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When my wife was a little girl she and her twin sister got their hands whacked every week for not having the right shoes on. The family was too poor to buy them. Looks like not much has changed. 

3 hours ago, PJ71 said:

Sure, in no particular order:

 

- Horrible food

- Terrible annoying accent

- Big gun culture

- Bad typhoon season

- Awful public transport

- Lots of poverty

 

Only good thing about PI ( IMO ) is it has some amazing beaches, if that's your thing, Palawan and Boracay in particular stick out.

The girls speak English. I was in a club with my wife one time and the girls were hitting on me while I was sitting there with my arm around her. I think it's a fun place but Pork Adobo is the best they can do? Jeesh

On 2/28/2022 at 12:03 PM, Henryford said:

Finally catching up to the 155 cc Aerox.

I owned an Aerox and it was never close to the PCX. The resale value should steer one away alone. It wasn't a bad bike just not in the same class. 

I'd recommend a 160 Click over an Aerox. 

Huge blow to 7/11 Vodka sales

18 hours ago, G Rex said:

We bought a new PCX a few weeks ago.

Wife is very happy with it.       Feels a bit lifeless to me , but at 95kg & also being used to Big bikes - I suppose that is understandable. 

It is comfortable to ride, both 1 or 2 up. 

Nice review!

There is a significant difference in performance when we're on together. 

10 hours ago, Fab5BKK said:

Safety

 

The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) conducted a study on the effectiveness of ABS for motorcycles and came to the conclusion that motorcycles above 250 cm³ without ABS are 37 percent more likely to be involved in fatal crashes and a study of the Swedish Road Administration came to the conclusion that 48 percent of all severe and fatal motorcycle accidents above 125 cm³ could be avoided due to motorcycle ABS.^[48]

These studies caused the EU commission to initiate a legislative process in 2010 that was passed in 2012 and led to ABS for motorcycles above 125 cm³ becoming mandatory from 2016 onwards. Organizations like the Fédération Internationale de l’Automobile and the Institute of advanced Motorists (IAM) demanded the implementation of this legislation already for 2015.^[49] On the other hand, some motorcycle riders are protesting against a compulsory ABS for all bikes because they call for a possibility to switch the system off, for off-road usage or for other reasons.^[50][51][52] In 2011 the United Nations (UN) started the Decade of Action for Road Safety. The main goal is to save 5 million lives until 2020 through global cooperation.^[53] One part of their global plan is to: Encourage universal deployment of crash avoidance technologies with proven effectiveness such as Electronic Stability Control and Anti-Lock Braking Systems in motorcycles.

Interesting that Honda still offers the non-ABS version, at least here in Thailand. 

13 minutes ago, EricTh said:

 

Sorry, what is the advantage of ABS versus conventional Scoopy brakes? I've never tried one.

Suppose to help in a skid. If you lock up your brakes you lose control. ABS will intermittently apply the brakes allowing extreme braking with control. 

16 hours ago, EricTh said:

So what are the most important improvement of this new model over last year's model?

 

10cc but it's also has 4 valves instead of 2. 20% more horsepower and torque, more compression. It's a more refined engine. ABS on this model. Dash is better, easier to read. All subtle evolutionary changes that add up to better PCX. 

1 hour ago, alx123 said:

Rode my PCX2016 up to 70,000 kms before I sold it. Great little city scooter in my opinion. The old 149cc engine was a  little  bit under powered but it was very fuel efficienct. My only concern back then was the lack of ABS on the older models. Not sure if the current one has single or dual channel ABS?

 

 

Single channel front only. I'm not sure ABS is worth it. Brakes seem to be fine on previous models. New model is also not combi-brake which I thought was a good feature on older bikes. I let others debate if ABS belongs on a scooter. 

6 hours ago, ezzra said:

Still riding my 2012 PCX 150 and now it has 17,000 km, paid 79,000 baht than, good bike as new as the day i bought it had to change 2 tyres and that all...

I sold 2019 Hybrid for 80K and bought this for 100k. 10000 a year to drive a new bike every two years. Seems reasonable. I like the idea of always driving the new model, especially for 10k a year. 

The best thing financially is to drive the thing into the ground. Some people don't care about shiny new toys. I wonder what you'd think of this new model? It's pretty sweet. I think you'd be impressed.

The Honda PCX and Click are going to hold their value. 

How long would a PCX last here? 70k? I have no idea 

7 hours ago, Woof999 said:

You might want to rethink your "pricing" overlay page...

I caught it and redid the page but that version is going to stay up for awhile. I did note the corrections in the Youtube notes. Thanks

Our Youtube review of the new Honda PCX 160. It's an evolutionary change in the PCX which we found all positive. The PCX was always the best in class, now it's better!

