I'm looking for a touring bike, something bigger with lots of luggage options and available in Thailand. What are the choices?

Hello Carl,

In Thailand you can actually buy most touring bikes, with the exception of Honda models, motorcycle manufacturers like BMW, Triumph, Yamaha and Ducati are all officially available in the country.

Thailand also has a official Harley-Davidson dealer, which sells the H-D Electra Glide, CVO Street Glide and some other Fat Boy's... You love them or hate them... Kawasaki is also available in Thailand but doesn't have any touring bikes on offer...

BMW has a good selection of tour bikes available from Adventure Touring to regular BMW R1200RT or the mighty K1300GT. Of course German quality and technology is often out of reach for the budget buyer...

Ducati has the Multistrada, I'm not sure if Ducati Thailand already has the new Multistrade 1200, but then the Multistrada 1100 was not a bad bike and with a new model replacing the 1100 you maybe in for a good deal...

Yamaha Thailand sells the FJR1300A, which a very capable touring bike. And it is also likely the cheapest “official” touring bike.

For people with a smaller budget, and who is that not now-a-day, you can look into the Kawasaki offerings. Okay the Kawasaki ER6N is officially not a touring bike, but with a few modifications and aftermarket parts it can be turned into the best money-can-buy Thai touring bike.

Check GT-Rider.com website under their bikes for sale section; some excellent touring bikes become available there.

I prefer buying a new motorcycle. The option of converting a Kawasaki ER6N into a touring bike sounds interesting...

The Honda Blackbird CBR1100, for sale at the Classified Ads, is also a solid reputation as a powerful, fast, smooth and very reliable sport-touring motorcycle.

(classified link removed, the motorcycle is sold)