Honda Motorbike

[javadown2 308]

1 hour ago, Randyandyuni said:

yes the 150, although have is rather nebulous as I own it but it's there in the Philippines and I am in the states, tatay rides it infrequently. Nice power, decent speed, not for non paved roads without great care, the clearance is not the greatest

Exactly the reason I want the CRF 250L, lots of clearance..can buy bags/rack. Plenty of power.

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

14 hours ago, javadown2 said:

Exactly the reason I want the CRF 250L, lots of clearance..can buy bags/rack. Plenty of power.

Issue is the price in my opinion.  Unless you are going to be there full time.

 

I purchased a Honda 125 a few years back, paid right at $1600 USD at the time. Of course I had to leave it with a friend to watch it,  I was going to Philippines about 3 times per year back then, and it was great.  I would have to usually buy a battery since it set up so long. He didn't use it.

 

Fast forward to now It's been almost 3 years since I have been back, I am wondering if my bike has had the wheels driven off it, or if it has frozen up due to lack of riding.  I am banking on it not being the same and probably I am going to just buy a new one.  Still if it is a goner it was worth it, I had a lot of fun using it.  I never made a trip over 20 miles in distance, but for going to market or just waking up early and riding around and exploring it was great.

[Randyandyuni 2,682]

agreed, the Click came in at right around $1750, better for me I can leave it with family, they care for it, use it sparingly and maintain it. It's kept inside out of the weather and no fears of it being abused by anyone

[javadown2 308]

Ok, yeah I was assuming being there for the long term....for that price it doesn't hurt to own one also (a click150). Most bikes don't do well if they just sit around. Almost all my in-laws have scooters already so if I bought one now it wouldn't get much use. 

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I wasn't a member here when this thread was started but about the same time, in April, I was making the same decision here in the Philippines.

 

I wanted to get something smaller like a Click150 or the XRM125 because when we leave the Philippines then my fiances father could drive it and even take his wife to school since she is a teacher, or she could drive it herself because anybody can get on one of those.

 

I just wanted something to drive around while I am here waiting for our fiance visa to get approved. We already had a house and a car and everything we need in our house so for me the motorcycle was just for entertainment going through the mountains and back roads and exploring when we are sitting around here doing nothing.

 

Well when I finally told my fiance that I was really going to buy one, and she was always against it thats why I didn't tell her at first, well once I told her she seemed excited about it too. Then she tells me that she doesn't want me to buy a Click or one of those little Suzuki Raiders because she doesn't want her father or brother to be trying to drive it around when we are not here. Haha, I was thinking that it would be a good thing but apparently she doesn't want them crashing and getting injured so for some reason she thinks its better to trust and pay somebody else to drive them around on a falling apart trike, weird.

 

So I got the XR150 Honda for about 87k. It's too big for her family members to try to drive but perfect size for me. It came out to around 1600 dollars with the higher exchange rate. It is the perfect motorcycle for the Philippines and its cheap too so who really cares if you get it muddy and even drop it occasionally? I haven't dropped mine yet but I've driven it through roads that turned into flowing rivers @ 3+ feet deep water and the thing doesn't have any problems at all. We also loaded it onto a 10 person boat and took it to another island for a vacation and drove it all around on that island too.

 

 

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

5 hours ago, lolhahaha said:

I wasn't a member here when this thread was started but about the same time, in April, I was making the same decision here in the Philippines.

 

I wanted to get something smaller like a Click150 or the XRM125 because when we leave the Philippines then my fiances father could drive it and even take his wife to school since she is a teacher, or she could drive it herself because anybody can get on one of those.

 

I just wanted something to drive around while I am here waiting for our fiance visa to get approved. We already had a house and a car and everything we need in our house so for me the motorcycle was just for entertainment going through the mountains and back roads and exploring when we are sitting around here doing nothing.

 

Well when I finally told my fiance that I was really going to buy one, and she was always against it thats why I didn't tell her at first, well once I told her she seemed excited about it too. Then she tells me that she doesn't want me to buy a Click or one of those little Suzuki Raiders because she doesn't want her father or brother to be trying to drive it around when we are not here. Haha, I was thinking that it would be a good thing but apparently she doesn't want them crashing and getting injured so for some reason she thinks its better to trust and pay somebody else to drive them around on a falling apart trike, weird.