The New Honda 2022 PCX 160 Review

2 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

Sounds ok Siem Reap i might go

I think of Cambodia as the wild west. The infrastructure is a big step down from Thailand. Cops are ridiculously corrupt. Siam Reap has few upscale restaurants, lots of poverty, and the place is pretty dirty. It is cheap.  

22 hours ago, simon43 said:

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When the Military took over they immediately made things better in Phuket by taking back the beaches from the corrupt orbotors and made everything better. 

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Yes, I remember that.  The beachside restaurants were no longer allowed to place their tables and chairs on the beach for a romantic evening meal.  The sun lounger guys were banned and I had to sit on a towel on the hot sand.

 

Made things better?  You are entitled to your own opinion, but the actions of the military at my local beach (Nai Yang) ensured that I and many other foreigners never visited it again...

They demolished the illegal restaurants and clubs that had extended onto Surin and every other beach. Leveled them! Incredible! Took the end to end chairs off the beaches and put them into designated areas. Enforced the laws. Returned the beaches to the people of Thailand and the world. Sorry you never come back. It's much better now. 

We'll go on without you and many other foreigners, somehow. My biggest fear is you all come back. 

Just my opinion.  

Every beer in LOS is fine.

This thread certainly brought out the "I hate Thailand" crowd...as most threads tend to do.  

It's beer. Okay? Tsk

4 hours ago, HAPPYNUFF said:

My sympathies to the lady, and she was very lucky she was only robbed  and assaulted.       My  3rd  and  absolutely last   holiday to Phuket,   offered to buy a T shirt from a markets vendor   "400 baht mister".   When I laughed  at the seller I got a mouthful of abuse.     Looked at a crayfish (called lobster by some)  about the size of a king pranwn, 1500 baht in a restaurant.     Tuk Tuk to my hotel, 600 baht quote. I walked there in  10 minutes.   Keep the bloody place, one gaint tourist rip off.

The vitriol and piling on for this thread is amazing! Especially when you consider the whole story is sketchy. Tsk

Maybe check Tripadvisor before you spend 1500 at a restaurant? So many great restaurants and you chose the one serving crayfish. I kinda hope after three trips here, this is your last? I suspect you got your money's worth whining about every possible thing. I mean after two trips the writing was on the wall. You don't like this place. "Lucky she only got robbed and assaulted."  That's priceless. (tsk) 

57 minutes ago, scorecard said:

Meanwhile:

- Total death toll in USA now over 900,000.

- Daily positives around 118,000.

- Daily death toll around 3,800. 

 

So is your comparison really valid?

 

 

17000 Americans died in the last week of January. I get so sick of hearing that the Thai government is the worst for being sticklers about all these tests. 

I've always thought the Thai government has done an exceptional job handling the pandemic. 

17000 in a week. Test everyone and then test them again. There should be no tourists 

9 hours ago, edwinchester said:

Won't even consider flying Thai until my family gets the refund owed for flights cancelled 2 years ago.

I do have 45000 baht worth of credit with them. That's roundtrip for two to almost anywhere but...

I don't want to go anywhere now. Six months from now, maybe. I hope I can get my credit extended beyond this year. 

I don't get the dumping on Thai Airways. I've always had positive experiences with the exception of the 45000 baht refund

On 1/28/2022 at 6:36 PM, CG1 Blue said:

So you basically had a bad head cold. I'm sure that wasn't pleasant, but surely we can stop calling it a pandemic if symptoms are those of a head cold. 

I was fully vaccinated and I'm 72. It could easily have gone much differently.

17,000 PEOPLE DIED IN THE US LAST WEEK!!! It should be up to 25k within a couple of weeks!

It's a pandemic. Jesus wept...

My wife and I recently had covid. It was like a bad head cold and fever similar to the flu. It wasn't good. We were both fully vaccinated. 

We tried to report that we had tested positive through three different methods, none of which we were able to contact anyone. We simply gave up! 

I believe that the pandemic is currently far worse than the published numbers indicate. How much worse? Pick a number. Ten times worse? It's not going to get any better anytime soon. 

It's time we end the pandemic? Right...good luck. 

I ended up just using wifi for the TV connection, so I didn't do anything. The tv was not near the router thus I wanted to use the PC's ethernet connection but in the end didn't need it. I don't really use the tv part of it.

Thanks for everyone's input. 

I'm now using a Xiaomi Mi TV 43" P1 model as my computer monitor and it's working beyond my expectations. Great for watching NFL, NBA and movies. I scaled back to 2160p and it's perfect for 4k and using the browser. 

Thanks boys