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Dainese perf one piece with hump back (to stop neck wrenching in a get-off)

That is what I thought the hump was 14 years ago when I got my first hump suit

Truth is it is purely an aerodynamic benefit when in a crouch. It smooths the airflow over your helmet

onto your back & out the back rather than causing turbulence.

Down side is in a crash it in fact lets your head go back when it shouldn't.

Due to holding your shoulders off the tarmac & allowing your head to hang back

Like if you come to a stop on your back after an accident/slide with a broken neck or back/vertebrae etc.

Allowing your head to lean back when laying on your back would not be a good deal.

Normally it would not except for that hump holding your shoulders off the ground.

Obviously though it is used in highest levels of racing so the aero benefit must outweigh the risk for racers

good point. if the neck is already broken, that would suck. i think the hump's supposed to prevent hyper-extension of the neck during the actual tumble of a big get-off. hopefully, no one here will go out and test this theory.

Why is it that all motards get called super motard? I would call the CFR250M a regular motard.

mini motard? could be just the thang for putting around BKK's nightmare traffic, where only two or three gears are mostly necessary. I rarely get past second gear in bkk, sigh.

OH MY!! Thank you Richard!!

By the number of your posts to-date, 8,000+, you seem to have been in/interested in Thailand for a long time. By the troll posting to this thread you made, it's fair to assume you must be very unhappy in this country of no Political Correctness Police. Please don't start a Volunteer Police Force on the Bike Forum.

Evidently Startling Factoid: The sexy, nubile models arent hired for their bike knowledge... they're hired because men look at sexy, nubile women. Mostly men buy bikes. Shocker here: women look at men, but mostly don't buy anything but cheap scooters here, judging by who rides proper bikes here.

As adults, their thoughts are their own, good/bad/indifferent. Get over it, get therapy, start a whiny Thread on that subject (yawn) somewhere, but don't troll it around for bait on unrelated Bike Section Threads.

'Twas me.

what landmarks is the new shop close to?

Dainese perf one piece with hump back (to stop neck wrenching in a get-off), A-Star boots and full race gloves with wrist bone pad and pinky & ring finger sewn together. Too hot for every day riding, so have an ancient Vanson jacket thats an old friend.

Well i got this one

The main reason was price. I forget exactly but under $400 plus shipping and customs. I did read the reviews and its a quality suit. Much better suits can be gotten but i needed to realize this is something i may use 12 times a year i hope. I looked at dianese in thailand and there is no f@&kin way i will pay those prices. I am not sure the suits you see in 320sp and those shop are legit. The ones at paddock might be your best bet if your not going to import.

I need to get on the track as bira is less them 5 minutes from my casa.

DUDE, I love those ventilated boots with toe sliders! where'd ya get em?

They should stake the owner & contractor to the ground, next to the Leaning Masterpiece, til they start to sing & give the location of the pocketed savings from too-short driven piles and/or not hiring professional site supervision of the contractor.

Thanks for sharing your design concepts. The thread presents a good opportunity for a discussion on rational design responses to Tropical Climates - note the plural terms.

the Project site, along with much of non-peninsular Thailand is an "Aw" Climate on the Koppen System, with its extreme high temperatures occurring in a relatively long, parched dry season with very low humidity. The Aw climate borders on being a Sahel - type climate, and is very different from the humid Tropical Climate of the Malay Peninsula or Islands such as Bali. The rational design responses, then, will also be different.

http://archive.unu.edu/unupress/unupbooks/80077e/80077E0a.htm presents waaay more Thailand climate data than most will want to delve into, but the architect or owner/designer-builder who wants to develop a rational response to climate must understand his site's design criteria precisely.

The assumption that a Tropical Climate calls for minimizing mass & maximizing airflow is counter-productive in the Hot/Dry Season of an Aw Climate Zone, when tightly closing up the occupied spaces and using indoor thermal mass to maintain lower internal temperatures during the heat of the day is a more rational response. Here, stone & concrete are preferred to wood for their thermal storage qualities, and an articulating facade that is user-operable is preferable.

I'm not sure of your site's elevation, but in the cold season in the Western mountains a high mass system that allows you to close up the house will again be an asset.

