Why does Singapore have so many of these Yamahas?
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- čas přidán 15. 11. 2022
- Singapore is a difficult place to own a car. But there are still a plethora of bikes on the streets. Join me on this quick stroll past some motorcycles in Singapore.
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Interestingly a lot of the bikes you saw were from Malaysia. If you notice the plates that start with J, they’re from Johor. A lot of Malaysians ride down to Singapore for work. And they’re usually on bikes that are used primarily for transport to work. If you were to go to the more residential parts of Singapore, you’d see a relatively larger variety of bikes, and some quite unique ones, although the range is still quite small. That’s where you can find the bikes that people may use for leisure or as a hobby.
In Singapore, motorcycles and cars are taxed very heavily. This is one way our gov controls the population of the vehicles in the country. To buy a brand new motorcycle, not only we need to pay for the COE which currently averaged at $13,000 for that "digital paper". On top of that the gov also introduced ARF tax schemes on motorcycles based on their Open Market Value. For example motorcycles with OMV at $10000, we have to pay extra 50% tax so it becomes $15000, big motorcycles with OMV of $20000, we have to pay extra 100% tax so it becomes $40000. Recently two of my friends bought a BMW RT1250 at SGD$79,000 and a Yamaha FJR1300 for SGD$47,000. In 2020, I bought a brand new 2018 Suzuki VStrom DL1000XT for SGD$29,000.
The current Certificate Of Enttitlement (Nov 2022) stands @ SGD$13, 189! Meaning a Honda Grom 125c will cost approx SGD$20k (On the Road). Welcome to Singapore
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I'm actually quite surprised you did not come across a Honda CB400 Super 4
My guess with the toll pass installed bikes are they must belong to daily commuters living in Malaysia. Appreciate their effort and work to keep Singapore busy and convenient.
I like how motorcycle parking is organized in Singapore. In the Philippines is so messed up that having to park a bigger bike would be a struggle. Probably because there are so many motorcycle riders that they need to fit in even the tightest parking slot
I love small bikes after almost dying and tons of surgeries a light bike that's plenty fast us good for me..that first bike was awsome..and a few others
If there no COE to control the population of motor vehicles in Singapore, we will be having jamming traffic daily. 😅 My first bike was a Yamaha RXK135 and later replaced with Yamaha LC125. Is it only here that many bikers don't bother to hide their helmets ⛑ ? 😂
larger displacement motorcycle prices in singapore is generally much cheaper than those across the causeway in malaysia mainly because of the huge taxes the malaysian government charge on their bigger imported bikes. Although singapore bikes are much cheaper, the malaysians cannot buy them in singapore and register them in malaysia because the malaysian government prohibits that. it's interesting to see singaporeans moan about high prices in singapore whilst it's even higher in malaysia (with salaries which are generally4 to 10 times lower than singaporeans)
Singapore motorcycle licence are capped at below 200cc, below 400cc and above 400cc. That's why you see alot of 400cc versions of bikes that you have in New Zealand, namely the CB400X. Our regulations are based on Japanese's.
LC 135 (malaysia)
That bike park is near my office, I usually park in the multi story car park in my office building so I don't have to compete with others for these types of ground level lots. It's nice to find a channel that's focused on these everyday smaller displacement bikes/scooters.
In Singapore, there are riders who use large cc bikes for transportation as well as touring up north. You will have to travel out of Raffles Place to see a bigger variety of bikes. As for me, I use the Tracer and MT09 to go everywhere.
I've never heard of 135cc bikes, that's an unusual engine displacement.
Cool to see! As a Swede the pronunciation of Husqvarna was totally new for me 😀 can’t wait for the next video 🙏
The Mx King is called Y15zr or Ysuku in Malaysia. Yamaha still selling the LC, but the newer version was released this year, equipped with Fuel Injection instead of the old carburetor
Nice to see people can leave their helmets,toll pass and bags there and not have to worry about someone messing or stealing it.
Fun. The highlight for me in Singapore was the food stalls. Cheap and delicious. I wish I was wondering around the streets of Singapore. The Husqvarna Vitpilen 401 is a little shredder. It has the same engine as the KTM duke so, 43 horsepower, 27 lb-ft of peak torque, and the bike weighs 148.0 kg (326.3 pounds) dry. Cheers for the upload.