100% agree with you! Selling a used vehicle to a family member is a mistake. Even giving it to them can be an issue, and certainly a headache. Trade it in and be done, then if you want you can give the family member the money and let them buy (and be responsible for) what they want to get. Best of luck! Love the videos.
B48K is reasonable considering I paid B28K for a 2016 Yamaha 125GT a year ago. You answered one of my long standing questions - Why do motorbike shops refuse to accept cash for a bike and want you to take out finance? The sales commission is why! I might look at upgrading next year.
My only problem with that particular Mityon is that they took 5 months to straighten out getting me the regular license plate. I met several other purchasers during my many visits there to check about my plates that had the same problem. Also note for people that buy new bikes there, their official service center for oil changes and post-sale mechanical stuff is also on Pattaya Tai in a rather non-descript building just east of (and on the same side of the street as) the 7-Eleven that looks like a ship. Good place but a tad bit difficult to find the first time.
Also i heard they charge above the recommended price .People have said to buy in Siracha or Chonburi town for a cheaper price .Not that it will be a huge saving ,but for a pensioner it may be worth it .
Good luck and congratulations Lon, Spunky, with your new bike. What you explained is a good bike all the way around, cheap fixes, and runs forever. So all good and good luck with the bike. Stay safe you two.
Really enjoy your videos, this one was really neat as I wish we had lots of scooters in the US. The Honda Wave is not sold here however. One that's available here that is close to the wave is $4000.00 Dollars, bummer. Be safe and enjoy your new bike.
I use tha family yam 110 clunk when there, so cheap for parts & 17" wheels ride better than the scootay's, me and the wife load it up with backpacks & even tour on it, slowly ofcourse 😅🤣 Will be sniffing out some 2 strokes when we move over fulltime to get my powerband fix in retirement 💯👍👍 Honda wave makes a great daily ride tho
My wife has an old Wave, never a problem with it in more than 10 years…..have a scoopy that is her main transport here in Hua Hin…..and we were just at Amphawa floating market this week(closer to home). Great video as always and safe travels on the new bike😃
Your videos have been so useful to me lately, im in Bangkok next week and have booked on the unicorn cruise. Then down to Pattaya for a couple of weeks where we need to replace my girlfriends motobike as its in the repair shop all the time these days .
I'm up in Udon shopping for bikes and nobody is telling me I need one of those red plates up here - do you know if that is something specific to certain provinces such as Chon Buri?
I'm sure that Loucous will be comforted by the armchair experts in here giving him motorcycle advice when he's ridden most of his life and a lot of that being in Thailand over the last 30 years or so, but no, someone who's never left the States knows better what bikes are good for over there
You packed alot of knowledge in this video. Honda is top brand here as well. You got what you wanted and that's important. Great ride on the boat and people loved you two. Lunch looked great. Thank you for shating!😊
I enjoy all your videos, and this one especially. When you bought the Wave, you said all you need is a passport and a residency certificate. I was hoping to buy a Honda Dax in Thailand as a tourist and ride it around Chiang Mai for a month or so before returning home. Is that possible, or do you really have to have a residency certificate to buy a motorcycle in Thailand? I was planning to give it away to a friend in Thailand when I left, or else ship it home to the USA if he didn't want it.
10:42 Looks very refreshing Lou!!! ................. Congratulations on the new Honda. A great machine, How much would a 125cc version of that cost mate? 👍
Yep.. I'm a dumbass subscriber for a long time... I truly felt the pain of your loss.. When I was there a long time.. Honda Wave was my choice. 17inch real steel wheels.. Small magnesium wheels shatter It smoothed out the 'rutted roads'.. You know there are many.. Waves, also have a 'thin' footprint in traffic. Maneuvering between ... stuck traffic.. was a bit easier.
That's was really interesting, man them seats at the restaurant, they were so small, I'd never get back up!! Plus the bike in UK (called a vision) is £2850 a lot more than you paid.
And yet another item to add to my list. Thank you, Lucas! Also, I believe last time you mentioned getting a new bike for yourself, so I hope to see that episode soon.
I would have gone for an auto scooter like the Zontes or Sym. I don't know what the bike theft risk is there, but anything that isn't used as a taxi or delivery bike will be lower risk. I like the full color LCD dashboards on new scooters because some of them can show navigation linked to your phone. 125cc is plenty for short trips in the city, two up.
