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    Honda CB400 Superfour or other similar inline 400cc bike wanted

    Hi there all!

    I'm after (Not for me but for a friend) Either a Honda CB400 or other similar 400cc inline 4 bike, price range up to around 60,000 Baht.

    Bike needs to be around Udon Thani, Nong Khai or Khon Kaen area or delivarable to Nong Khai. No number plate or papers are needed as it'll be going to Laos.

    Anyone who has anything then please PM me.
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    Or Mocyc.com

    If you don't need a plate or papers you might find one in good nick near that price.

    Good luck!!

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    There are capacity limits on bikes into Laos, I would seek advice before commiting

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    Thanks for the replies all!

    I've looked a lot on mocyc.com and found some nice looking bikes however most have been far away and unfortunately I don't have the time to go and check them out if too far away...

    I'm aware of the capacity limit here (250cc) That's no worries, plenty of big bikes riding around with no plate and very easy to bring across the border anyhow. Main thing is finding a decent bike to be honest. What I've looked at so far has been beautiful in the pics but needed a lot of small things doing when seen in reality.

    Will keep looking, thanks!

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    Why no look at Yamaha sr400 single, you should be able to get a good bike around 60k no book

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    He has his mind on a 4 Cylinder bike...He already has an XT660 Single and is missing the smoothness of a 4 cylinder I think.

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    I had a couple of those. I don't know where to buy one so I can't help you there. I just want to suggest if the person is tall they are a very crampy frame. The fairing up by the gas tank used to bang my knees a lot. I'm 6'.

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    Thanks for all the helpful posts!

    The Bros is a nice bike but he only wants a 4 Cylinder bike...The superfour is quite small and he is over 6ft however it's only going to be used in and around the town so shouldn't matter too much I don't think.

    May possibly have actually found a bike here anyhow! A Suzuki Bandit 400 With a CBR250 Engine in it...

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    Too bad about the 250. Those are very cool bikes, also not made for a tall person. It's ergonomics, Asians are small. Suzukis are, in general, a longer frame. In case you didn't know the reason there are so many 400 Jap bikes in Thailand (and a lot of other countries) is that a Japanese kid can't drive a bike bigger than 400 till he's 18. So they turn 18 and scrap their 400s, lots of them.

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    That's incorrect- Japan has a two-tiered licensing system that isn't based on age (though you can take the test for an unlimited license at 18), but engine capacity- the first tier (which is fairly easy to get) allows up to 400cc, and the second-tier (which is a bitch of a test, and if you fail it you have to take mandatory classes all over again) allows a bigger bike- I lived and rode in Japan for eight years, and I knew few people that bothered to get the second-tier license as larger bikes were also subject to a road tax that 250cc bikes were exempt from.

    Seeing a large-capacity bike in Japan was fairly unusual- nearly everything was 250cc-400cc (and 50cc scooters, which didn't require a separate bike license). Something like 5% of Japanese riders have an unlimited bike license.
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    There he goes. One of God's own prototypes. A high-powered mutant of some kind never even considered for mass production. Too weird to live, and too rare to die.
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    Oh, thanks. Almost all mine came with number plates. I saved them, they are a hit.

    True tho, very few Japanese consume what - to us - make them famous for manufacturing. They probably want Chevys, Harleys, Fenders, Gibsons, Apple.
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    I saw so few 600cc bikes in all my years there- really, I probably saw fewer than 10- anyone that bothered to make the effort to get the unlimited license went for a big sportbike- in the ninties, you'd usually see a ZZR-1100 or a GSXR-1100R (which I had two of)- otherwise it was a Goldwing or a Harley- then there was a horsepower limit for bikes made for the domestic market, so if you wanted full-power, you had to buy an 'imported' Japanese bike, which was of course more expensive.

    It was still way cheaper than LOS, though.

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