kohphangan

JeffreyMcCollum, on 2012-04-29 17:20:59, said:

Hello your calculation is correct,however we do,did? have another calculation.

Being previously from the UK we used a slightly different one being 4.561 so do it again at this we have over 200mpg (Metric Imperial ) . Your wife on it means 226 mpg!!  Well done Honda

Hello to anyone that is interested...

                                                   My Update on fuel figures that has left me AMAZED!!! In fact my 5 months of ownership since buying new has been a very pleasant one.

I made no mistake with my calculations,this bike has continued to give me every time on a 100baht of fuel 2.5 L here on kohphangan, my worst range being 164km to my best of 174km on the island.Then it gets even better off island!!

I am still in the crazy,stupid system of having to leave the country every 3 months (Non O Visa under 50 being living here since January 2004) which nobody gains from. Thailand why not just increase the Non O Visa price!! ?? At least you get the money! But no every 3 months i have to put my life at risk  driving-riding to Burma. I have done this route around the 30 times mark,i WILL NEVER!! EVER!! get in a Visa run mini van again,if i had to do it this way i'm 90% sure i would not be writing this now.

I have in the past done this roughly 600km round trip on a Yamaha TTR 250 Honda African twin 750 and a Honda XR 400 (2006 model) the other occasions in personal cars as profile pic (Now sold) but not on something as small as 125i.

So i thought why not? I'm in no hurry,i like the bike,but enough to ride 300km in one day?

For anyone who knows the route i left koh phangan on the 11am raja ferry,getting off at don sak 1.45pm,i rode not far and stopped to fill up.
I paid 90baht and got 2.3L which was full to the top and headed off,my 1st stop reaching Tesco Lotus Suratthani.KFC

Leaving to head Bangkok- Chumpon direction i was enjoying the ride,no problems purring along at 65-70km even thinking to myself if i had another 900cc how fast would i want to go?

Anyway i reached the Ranong turn off and on my fuel display had 1 bar reading so pulled over,85baht 2.2L full!! The then beautiful journey for motor bikes begins!!! Oh wait i'm on a 125i so there is a difference? Or is there? I still had a bit of fun on this lovely twisty stretch of road taking the sharp ones at  80km leaned well over,i had fun,safe fun,nowhere at any stage pushing her,hurting her or more importantly hurting myself.

I remember all to clearly nearly over doing one of those twisty bends on the XR400,having fun,but at speeds 140km on the wrong bike for that road,i held the bike not my turn that time! Slowed me down,but not for long,the XR400 not the best for the bends,but Oh can she wheelie

I'm Not a show boater,show off,stunt man by trade,or do i rate myself as a Rossi but have a good track record,over 10yrs riding all sorts in asia,bikes since i was a 12yr old boy in the UK. My only tumble on road being on a Honda VFR 750 back in the UK,my mistake to fast into a bend on a bike i did not know,it was my friends he borrowed my TVR. But that Honda XR in 3rd gear 50km just balance rev balance UP  into 4th at 70-75 into 5th 100km back wheel. I have proof  Yeah Yeah well done i hear! 90% of the time this was for me,my benefit,my pleasure with just myself enjoying my time,my bike putting nobody but myself in danger. What i'm saying is!! It was a matter of time before it goes all horribly wrong,for myself(I deserve it!) but maybe for the innocent when that 10% time was when someone asks,i hear your pretty good on a bike? It all goes wrong!! And it will!!

Arriving at Ranong at 20.10 it had been a nice ride,and my back,arms felt the same if i had been on anything else,i'm aged at 47  so a bit tired and ache is to be expected.Yes i know a chopper style would help the back pain,but i can't!! i just can't do it!     

Next morning up early over to Burma and then the journey back to don sak aiming for the 2pm ferry to koh phangan.I was back on Thai soil after nearly going down in heavy seas and a rain storm that decided wanted to mess my day up,but no worries i felt safe in my captain hands,16-17yr old on his own,and me!! Old boat,no roof,big waves OH My Buddha... Do you want me dead Thailand? Every 3 months putting my life at risk on roads and 16yr old captains to stamp my passport when you have seen i have plenty of money to sustain a FULL year,which is why you gave me the 1yr visa in the 1st place DOH!!

I'm sorry i keep going off topic slightly,but if you happen to read kohphangan was killed by a visa run mini van in a head on,round a bend,up a hill,it was't my fault ok! I was quite happy sitting where i was,spending my money,enjoying my life with friends on the 1yr visa you gave me! Why oh why!!