A very good Thai friend I went to school with gave me a very good description of the difference between a car and a motorcycle. A car is like meat in can and a motorcycle is like a can in the meat. Much earlier in Thailand 1996. I was building a papermill about 100 miles North of Pattaya and the small country town that I was renting a house really did not have much to offer as far as night life unless you considered the one 7/11 opened after midnight. I already had a company supplied pickup but at 47, I had always dreamed or owning and riding a "crotch rocket".. Buying a really nice used CB 750 Honda I normally only rode it on weekends to Pattaya for my overnight rest and recreation. However I did make 2 long rode trips, one following the border between Thailand and Cambodia and Laos to Nong Khai and taking a different routed back through Loei to my home in Prachin Buri . The last road trip was during my 2 week vacation to Mai Sai then to Mai Hong Son to Chiang Mai where I stayed with a Thai friend that I went to college with in America. I had that motorcycle one year when I noticed that my normal speed from Prachin Buri to Pattaya that was usually 100 kph was reaching speeds of 160-180 kph when the sudden thought came to my mind that I had, had a fantastic year seeing Thailand and hundreds of photo and great memories and I better stop now and sell the motorcycle as soon as I could. Which I did. Still have great memories about that time and I still have both my legs, arms and even my head is in great shape which has not been the case of many of the people I see today that own motorcycles. My wife a manager working in our city hospital will not allow our son to buy a motorcycle and I have to back her up. I was riding my motorcycle here 27 years ago in Thailand where you could actually enjoy the scenery as you traveled. Today I still love long road trips all over Thailand just finishing a trip from Rayong to Buri Ram for the Superbike GP then to Korat for some shopping before going home. Don't see near as many touring bikes on the road as I saw 27 years ago.
Love my Wave, in the north lots mountains so i got the big 125, I think its part mountain goat. New sprokets and chain 350 baht, over 100k now great bike.
The Honda Wave 125 is the best motorbike in the world for reliability. Just change the oil every 3,000 kms. I would say that the ultimate scooter for a Thai girl is the Honda Click 160 at 65,000 baht.
Nice bike! Just curious to know how Vespa stacks up against the Japanese bikes? Vespas at least for me look really cool if not the coolest of all those type of bikes, but I wonder if they are reliable?
I love Honda ,…Too bad you weren’t in Phuket , I arrive Dec 1st, my brother just bought a condo there , I’d buy the pcx off you and just leave it there when I come home . I actually own the 2016 pcx 150 here in the states , I’d be more than happy to own a 125 to put around Phuket on . Good luck with your new purchase,.. I’m sure you’ll enjoy it !
I sold loads of bikes on Facebook Market place when i lived in Chiang mai .They always went fast .A PCX even the 125 cc is sought after .Have been to that floating market around 10 years ago .Its not my cup of tea .It was far too crowded but it looked quiet enough when you were there .Seems you got the 110cc Wave .I would always go for the 125cc .Not that it makes a huge difference ,especially if its your feather weight GF that will mostly be riding it lol PS , I have ridden to Ko Chang and back on a Wave from Pattaya /Jomtien and it was doable .Solo riding with a suitcase strapped to the back seat .
Lucas if the jacket didn't fit i sure your man at lucky tailors could help you out. i brought a oversize shirt in Vietnam and lucky did the biz. very happy with it, 👍
How can you get a new scooter so cheap?. I the USA the pcx will cost you about $4000. You are getting that for one third of the cost. I thought thailand had a very high import text for cars/bikes.
I never considered getting a Honda Wave. I just sold my 2006 Honda scooter a day ago. I bought it 2nd hand in around 2011 or 12. but I still have a few other bigger bikes to ride. but I will keep my eyes open for a new 2nd hand scooter. because sometimes it's the best way to get around town. and park easy. with storage under the seat. but I have never been into the Wave. but I've never ridden one. so I don't really know. but for me I would rather have something like the new Honda 160 click or even the smaller engine one. or the Yamaha Aerox 155. all the Japanese scooters are pretty bullet proof. and I'm sure if I keep my eye open for a 2nd hand one I'll find one in new condition with maybe 5000 km on it for less then what the wave cost new. is the wave automatic ? or you have to shift gears. because part of what I love about a small little scooter is it being automatic and so easy to ride on small little Thai streets in traffic without having to shift. how long is the little boat ride ? I haven't been to the floating market for many years because last time I went with some visiting people. they charged us all 200 baht each to get in. even me with the thai license. but I don't remember if I showed the license to them or not. but for some reason I feel like I did. do you know if it was always free with a thai license for a foreigner ? or if they changed that sometime since the last time I was their. all I remember was thinking that a person who lives in Thailand shouldn't have to pay to go into a place to buy things and spend money. so I never went back. but now that I know I can get in free I think I will go visit it again.
