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Service interval, dash display lights at 12,000km. Oil change lights at 6,000km.
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Official Honda Owners Manual English version. ADV350 2025
Similar searches online will bring up the manuals for earlier ADV350 years in English
Similar searches online will bring up the manuals for earlier ADV350 years in English
The photo you attached does look like basically the same rack.
I have also considered just using my Loboo soft roll top bag (instead of the box), from time to time. I'm interested in streamlining the centre of gravity.
I'd try placing the bag along the length of the rack and seat. I think placing it sideways the soft bag structure would drape too much over the sides of the rack.
This might cause chaffing and premature wear of the pvc material against the metal rack at the drape points.
I haven't tried soft bag only, yet. I'll do it when I return to Maesai, perhaps by the end of this week.
I think I recall seeing a nice rack made by Loboo, on Lazada.
A point I will consider is how the bag strap anchor points work out if the bag is positioned length ways rather than sideways.
In fact, even sideways on the rack the top box mounting plate doesn't have slots wide enough for the bag straps to pass through.
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Linking this post here ... regarding ADV350 brake fluid fade.
I rode from Chiang Dao to Wiang Haeng yesterday. The weather conditions were dry and road was good fun.
A downpour at Jao Korn Jerngเ จ้ากอนเจิง tombs thoughly drenched me, as I looked across the border to the Myanmar side and the Ordination Hall which is just visible through the trees in this photo.
I decided to dry off while eating at the excellent Krua Piang Luang Restaurant ร้านครัวเปียงหลวง and was made to feel very welcome by the kind owner and friend of GTR David.
...and this is an early days photo of the kind and welcoming owner.
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A downpour at Jao Korn Jerngเ จ้ากอนเจิง tombs thoughly drenched me, as I looked across the border to the Myanmar side and the Ordination Hall which is just visible through the trees in this photo.
I decided to dry off while eating at the excellent Krua Piang Luang Restaurant ร้านครัวเปียงหลวง and was made to feel very welcome by the kind owner and friend of GTR David.
...and this is an early days photo of the kind and welcoming owner.
Ciao Julian nice fhotos
At Suwarnabumi AirPort they write like this
about tak province and Myanmar
Ready for next meeting ……
At Suwarnabumi AirPort they write like this
about tak province and Myanmar
Ready for next meeting ……
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2 week ago I want to buy Zontes 386 cc.
But i meet Heineken some night ago in Chiang Rai and I ask suggestion because him drive both ADV Honda 350 cc and Xmax Yamaha.
I think is right
Honda and Yamaha can found if need parts every where.
Zontes we don ‘t know
Thank you Heineken
But i meet Heineken some night ago in Chiang Rai and I ask suggestion because him drive both ADV Honda 350 cc and Xmax Yamaha.
I think is right
Honda and Yamaha can found if need parts every where.
Zontes we don ‘t know
Thank you Heineken
I really like the Zontes ADV version...very tempting...but for me it's not quite the time for Zontes due to dealer network and parts availability.
I'd love for this situation to change more quickly.
When I replaced my flood damaged ADV350 I also went to the Zontes dealer in Chiang Rai.
At that time only the Zontes road version was available. Its an impressive bike at a great price. If the Zontes ADV version had been available at that time I think I might well have purchased it (having already owned the ADV350), as a comparison.
However, the more I ride the ADV350 and do rountine maintenance because of the kilometres I am covering, the more the doubt about Zontes parts support and downtime due to parts availability grows.
This is an unfortunate doubt.
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Routine parts for maintenance...
- Oil and air filters
- Brake pads
- Brake pins and clips that hold the brake pads and the rubber bellows the brake pins pass through.
- sparkplug
- variator set (including oil seals)
- clutch set (including oil seals and o rings)
- drive belt
- front fork spring and oil
- rear shox
There's not much else I can think of. Surely Zontes can get that parts supply together across Thailand?
I think Zontes focus is to perhaps develop the Euro market, which would make sense.
I don't see too many Zontes parts suppliers on Lazada. I buy 99% of my rountine Honda OEM parts on Lazada and they arrive within 72hours.
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I have nothing against Zontes, I havent even ridden one, but I have had a good look over the Zontes 350E and 368 and they look impressive, with alot of accesories that come standard, big TFT colour screen/crash bars/TPMS and some models have built in front/rear cameras.
My concern is parts and service, my ADV350 or Xmax I can go 5km to my local dealer and get a service or repair...................................and resale would be poor in comparison to Honda/Yamaha IMO
My concern is parts and service, my ADV350 or Xmax I can go 5km to my local dealer and get a service or repair...................................and resale would be poor in comparison to Honda/Yamaha IMO
Time to remove the forks and replace fork oil.
I'm using Ban Chang Motorcycle Tire Shop & Service on the spanners.
The oil refill will be Ohlins SAE10 fork oil at 90mm from top of fork leg, as per the official Honda ADV350 Tech Manual.
Interestingly the YSS fork upgrade provides conflicting fork oil volumes on their YSS web presence and the YSS upgrade kit installation leaflet. Also YSS provide conflicting oil viscosity (5w and 10w) data. YSS HQ have failed to answer my query for clarification, sent by email, and didn't get very far with a phone call either.
So my position is that I will rely on the Honda data, at 90mm fill height.
This fill height might give the Honda volume of 403ml, but also the YSS upgrade spring might itself take up more physical spring volume, hence relying on the Honda 90mm refill height as the absolute.
I don't want to blow seals by over filling and not being able to compress oil, resulting in blown seals. That would be disastrous.
Update: fork service completed in 2hr 40 minutes, sometimes with two mechanics working together.
