Get a load of these beauties: Kawasaki Thailand
From what I hear over on gt-rider the new fuel injected KLX 250S will leave the showroom for about 170K baht!
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Farking great hey!
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Get a load of these beauties: Kawasaki Thailand
From what I hear over on gt-rider the new fuel injected KLX 250S will leave the showroom for about 170K baht!
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Farking great hey!
Nice stuff. Wonder what that 1400 GTR would set one back?
1400 GTR 800K baht.
I've got a buddy whose going to test ride the Vulcan 900 in a few days. I'll post more info as I get it.
Apparently all the models listed are fuel injected and assembled in Rayong.
There is a huge thread on TV about the new bikes coming in. A 250 racer and naked is available as well.
Hmmm....tempting!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Earl
Surprised to see the big bore stuff produced in Rayong. Maybe they will be CKDs to avoid some of the tax issues?Quote:
Originally Posted by Mr Earl
Those KLX 250S bikes are restricted to about 18hp- totally useless. there are loads of small mods that need to be dpone to make them run properly. I had one a while back but it couldn't have scared a five year old so i sold it pronto.
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Originally Posted by mrsquirrel
Now you've got my attention !!:)
18hp is pretty uninspiring.:( But that is the spec for the carb model I wonder if the fuel injection is less restrictive?Quote:
Originally Posted by Spin
The aussies make a slick exhaust for it but costs a pretty penny.
I fail to see why the klx 250 is 20k ,more than the Ninja 250... no fairing ... no cf exhaust .. no super duper petal brakes.
The new tiger boxer 250 looks nice and is 66k or so but who knows what they will run like.
Is there a tiger dealer in CM ?
Mark
I think there is a Yamaha dealer now in Chang mai selling new model yams at very good prices
Maybe we'll start seeing Thai or Chinese made BMWs soon. Rumour has it the new F series will be assembled in Asia.
Thats more like it!:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Spin
I'm totally flummoxed by big bikes in Thailand.
They are twice as expensive as most anywhere else despite (apparently) being built here. I didn't know that.
The only people I see riding them are farangs because they're too expensive for the typical Thai who think they're styling if they have a new Wave (four-year-loan).
Issan isn't known for big, new or legal, motos, but I haven't seen anything bigger than a 400 in weeks, maybe months. My BiL's buddy has a 200cc Phantom and he thinks he's a biker. I laugh and start to utter sarcastic comments before my wife elbows me in the ribs.
Why are mid-range 400-750 bikes considered extravagant here and big bikes virtually unatainable? To us they're really just motorcycles -- toys. It seems very odd to me that a new house might cost the same as two new motorcycles.
A couple years ago in the US I bought a used Yamaha 1200 for about $4K. Sold it a year later for slightly more. Little more than a month's wages for most. The same bike here would set Somchai (with relatively similar compensation) back two years' wages.*
I realize they're taxed as luxury goods, but FFS why -- they're just motorcycles.
* A good measure of the relative value of something is to determine how many days/weeks/months it would take to buy it. It takes currency values out of the equation.
One day I'll break down and get one. Do they hold their value here as cars do -- better than in the west?
(I think a comparative-value thread is in order)
While I'm Wafflescamping, I realized today why Thais don't hesitate to turn into oncoming traffic before easing over into the correct lane. ... Two traffic lanes are wide enough to easily acommodate 10 motorcycles -- their usual and common mode of transport. If you've never driven a car, you'd probably not realize the anxiety it creates.
Go wash your mouth out with soapQuote:
Originally Posted by Texpat
Yeah, yeah.
I'm not referring to your collection of masterpieces. Impressive as they are, I'm referring to the everyday 1000+ bike that here goes for twice its real value and triple if you register it properly.
BTW, I think I'll pass on the NOS. Your balls might be bigger than mine, but mine are longer. ;)
:rofl: texpat has saggy balls!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Texpat
big bikes are for males with small penis syndrome :)
I will go with the Wave anytime, mostly because I have a big cock, so for me it's all the same
fuck this is Thailand, not South California
Import taxes are high and as all big bikes have been imported as full builds, you pay the full wack, prior to 98 you could import 2nd hand from yipun and register for peanuts but then the Jap manufacturers of local shite started whinging, so they clamped down.
Strangely enough they wouldn't provide any alternative by importing their own brand new big bikes themselves.
Big bikes might be low volume but deliver big margins, so the Japs could in the main afford to manufacture in expensive countries.
Thats changing, the Koreans and lately the Chinese are forcing them to keep a lid on sell prices so now the Japs have started to look at production costs.
