ADV350 - Ask me any questions

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No problem with clutch issues yet @ 6500km, ive just returned to Thailand after a 5000km tour through China and the bike was faultless


Have had that problem with a PCX 150 years ago and a ceramic clutch sorted that out.


I bought EBC brake pads for my NC750X and they were useless, worse than stock..................................ended up putting Brembo pads in and they were awesome, I also have Brembo in my X-Max and again awesome

I'm looking forward to watching your China trip. I have a quick look and the trip looks excellent.

I'm interested to know if you (or mechanic) has checked/adjusted valve clearnances and any results?

The Brembo front pads were carbon race...which literally chisel lathed the disc hahaha. They gave a very quick all or nothing stop which I was just getting used to before my scooter was flood damaged.

The Brembo rears were carbon ceramic which are the recommended pad in Thailand... but Brembo has contradictory website information that says this pad compound is unsuitable for large scooters. My experience was I found they just made for a very weak rear brake which was worse than stock pads.

My first ADV350 ended up with a bliued and warped clutch bell at about 15,000km. Huge judder on standing start. Seems other ADV350 riders experience this same problem at varying mileages.

 

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Spotlights

I am using Lobo L11 for night riding and Lobo L7 for daytime running lights.

The Lobo comes with a wiring harness that includes a rotary dial to adjust the power level. High-low switching is independent of the ADV350 headlight switch, which is a bit of a pain, but I've got use to it now.

Night riding in the mountains has become so much fun that I often make nightly mountain commutes between Thoed Thai and Maesai just for the fun of it.

I purchase an extra yellow lenses cover for the Lobo L11 as they didn't come with the yellow lenses cover that the L7 did.

The Lobo were expensive, but I have no regrets purchasing them.

They have significantly extended my riding pleasure during both day and night.

Also, other vehicles do move out of the way for me, or don't pull out so often into my path, with the lights on.

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Purchased from Lazada.

Interesting read regarding your lighting ADV


As I only purchased my ADV 350 in March this year I had a blank canvas as to what extra lighting I would buy, we are spoilt with so much choice of lighting here in Thailand, from 500 baht sets upto 50 000 baht sets, and alot inbetween..........................I sent my bike down to an electical specialist in Bangkok and got work done, including a Fusehub, loud horn, USB charger 100w, Chigee Camera system and extra lights.


I had Loboo retangular lights before and they were great, done nearly 80 000km and never missed a beat in 5 years, but a few friends had the round Loboo and they failed early so that put me off............................I chose PIAA 220R x 4 lights, 2 x upper and 2 x lower, these have yellow/white or both option but no flash mode.............................after my China trip I decided to add a set of flashing lights and went cheap, Motowolf 5006 (2400 baht) which get good reviews (Yellow/White or both, and 3 x flashing options), only been on for a week now, but I like to use the flashing mode when I am riding by myself, you definetly get noticed more IMO

 

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I'm interested to know if you (or mechanic) has checked/adjusted valve clearnances and any results?

I had the valves adjusted on my Honda NC750X a couple of times and I could notice a difference, I will get my ADV 350 done as per book when the time comes.

 

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.....................I sent my bike down to an electical specialist in Bangkok and got work done, including a loud horn

Can you tell me more about the horn?
Make/model and mount position.

Does the horn work off the original horn wiring and horn button?

 

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Can you tell me more about the horn?
Make/model and mount position.

Does the horn work off the original horn wiring and horn button?

It's a Bosch electronic horn, I dont know the model as the shop in Bangkok supplied it, its mounted under the LHS floor board towards the front of the bike, can only just see it when the rubber mat is lifted..............................its very loud, alot louder than the stock horn which is still fitted................................next to the hazard light switch is a twoway switch, I can select the stock horn or the Bosch horn...........................and yes the factory horn switch is used to sound the horn still