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Honda Click Review
August 24, 2007 |
The Honda Click is a fairly newish model from Honda. It has 110cc liquid cooled engine and a V-matic continuously variable transmission, whatever that is supposed to mean.
Well, I guess it means I don’t have to worry about changing gears. And that the engine has some sort of fancy cooling system.
Whats important to me is that the thing actually starts every time, and is easy to drive. And it is. I liked it a lot, but have to admit that my previous experience with driving motorized two wheelers is limited to a summer on a 50cc Scooter in Norway, and renting them at various Holiday destinations around the world.
I got an owners manual with it… in Thai. So that is not much help. Bit here is some technical data for those interested:
Engine:
- Bore and Stroke: 50.0 x 55.0 mm
- Displacement: 108 cc
- Compression Ratio: 11.0 :1
- Engine Oil Capacity: 0,7 litres after draining, 0.8 litres after disassembly
Power Transmission:
- Clutch System: Dry Automatic Centrifugal Clutch
- Transmission: V-Matic
- Drive belt ratio: 2.53 : 1 - 0.85 : 1
- Final reduction: 10.208
Dimensions
- Length: 1889mm
- Width: 680mm
- Height: 1086mm
- Wheelbase: 1273mm
Fuel Capacity: 3.8 litres
I did not get a chance to drive it much. Only have 95km on it so far. But it seems to be fairly responsive, and I had no problem doing 80km/h on it. I did go up to a 100km/h a couple of times. Not sure if I am supposed to press it that much on a new bike, but I could not resist it.
I have not spent a full tank of fuel yet, but the 3.8 litre tank concern me a little bit. Even my little 50cc back in Norway had a 5.8 litre tank.
Anyway, Nan found it easy to drive too, and she liked it a lot. A bit to much actually as she opted to go on that one, leaving her Honda Wave at home went she went about her business in an around the village.
I found it a fun bike to ride. And I have to admit I like the way it looks too. I’ll be back with more stories about it once I actually get to ride it around more.
That’s it!
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Hi. I think I’ll stick to the Wave where the engine isn’t part of the swingarm, like a scooter. The engines on most bikes in Thailand may be tiny, but I can get almost as much of a kick at 80kph on a Wave in shorts and flip flops as I can in England on my litre bike in full leathers.
And I can’t fit a case of Chang between my Knees on the Honda Firestorm.
What about Thai helmets? Make your own from a plastic salad bowl, two pieces of string and a couple of old socks for padding.
LoL
The padded salad bowl was came for free with the Honda. But I got myself a real full head helmet with a vizor in Bangkok when we where there to fix the legal paperwork for our marriage certificate.
It’s a Thai produced helmet, and cost about 1400 baht. It got a UV400 vizor that can be easilly changed. And it came with an extra vizor.
It’s got vents on the chin guard and on top and back of the helmet, so it does not become to hot to wear in the heat.
I crashed my moped in Norway and landed on the windshield of the car I crashed into from behind. So I take helmets seriously.
Yeah I think the Wave is a better choise for you since where you will be has all those hills anyway.