Thread: Trail/Off-Road Motorcycle

Originally Posted by Necron99

^ New

Black is not the best of colours, as the red clay and dust quickly covers it again.

Originally Posted by OhOh

Originally Posted by Necron99

^ New

Black is not the best of colours, as the red clay and dust quickly covers it again.

A new set of body plastics is only about 1500 baht.

Originally Posted by Necron99

A new set of body plastics is only about 1500 baht.

As you say the "pretty bits" are changeable. I was thinking of the rest of the bike. The only non black bits are the wheels.

my kinlon 250 - crf 250 copy - has this as its rear rack



I would like to put something like this on it so I do not have to carry my backpack on my back when riding as I think it is giving me shoulder/ collarbone issues



New 2013 Honda CRF250L CRF250 CRF 250 Rear Rack Luggage Rack Cargo Rack | eBay

I don't wish to pay 150$ + postage - any suggestions as to where to go in bangkok ?

You'll find the racks here but you'll need a Thai to navigate the forum for you -

CRF Thailand - Index

Not sure what fits your bike but I sell the rear racks for the KLX250 for 1900b

That's bloody nice. What is it? Will it fit in my hot chocolate?

Baldrick, buy a Honda next time!

Originally Posted by baldrick

any suggestions as to where to go in bangkok

Any Thai with a welding rig put knock you one up, surely.

^ I'd rather it not weigh 10+ kilograms made out of water pipe etc

Try one of the shops that fabricates the cargo cages for the back of pickups.
Stainless steel pipe, I got them to make a very lightwight one for mine to hold the dogs in out of about 8mm pipe.
Can lift it on and off myself.
All custom and cost fuckall...

Originally Posted by baldrick

New 2013 Honda CRF250L CRF250 CRF 250 Rear Rack Luggage Rack Cargo Rack | eBay I don't wish to pay 150$ + postage - any suggestions as to where to go in bangkok ?

You will have to find a mig welder. Rama 4 (south side of the road)
13.718916,100.56657 (there is a place here - opposite this restaurant)

I used to deliver a lot of stuff and will be happy to show you how to make a lightweight wood/rubber back rack thats easy to take on and off. PM if you need a hand with it.

I got an awesome rack made for my CRF250 Here in Vientiane! It was made by a small shop which makes custom made gates. All made from stainless pipe and tig welded together.

They even ground and polished all the welds so the whole thing looks like it has been constructed out of one piece of metal. It's been on there about one year now and has held up perfectly! Cost me 250,000 Kip which is about 1000 Baht.

Originally Posted by supernovadw

I got an awesome rack made for my CRF250 Here in Vientiane! It was made by a small shop which makes custom made gates. All made from stainless pipe and tig welded together. They even ground and polished all the welds so the whole thing looks like it has been constructed out of one piece of metal. It's been on there about one year now and has held up perfectly! Cost me 250,000 Kip which is about 1000 Baht.

Great deal.

Friend of mine is selling a very nice KLX250. PM me for his email address.

Originally Posted by OhOh

I was doing a little cleaning on the Lifan the other day. It has spoke wheels front and back. I noticed that some of the spokes were quite loose. I tightened the loose ones until when flicked they made the same pin sound.

I have found this page:

Wire-Wheel Maintenance - Tech | Motorcycle Cruiser

20,000Km on the Lifan 200GS.

No major problems:

1. A few inner tubes replaced due to punctures
2. A set of front wheel bearings replaced
3. A battery replaced
4. A set of handle bar mirrors replaced - due to my inability to drive and stay upright
5. Oil changes and chain tightened at 2,000Km intervals - 120 Baht a pop.
6. The decal are wearing out fast

I did find out that if you inadvertently pull the choke on full, instead of tuning the valve to go onto the reserve tank, the engine makes unusual noises. Of course the local bike shop mechanic saw it at once.

I think the valves could do with adjusting, but tried a few times with no lessening of the clatter.

Still starts first time and the electrics seem good.

I mentioned in another thread - if it starts playing up and stopping on you for unknown reasons - replace the bearings on the cam

the chin bearings are a problem

^It is only noise at the moment.

Originally Posted by baldrick

I mentioned in another thread

Do you have a link?

Years ago, when I had a car with "adjustable" tappet screws, it was a regular maintenance item. For the last few decades I've had cars with hydraulic cam followers so it wasn't an issue.

The Lifan being my first Thai bike has adjustable tappets. My main issue is that in the handbook there is a procedure described to check and adjust the tappets, if required. They describes the alignment of a "T" mark on the magneto flywheel with groove in the casing. On the magneto flywheel there are three marks, from the left, a groove, some text, a "T" turned through 90 deg. thus " -I ". I am assuming the line following the rotated "T" is the top of the piston stroke mark. It does appear to be, from a visual inspection.

With everything aligned I have adjusted the tappet screw to the correct gap with a feeler gauge. Try explaining a feeler gauge to a Thai who doesn't know English . Having completed the adjustment, the noise from the tappets, doesn't sound any different. In comparison my wife's wave sounds far quieter. Would reducing the gap to less than the 0.05mm be wise?

Would the fact that I am changing the engine oil at 2,000Km intervals make any difference? You know before, possibly, it thickens up with pieces of engine debris