It's for reading while on the road! lol.

Weird, normal cruising is probably 70-75 for mine and though I didn't count the teeth on the rear sprocket I'm 99% sure it's stock. WIth GPS I recorded maybe 85 at 8000RPM. At around 6000-7000 it did 70-75. But I like to keep it in the 6-7k range so I'm cruising at around 70 with a lot of kit (GPS as speedo is broken). That's with kit on but even then, having more oomph would be nice. And like you say the brakes are actually quite good, better than the old XR/Baja rentals I used to ride on. Or rather the brakes feel more controlled.

I don't expect I'll be able to find spares here in Cambodia (actually, it's 100% certain that there are no spares here as I'm the only Shineray owner here), but the locals can usually make something that'll at the very least be good enough to get you to a bed and a meal if on the road. In the capital they have some decent bike shops that can probably make stuff happen but spare parts would probably be expensive to order from China. Taxed per kilo I believe. But same as China I guess, a lot of them are just grease monkeys and they'll say they know how to do something fo fear of losing face, then just tinker around not knowing what the hell they're doing. I'm just hoping Honda parts can be used or modified fairly cheaply to fit the Shineray. I guess time will tell.I'm going on a big trip in maybe 2 weeks (1000km+), will be doing lot's of off-road as well. If anything happens I'll post about it here I guess. It's only a matter of time before important parts are needed (it's got maybe 10-12k I figure, which isn't much but still...). I hope the time comes later rather than sooner but I'll post about my experiences re:parts here if and when that time comes.

DO you still own a bike Slabo? What kind? I'm using the Shineray a bit as a daily driver though I intended to keep it mostly for big rides. Suzuki Smash as a small city bike.