Butt got itchy... Bought another Silverwing

With my very first Silverwing approaching its Certificate of Expiry (COE) expiring on 31 October, I was looking for alternatives to my go-to daily ride.

Tried the Honda NC750X, Yamaha FJR1300 and well... I still went back to a Silverwing!

Presenting to you, my 2006 Honda Silverwing FJS400D! (the one on the right)



The previous owner clocked in over 100,000km over the span of 15 years. I'm now the 3rd owner.

Everything is stock. Came with the original tool kit, manual and electronic schematic. Unfortunately, there's rust over the tools and stock suspension. Will be treating this as a weekend project and chip away at it...

The plastic stay on the front cowl is broken, but should be fixable with some plastic cement glue.


Looking forward to sharing more details and updates in the following weeks. Cheers!

What is a Certificate of Expiry? Is it just an MOT like in the UK (I assume yearly or every 2 year inspection) or does that mean the bike has to come off the road permanently? In your bottom line, it says the 01 was scrapped. Really? Where are you that they make you do this (not sure where SG is)? Will you have to scrap the newest one in a few years? Seems wasteful to get rid of a good running scooter.

EDIT: just found this website (from Singapore): https://onemotoring.lta.gov.sg/content/onemotoring/home/owning/coe-renewal.html

Seems wasteful to take a useful ride off the road, but that’s government for you, I guess. My bikes would be way outdated there (the 94,00, and 03 model years).

I’m afraid to ask how much Singapore gets for the ‘privilege’ of having your scooter accessible to you.

They both look like nice rides by the way.

Erdoc48 wrote:

What is a Certificate of Expiry? Is it just an MOT like in the UK (I assume yearly or every 2 year inspection) or does that mean the bike has to come off the road permanently? In your bottom line, it says the 01 was scrapped. Really? Where are you that they make you do this (not sure where SG is)? Will you have to scrap the newest one in a few years? Seems wasteful to get rid of a good running scooter.

EDIT: just found this website (from Singapore): https://onemotoring.lta.gov.sg/content/onemotoring/home/owning/coe-renewal.html

Seems wasteful to take a useful ride off the road, but that’s government for you, I guess. My bikes would be way outdated there (the 94,00, and 03 model years).

I’m afraid to ask how much Singapore gets for the ‘privilege’ of having your scooter accessible to you.

They both look like nice rides by the way.

Thanks!

Yeah, unfortunately it's part of the government's policy over here. The concept of COE is placed onto other vehicles like cars as well. The catch is this: You'd have to re-new this certificate every 10 years at a price that fluctuates! Just this month, it costs SGD$160,000 to renew a car's certificate, and SGD$11,000 to renew a motorcycle's COE. Talk about daylight robbery.

However, I think it's time for my Silverwing with over 300,000km to finally hang its apron. It's had a good run and it took care of me, but it just doesn't ride reliable anymore. It's better off reduced to spare parts and sold off to a community whose hungry for them!


P.S Here is a link to follow the prices of these certificates Singaporeans are bidding for every month as reference: https://www.motorist.sg/coe-results. It shows the number of certificates available for that month, as well as the number of bids received for that limited pool of certificates. Do check out the price trend, ridiculous!

Can't have too many of them!

Those numbers you show are eye watering. So I guess a lot of people bicycle or walk everywhere. Even $11000 SGD is about $7200 US (and I guess factored over 10 years is $720 or so per year. I guess only the wealthy can afford to drive cars there.