New member - new scoot
Posted: Wed Sep 04, 2013 3:36 am
Hi All,
Just to introduce myself.
Been living in up-country Thailand now for just under a year and moved into our new house in June this year.
Transport up to now has been a Mitsubishi Pajero Sport but now we're settled in a bit the wife and I both decided we'd like a couple of run-about scooters.
So off we went to the local Honda Dealer(s) in Nakhon Phanom (a small town of about 30,000 inhabitants in north east Thailand on the Mekong river looking out to Laos). Believe it or not but there are 4 Honda dealers in this small town .
I already knew what I wanted as I have been reading and digesting all about the PCX on this forum but the wife had yet to make up her mind. The last time I rode on 2 wheels was back in the 80's with a Kawasaki GPZ550 and the wife at least 25 years ago on something a little smaller.
As is the case in Thailand, scooters are "the" mode of transport and there are literally thousands in and around Nakhon Phanom.
Over here you can usually just walk into a showroom, pick what you want, pay your money and ride off, all in about 2 hours.
And that's exactly what happened (except it took the wife 3 hours to decide on the colour).
The wife finally went for a Honda Scoopy i in dark blue and cream and I chose white for my PCX 150.
The price of scooters over here is much cheaper than in the UK or USA and we picked up both scoots for 128000 baht (about £2570) which included registration and insurance for 1 year, 2 helmets (only good for building sites) and Honda light weight jackets.
So yesterday we both became the proud members of the Honda scooter fraternity.
Total ground covered is all of 40km around some of the local villages and, boy, did I enjoy it! Felt good to be alive again after all the hassle of house building over the previous 6 months.
Only got the one pic at the moment as I forgot to take the camera with me on the ride but will post more in the coming days.
It's been really helpful reading all your experiences on this forum and it made my choice a no-brainer with the PCX.
I may be 67 years old but yesterday I was like a kid at Christmas!
bangkokbrian47
Just to introduce myself.
Been living in up-country Thailand now for just under a year and moved into our new house in June this year.
Transport up to now has been a Mitsubishi Pajero Sport but now we're settled in a bit the wife and I both decided we'd like a couple of run-about scooters.
So off we went to the local Honda Dealer(s) in Nakhon Phanom (a small town of about 30,000 inhabitants in north east Thailand on the Mekong river looking out to Laos). Believe it or not but there are 4 Honda dealers in this small town .
I already knew what I wanted as I have been reading and digesting all about the PCX on this forum but the wife had yet to make up her mind. The last time I rode on 2 wheels was back in the 80's with a Kawasaki GPZ550 and the wife at least 25 years ago on something a little smaller.
As is the case in Thailand, scooters are "the" mode of transport and there are literally thousands in and around Nakhon Phanom.
Over here you can usually just walk into a showroom, pick what you want, pay your money and ride off, all in about 2 hours.
And that's exactly what happened (except it took the wife 3 hours to decide on the colour).
The wife finally went for a Honda Scoopy i in dark blue and cream and I chose white for my PCX 150.
The price of scooters over here is much cheaper than in the UK or USA and we picked up both scoots for 128000 baht (about £2570) which included registration and insurance for 1 year, 2 helmets (only good for building sites) and Honda light weight jackets.
So yesterday we both became the proud members of the Honda scooter fraternity.
Total ground covered is all of 40km around some of the local villages and, boy, did I enjoy it! Felt good to be alive again after all the hassle of house building over the previous 6 months.
Only got the one pic at the moment as I forgot to take the camera with me on the ride but will post more in the coming days.
It's been really helpful reading all your experiences on this forum and it made my choice a no-brainer with the PCX.
I may be 67 years old but yesterday I was like a kid at Christmas!
bangkokbrian47
Moved here from the US, but spent most of my life in Canada and also about a year and a half in England a way back in the mid 70's.
I overlooked saying howdy to you and your very good looking scoots and pup! Shout out to your wife too 