Here's the YSS conflicting fork oil volumes....ones states 340cc and the other 380ml. (There's no conversion difference between cc to ml).
Also note to conflicting YSS oil data for kit#004 web image states 10w and install leaflet states 5w (and Honda state 10w, which is what I will be using). The YSS fork oil supplied in the #004 upgrade kit was 5w.
Cost to replace fork oil, parts labour ฿2800.
I'll replace fork seals, dust seal and retaining spring at the next fork service.
Existing seal is showing no signs of being damaged/worn. So, I'll do a preventative replacement at the next fork service in another 20-25,000km
I'm using Ban Chang Motorcycle Tire Shop & Service on the spanners.
The oil refill will be Ohlins SAE10 fork oil at 90mm from top of fork leg, as per the official Honda ADV350 Tech Manual.
Interestingly the YSS fork upgrade provides conflicting fork oil volumes on their YSS web presence and the YSS upgrade kit installation leaflet. Also YSS provide conflicting oil viscosity (5w and 10w) data. YSS HQ have failed to answer my query for clarification, sent by email, and didn't get very far with a phone call either.
So my position is that I will rely on the Honda data, at 90mm fill height.
This fill height might give the Honda volume of 403ml, but also the YSS upgrade spring might itself take up more physical spring volume, hence relying on the Honda 90mm refill height as the absolute.
I don't want to blow seals by over filling and not being able to compress oil, resulting in blown seals. That would be disastrous.
Update: fork service completed in 2hr 40 minutes, sometimes with two mechanics working together.
Here's the YSS conflicting fork oil volumes....ones states 340cc and the other 380ml. (There's no conversion difference between cc to ml).
Also note to conflicting YSS oil data for kit#004 web image states 10w and install leaflet states 5w (and Honda state 10w, which is what I will be using). The YSS fork oil supplied in the #004 upgrade kit was 5w.
Cost to replace fork oil, parts labour ฿2800.
I'll replace fork seals, dust seal and retaining spring at the next fork service.
Existing seal is showing no signs of being damaged/worn. So, I'll do a preventative replacement at the next fork service in another 20-25,000km
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I updated my front suspension on my ADV350 a couple of weeks back, also at Ban Chang, I went with the YSS also and they supplied 5w oil in their kit.
I tried to get a reason as to why the oil is so thin but couldnt get an answer, on the shelf they had some old Ohlins oil containers, one was 15w and another was 20w ?
It felt like a good improvement on the 70km ride home, the real test will be in a week or so when I ride my ADV350 over to Mukdahan and meet our group for another big ride, across Laos and into Northern Vietnam for 3 x weeks
I tried to get a reason as to why the oil is so thin but couldnt get an answer, on the shelf they had some old Ohlins oil containers, one was 15w and another was 20w ?
It felt like a good improvement on the 70km ride home, the real test will be in a week or so when I ride my ADV350 over to Mukdahan and meet our group for another big ride, across Laos and into Northern Vietnam for 3 x weeks
I really enjoyed the YSS #004 kit upgrade for the first 10,000km. After that I perceived the springs already going off and I could noticeable see the front end sag down when sitting on the scooter, which didn't happen when YSS upgrade was first installed.I updated my front suspension on my ADV350 a couple of weeks back, also at Ban Chang, I went with the YSS also and they supplied 5w oil in their kit.
I tried to get a reason as to why the oil is so thin but couldnt get an answer, on the shelf they had some old Ohlins oil containers, one was 15w and another was 20w ?
It felt like a good improvement on the 70km ride home, the real test will be in a week or so when I ride my ADV350 over to Mukdahan and meet our group for another big ride, across Laos and into Northern Vietnam for 3 x weeks
The YSS are still a big improvement, though, over the stock springs. Its unfortunate that YSS don't supply different spring rates according to rider weight.
Ban Chiang were waiting on a new Ohlins fork oil delivery yesterday when I called in to check when they wanted to schedule the work.
This morning at 10.00am was the agreed time and I could see new unopened bottles of Ohlins fork oil now on the shelf.
I still have in mind a trip to the Adreani fork upgrade official importer, who is based in Chiang Mai. Adreani will supply springs to rider weight, not a generic one size fits all spring. The importer also outsources tge fitting service to a Chiang Mai mechanic/shop, so I want to investigate the whole process and see if I feel comfortable splashing more cash at the ADV350. Its going to be interesting after this fork service to see if I think enough is enough on attempting to get a better ride and handling.
Yes, my YSS #004 upgrade it came with YSS 5w oil, too. Its going to be interesting feeling for difference now that I'm using 10w on this service. Just to note about fork service intervals... I really noticed the YSS 5w fork oil degrading by about 20-25,000km.
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Wow... sounds fantastic!!!! Is this the same tour organiser as the first trip?It felt like a good improvement on the 70km ride home, the real test will be in a week or so when I ride my ADV350 over to Mukdahan and meet our group for another big ride, across Laos and into Northern Vietnam for 3 x weeks
FYI....a Zontes 368G review from a bloke in Thailand.
Don't think I'd appreciate waiting so long for parts mentioned in the video. And tge bend in 'crash' bar on a wet mud fall too.
Always good to remember these big scooters are mainly cosmetic off-roaders...lol
Don't think I'd appreciate waiting so long for parts mentioned in the video. And tge bend in 'crash' bar on a wet mud fall too.
Always good to remember these big scooters are mainly cosmetic off-roaders...lol
Yes the same organisers, ive been doing long trips with them since 2019, been to some wonderful places over the years, tours of Laos/Vietnam/Cambodia and recently China...................................lots of Youtube videos of our trips by Mike Gagne (Mike freerider) and DT Travel