Motorbike trip in Vietnam

The trip turned from 1 month trip from HCM to Hanoi into 4 months trip in Vietnam, Laos, Thailand, Myanmar and Cambodia.

Budget: about 500$ per month (excluding my motorbike which I bought 9 months before trip)

How to get a motorbike  

You can either buy trash Chinese manual Honda Win like everyone does and pay 250-350$ or you can go to local market and get an automatic scooter for reasonable price on the Đường Dĩ An street. There is a huge choice of used motorbikes:

Đường Dĩ An - Bình Đường, Di An, Binh Duong, Ho Chi Minh 

https://goo.gl/maps/qyZQ84qzF5F2 

My motorbike - Yamaha Nouvo II 150 cc

I bought my motorbike 9 months before trip as an expat to move around in Saigon. It has customized parts with  body upgraded to Nouvo III version.

Price: 240$ (5.3M VND) 

Trunk for Yamaha scooters

It took me one day of searching to find a trunk to my bike on my own, I've added trunk extension that I've found at one of the shops for free.

Cost of Yamaha trunk at the store: 16$ (350K VND), welding cost: 1$

Custom trunk made at motorbike workshop can cost even 50$

I've found my trunk here:

146 Bùi Hữu Nghĩa street (it's a street full of  shops with motorbike parts)

https://goo.gl/maps/2Q9BwBDhd4p

First day of the trip:

More about motorcycles for travelling Vietnam:

 

There is a high risk that you'll get ripped off at Vietnamese store if you don't negotiate well. Here you can speak English and you won't be cheated, but you will pay a little bit more:

http://tigitmotorbikes.com/  

Next articles:

* How to cross the boarders in SEA on motorbike without having most of the required documents

* How to get away without paying money after being pulled over by the police in Vietnam 

* How to hitchhike from HCM to Hanoi in 7 days and spend 0$

* Motorbike trip from HCM to Hanoi

   ** La Gi

   ** Da Lat

   ** Pham Rang

   ** Nha Trang

   ** Hoi An

   ** Da Nang

   ** Hue

   ** Ninh Binh

   ** Ha Long Bay 

   ** Sa Pa 

   ** Ha Giang

   ** Pu Luong Nature Reserve

* How to sleep for free (no couchsurfing, no tent, no hammock) in Vietnam and Laos

* Laos on motorbike

* Thailand on motorbike

* Hitchhiking and sleeping for free in Myanmar

* How to fix your motorbike on the way

* Hitchhiking in Cambodia

* Cambodia on motorbike