I believe the Balinese, low mass, wood, Tropical Island design response indicated is going to work against your owner's interests in terms of thermal comfort and cost of maintaining comfortable indoor climate for substantial portions of the year.

in terms of site design, the parking lot is up-windstream of the occupied spaces. So it appears that super-heated air will be drawn into the indoor spaces, with little mitigation by the narrow pond unless care is taken to shade well the parking areas.

The hip roofs do not create a Stack effect for convective cooling, but pool hot air in the occupied space, where it mixes with the cooler air below via convection and warms that air up. A gable vent, stairwell or thermal chimney would create a Stack Effect.

The tape on old wood may not last, and is kind of ugly. A 10mm cement board soffit under the floor framing would work. Or, were it my house, a dark brown polyurethane sealant (caulk, to the layman) between the boards of a sanded & refinished wood plank floor is a good fix that maintains the old Thai House feel. Use backer rod for larger gaps.

anybody have a diagram for a system where there is a well with submersible pump, instead of a public water main, with elevated in-line storage tank? I can see how an additional pump may be required between tank & house to increase water pressure for the house, depending on tank elevation above the points of use (head pressure). I don't want to by-pass the tanks and pump directly from the well, as the water in the tank would get stale.

MCW is run by great people - ask for Toine. I am happy to share that they have gone beyond the call of duty for me recently. I did see that kawi there BTW, and it looked pretty nice.

Possibly I'm thick, but yr post seems to make no sense - "unlimited ... up to... $$$/1GB... up to $$$/10GB." Please clarify what part of that is Unlimited?

Don't sell yourself short, you're not thick.

Here in Thailand most service providers offer a few volume-based mobile data plans which offer unlimited internet usage. So you might get 3G up to your threshold ( the referenced 1 GB, or 2/3/5/7/10 GB) after which you are subject to a fair-use speed limit ranging from 64 to 384 Kbps.

ok, thx for the clarification. Cellular data is still free above the quota, just not at 3G speed, whatever that ends up being after they over-subscribe the network.

A new iPhone will still be limited by the network speed. 3G is a joke/scam to be played on Thailand subscribers. I have an ol' warhorse iPhone circa 2008 model MB499LL brought in from the Colonies, hacked it for free on iOS4.0.2, and run USB cable-tethered data on DTAC on an unlimited cell-data plan. Am reasonably happy with the download speeds, compared to the over-subscribed BKK DSL "service." Back to the 3G hype/scam: when over subscribed it will be as slow as "Edge" or whatever other BS names they dream up. In the US, 3G was a complete waste of time & money, it was so oversubscribed, 3G was what... 3xGlacial speed?! So, as usual, caveat emptor, be very wary of the hype for it here in LoS (Land o Snailspeed)

What on earth are you talking about? I have used True 3G with a 3GS, an iPhone 4, and an iPhone 5. I am getting 2Mbit+ down and about 500k - 1Mbit up on average. In some place I've gotten 5Mbit down. Has been working for years. Now with True-H 3G is actually available all over Thailand. Has been for well over 1 year too. Even before that, True 3G was pretty wide-spread.

US 3G was a different story - the networks there were a total joke. This has been much improved with the introduction of 4G.

Thai 3G speeds are excellent.

I'm talking about my experience, actually, with the much-vaunted 3G in a highly-saturated & over-subscribed urban market... just like Bangkok will be soon no doubt. If you ride BTS, you know half of all riders seem to be cruising bandwidth-intensive video & music video sites on their web-connected iPads & iPhones. So just line the Bangkok DSL, the actual speeds for 3G will likely SUCK in short order.

The OP's current phone could also be tethered (via USB or blue tooth) or used to create a Mobile AP.

Would need to know the exact details on the make/model.

Mobile data plans which offer unlimited internet usage range in price from 400 baht/1 GB up to 1,700 baht for 10 GB.

Possibly I'm thick, but yr post seems to make no sense - "unlimited ... up to... $$$/1GB... up to $$$/10GB." Please clarify what part of that is Unlimited?

