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    NI Hao From Pattaya

    Santa was good to me ... Attached a pic of my new girlfriend... Ms. Bonneville :riding:
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    Every Day... An Adventure
    Every Meal... A Feast
    Every Pay... A Fortune
    Ride: 865 Triumph...
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    Re: Anyone around Pattaya, Thailand?

    The bike is worth every "Baht". It's well made, better & faster than my former "ride"... A Vance & Hines race kitted 100+hp Harley XR1200 (not in production anymore) and... I could buy 3 Kawa 650...
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    Re: Anyone around Pattaya, Thailand?

    U've Got It Right... Pattaya is a loonie-bin... I sold a house here ~ 2 years ago (bought when working in Iraq in 2004)... Moved to Chumphon...

    First came here in 1968 for SCUBA training (US...
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    Re: Anyone around Pattaya, Thailand?

    Yep... The new ER-6F is "made in Thailand" just ~ 30km East of where I am now.

    First came to SE Asia during Vietnam War... SCUBA training in Pattaya 1968... Returned to Thailand 1992 and lived...
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    Anyone around Pattaya, Thailand?

    If any members are around Pattaya, Thailand let's meet up & go for a ride :scooter: I'm "on contract" there for the next 2+ building a pipe rack for the Ichthys Project to be shipped to Australia
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  6. Thread: D-TrackerX

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    Re: D-TrackerX

    2012 Sept 3: Monday Flash From Pattaya Thailand,

    "Delimited" the D-TrackerX engine (ignition advance in top 3 gears is retarded & limits ability to rev) via a simple "paper-clip" inserted into a...
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    Re: D-TrackerX

    :snooze:Out Of The Box Spec is:

    • Maximum Power: 18 (Kw) = 24 (Hp) 9000rpm
    • Maximum torque: 21 (Nm) = 15 (Ft/Lbs) 7000rpm

    "Stock" it's a nice bike but the engine feels "strangled"...
  8. Thread: D-TrackerX

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    Re: D-TrackerX

    Yep... Same bike but "made in Thailand", Euro model with cat converter, FI & dual headlights. Tomorrow installing a Tsukigi exhaust, DNA air filter & API ECU. All together supposed to boost power ~...
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    D-TrackerX

    Greetings From Thailand,

    Sold my V&H modified Harley Davidson XR1200 (~ 100hp at the crank) last week & purchased a new Kawasaki D-TrackerX here in Pattaya :dirtbike:

    Great bike but takes some...
  10. Re: Wanted... Shinray Dealer Near Wuhan... XY250GY-4

    Greetings From "Wonderful (Bikes-Banned) Wuhan :bs:

    Coooooo Reccct... :eekers: I'm looking for a proper Shinray dealer who can order a XY250GY-2.

    I am of course very, very, very concerned about...
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    Re: Rider in Wuhan Seeking Bike Advice

    Greetings All :clap:

    I'm now living/working as Quality Director for Alstom / Wuhan Boiler Co., in South Eastern Wuhan out East of Optical Valley. I'm looking for a "good" dealer to buy a new...
  12. Wanted... Shinray Dealer Near Wuhan... XY250GY-4

    Greetings From "Wonderful-Wuhan" :mwink:

    I would like to find a Shinray dealer near Optical Valley in Wuhan to buy or order a new XY250GY-4 250cc Supermotard :scooter:



    Anyone have any...
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    Re: Greetings From Pattaya Thailand

    This being a place where most everything can be "rented" for a price :naughty:

    You can rent a Harley and a "back-rider" :eekers: from one of several places & we can take a ride around :riding:
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  14. Thread: Bennche Megelli

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    Bennche Megelli

    Anybody have info or direct experience with one of these? http://www.bennche.com/250cc_motorcycle.htm
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    Re: Greetings From Pattaya Thailand

    Sawadee 123,

    I first came to SE Asia courtesy of Uncle Sam (US Army) 1968~9. I took SCUBA training in Pattaya in 1968 when the North end of Pattaya beach was a US Military R&R camp, there were 2...
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    Re: Rider in Wuhan Seeking Bike Advice

    Greetings MGAlbion & Thanks For The Info,

    I'll probably be there before the middle of next month & will be happy to meet with you.
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    Re: Rider in Wuhan Seeking Bike Advice

    Greetings ChinaV & Thanks For The Info,

    Air/water pollution is a very serious problem in most of the industrialized areas of China The air in Xinhui on a bad day was sort of like sucking on the...
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    Re: Rider in Wuhan Seeking Bike Advice

    Greetings Euphonius & Thanks For The Info,

    I'm a contract worker with my permanent home in Thailand (house outside Pattaya & house/rice farm in Surin). I have worked all over the world but in the...
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    Re: Rider in Wuhan Seeking Bike Advice

    I'll be keeping the XR1200... It's a classic & I got it 1 year old with only 1000km on the odometer for 1/2 the price of a new one. :riding:
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    Re: Rider in Wuhan Seeking Bike Advice

    Greetings From Thailand,

    I will soon be living & working in Wuhan on a long term contract. How is Wuhan & the surrounding area for motorcycling?

    From 2008 ~ 2009 I was in Xinhui (Guangdong,...
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    Greetings From Pattaya Thailand

    Left Xinhui China 24 December due to non-renewal of my work contract. :deal:

    Sold my JH600 for 40% of what I bought it for 11 months before :confused1:

    Now home in Pattaya with my modified...
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    Re: HID Lights Re: JH600 impression

    If you have email and/or phone contact for Chongqing please send.

    HID toggle works but... Intensity seems the same... Photon Cannons :gun_bandana:
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    HID Lights Re: JH600 impression

    Greetings,

    JH600 is running A-O.K. except for:

    1: No load "missing" every few seconds when rpm is above idle to ~ 5000 rpm.

    2: A crack now ~ 2 cm long in the fiberglass extending out from...
  24. Thread: JH600 impression

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    Re: JH600 impression

    Asian model ... Dual headlights ... Soooo much light now looks like an F18 on final approach :-o Probably cause the local Airforce to scramble some J4s ;-)
  25. Thread: JH600 impression

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    Re: JH600 impression

    :clap:

    The throttle lift backfire is now not an objectionable sound :scooter: I find it quite useful when passing some local retard on a scooter dawdling & wobbling along talking on a cell...
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