Regal Raptor DD250G-2N (2011)

[Lucky Luke]

Check this out, asu don't want to end up missing ur Haojiang.

Sure! But the new baby I just introduced seems to have a quite different...character!
This Hoajiang, though , has certainly served me well (I still have it). Over 2 1/2 years, it's been really trouble free: changed the forks bearing in the frame, that's about all! Well: had to change the battery some six months ago: normal.
Been well maintained, though: first oil change @ 500 km (to remove the eventual "metal dust"), then, as soon as it was correctly run in at about 1,500km. went for 100% synthetic oil. Chain was soon changed (I like to feel safe with my chain) for a Japan made top quality one with o-rings, spark plug is a NGK Irridium, original incandescent headlight buld changed for H4, as well as the ridiculous police-like blue lights that are now replaced by a couple of long range halogens. Tyre pressure, chain tension, oil level, that was all!

Also check the price for a Japanese made 125cc, as if the $ difference is low, then there's little point in getting a RR.

Genuine Japanese bikes are monstrously out of price here, with a 200% import tax vs. 100% "only" for a Chinese import! A genuine 20 years old, 100,000km Rebel sells easily for 3,000 US$. Same price for a CB 125 of the same age! Some second hand big bikes from the "big four" are imported from ...Cambodia (!), in the 7 to 10,000 US$ range or more, but unless one is a policemen or member of a sport club covering sport events, we are not allowed more than 170cc. So, converting a 125 into a 250, like I consider doing one day with my new baby, is commonly done as long as it does not show. At least, one keeps being covered by the insurance, who will never check if the bike has been "upgraded" even in case of sever injury to third parts.

Better drive carefully anyway here: traffic is hectic!!!

[braillce]

[...]Genuine Japanese bikes are monstrously out of price here, with a 200% import tax vs. 100% "only" for a Chinese import! A genuine 20 years old, 100,000km Rebel sells easily for 3,000 US$. Same price for a CB 125 of the same age! Some second hand big bikes from the "big four" are imported from ...Cambodia (!), in the 7 to 10,000 US$ range or more, [...]

It's crazy how they surtax those japanese bikes...

Here they ain't welcome either actually, u just can't have one legally.

Maybe with some relations...

Good choice anyways, ur new bike looks solid, I like the inverted fork and the frame all especially. It'd be mine I'd remove the 2 fairings with "Notus" on it to reveal more of the frame, and cause I'm more into naked secretaries, no I mean naked bikes...

Better drive carefully anyway here: traffic is hectic!!!

I've seen it, and I've never seen worse, though I've never been to India...

Spent 2 weeks in SGN & I didn't even dare renting a bike.

U'll have the upper hand on most Saigon roads users with this, congrats, ride safe & bonne route.