Thread: What kind of Motorcycle do you own.

even at UK prices its not as high as 40 k Baht.

Dirt bikes are big money over here OC.

Not sure why but they cost a lot.

Last guy I met who owned one shipped the parts in from Oz to save money.

They are expensive (I think) because the are quite rare in Jeepun, therefore expensive to procure compared with eg sport bakes.

Always seemed a bit strange the doing up of VFR's but if he is making money on it then good for him.

I think he said it was hardly worth the hassle, customers pissing him about re the specs and so on.
Made about 35,000 a bike.

He's got 4 that he's trying to shift locally.

https://teakdoor.com/Gallery/displayi...0581&pos=-7573

This is my enduro bike, it's a 125 and is pretty light when it falls on top of me on the middle of a mountain. I have it completely road legal and i also do some motocross on it. I get very funny looks lining up at the starting gate and the guy beside me notice's the tax disk on it.


For an extra couple of hundred i bought super moto whells with sticky tyreshttps://teakdoor.com/Gallery/displayi...lbum=381&pos=1

Its a 2 stroke and it can really go.

By the way the make of bike is TM they are an italian company and although a little bit more expensive than a standard honda/suzuki/yam/ktm they come with a lot of better parts such as power pipes brembo brakes etc



This is the first time i have tried to upload a picture what am i doing wrong?????????????

Can someone sort this post out for me?

Originally Posted by Rigger

How old is that Goldwing mate and how much did you pay for it
Looks in pretty good shape how does it run
At least it would fit your big ass better than the 450

It is 30 years old and it looks good but needs some minor work it is sitting in the driveway. We meaning the wife and I still ride the 450

Originally Posted by mrsquirrel

even at UK prices its not as high as 40 k Baht.

Dirt bikes are big money over here OC.

Not sure why but they cost a lot.

Last guy I met who owned one shipped the parts in from Oz to save money.

I reckon thats a bit of a myth, that dirtbikes are expensive.

It depends where your looking, if you check out the Thai listings here you can see some bargains.

http://www.dirtshopthailand.com/comm...wforum.php?f=4

The only really expensive dirtbikes i see here are the ones offered to farangs at places like Siam superbike and red baron etc etc.best stay away from those places cuz they are bit of a joke i reckon.

OC

Even around the warehouses they are expensive to buy. Those ones are in bits.

Honda XR600R or 650L were online for 80k and 98k 650 was a '97 600 was a '93 (ithink).

A 2005 YZF426 is around 250k on mocyc.com.

I suppose you do have to take into account that Thai's in general over value things.

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^ take a look at this 03 yz 125 priced at 100K.or 1400 quid.
that would cost you 1750 in the Uk right now. and it would not be as nice condition

dirtshopthailand.com :: ÍèÒ¹ - ¢ÒÂ YZ 125 »Õ 03

I used to have a new one of these every year in the Uk, judging by the condition its done about 50 hours or less. I nearly bought this one

Dunno what happened to my post there.

Showed half a dozen bikes

Basically compared to road bikes they are fucking expensive

Originally Posted by Old Codger

Siam superbike and red baron etc etc.best stay away from those places cuz they are bit of a joke i reckon

I would say I would rather a bike from one of these shops as there after sales service is better and they dont sell butched machines. I would only buy a bike that has never been riden in Thailand full stop as thais cant work on big bikes for shit. Bought my TLR from a Thai shop and could have cost me my life as they crushed the oil filter and the thing split on me doing fucking mach 1 never let a Thai touch any of my bikes again.
But I can say that now as I have a farang mate thats a good mechinic

^ agreed on the mechanic thing, my brother taught me to rebuild 2 stroke motorcross engines when i was 13

I am not much of a mechanic more of bike wrecker Buy them nice and new then sell them as scrap
Sure I rebuilt my old harley motor and gearbox from scratch but I had the tools and a decent shed to do it in. Here I just cant be fucked at the moment once I have a work area built I will start doing most my own work manuals and the right tools helps. But most the time I am just to rough with the shit and dont have much patience.

Well motorcross is an expensive sport to be involved in full stop. Nothing comes close for getting the old adrenaline moving though

Apart from riding when on yaba which i have never done, honest.

Originally Posted by flash

This is my enduro bike, it's a 125 and is pretty light when it falls on top of me on the middle of a mountain. I have it completely road legal and i also do some motocross on it. I get very funny looks lining up at the starting gate and the guy beside me notice's the tax disk on it.


For an extra couple of hundred i bought super moto whells with sticky tyres



Its a 2 stroke and it can really go.

By the way the make of bike is TM they are an italian company and although a little bit more expensive than a standard honda/suzuki/yam/ktm they come with a lot of better parts such as power pipes brembo brakes etc



This is the first time i have tried to upload a picture what am i doing wrong?????????????

Can someone sort this post out for me?

Look in the Newbies section for how to post pics.

^^ Marmite to the rescue, cheers for that

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Right nut springs to mind....(as in "I would give my right nut for one of those") for you non Australians.

A Monster SR4 with the 999 engine.

Not my cup of tea.

Don't really like Ducati's

My mate gave me a 400cc monster to use whilst work was being carried out on my Varadero. Fucking straight through exhaust. Car alarms were going offf, children were droppping dead in the street, birds were falling from the sky - it was fucking loud.

So your saying you prefer something over silenced then?

(Like my bloody f650 at the moment!)

I wouldn't say over silenced. I have never hear a 400cc make as much noise as that before.

THe carb was dodgy as well so I had to feather the throttle the whole time. Every so often it spat flames out the back.

I had the 900 ss Ducati back in Aussie great bike little bit under powered but over all never gave me any trouble except chewing out a dry clutch but I think that was more of the way I rode it
and the sound.
nothing sounds as good as a ducati with a good system on it going full throtle

Originally Posted by Rigger

Originally Posted by Old Codger

Siam superbike and red baron etc etc.best stay away from those places cuz they are bit of a joke i reckon

I would say I would rather a bike from one of these shops as there after sales service is better and they dont sell butched machines.

- u get wot u pay for and all that....

I don't have piccies of my motorcycle, but it's a 1999 Isuzu 80cc three wheeler with a drag bar for when I'm doing quarter mile runs. It's a real piece of work; gets ET's of around 31 seconds. That's better than my old Bridgestone or Hodaka were.

Originally Posted by medallion

1999 Isuzu 80cc three wheeler

Huh? please explain

Originally Posted by Bung

Originally Posted by medallion

1999 Isuzu 80cc three wheeler

Huh? please explain

Erm, maybe it was a 1989 Benelli GP replica. I forget.