A new iPhone will still be limited by the network speed. 3G is a joke/scam to be played on Thailand subscribers.

I have an ol' warhorse iPhone circa 2008 model MB499LL brought in from the Colonies, hacked it for free on iOS4.0.2, and run USB cable-tethered data on DTAC on an unlimited cell-data plan. Am reasonably happy with the download speeds, compared to the over-subscribed BKK DSL "service."

Back to the 3G hype/scam: when over subscribed it will be as slow as "Edge" or whatever other BS names they dream up. In the US, 3G was a complete waste of time & money, it was so oversubscribed, 3G was what... 3xGlacial speed?! So, as usual, caveat emptor, be very wary of the hype for it here in LoS (Land o Snailspeed)

thx very much - had forgotten bluescope!

Talk to BlueScope - they are the experts and the best we found

I was considering this, but have doubts because of it being used closed to the sea. There is always a sea breeze and steel/salt water is not really a good combination.

Are there alloys that can stand up to those conditions?

In short Yes !! I can't see any reason why they would not be available in Thailand.

That said every product has some kind of lifespan.

As for galv plated steel profile sheets with PVF or plastisol coatings and Ali profile sheets in plain or PVF, the company I use to work for constructed a lot of buildings on the UK sea coasts.

Reports were mostly favourable on lifespans, most deterioration complaints were down to incorrect construction and workmanship.

Maintain most things and they will last.

I'm looking for a metal roof & steel frame contractor for a project - do you guys know any good ones near Hua Hin or Surathani?

MCW Shop in Phuket stores bikes for expats.

I have installed two Visonic wireless systems, complete solutions for protection of openings and PIR motion sensing, and with auto dialers... back in the States. They are great, once the PIRs are adjusted to each room. Not sure how the wireless signals will propagate through the tip concrete construction here, tho. thats my one concern I'd love to hear about from those who've installed them here.

...as the thread title states. If you know of one from Surathani to Cha-Am, please advise. Interested specialists, please contact me at bbradsby [at] gmail [dot] com or PM me. Thanks in advance for any assistance!

...as the thread title states. If you know of one from Surathani to Cha-Am, please advise. Interested specialists, please contact me at bbradsby [at] gmail [dot] com or PM me.

Thanks in advance for any assistance!

15k will get you a reasonable level of construction quality, assuming a straighforward building geometry and good site accessibility/not too far from a town. If your geometry gets complex, your costs escalate quickly. And if you're remote, the cost of piquing a contractor's interest goes up, as does cost of getting materials onsite.

Look at Thailand-made (expat-run) YSS shocks for their higher-end bits with separate oil/gas reservoir - very nice for track & twisties at a fraction of Ohlins cost. I just took one off my NSR when I sold it, and will sell it at half retail cost from Red Baron - PM me if interested and give me your bike's model and eye-to-eye shock dimension, fully unladen/uncompressed. The shock works miracles over the stock pig metal items.

Pretty sure they also have fork cartridge upgrades for many bikes. Check em out on the web.

For typical maintenance parts, there are countless bike part shops in Chinatown, close to Hualumpong Train Station. Its a fun afternoon adventure first time. after that, you should know which shops can get parts for your particular bike. I even found a reliable, knowledgeable shop for my Alfa Romeo parts! So you should be able to find what yr looking for, esp Japanese iron.

Can you be a bit more specific about which Soi? I have been to the station a few times and never saw any bike parts shops.

Look in the Google Map Directory in the pinned topic Biker Directory - theres a 'stick pin' labelled Gray Market Bike Parts or similar. The neighborhood is an easy walk/MC Taxi from Hualumpong Station, and if u havent been there uv been missing out.

I've heard the ducatti has overheating problems in traffic. Is this true?

Dunno !! but a mate of mine who bought a 916 said to like a Ducati :-

" You have to be either Italian, have deep pockets or a Sadomasochist."

no.. they dont overheat more than other bikes.

And to understand the passion for Ducatis... seriously, all it takes is one ride. Nothing against any Japanese makes - I appreciate most all bikes and can have fun on a scooter in the right setting - but being Italian, Ducatis are very distinctly different in design, engineering & performance philosophy.