross, mtn biking, well....everything. The blue pocketbike (DM Telai) had 10HP and could go 51mph with stock gearing. Taking a turn at 50 mph with your head a foot from the ground felt much faster than a bigbike 90 mph turn with my shoes scraping the track. Although I have never had a Cub, I did restore the yellow CT70 and Z50 in the pics. They were slow as molasses to ride but fun nonetheless. Edited August 31, 2014 by ttakata 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piston broke Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 its like reading a copy of "the King's New Clothes" - everyone agreeing how wonderful these old relics are. Having one of these, would be like buying a brand new (western) house, ripping out the gas fired central heating system and bunging in coal fires in each room. No thanks, I'll stick to my PCX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiwi Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 (edited) ^ Thumbs up for you. :/ Edited August 31, 2014 by Thaiwi 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiwi Posted August 31, 2014 Author Share Posted August 31, 2014 ttkaka those machines are awesome. Never knew too much about the old zoomers(ruckus) until the new version came out. They have endless possibilities and guys put endless amounts into them in the states. Very cool. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanW Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 These are the bikes I had before moving to BKK; notice most are tiny.[/size] Sure the bigbike was fun at Willow Springs, but otherwise it was boring because you can't enjoy a bigbike on public roads safely and track time is too expensive to do all the time for me. Racing the pocketbikes in a parking lot with 6-10 friends was by far the funnest thing I have ever done in my life beating out skiing, lacrosse, snowboarding, paintball/speedball, shooting machine guns, sex, drinking, ice hockey, go karts, autocross, mtn biking, well....everything. The blue pocketbike (DM Telai) had 10HP and could go 51mph with stock gearing. Taking a turn at 50 mph with your head a foot from the ground felt much faster than a bigbike 90 mph turn with my shoes scraping the track. Although I have never had a Cub, I did restore the yellow CT70 and Z50 in the pics. They were slow as molasses to ride but fun nonetheless. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridercnx808 Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 nice cub thaiwi, broadens my horizons. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Thaiwi Posted August 31, 2014 Author Popular Post Share Posted August 31, 2014 She's done! Not in my possession yet, it will make it's way to me early this week. It's just now I imagined, couldn't be happier so far. Can't wait to get my hands on my new baby! 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ttakata Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 Yeah, lookin good. Nice color combination, not over the top but stylish. I like the knobby tires, retro-cool. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post alaninlamphun Posted August 31, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 31, 2014 I left my honda for a refurb whilst back in the Uk. Got the photos last week,i will have to remove the number plate and pink stickers as soon as im back there. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alaninlamphun Posted August 31, 2014 Share Posted August 31, 2014 We have got a nice little honda chaly for around the village,i will put a photo on later 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post KarenBravo Posted August 31, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 31, 2014 its like reading a copy of "the King's New Clothes" - everyone agreeing how wonderful these old relics are. Having one of these, would be like buying a brand new (western) house, ripping out the gas fired central heating system and bunging in coal fires in each room. No thanks, I'll stick to my PCX. Any reason why you can't have both? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi850m2 Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Some really awesome bikes here. This sort of bike hobby makes much more sense for 90% of most, way cheaper to get restored and fine to just potting around on when done. I had a HD before and that was en expensive toy to have around, 1st class insurance was over 20K baht per year alone and then you can start modify/ride. I am tempted to buy a 2nd hand wave and have it restored to my specs but haven't seen any shops in Pattaya doing it, well you see the small bikeThai shops all over but they don't really restore but are more bolting items on. I also have a pcx150 but are not interested in spending money on bling on it, it's a fine city hopper and that's it. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmegaRacer Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 She's done! Not in my possession yet, it will make it's way to me early this week. It's just now I imagined, couldn't be happier so far. Can't wait to get my hands on my new baby! ImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect Thailand1409508824.979049.jpgImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect Thailand1409508834.346998.jpgImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect Thailand1409508843.495333.jpgImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect Thailand1409508858.812399.jpg That looks fantastic Thaiwi! You must come to the Gentlemen's Ride on the 28th! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ll2 Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 She's done! Not in my possession yet, it will make it's way to me early this week. It's just now I imagined, couldn't be happier so far. Can't wait to get my hands on my new baby! ImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect Thailand1409508824.979049.jpgImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect Thailand1409508834.346998.jpgImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect Thailand1409508843.495333.jpgImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect Thailand1409508858.812399.jpg it looks great thaiwi! i am sure you cannot wait! throw us your impressions once you get the bike. