Denim Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 Not sure if this has appeared elsewhere but just noticed it today and thought that the styling and price were very competitive. If , on account of the flat pound , my belt were not so tightened it might be tempting if I could think of somewhere I wanted to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted October 17, 2019 Share Posted October 17, 2019 He says the price is 79,500 baht in another review they give the engine specs 234cc SOHC inline twin with Fi Air cooled with big oil cooler 16 HP @ 8500 RPM 15.5 Nm @ 7000 RPM 6 speed top speed @ 140 Kph If the pound was still at 70 to the baht I might be tempted to go get one today ???? the second hand price in a couple of years will probably be more tempting ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agusts Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 When was the £ pound anywhere near 70 baht...!? Maybe you meant 55... , non of my currency charts going back 10 years showing more than that...! lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Damrongsak Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 28 minutes ago, Agusts said: When was the £ pound anywhere near 70 baht...!? Maybe you meant 55... , non of my currency charts going back 10 years showing more than that...! lol 2005 - 75.9 peak. 2006 about 72 peak. https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/bank-of-england-spot/historical-spot-exchange-rates/gbp/GBP-to-THB-2005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agusts Posted October 19, 2019 Share Posted October 19, 2019 Long time ago, I doubt we ever see those numbers again, even $ is loosing value to baht now... I'm just watching the UK parliament voting on Brexit, whatever happen £ never be 70 baht again...!!! Stop dreaming just buy this GPX 250 twin, looks awesome - probably a throw-away-in-a-few years type though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 Looks like overweighted, underpowered junk. Quality? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 11 minutes ago, Happy Grumpy said: Looks like overweighted, underpowered Well then how about a Suzuki Raider R 150 147 cc single cylinder,Water cooled, DOHC, 4 valves, Fi, 6 speed 18.2 HP @ 10,000 RPM 18.8 NM @ 8500 RPM 109 KG 145-150 KPH 67,900 baht Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted October 21, 2019 Share Posted October 21, 2019 On 10/19/2019 at 8:02 PM, Agusts said: When was the £ pound anywhere near 70 baht...!? I believe it (briefly) reached 99 baht to the pound shortly after the 1997 Asian financial crash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi850m2 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 16 hours ago, Happy Grumpy said: Looks like overweighted, underpowered junk. Quality? Yes that's the problem, how is the quality? Looks quite nice though, dual front disks and all which is very usual on a 250cc bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 34 minutes ago, guzzi850m2 said: dual front disks and all which is very usual on a 250cc bike. More unusual is a decent picture!???? (Not mine) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 1 hour ago, guzzi850m2 said: Yes that's the problem, how is the quality? Looks quite nice though, dual front disks and all which is very usual on a 250cc bike. I've looked closely at a few other GPX bikes and at least from the outside the quality looks pretty good . I had a real close look at The Gentleman ( also GPX ) and was surprised at how good it seemed. Problems that have occurred seem to be internals. The Gentleman for example had issues with gear selection. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 2 hours ago, guzzi850m2 said: dual front disks and all which is very usual on a 250cc bike. 234cc. Dual front disks on a bike with 16HP.... Looks like it's all for show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi850m2 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 58 minutes ago, Happy Grumpy said: 234cc. Dual front disks on a bike with 16HP.... Looks like it's all for show. Yes but it does looks nice but adds weight, it would have been better they added ABS instead of the 2 front disks. Normally dual front disks starts at 650cc bikes but Triumphs 900cc models gets by with one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agusts Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 In this type of Chinese bikes the only good one is Stallion 400cc , a bit more expensive but it is a solid made motor...(assembled in Thailand). You can probably find a used one at a good price, Chinese bikes don't keep their value....! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 10 hours ago, Happy Grumpy said: 234cc. Dual front disks on a bike with 16HP.... Looks like it's all for show. True, but people buy Harley Davidson's at vast expense but it doesn't seem to bother them. As long as they have the verisimilitude of a hells angel they are well pleased. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted October 22, 2019 Author Share Posted October 22, 2019 1 hour ago, Agusts said: In this type of Chinese bikes the only good one is Stallion 400cc , a bit more expensive but it is a solid made motor...(assembled in Thailand). You can probably find a used one at a good price, Chinese bikes don't keep their value....! The Chinese are improving. When I was young , Japanese bikes were commonly refered to as Jap <deleted> for similar reasons. Teething troubles and hard to get spares. Then came the Honda 750 x 4 An argument decider.....along with the C90 at the other end of the market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agusts Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 3 hours ago, Denim said: The Chinese are improving. When I was young , Japanese bikes were commonly refered to as Jap <deleted> for similar reasons. Teething troubles and hard to get spares. Then came the Honda 750 x 4 An argument decider.....along with the C90 at the other end of the market. Sorry but this comparison of Japanese manufacturing and Chinese, which is repeated here many times, is not a good example. Japanese are very ambitious, diciplined and precise bunch, they just about excelled in all industries, they want to produce and be the best in everything, compare that philosophy with Chinese...!? Chinese are totally different, for them it's all about the money, getting away with what they can, copying, zero quality control, basically mass market and consumerism on the cheap. And sorry but they have been at it for so many years, we are still waiting for their high quality bike they design and manufacture from scratch... ! How many more years...? Of course once they are supervised and managed they produce diffetent quality stuff, bit I don't call iPhone Chinese just because the factory is there...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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