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14-11-2009, 02:00 PM
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| Petchabun Last Online: Today 03:38 PM Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Chiang Mai
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  | Comparing Scooters: Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki I'm planning to buy a new Honda, but I think 125cc is not going to be big enough for traveling around Thailand. Is a FI Honda really that much better and if I'm going up in the hills a carbuerated engine just doesn't have the HP. I'm in Chiang Mai and I don't see any used 250's for sale of any make. I rode a 250cc Suzuki or was it a Yamaha two-stroke from San Francisco to Denver, pretty crazy. When it got above 10,000' there was no power at all. I got down to 5mph at one point and I thought I was going to have to push it over the top of Loveland Pass. |
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14-11-2009, 02:15 PM
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| Wat Pho Last Online: Today 06:48 PM Join Date: Jan 2009
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| I bought one of those new PGM-FI Honda bikes. The quality is flawless, it starts every time on the first kick and seems to get very good fuel economy but I was quite disappointed with the performance. Top speed is about 100KPH, maybe 110 on a downgrade even though it is not at red line. So to answer your question, NO, the FI seems to improve fuel economy but not performance. |
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14-11-2009, 02:22 PM
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| Thailand Travel Forum  Last Online: Today 04:18 PM Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Nongbualamphu/Khon Kaen
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 | The FI also makes the engine heaps smoother, With out more idea of what you are really after its hard to say what bike would best suit your needs. As a hack around bike you cant beat a honda wave |
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14-11-2009, 04:34 PM
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| Thailand Expat  Last Online: Today 02:57 PM Join Date: Aug 2008
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| Papa has an F1 and it's very economical. I have an airblade which feels more like a real motorbike. Top wack about 100. Fuel economy poor. Oo. 1001 posts. Do I get a present now DD? Last edited by the dogcatcher : 14-11-2009 at 04:36 PM. Reason: 1001 posts. |
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14-11-2009, 06:25 PM
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| Wat Pho Last Online: Today 06:48 PM Join Date: Jan 2009
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| The FI was for my TGF, I have a Honda CBR-150 I bought new 4 years ago. It's not fuel injected and neither are the new ones, which are indentical to mine. It's been a great bike, 62000 kms with nothing but normal maintenance items like tires, bulbs brake linings etc. Top speed is about 135kmh, top sustainable crusiing speed is about 120 and I cannot say enough good things about the bike. It's biggest problem is the seat, which is like a vinyl covered cement block. Should fill your needs and the price is quite low. I ride mine from Ban Chang to Bangkok several times a month with no problems. |
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14-11-2009, 11:14 PM
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| Phi Phi Island  Last Online: Today 08:07 PM Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: The Kok
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| [quote=BobR;1230367]I bought one of those new PGM-FI Honda bikes. The quality is flawless, it starts every time on the first kick/quote] How much extra does elec start cost? |
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| Wat Pho Last Online: Today 06:48 PM Join Date: Jan 2009
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