 

So I got the XR150 Honda for about 87k. It's too big for her family members to try to drive but perfect size for me. It came out to around 1600 dollars with the higher exchange rate. It is the perfect motorcycle for the Philippines and its cheap too so who really cares if you get it muddy and even drop it occasionally? I haven't dropped mine yet but I've driven it through roads that turned into flowing rivers @ 3+ feet deep water and the thing doesn't have any problems at all. We also loaded it onto a 10 person boat and took it to another island for a vacation and drove it all around on that island too.

 

 

I looked at the XR150, that is a pretty good deal for the money.  Only thing I wasn't a fan of is you have to one down, three up on the gear shifter with your foot. I tend to just use sandals when I ride.  What kind of shoes do you use?

 

For me being rather tall the XR150 would fit my body much better

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On 11/20/2018 at 4:50 AM, Chris Duffy said:

I looked at the XR150, that is a pretty good deal for the money.  Only thing I wasn't a fan of is you have to one down, three up on the gear shifter with your foot. I tend to just use sandals when I ride.  What kind of shoes do you use?

 

For me being rather tall the XR150 would fit my body much better

The gear shifter is rubber wrapped unlike those old steel ones that you are probably thinking about so it's not going to hurt your foot. I wear sandals like the ones below usually but sometimes flip flops too if I'm just going to the store:

 

After buying that motorcycle I laugh every time I see one of those little XRM's that I was thinking about getting. They are like 1/2 the size and I'd look like a goofball on one, probably get stuck in stuff all the time too and wouldn't even attempt to drive through roads that turn into rivers because the exhaust isn't 3ft off the ground like on mine. It would die. The XR150 feels like it's a lot bigger than my CBR250 that I ride in the US so it's actually big enough for anybody over 5ft6 and up to at least 6-4. It also holds like 11-12 liters of fuel unlike those scooters so you can fill it up and not worry about it for weeks. 50km per liter.

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

3 hours ago, lolhahaha said:

The gear shifter is rubber wrapped unlike those old steel ones that you are probably thinking about so it's not going to hurt your foot. I wear sandals like the ones below usually but sometimes flip flops too if I'm just going to the store:

 

After buying that motorcycle I laugh every time I see one of those little XRM's that I was thinking about getting. They are like 1/2 the size and I'd look like a goofball on one, probably get stuck in stuff all the time too and wouldn't even attempt to drive through roads that turn into rivers because the exhaust isn't 3ft off the ground like on mine. It would die. The XR150 feels like it's a lot bigger than my CBR250 that I ride in the US so it's actually big enough for anybody over 5ft6 and up to at least 6-4. It also holds like 11-12 liters of fuel unlike those scooters so you can fill it up and not worry about it for weeks. 50km per liter.

So with a flip flop it fairly easy to do the one down, three up thing?  I love that motorbike since I am tall it fits me so much better than Click150 or a XRM125/150 models.

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On 11/21/2018 at 4:52 AM, Chris Duffy said:

So with a flip flop it fairly easy to do the one down, three up thing?  I love that motorbike since I am tall it fits me so much better than Click150 or a XRM125/150 models.

 

Yeah it's just like any other motorcycle in the US. It's easy to shift even barefoot but I'm sure you can try it at the dealership. It's also easier to do with the engine running and going down the road. It just clicks into place, 1st gear is the only one you really have to push, just like driving a clutch.

[Chris Duffy 1,257]

9 hours ago, lolhahaha said:

 

Yeah it's just like any other motorcycle in the US. It's easy to shift even barefoot but I'm sure you can try it at the dealership. It's also easier to do with the engine running and going down the road. It just clicks into place, 1st gear is the only one you really have to push, just like driving a clutch.

I wonder why they are so cheap compared to the Honda Click?  Maybe it a slow seller due to being a bigger bike

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19 hours ago, Chris Duffy said:

I wonder why they are so cheap compared to the Honda Click?  Maybe it a slow seller due to being a bigger bike

 

It's carburated, not FI like the Click and the new XRM. Which is actually better if you live in Philippines because if it ever stops working, or you are in the US for a year and come back. Nobody in the Philippines can be trusted to work on your fuel injected system because they don't know what they are doing and don't have any of the electronic equipment anyway but everybody in the world can work on and fix a simple carb. Or you can buy a whole new carb for about 10-15 dollars, the ones used on those tricycles are the same carb for the XR150. They sell those carbs in every little motorcycle shop all over the country so it'll be easy to keep running.