Thread: What kind of Motorcycle do you own.

Originally Posted by Dalton

^ In car or bike ??? Sorry that I couldn't come....

We weren't Just joking, anyway had a good nite out as is usual with Rigger. His new mates seemed like good guys and sure liked their drink, Mr Bean enjoyed himself rrying to sniff out potetntil matress dancers and I manged to stay up past midnight. Had a good ride although still haven't sorted why the bike is loosing power at anything above 180 kmh. Think maybe needs a new fuel pump, anyway a good relaxing ride, despite the lack of power. The Thai guys seemed to be good capable riders and weren't riding in idiot mode.

Originally Posted by peterpan

weren't riding in idiot mode.

We only do that when Daltons around

Yeh the weekend was great and we had a nice BBQ at my place in Khon kaen then we all piled into the back of a pick up and went out on the town,
dont remember to much after that till the morning where we rode to lucys bar and had few beers and a good feed and then headed over to the work shop for a few more beers and lamb chop BBQ later that night. So no much riding this weekend but we still managed to have a lot of fun

Originally Posted by peterpan

Mr Bean enjoyed himself rrying to sniff out potetntil matress dancers

Yes that was quite a successful mission, however I overdid it and passed out the next day. i really need to sort myself out, a few bottles of Leo and I'm totally kayboshed

Originally Posted by Spin

Yes that was quite a successful mission, however I overdid it and passed out the next day. i really need to sort myself out, a few bottles of Leo and I'm totally kayboshed

You lying barsted you said you had problems but we all new that you were just being a big poove, anyway meant more lambchops for me
Yeh I was sick the next morning and had to drink atleast 4 hinys before I started to feel better

^ Yeah the problem was wire from the USA didnt arrive due to the independance day holiday so my pockets were a bit empty unfortunatley
Shit you know I still have a hangover from friday night.....

Originally Posted by Spin

so my pockets were a bit empty unfortunatley
.

I thought the problem was your sack was a bit full

^ Yes but you cant fix one without the other no Money, no......

Originally Posted by Spin

Yes but you can fix one without the other no Money, just give a good wank

Those cheap English...

I'm happy to hear that you all had a good weekend, I hope I can make it next time.

^ You too ride on a motorbike, Dalts?

He sort of wears one, half in his arse, luckily half hangs out.

I am thinking about purchasing a dirtbike. What you guys recommend?

Originally Posted by machangezi

You too ride on a motorbike, Dalts?

Yep, I ride the living shit out of them....

Originally Posted by peterpan

He sort of wears one, half in his arse, luckily half hangs out.

Gives me more control PP, What's your excuse ??

Originally Posted by Travelmate

I am thinking about purchasing a dirtbike. What you guys recommend?

I own a KTM 450 EXC and love it. Has some good points for ease of (home) maintenance the most important being nut and thread valve adjustment (no shims) so it is way easier to do. Also they don't suffer from valve "recession" as much as the others. They have some gear on them standard that guys who buy jap bikes tend to fit after they buy them, hydraulic clutch, pro taper bars.

Also, unless you are doing moto x buy an enduro bike, electric start, trip meter, 18" rear wheel, head and tail light, wider and taller gearing all standard. The EXC's even come with a horn and indicators and are fully road registrable. They did that mainly for the yanks and Aussies as the coppers love to pick on trail riders blatting down highways to get from trail to trail.

Check out the thumper talk forum, full of info about 4 stroke bikes. If cost is an issue, think about a two stroke as they are way easier and cheaper when it comes time to rebuild them. The guy I bought my bike off went to a 300 cc 2 stroke. Not easy to find someone good to rebuild your 4 stroke here and I will probably send my head to Australia to get that rebuilt. I've got over 100 hours on mine and still going strong although it is starting to use a bit of oil which I think is the valve stem guides. The are heavy on maintaineance, 15 hours between oil changes and valve adjustment. I work on my bike more than I ride it.

Oh, and I am totally biased towards KTM's. They look horn and David Night won the world enduro championship on one in '07. The Yamahas and Hondas are fine as well of course.

Keeping an open mind at the moment. Need something that is fun and easy to look after and not a headache on the wallet.
KTM are more costly to purchase than the Japs versions Correct?

Yeah. You get what you pay for. I've got a '96 Husky 250 2 stroke that I may sell, it's pretty cheap.

Originally Posted by Bung

Yeah. You get what you pay for. I've got a '96 Husky 250 2 stroke that I may sell, it's pretty cheap.

what your idea of "it's pretty cheap"?

Originally Posted by Bung

The Yamahas and Hondas are fine as well of course.

I have a yamaha yz250f here in Thailand and have had no problems with it at all.
A warning about the 4 stroke Hondas here in Thailand and in particular the CR250F.
I know of about 8 guys who have had major problems with this model in Khon Kaen alone. Most of thier problems relate to the fact that the titanium valves are very weak and sometime last as little as 20 hours use from new. its best to replace them with Kibblewhite stainless steel ones 7000baht. Other problems include snapped conrod and seized pistons.
Some of these problems could be attributed to non existing maintainance by Thai owners. I change my engine oil every fortnight with new engine oil filter fitted. I doubt any Thai does this! Also 4 strokes hate dust so air filters have to be cleaned and re-oiled every week without exception. I doubt many thais do this!
All in all the Yamaha is a better option that honda if your considering buying a four stroke.
That said, 2 strokes are the way to go if you dont like the idea of expensive repair bills and high hour maintainance programs.
You can check this website for some dirtbikes that are for sale, most of it is absolute shite though! www.mocyc.com

Originally Posted by Spin

You can check this website for some dirtbikes that are for sale, most of it is absolute shite though! ## MOCYC.COM ## Everything about thailand motorcycle.

Tried that, got frustrated. Does anyone know of a better place to source dirtbikes?

^ nope, if you find one please do share it.

Dirtbikeshop - has a website as does Red Baron.



NEW 08 WR250R
345,000฿

02 XR250
185,000฿

01 XR650
255,000฿

05 DRZ400SM
285,000฿

Not cheap

Originally Posted by Travelmate

what your idea of "it's pretty cheap"?

I paid 60k for it but it needs a water pump seal, a clutch basket and some gaskets.

The KTM takes up all my time and you won't get parts for it in Thailand. I have to go to Singapore for a visa and hope to get them there.

It's a fast bike, has FMF pipe and ran great. It's a 1996 WR 250

Originally Posted by mrsquirrel

Dirtbikeshop - has a website as does Red Baron.

What's the website address for the Dirtbikeshop?

Originally Posted by Bung

Originally Posted by Travelmate

what your idea of "it's pretty cheap"?

I paid 60k for it but it needs a water pump seal, a clutch basket and some gaskets.

The KTM takes up all my time and you won't get parts for it in Thailand. I have to go to Singapore for a visa and hope to get them there.

It's a fast bike, has FMF pipe and ran great. It's a 1996 WR 250

Any pictures?