@@MaryChartrand appreciate your comments and hopefully you subscribe

@@goose3973 thank you

@@skiesyvong7262 thanks for watching

@@my_random_nick enjoy your ride

@@mikefreeriderAsia thank you Mike, I really respect what you achieved on your motorcycle 💪

@@danielbaietu7183 thank you for watching so I translated I love continental tires, if you're looking for a good tire that will perform in all conditions I would recommend continental TKC70, these are 70/30 tires and are good in the rain and light off-road and will give you good wearability.

@@nealyang3774 thanks for watching.. With no war this area is very beautiful.

@@zippo1009 thanks for watching and thank you for the suggestions

@@hmoobfresno5979 Long Tieng g.co/kgs/PbNyQtj

@@Herbert-dy1uf thanks for watching and now I have 279,000 km. I bought my covers on a Thai platform called Lazada and it's good and only cost about $20

@@trevorbartels1730 thanks for watching it's a few years back that I was using the shinkos and I believe that I was riding 30 PSI in the front 36 on the rear. If you've got a lot of gear you could also go 32/38

@@mikefreeriderAsia Thank you.

@@samirhadade thanks for watching and I'm not had any issues with my DCT, love DCT

@@kevinthailand2567 this video was actually produced by brother-in-law after my mom passed away 8 years ago. I saw it for the first time at her celebration of life

@@goose3973 thank you very much

@@mal3519 thank you very much

@@nomoreblahblah it's actually a Honda screen, made in Italy, unfortunately the numbers are faded and all I have left is M-118c, and the beauty of the screen was that it had flexibility, where is a Givi screen that I had purchased for a cb500x what easily break. Thanks for watching and ride safe

@@Marauder-xy5sg thanks for the info, I was back there last November and there were members of the American army still looking for bones for the MIA. It's a very special place for me, and I plan to return again in the future.

@@paulrobson1443 thank you very much for watching, I now have 279,000 km and it's a 2014.

@@jimoliver4226 my buddy is a BMW shop in Bangkok and he told me what the miles I have I could not afford a BMW what's the cost of the service is much more!!! There's no doubt BMW is a great bike, but in my opinion so is the NC!!! Enjoy whatever you ride and ride safe

@@mikefreeriderAsia thanks, doing research and really leaning to NC, maybe see you on the road someday (btw, not a huge guy and Mrs is 45 kg, NC good for touring 2 up?

@@jimoliver4226 again this is my opinion but for two lighter people like you described should be no issue. My 500x struggled a bit in the mountains two up, but my NC had no issues.

@@mikefreeriderAsia thanks

@@belthagor03 no need in Thailand but I wish I did have on a few trips , especially my trip to Tibet

@@jeff.alive09 Ride safe and enjoy your journey.

Life is great in Thailand. Language is not a big issue as you can always get by. Google translate is your friend. Enjoy your new suspension

Unfortunately no just postings on my Facebook page. At that time I wasn't doing a lot of videos and also the schedule was quite tight as we were riding every day. But I can tell you I have fond memories and hopefully next year i'll go back for a couple of weeks

I'm sure it was amazing Mike. Couple more questions when you have a moment... I dream of visiting Thailand and New Zealand. I'm wondering how easy/hard it is to tour if you're completely foreign to the driving, language, culture, weather, hazards, etc. Renting a bike would be another concern (safe, reliable, support if broken down). Based on all these uncertainties are there any organized "Touring Companies" you can recommend in Thailand or NZ? Probably expensive, but I like the idea of be led by a local and enjoy a group ride. Sounds like you may have done something similar in NZ, but I suspect you shipped your bike. Nothing like the comfort and confidence of having your own bike when touring! :) PS. I just subscribed to your Channel. Richard

@@Richard-dh8ny to be honest Thailand is quite easy to travel and you can rent bikes in many places. Cost of rental can be very reasonable depending on the motorcycle you choose. I do some private tours and use the CRF 250 which is nice and easy and convenient and you can ride less travelled roads. There is a series that I did with Gilles and we rode a month together, just the 2 of us . You can contact me on my email address at [email protected]. Regarding New Zealand I was on a Honda Sponsored trip for a week so I used a NC750X manual. Since that trip I became good friends with many Kiwis who have come many times to Thailand riding with me , many videos of our trips together.Tours there for sure are more expensive.i don't have any specific touring companies to recommend.

Agree 💯%

Thanks for watching, I did some training in Bangkok which was off-road called Dirt experience, and then I did some training in Yasothon, where I actually did a video and that was great fun. Ride safe

Ride safe

First of all thank you for watching, now certain countries are quite easy to travel in like Thailand where I don't even use the steering lock and no one seems to bother with the motorcycle.in Laos it is quite safe as well, Malaysia need to be a little bit more careful in the hotels will typically provide some area that is secured for parking and that's what we would request when we book. Vietnam we typically cover the bikes at night in a secured parking. But in Asia compared to America or Europe it is a much safer place to ride motorcycles. In my home I keep the keys in my motorcycle, not many places in the world you could do that.. In China people tend to want to sit on a motorcycle without asking and it's very annoying what Chinese people think it's normal to sit on somebody else's bike. Until I tell them otherwise!!!!!! So at night we put covers on the bikes.

