PeaceBlondie

I've known folks with excessive ear-wax build-up. Swabs don't work. In Thailand, nurses can irrigate with peroxide.

1. Replace the tyres with michelin sporty's the next size up.

2. Fit a rear hugger to stop all the crap flying up.

3. Fit a decent monoshock for better riding conditions.

4. Upgrade the lighting to 36 w plasma bulbs. 24 w depending if the electrical system can take the load.

5. Engine wise perhaps fit a 28mm carb along with an exhaust that will allow the engine to breath better.

6. An upgrade for the CDI unit with better plugs.

7. Possibly K and N air filters.

I don't want to increase the power substancially, though, the mods will give a couple more horses. My intention is to make it more rideable and rider friendly. Once these mods have been completed and proven succesful the final one will be:

8. Finding the right number of teeth for the rear sprocket.

What my idea is after fitting all the mods if I can remain sitting upright and red line in 6th or near as dammed close I will be happy. Perhaps fitting 2 teeth more so I may loose out on top end but acceleration will be improved.

Any ideas from what I have found will find warm ears. Good luck to everybody and happy safe miles on your CBR'c.

Peace Blondie you sound a bit of a character!!

I don't do many mods.

1. Tire upgrades when it wears out.

2. I have my own 'rear hugger,' thanks.

3. The stock monoshock is adequate.

4. A brighter bulb is good idea.

5. Carb and exhaust mods not worth the hassle, unless the stock carb/exhaust fails.

6 and 7 - no thanks. May not be worth the trouble, but I don't spend much on mods.

8. Will change sprocket for better acceleration when the chain wears out.

I don't mind leaning forward to get the last 10 kph, which may max out at 135.

We enjoy the machine.

I've never been to Saudi, but I've been to Oklahoma.

High post count - guilty.

"If you don't like Thailand, leave" - not guilty. I stay here because I want to.

"Does life in Thailand offer the fulfillment and distractions for some as does life in an Aramco Camp in the middle of the Saudi Desert does for others?" I dunno. Watching rice grow is a delight.

Then there's the branch off of Niemanheimann.

...I decided to go with the Dunlop TT900 which they recommended. The only place in town i could find to order them is Mae Kha right before Gat Luang on the right hand side. She had the front in stock and ordered me a rear from BKK. Total cost 1400 baht. The rubber feels a lot softer than the IRCs and it seems to be driving better,although a little hard to tell with tires as you only know when they fail you. Will keep you all updated on any issues I have with them.

markg's comment is pertinent. Try to stay on topic. Thanks.

Welcome, Tenchu.

Sometimes a bachelor's degree is not required (she has a master's anyway). The MOE and Labour do not require a TEFL cert but they're very helpful.

Check our pinned thread for questions about qualifications.

I know nothing about chichester. I recommend our forum sponsors.

Her school must help her secure a work permit or she leaves.

Starting without experience in BKK she might earn 35,000.

I hope this helps.

Hmmm. Eight weeks to learn the names of 120 students is more than enough. As a teacher it is your responsibility to know the names of your students. Four weeks maximum for that number of students I would think. A reason to fire you? No, I don't agree. A reason to reprimand you? Certainly.

Friend just flew from Shanghai via KAL to Seoul/Inchon, then on to Atlanta. Said it was great service and they put him in hotel overnight for connecting flight! T Dog has flown the late night CNX flight to Korea.

No Richard, no thick gloves (even my thin fingerless gloves are packed away). I don't have to ride 35 km at 7 AM at 130 kph any more. It was 15 degrees here at 6:30 today, though.

I didn't mean I always look down to shift. My posture is nearly upright with short arms; the tach is way down on the dashboard. But when I'm striving for that last 1 or 2 hp, it helps to check my rpm. I've been riding bikes with tachs since 1964. And like most riders, I use all my senses.

Oh good, a topic about which I know the first thing. But I don't know a Magyar from a mugwump. My student Lek spoke English, Thai and Magyar, but no Mayan.

Well, if he changes to no pony tails, I'm in trouble.

I can't imaging shifting by ear when riding with a full face helmet and visor and no tach.

Great - a Brit who doesn't recognize Brit irony!

Not that I know of, here or at 'ajarn.'

We got a black US president before a gay one.

How do you know that?

Good point. There was a president, can't remember which one, who was suspected of being gay. His 'boyfriend' was sent off to be ambassador of some small country. It was never confirmed if the president gay, but his boyfriend sure was!

Since Ferrari can make automatics ride fast, it's possible for bikes. I never minded shifting but never rode Harleys.

Unfortunately for those beer-lovers it's not only the blank calories of beer and the habit of drinking a lot of that (for me terrible) stuff that makes you fat.

It was mentioned a couple of times before that beer lowers testosterone.

.......The end result is fatty breast tissue with puffy and discolored nipples.....

If a man drinks too much beer...

...he will not be able to stand up and will sit down to pee

...his driving is getting terrible and dangerous

...he is starting to talk too much without making sense

...he is getting emotional

...he is failing to think rationally

...he is starting to argue over nothing

...he is refusing to apologize when obviously wrong

...

My opinion: beer tastes like piss, whiskey tastes like turpentine. I tried it and never understood it. It's calorie-laden poison.

"...I mean its a whole 100cc's more powerful." Only 82 cc, and no more horsepower. It's a 231; much as the BSA Victor 441 was a 441, the GPZ305 was a 305, the Kawasaki 454 was a 454, the Kawa 636 was a 636, the Harley Sportster 883 was an 883, the Chevy 283 was a 283....etc.

Peaceblondy, with the Kawasaki 636 you probably mean the ZX-6R, it was in was once a 636cc motorcycle, but since not so long the Ninja ZX-6R 599cc and out performance the older model with some serious numbers...

The amount of combustion volume says little about the final performance, okay a teenager can figure-out that a 1000cc will out perform a 400cc, but then what is performance. When you need it, on paper the Tiger Boxer and the Honda CBR150R seem to have a similar performance specification. I agree on that, but how many time, riding a regular A to B you hit the high note where the CBR150R or any sport bike hit the peak performance song?

I hit the power peak (I have a tach; about 10,000 rpm) daily. Today I was driving for a while at 3,00O RPM. My grandson is no longer a teenager.

"...I mean its a whole 100cc's more powerful." Only 82 cc, and no more horsepower. It's a 231; much as the BSA Victor 441 was a 441, the GPZ305 was a 305, the Kawasaki 454 was a 454, the Kawa 636 was a 636, the Harley Sportster 883 was an 883, the Chevy 283 was a 283....etc.

I never heard of him. The interview shows him to have been misunderstood, maligned, etc because he came out as gay. That's not unusual for gays born before 1970. We got a black US president before a gay one.

I wrote a long complex novel about a famous hero who's handsome, loving, saving, caring, and happy. And he's gay. Which reduces its chances of being published.

Watching waitfully. Or is that weighing wats?

This thread makes me want a triple square Wendy's cheeseburger combo and a side of chili con carne, without socks.

I'm listening to an old Austin band, Timbuk 3. The future's so bright, ya' gotta wear shades. Hair styles and attitudes: your hair style only tells which one of the three stooges you most closely resemble. Finally, "Life is hard."

There are good reasons the prior teachers left.

Maybe human beings should stop settling our differences by killing each other instead of blaming all of our problems on McDonalds.

FOOD FIGHT!!