Now here they have the problem in keeping a rational pricing structure, local bikes with no import duty should be way cheaper than their imports, but they are not, Compare the locally imported KLX 250 at 170,000 with the imported Platinum 250 cruiser at 60,000, well thats what my fat fvckwit neighbor said he paid but hes a pathological liar.
Should a 250 offroader sell for 4 x the price of a 100 wave ? course not, a 250 made here should be way cheaper than the same bike imported in Australia where it sells in the region of 170,000 Bt equiv with import taxes and GST, so they are trying to maintain their world pricing structure on locally produced big bikes.
Anyway, keeping in the vein of this post, keep on waffling every body
new jap bikes/cars are always cheaper in the US than in Japan .... by a lot
It's called dumping.
BS :) its called free market competition, Not available in Thailand,Quote:
Originally Posted by Texpat
I ride a Wave 50% of the time and a 1000 cc bike the rest, I just haven't noticed my todger shrink when I get on the big bike.Quote:
Originally Posted by Butterfly
My ex-wife and I priced a new Camary in Dallas 1991. Luckily we didn't buy as we we were reassigned to Tokyo months later. We weren't allowed to bring a Jap car into Japan. :rolleyes:
Less than a year later we lived in Tokyo, the exact same Camary was 30% more.
Over the intervening 15 years, I've watched the prices of Jap cars/bikes. Jap cars/bikes are always cheaper in the US than in Japan.
I wish they would put the site in multiple languages , make it a heck of a lot easier to look at.
it's a competition thing, believe or not, French cars are cheaper in Germany and Spain than France, likewise German cars are actually cheaper in France, US, and UK than Germany,Quote:
Originally Posted by Texpat
What about Triumph, last time over i saw a huge factory unit with the Triumoh logo on it are they building them over there?
Can't remember where it was though.
^ Chonburi
Complete rot.Quote:
Originally Posted by Butterfly
A friend of mine made a massive saving buying a German car from Germany rather than the UK.
Jap dirtbikes are 90% cheaper in US than Britian. Just how does that work then? Economies of scale?Quote:
Originally Posted by Texpat
No, thats just rip off Britain
You're not wrong.Quote:
Originally Posted by peterpan
It's all about profitability vs maintaining/increasing market share. The US with it's huge market allows manufacturers to reduce per unit profit but net much greater overall corporate return. The key for the big players in the automotive/motorcycle business is to be number one in overall market share. If you are number one and have a competitive product it will increase sales and reduce per unit marketing costs. None of them are losing money but have to stay price competitive no matter what market they are in. Also, taxation in a given market makes a significant difference in price.Quote:
Originally Posted by Spin
i always thought that was a ladies bra and undies factory how wrong was iQuote:
Originally Posted by jizzybloke
Agreed, I ride a wave 100% of the time and it's just what I need to ride in Chiangmai safely. I cannot figure to ride a Ducati supersport on the Thailand's crappy roads, maybe ok for some overweighted frustrated foreigners who like to show off. Just useless.Quote:
Originally Posted by peterpan
It just make me laugh when I see those Harley riders in Chiangmai, posing as they are the center of the world. Without their bikes they would be looked at as a dog shit.
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Originally Posted by JoGeAr
Tap tap.....tap tap......tap tap.
Still waiting for the 'naked' bit.
I would say an Emeperor Tud "Wrong" to that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wallalai
To ride yes, safely no.
To ride safely I would say a bike similar to the one in the OP with motard or street tyres on it. Higher up, better visibility for you and the other drivers. Less chance of speed wobble if you are going over 50kmh.
One thing those waves etc are is not safe, convenient & cheap they are, but never safe. Woeful brakes, skinny tires with no grip and cheap & nasty suspension.Quote:
Originally Posted by Wallalai
My 1L bike is much safer but a not a pleasure to ride around in the city, so I use both.
As for no roads to use a big bike, all I can say is you need to get out your house and open your eyes up, there are many terrific big bike roads here, some of the best riding to be found anywhere and you have the weather for it.
Thailand is one of the best places anywhere to own a big bike.
Some people can never come to terms with others who have a liking for Motorcycles, for some reason it instills fear in them, maybe hangover from the old biker gang thing, maybe they just have a fear of something they don't understand, maybe its just jealousy.
Big bikes have tremendous power available and capable of great speed, so I imagine if I didn't have the balls to ride anything other than a Wave that can barely reach the speed limit, I would be a bit pissed as well.
I used to be able to get my Tiger Ozone off the clock behind a truck down a small hill with the wind behind me ~ 120 or so.Quote:
Originally Posted by peterpan
Now that took balls.
Yes, but not selling here.Quote:
Originally Posted by jizzybloke
There is a Triumph distributor in RCA Marmers, selling all brand new Trumpies.
Al thought they are shipped in from Engerland because the factory here only makes components , so far.