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ll2 Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Hope this thread keeps on for a bit. I'm hoping to join the super cub club soon. Just gotta get my ducks in a row first. I agree. It shall stay as long as I have anything to do with it! One thing I have noticed is that this topic hasn't attracted the know it all, downers that ruin most others. Touch wood. Small bikes are awesome and there is a massive interest in them in this part of the world that seems to never be represented on this forum. So to anyone else out there, who likes smaller bikes, feel free to post up what you've got/what you're working on. But I'll always be partial to the cubs. I much prefer small bikes because they are much funner to ride. Even girls think small bikes are cool as seen on my old Ruckus 49cc. These are the bikes I had before moving to BKK; notice most are tiny. Sure the bigbike was fun at Willow Springs, but otherwise it was boring because you can't enjoy a bigbike on public roads safely and track time is too expensive to do all the time for me. Racing the pocketbikes in a parking lot with 6-10 friends was by far the funnest thing I have ever done in my life beating out skiing, lacrosse, snowboarding, paintball/speedball, shooting machine guns, sex, drinking, ice hockey, go karts, autocross, mtn biking, well....everything. The blue pocketbike (DM Telai) had 10HP and could go 51mph with stock gearing. Taking a turn at 50 mph with your head a foot from the ground felt much faster than a bigbike 90 mph turn with my shoes scraping the track. Although I have never had a Cub, I did restore the yellow CT70 and Z50 in the pics. They were slow as molasses to ride but fun nonetheless. ttakata, full respect!!! i like and had small cc bikes as well maybe not mini bikes but love to look at them. had many and spent really good times with them. do you still keep some of those bikes? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OmegaRacer Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Hope this thread keeps on for a bit. I'm hoping to join the super cub club soon. Just gotta get my ducks in a row first. I agree. It shall stay as long as I have anything to do with it! One thing I have noticed is that this topic hasn't attracted the know it all, downers that ruin most others. Touch wood. Small bikes are awesome and there is a massive interest in them in this part of the world that seems to never be represented on this forum. So to anyone else out there, who likes smaller bikes, feel free to post up what you've got/what you're working on. But I'll always be partial to the cubs. I much prefer small bikes because they are much funner to ride. Even girls think small bikes are cool as seen on my old Ruckus 49cc. These are the bikes I had before moving to BKK; notice most are tiny. Sure the bigbike was fun at Willow Springs, but otherwise it was boring because you can't enjoy a bigbike on public roads safely and track time is too expensive to do all the time for me. Racing the pocketbikes in a parking lot with 6-10 friends was by far the funnest thing I have ever done in my life beating out skiing, lacrosse, snowboarding, paintball/speedball, shooting machine guns, sex, drinking, ice hockey, go karts, autocross, mtn biking, well....everything. The blue pocketbike (DM Telai) had 10HP and could go 51mph with stock gearing. Taking a turn at 50 mph with your head a foot from the ground felt much faster than a bigbike 90 mph turn with my shoes scraping the track. Although I have never had a Cub, I did restore the yellow CT70 and Z50 in the pics. They were slow as molasses to ride but fun nonetheless. Love em! Reading your post gave me a wicked idea! Imagine getting a sub 5k Baht POS, get it running, maybe fit knobby tires, longer suspensions... find a private place in the countryside...and race the crap out of them! Probably the cheapest and greatest fun you can have on 2 wheels, and you don't have to worry about scratching the custom paint job on your other bikes. Look at this for inspiration... http://vimeo.com/103642549 Waddyathink? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanW Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 She's done! Not in my possession yet, it will make it's way to me early this week. It's just now I imagined, couldn't be happier so far. Can't wait to get my hands on my new baby! ImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect Thailand1409508824.979049.jpgImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect Thailand1409508834.346998.jpgImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect Thailand1409508843.495333.jpgImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect Thailand1409508858.812399.jpg Simply epic! !! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiwi Posted September 1, 2014 Author Share Posted September 1, 2014 Believe me, I'm itching to get it out on the road, but I'll have to wait until the coming weekend for it to arrive, he's getting the green book sorted and such in his province this week. So it'll be update time this weekend! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanW Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Believe me, I'm itching to get it out on the road, but I'll have to wait until the coming weekend for it to arrive, he's getting the green book sorted and such in his province this week. So it'll be update time this weekend! Borrow my Gopro and get a video? ?? Can't wait man. Brilliant! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KarenBravo Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Believe me, I'm itching to get it out on the road, but I'll have to wait until the coming weekend for it to arrive, he's getting the green book sorted and such in his province this week. So it'll be update time this weekend! Make sure that he gets the colour of the bike put into the green book if the colour has been changed. If the colours don't agree, problems down the road. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thaiwi Posted September 1, 2014 Author Share Posted September 1, 2014 Of course mate. All sorted. It's not his first time around the block so everything's fine. Just looking forward to taking it for a spin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Woodsie888 Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 She's done! Not in my possession yet, it will make it's way to me early this week. It's just now I imagined, couldn't be happier so far. Can't wait to get my hands on my new baby! ImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect Thailand1409508824.979049.jpgImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect Thailand1409508834.346998.jpgImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect Thailand1409508843.495333.jpgImageUploadedByThaivisa Connect Thailand1409508858.812399.jpg I've been watching this thread with great interest and really admire what you have achieved. The bike looks terrific. Congratulations, on a job very well done! Please do, keep us informed of your ownership experiences. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NormanW Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 I've had to stop my man from putting on silly cheap nobbly tyres. I'll wait until I've got the time to source the ones like Thaiwis 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchbike Posted September 1, 2014 Share Posted September 1, 2014 Congrats Thaiwi!! She's a beauty! Nice paintjob. clean shiny engine.That's one cool ride you got there! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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