Thread: Who in their right mind would pay this crazy price

Jap bikes, less half the price, more than twice the performance and don't get me started on reliability.

So what bike do you ride now Kurgen ?
Please name the jap air cooled v twin cruisers that make twice the HP of a Harley ?
Or are you comparing a 90 HP CVO to a GSXR 1000 ?

Not a bad price for Thailand ^

Originally Posted by Rigger

Originally Posted by Exige

^ CVO/ Touring models are yes, but not all models are, as the Victory models. All 106.

Makes your last statement a load of crap

Why In America they offer 103 motors and here only 96? Is there a reason for that?

Originally Posted by Exige

Originally Posted by Rigger

Originally Posted by Exige

^ CVO/ Touring models are yes, but not all models are, as the Victory models. All 106.

Makes your last statement a load of crap

Why In America they offer 103 motors and here only 96? Is there a reason for that?

Maybe they're trying to keep under 50bhp?

Originally Posted by Rigger

Originally Posted by Exige

Just don't buy Harley period.
If still you want to hanker after performance and ride big ass bikes.
Try the Victory motorcycles. They come with 106 cubic inch motors. Way bigger than any Harley you'll get from the local dealer in Bangkok. Which is mostly 96 cubic inch.

The one above is 110 cubic inch
But carry on

Whats that in real money as in CC ?

Originally Posted by The Big Fella

Rather than buy a Harley and start adding parts to make it quicker just buy the Rocket Three mate. Nothing touches it for torque or acceleration.

It makes a lot of torque, true, but it also weighs nearly 800lbs wet, and it only makes about 135hp at the wheel- any current 600cc sportbike will beat it in the 1/4 mile- the 14R, the Busa, and the K1300S will eat it for lunch off the line (it gives up a full second to 60mph, and ~1.5 seconds in the 1/4 mile)- as a power cruiser it's hard to beat, but there are plenty of bikes that can touch it (all riders being equal, of course)- its weight will always hold it back.

This is what you want:





1.1 million (double the price of me car...).

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Originally Posted by FailSafe

Originally Posted by The Big Fella

Rather than buy a Harley and start adding parts to make it quicker just buy the Rocket Three mate. Nothing touches it for torque or acceleration.

It makes a lot of torque, true, but it also weighs nearly 800lbs wet, and it only makes about 135hp at the wheel- any current 600cc sportbike will beat it in the 1/4 mile- the 14R, the Busa, and the K1300S will eat it for lunch off the line (it gives up a full second to 60mph, and ~1.5 seconds in the 1/4 mile)- as a power cruiser it's hard to beat, but there are plenty of bikes that can touch it (all riders being equal, of course)- its weight will always hold it back.

On paper they will certainly have the edge. On tarmac, talking from experience I know better. I have had R1, R6, GXR Blackbirds etc and nothing will touch the Rocket up to around the 120 MPH mark. It may well be heavy but when you drop the clutch all that weight and the amount of rubber on the road makes it just sit down and fcuk off.
My R1 was very quick and loads of fun but when you dropped the clutch on that you were either sat there spinning the back wheel or fighting to keep the front wheel on the floor. I know as I used to go through a back tyre a month.

As ther old saying goes
" There is no replacement for displacement " And at 2300cc there is very little to compete with apart from the hog V 8 special editions.

Originally Posted by The Big Fella

Originally Posted by jizzybloke

What are the V Rods like?

The same as your normal Harley with all the plastic crap taken off it.
It just save s you having to replace it when it falls off due to the vibration
I remember going to the Hat Yai bike meet a few years ago on the Rocket. During the afternoon ride out stop I got talking to a guy, a norwegian if I remember right who had just ordered a new fat boy with some added extras. A grand total of 1.8 million baht from a Phuket harley shop. I told him to have a ride on the Triumph and let me know what he thought.
When he came back he was nearly in tears. He said he wished he had ridden the Triumph before ordering the Harley as it was twice the bike and for far less money.
Rigger
Rather than buy a Harley and start adding parts to make it quicker just buy the Rocket Three mate. Nothing touches it for torque or acceleration. My Thai friend had an R1 and we often used to have standing start races. From take off up to around 120 MPH the Yamaha couldn't keep up as it was either spinning the back tyre or struggling to keep the fron wheel on the floor. The Triumph with its 240 section back tyre and its weight meant it simply sat down and fcuked off. Granted over that speed the Yamaha came into its own but after that speed I wasn't interested.
Having had every genre of bikes over the years I can honestly say the Rocket 111 gave me the most smiles per miles of any bike I have ever owned.

