Best Bikes and 4WD's on Tour in Vietnam:
WHETHER YOU ARE looking for an adventure, escaping the modern world, cruising through Vietnam on the extensive road and trail networks, riding country lanes and tracks or are looking to test your skills along the buffalo trails, through rivers and where there are no roads at all then our selection of Honda’s and Vinfast Electric 4WD’s are the best tried and tested best vehicles in Vietnam.
Honda XR150’s
The Honda 150cc bike is without a doubt the best bike for Touring in Vietnam. We aren’t racing or doing Enduros, they’re light but with enough power to go everywhere you see in any pictures of Tours here.
I spend a lot of time convincing riders that the Honda 150 is the best bike and within hours of arriving, they’re happy with the choice. Many riders who have ridden with us, prefer bigger bikes back home, but once I explain the riding here, especially on the narrow, soft buffalo trails built for lighter bikes used by the locals and on stick and bamboo bridges most understand and when book their next trip they choose the XR straight away.
I’m 6’2″, 90Kg and also carrying additional gear and ride my XR every time for touring here.
CRF250’s
If you’re heavier or taller than 6’2″ then the CRF250 is probably going to a better choice of bike for you. You won’t need it for the speed as your guide will often be on an XR150.
Honda CB500x
THE CB500 IS an excellent choice, if you’re interested in a Road Tour or Pillion ride, we’ll still ride tracks and trails and will be away from the highways and other travellers most of the time. The only areas we’ll avoid are the small village trails, stick and bamboo bridges as the bike weight can damage them for the locals.
4WD VIP Vinfast V9’s
If you’d like your families or friends who don’t ride to join us on your Tour or if you aren’t riders and would like to take one of our adventures in a 4WD then this is the choice for you.
Joining a Motorbike Tour, the 4WD will be with us most of the day, following our route, except where we’re on single track or buffalo trails. Meeting us for lunch, stopping at view points, places of interest and visits to pagoda’s, temples, palaces and historical relics along the way. And of course enjoying the Homestays, Hotels and Resorts in the evenings together.
If you are not riders and would like a 4WD Tour, then again, it’ll be the same as one of our Motorbike Tours, only missing out on the tracks that only 2 wheels can go.
The Minsk (Discontinued)
We’ve kept the Minsk here in honor of their years of service and the years they supported us … literally.
THROWING YOUR LEG OVER a Minsk was to become a part of Vietnamese history, it went from replacing the buffalo as a beast of burden to becoming a cult brand and a symbol of freedom to the next generation of Vietnamese.
A recent resurgence has seen Minsk stubble field events and enduro’s and modifying them. The 125cc Engines are amazingly robust and there is nowhere we can’t go, they’ve been a favourite for over 30 years.
Tour Veterans fall in love with the Minsk and the attention they attract along the way as the locals love to see foreigners touring on them.