Picked up a 06 model ZZR250 today
looking at the headstock and i see a sticker and it says
Made in Thailnd
WTF is going on there ?
Made in THAILAND WTF ??
i gree small cc bikes are made in asian places to save on costs , look at the NSR 150 that was out of the thailand factory but also sold at about $6K on the roadhidepenny wrote:i think all sml cc bikes are made in somewhere asia to save costs
slowly the ZZR has crept up and is now near $9K on the road now thats just wrong
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The nsr 150s are very popluar in big asia cities with sml spaces like SGP and HK as few of my friends have them and when it first came out they were all sold out!!gree small cc bikes are made in asian places to save on costs , look at the NSR 150 that was out of the thailand factory but also sold at about $6K on the road
slowly the ZZR has crept up and is now near $9K on the road now thats just wrong
but i just don't understand how a 250cc can cost up to 9k in australia
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That is very correct. So is the Kawasaki 'KRR150 Kips' which I doubt anyone here will know about.hidepenny wrote:The nsr 150s are very popluar in big asia cities with sml spaces like SGP and HK as few of my friends have them and when it first came out they were all sold out!!
but i just don't understand how a 250cc can cost up to 9k in australia
Doesn't surprise me that they are made in Thailand, I was actually expecting it to happen earlier.
Alot of Toyota and Honda cars are made in Thailand too, and now they are rolling out cars that are made in India.
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You could find those Kips in Asia, ex Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam but in very very bad conditions coz they have no replacement parts.RG wrote:That is very correct. So is the Kawasaki 'KRR150 Kips' which I doubt anyone here will know about.hidepenny wrote:The nsr 150s are very popluar in big asia cities with sml spaces like SGP and HK as few of my friends have them and when it first came out they were all sold out!!
but i just don't understand how a 250cc can cost up to 9k in australia
Doesn't surprise me that they are made in Thailand, I was actually expecting it to happen earlier.
Alot of Toyota and Honda cars are made in Thailand too, and now they are rolling out cars that are made in India.
But in Asia a 120cc scooter costs like 2000 USD
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Re: Made in THAILAND WTF ??
DId it also come with a complimentary ping pong ball?Johnnie5 wrote:Picked up a 06 model ZZR250 today
looking at the headstock and i see a sticker and it says
Made in Thailnd
WTF is going on there ?
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No replacement parts? well it depends on where you are, if you are in the remote mountains in Thailand, of course there are no replacement parts.Tuckerbag wrote: You could find those Kips in Asia, ex Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam but in very very bad conditions coz they have no replacement parts.
There's heaps of parts (and aftermarket parts) in Singapore, Malaysia and major cities in Thailand.
Same thing, depends on which part of Asia, bikes in Malaysia cost 3 times more than in Singapore.Tuckerbag wrote:But in Asia a 120cc scooter costs like 2000 USD
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Possibly also explains the faulty fuel tank they had in the '05 rodeo's too. mind you i've seen a rodeo that had every panel belted in and damaged beyond belief and the only reason it wasn't written off was the bastards that belted the crap out of it didn't have the presence of mind to smack the crap out of the roof as well.
If it hurts, you aren't doing it right.
yep talking to the mechanics there is a huge back order of Rodeo motorsWattie wrote:funny you say that... i've heard similar...Johnnie5 wrote:yep i had a V6 rodeo that was made in thailand, prob why they started using oil and blew up lol
mine was great till about 60K or so when i changed the oil at the 5k interval and 3l instead of 5 came out
wtf did that go ?