I would certainly like to try a rocket lll but I think the V rod would suit me better. The v rod is still a fast cruiser just not a tyre shredder like the Rocket.

Considering that a Mercedes Sl500 here costs as much as an aventador in the states, I'd say the price is not that bad.

I have this 2002 HD Heritage Softail that I have been thinking about shipping in pieces to Thailand for years. The reason is resale value if I do pull it off. I have talked to several people who have succeeded and they say it takes about 100,000 baht for the paperwork, not including the shipping cost.

In the US, I would struggle to get $10,000 for this bike and would think it might go for close to 1M baht if sold in Thailand. Big difference and it may be worth the risk.

My old boy shipped a '76 Norton Commando Interstate from Uk to Thailand in 2 shipments. First one made it through Langkawi no problem with the engine, the second went via Penang where customs did a number and it cost him 28,000 bht on collection.

Luck of the draw.

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

My old boy shipped a '76 Norton Commando Interstate from Uk to Thailand in 2 shipments. First one made it through Langkawi no problem with the engine, the second went via Penang where customs did a number and it cost him 28,000 bht on collection.

Luck of the draw.

It did ultimately make it though, correct? If so, what was the total cost?

Originally Posted by rickschoppers

I have this 2002 HD Heritage Softail that I have been thinking about shipping in pieces to Thailand for years. The reason is resale value if I do pull it off. I have talked to several people who have succeeded and they say it takes about 100,000 baht for the paperwork, not including the shipping cost.

In the US, I would struggle to get $10,000 for this bike and would think it might go for close to 1M baht if sold in Thailand. Big difference and it may be worth the risk.

Rigger imported a Buell in bits and another chap I know imported a Ducati. The biggest problem seems to be ensuring the shippers get the paperwork done correctly. One missed frame or engine number and you're screwed.

^
I will be doing the shipping paperwork from the States and time it so that I am in Thailand when it arrives. Still a risk, but better than letting the bike go for next to nothing.

I have a year, or so, to put things together, which is more than enough time to figure it out.

Originally Posted by rickschoppers

I have this 2002 HD Heritage Softail that I have been thinking about shipping in pieces to Thailand for years. The reason is resale value if I do pull it off. I have talked to several people who have succeeded and they say it takes about 100,000 baht for the paperwork, not including the shipping cost.

In the US, I would struggle to get $10,000 for this bike and would think it might go for close to 1M baht if sold in Thailand. Big difference and it may be worth the risk.

Don't bother trying to import as they have tightened up since I did it, and really it's a pain in the ass and a lot of stress, 1 million baht for a 2002 is way over priced unless it had some really expensive mods

Originally Posted by rickschoppers

Originally Posted by dirk diggler

My old boy shipped a '76 Norton Commando Interstate from Uk to Thailand in 2 shipments. First one made it through Langkawi no problem with the engine, the second went via Penang where customs did a number and it cost him 28,000 bht on collection.

Luck of the draw.

It did ultimately make it though, correct? If so, what was the total cost?

Here is the email I got back:

Fit like Dirk? I think it cost 600 quid but only to Lan Kawi where XXXX knew the Thai console there and it got in through the back door,also I knew the guy in Aberdeen who run the shipping company but has since gone bust. Sorry can't be of any more help.

So, 30,000 (600 quid) + 28,000 on customs at Penang.

Not much help I'm afraid. Good luck.

Just add a bit more, they way I got around it was I imported a frame from the USA bought a springer front end in Thailand and shipped a engine from the Middle East. I had a motorcycle shop help me with paper work side and we register a intent to build a bike at the transport office, had to show tax paid on every part on the bike.
So the bike is really made in Thailand.
I never plated the bike as it won't pass the Bangkok inspection and impossible to do the old pay a 100k trick as they require all bikes to be sent to Bangkok now, and mine won't pass as its to low, to long, to loud, no speedo, no indicators.
At the start I had a the tax boys try and take the bike while riding but after going though the paper work they got fcuk all and I am still riding the bike after many years.
I don't travel to far on it now days and keep it for morning runs and a bar hopper as its a tricked out buell engine in a redneck ridged frame, with springer front end that gets 80 to 100k to a tank but goes like a buell on steroids

Originally Posted by Exige

Originally Posted by Rigger

Originally Posted by Exige

^ CVO/ Touring models are yes, but not all models are, as the Victory models. All 106.

Makes your last statement a load of crap

Why In America they offer 103 motors and here only 96? Is there a reason for that?

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