2nd service on my PCX 125

[kramnala58]

I don't mind where I live. The winter does screw things up. Thailand does sound fun. Can I carry my pistol there?

Ya, winters are tough here too. The coldest it has been in Bangkok in the last 30 years was this past January when the overnight low plummeted down to 62°F (16.5°C) But I do miss the four seasons of the norther US and Canada.

As far as carrying your pistol, that would be a 'No'. I think the pistol laws are even sticker here than they are in Canada.

[Steph]

No pistol carrying in Canada. I live next door to them. Poor people losing their freedom. Lucy you weren't here for our last winter. It was bad!

[kramnala58]

No pistol carrying in Canada. I live next door to them. Poor people losing their freedom. Lucy you weren't here for our last winter. It was bad!

Ya, I was aware of the pistol carrying restrictions in Canada as I lived there for about 40 years. I think the UK may be even stricter. We still get back to the US and Canada, so the cold winters are still in our blood, although the heat of Thailand is helping to thin it out.

[you you]

No pistol carrying in Canada. I live next door to them. Poor people losing their freedom. Lucy you weren't here for our last winter. It was bad!

Ya, I was aware of the pistol carrying restrictions in Canada as I lived there for about 40 years. I think the UK may be even stricter. We still get back to the US and Canada, so the cold winters are still in our blood, although the heat of Thailand is helping to thin it out.

Never been allowed to carry pistils for many years. You can only have restricted pistols on a firearm certificate and they can only really be used on approved ranges.

I'm a lifelong shooter but really don't understand the wish to carry a pistol. Unless you are a loon or a dickhead.

[Steph]

I am neither a loon or dickhead. Carry for personal protection.

[gn2]

Carry for personal protection.

That's a big problem with american firearm culture.
Carrying a firearm isn't protection from other people with firearms.
Good for the gun industry but not for public safety.

[fish]

Thailand (in my opinion) must be an absolute Paradise, with pros and cons and, as I mentioned, I would not mind living there in the future, but we must admit that living in an European country also has its benefits

I have lived in four different countries and visited several others. I wouldn't necessarily call Thailand and absolute Paradise, but it certainly has been an enjoyable experience living here for the past 2½ years.

What I have found in life is that each place is generally what you make it to be. If you have a bad attitude about it, it likely isn't going to be an enjoyable experience. But if you look at each place as different (not wrong, weird or strange), then you are like to have a lot more positive experiences than negative ones. I have also found that those who have traveled little tend to be more ethnocentric than those who have traveled beyond their own culture.

Say kramnala
I'm out here in the sticks of Ohio, on my sunrise ride...reading this. great thread Good stuff here.
But to the point...what can you tell us about the Honda factory in Thailand? I think this is where my Forza was put together.
Also, can you post some pix. Would be very interested.
I have lived in a lot of places (from Paris to Pleiku, Vietnam)...but have been here in ohio for a few decades.
Thanks a bunch, Fish

[kramnala58]

You can only have restricted pistols on a firearm certificate and they can only really be used on approved ranges.

That is the same as Canada then.

[kramnala58]

Say kramnala ... what can you tell us about the Honda factory in Thailand? I think this is where my Forza was put together.
Also, can you post some pix. Would be very interested.

Sorry, can't help you with that. I haven't looked into where the Honda motorcycle factory is. I believe the Honda car factory is a ways north of the Bangkok.

I also do not know where the Forza is assembled. I believe that the PCX is not assembled in Vietnam ... or is it Cambodia?

[Steph]

Carry for personal protection.

That's a big problem with american firearm culture.
Carrying a firearm isn't protection from other people with firearms.
Good for the gun industry but not for public safety.

No worries, Lets talk about scooters.

[gn2]

Sure.
Yesterday I rode a 50cc scooter on the road for the first time in nearly forty years, boy was it slow.

[Duggle]

Yesterday, I rode on a Meetup group ride up to the food truck festival at Bates nut farm, about 100 miles total round trip from my house. At the meetup location a girl was on a 50cc scooter and she left about 15 minutes before us. She was already at the destination when we got there because of the stops that we made (and a large group can be a little bit of a cluster). I was a little surprised, thought we would pass her on the road.

[pcxpower]

I believe that the PCX is not assembled in Vietnam ... or is it Cambodia?

I have read in Spanish and Italian websites and magazines that PCXs destined for European markets are made in Atessa (Italy), whilst other PCXs are made in Thailand... perhaps there are other factories as well?
http://www.moto.it/news/honda-produzion ... tessa.html

[you you]

I am neither a loon or dickhead. Carry for personal protection.

You probably wouln't need it abroad.

[you you]

Sure.
Yesterday I rode a 50cc scooter on the road for the first time in nearly forty years, boy was it slow.

Whizzing out on the Peugeot Speedfight tomorrow. Looking forward to the smell of Belray

[kramnala58]

I believe that the PCX is not assembled in Vietnam ... or is it Cambodia?

I have read in Spanish and Italian websites and magazines that PCXs destined for European markets are made in Atessa (Italy), whilst other PCXs are made in Thailand... perhaps there are other factories as well?
http://www.moto.it/news/honda-produzion ... tessa.html

2010 (they were out that early in Thailand - I have one) to 2013 PCX's were made in Thailand, but I am hearing on these forums that the 2014/15's are from Vietnam.

[pcxpower]

Thanks for the info! This scooter sells so well that they have to manufacture it in several factories!