Yep, finally got around to washing my motorbike today. It was actually a harder feat than expected. It was difficult to find a rua xe near my house. There used to be one in the next alleyway but they shut down. A friend in the past who used to own a rua xe told me that it never made much money so they close down a lot.
Luckily on the canal near the two Pham Van Hai cross bridges, I found a rua xe. Three motorbikes were ahead of me. As I was sitting, I noticed the rain clouds approaching. Scary. The point was to remove all the mud and dirt from my bike 🙂
Anyway, I made it back to my house at 11 AM. The rainstorm did not hit until 12:30 PM but luckily I was on my friend’s motorbike while mine was safe and dry at home.
![Washing my Yamaha Nouvo RC in Saigon, Vietnam My Yamaha Nouvo getting washed](https://saigonnezumi.com/saigon/saigonyamahanouvorc2.jpg)
![Washing my Yamaha Nouvo RC in Saigon, Vietnam My Yamaha Nouvo getting washed](https://saigonnezumi.com/saigon/saigonyamahanouvorc3.jpg)
![Washing my Yamaha Nouvo RC in Saigon, Vietnam My Yamaha Nouvo getting washed](https://saigonnezumi.com/saigon/saigonyamahanouvorc4.jpg)
It cost only 10,000 VND to wash my motorbike. The price has really not changed much since 2004. I can see why many rua xes are closing down.
xin cao! hi. i want to buy exactly the same bike that you have. i wanna get a red yamaha nouvo RC. i just want to know where i can get the best deal since i just to to VN and don’t know anything. reading from your blog, i guess your dealer can be trustworthy. and you seem to have such high regard to your dealer.
do you think you would be kind enough to email (poppetceldran@gmail.com) me the address and contact numbers of your dealer? my bike rental is expiring on the first week of august so i should get my new bike before turning the old one over to the owner.
Cam on neu!
I paid more money for my Nouvo. The Yamaha dealer I use is located in District 5 past the Equatorial Hotel. I forgot the address. In short, you will pay roughly 30-32 million VND for the bike plus another 1.5-2 million VND for registration.