I set off at 9.45am cruising(Yeah baby) at same speed of 60-70km reaching the 401 junction still on the same tank of fuel with 1 bar reading,i was going to stop but went on about another 30km before stopping and my gauge had been flashing for about 10km. Full to the top 100baht 2.5L.

It was now 11.35,i had calculated i had about another 160km left in a 2hr 35mins time if i wanted the 2pm ferry,no problem just up the speed a bit.

And the bike did it with no problems,i increased to an average of 100km on the 401 and it felt as comfortable as it had been at 60-70km. I was also keen to see exactly how fast she could go. Still at this stage with the bike now covering 1,900km since Oct 22nd 2011 i have not had the urge to race it through the gears,what's the point? But top end let's see.

The wind was not in my favor,and i'm sure with slightly better conditions it could get better,but this is how it was. I achieved 120km could not,would not,get it past 120km on 2 tries. My weight is 79kg i was not tucked in as in racing style,but lowered slightly (don't want to look stupid) and i have also added a rear large top box but have removed the front basket,everything else is standard.

I arrived back at the same 1st fuel stop just outside of don sak,my fuel gauge was flashing again. I had completed 608 km on 3 fill ups of a total of 275 baht     ,on a total of 8.0 L of fuel work it out it's exactly 76km per L.

This is still all a bit confusing as the figures i was told i should expect was 56km L . Have a got myself a freak machine? I see UK models of these kind of bikes achieving about 100 mpg but this is double that and more!!

I really do think overall this is a nice little bike by Honda... this PGM-Fi engine is quiet,can achieve 120km,plenty of torque for up hills,as long as you know when to change gear,and the fuel figures are truly outstanding.

But here we go........ I'm tempted very tempted on a trade in against a Honda CBR 250r     have seen a couple of 10 month old on the market at 85k and 90k. New i have seen 115-120k quoted? Would be glad to hear from anyone who has one.

Hope this has been of interest if considering a 110i or 125i. Please also note that this was calculated before the fuel increase. On Kohphangan we are now at 46baht L... Who cares what they charge at 76km per L  

Happy and safe riding

chooka, on 2011-12-23 13:34:05, said:

Hello Chooka.. I hear you and understand you.. quote  "Being an Australian citizen does not make you an Aussie" was it not only a few weeks back the "Australian" couple caught trying to fraud the insurance company in Phuket..  Abdul Karim al-Rajab and Zeidan Nouha as said i hear you .
Not sure of the % but in England where i am from,but left 11 years ago,all those holding UK passports are every color you can think of from all over the world.
It could of been a story with heading 10-11 English stab,bottle etc Mma fighter in Phuket!! Then names such as Muhammad Ali,Leroy Brown etc spring up.I was from the Birmingham area in the UK where now suburbs are controlled by the Black African,or asian communities all who now hold UK citizenship.  
As said nothing personal against True full blooded Aussies such as yourself..... maybe only when you wish to bring the subject of SPORT into topic

SAffer, on 2011-12-23 09:51:02, said:

By the way i am not having ago at the Aussies here,i am English and if it had been 10-11 English i would of wrote these "English" men or what ever country they are from are COWARDS! We see all to often very small little thai men become very BIG because they always know they have back up from 8-10 other small boys usually with weapons in their hands,against ONE guy who they wanted to prove a point with.

What i am simply saying is when you out number your opponent by so many only cowards would need weapons. On the other hand if 10 or so guys wanted to fight with me i would use anything that i could get my hands on to save my LIFE.. Junie in my opinion had the full right to use an AK-47 if he had one,to save his Life!
Of course we do not know yet the full details of how this all started in the 1st place,the Aussie guy's may have had a bloody good reason to smash Junie.
But with so many against One the use of weapons in my opinion is cowardly.
As said nothing against Aussies in general, again they might of had good reason for the fight.
Look forward at some stage to read how it all started.

chooka, on 2011-12-23 08:28:47, said:

Where is the true part?? "Aussies do not fight with weapons" In Junie's case he is well and truly out numbered,and they used pretty much anything they could get their hands on to beat 1 man.
My encounter was 3 on 1 till i arrived and bottles were used!! So it's untrue!! There ages were mid to late twenties,so i guess you call these 2nd generation.I can not see any age related details of the Menzies crew,but i would assume also 2nd generation and although well and truly out numbered they used weapons. So it's again "UNTRUE"  again my statement of cowards stands correct,if 10-11 against One,and 3 against 1 can not be dealt with fists these guys are weak boys not MEN!