Thanks for watching

Thank you for watching, just a heads up 276,000 km now and still runs great.

Actually the tkc 80s are awesome on Tarmac, are roads in Thailand are not like tracks and perfect, sometimes you get a little bit of dirt in the corners those knobbies grip like crazy.

I change mine every 12,000 km including the oil filter with Honda synthetic oil. My bike still doesn't burn any oil at all.

Could you please clarify your question because I'm not sure 100% what you're asking.

Well I will try to answer as best I can. For filtering in traffic it's a little bit on the wide side especially if you add panniers. Fuel consumption is exactly the same as the nc750x, and actually it's almost the same motorcycle except for different fairings!! Comfort for a pillion is excellent, the bike has lots of wind protection. I know that they've shown videos that it's an off-road motorcycle, but from my experience I did do some off-road what was not comfortable due to the amount of plastics on the bike and if you drop it even with the crash bars repairs are generally expensive. I always add lights on all my motorcycle as I actually like to ride at night and the stock lighting is just adequate at best. I eventually sold mine, I prefer the NC for my purposes as it's more off-road capable but I also have a CRF 300 rally which is great for those more challenging off-road situations. But if I was only touring most likely I would have stuck with the x-adv Thanks for watching and ride safe

@@mikefreeriderAsia Thanks for the info😃, currently gathering all my notes and both bikes and would probably get either the NC750x or the X-Adv after a bit more minchurning. Tbh I am starting to lean a bit more to the NC.

I actually still have my ADV 150 and I use it for running around up to 60 or 70 km sometimes to get breakfast. I still have my NC now at 275,000k and it still runs great, plus a Honda CRF 300 rally which I ride more often these days+ a CRF 250 l, all bikes are running great Thank you for watching

@@mikefreeriderAsia Great to know you still have yours, they are impressively good machines. I thought you may have sold it when you bought your CT 125...

@@stonebury1 I actually did sell my ct125, it's a good-looking bike but no good on the highway,

@@mikefreeriderAsia That is some amazing mileage for the NC750 -- What a terrific bike. Looking forward to putting more mileage on mine now!

@@stonebury1 enjoy the Adventure

I've actually done a couple of reviews on tires on my channel so please check that out. Currently I'm a big fan of continental and they have great choices for touring. A good all-rounder is the tkc70. Thanks for watching

@@mikefreeriderAsia Mike, Many Thanks for the speedy response! I may try those TKC70's when I replace the OEM Dunlops. Similar to you, I don't find the OEM Dunlops very confidence inspiring. You also mentioned in your tire review the Shinko 705's that had acceptable results. I have gone through numerous sets of these on my dualsports, getting roughly 7500 miles on rear and front mounted on 650cc bikes. You seemed to get much better mileage on the TKC's, correct?

@@stonebury1 yes the TKC gets better mileage and grip in my opinion. But more expensive, but in my opinion worth it. Ride safe

@@mikefreeriderAsia Thanks again for your advice, Mike. I really value your experience and opinions. Happy Trails!

There used to be but for the last several years no issues. Thanks for watching and appreciate the comments.

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@@mikefreeriderAsia Thanks 😊

Now 275000 k and never ran out of fuel, range 300k

@@mikefreeriderAsia yeah but thai is cheap fuel, so when leaving id like a bigger tank lol

@@googlelimp9834 where are you going ??. Laos is cheaper than Thailand, Cambodia about the same.

@@mikefreeriderAsia id be doig the same then trying to get back to the UK

Awesome thanks for watching, and Ride Safe.

Tires are still performing great

Merci beaucoup

Definitely True, I even had a police siren for a few years and the police said nothing!!!! Thanks for watching

Thank you for your comment and basically that's what I've done, Thanks for watching

Well I appreciate the comments and thank you for watching. That video almost took me a month to edit because sometimes you take 2 hours to add it down to 10 min , I have one more to do in this series. This country Laos beautiful country but lacks infrastructure and the roads are not getting better they're getting worse, a little bit like Quebec!!! Ha ha ha

Well the quality video is also a direct result from all the great pictures that you took and I really appreciate them. The last video will be short with some great footage in the mountains on the Kazi pass . When I start looking at these videos, we were on some pretty amazing places. Thanks for your support

There was an NC on this trip , but for this trip I used my CRF rally 300 and for me it was a better choice due to the conditions in Laos. My NC is still going strong with 275,000 KM and thank you for watching