BikesThe 400–700 twin
รถสองสูบ 400–700
Enough bike to enjoy the straights and still turn round on a hairpin.
Wikisympathisant · CC BY-SA 4.0What it is
A CB500X, an MT-07, a Rally 500, a Himalayan 450: mid-capacity, torque low down, real brakes, and 17- or 19-inch wheels.
The long version
What it is like. The sweet spot, if there is one. Enough torque to leave a hairpin without a downshift, brakes that never complain, and a seat you can stay on for six hours. On the long open sweeps of Route 108 south of Mae Sariang it is doing exactly what it was built for, and on 1095 it is still light enough to enjoy.
Inference — this is the range that suits the circuit best on paper: the engine braking to hold a descent, brakes that do not fade, enough power for the long Route 108 straights, and a weight you can still turn around on a one-and-a-half-lane switchback when you find a landslide.
The catch is the same weight. A 200-kilogram bike that falls over on a steep gravel guesthouse driveway needs two people to pick up, and on this circuit the second person may be an hour away.
Runs with
- bikeThe 700cc-and-up adventure bike — One size up, and the driveway problem doubles.
- hazardAnnoyances — The small stuff, with antidotes.
- storyEvery bike goes up there — Where this sits against everything else.
Named here by
- bikeThe 700cc-and-up adventure bike — One size down, and most of the same pleasure.
- storyEvery bike goes up there — Enough bike to enjoy the straights and still turn round on a hairpin.
Where each claim comes from
| Field | Tier | Source | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| default | cited | Honda 500 twins — Wikipedia (en) | |
| text.story | inference | ||
| text_th | inference | written in Thai by this project, not machine-translated |
Sources
- Honda 500 twins — Wikipedia (en)
- Royal Enfield Himalayan — Wikipedia (en)
cited Cited — a named source, linked · harvested Harvested — fetched from an open dataset, with its licence · tradition Tradition — general knowledge of the tradition, hedged · inference Inference — this project's own reasoning from the above · field Field — someone stood there