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As another poster wrote it's most likely one big publicity stunt, I did a bit more research on mrs Von and while reading several pages of her blog found out her "podiums" in enduro races did not have much to do with riding skills, but more to do with being the only lady participating in a small " hobby" event.

Her whole blog is full with advertisments/links to her sponsors and I very much doubt if this, no doubt, lovely lady actually will take off, and if she does most likely not Solo.

Here she is showing her " skills" on a Ducati Scrambler

This might get the "price" for the most obstructed view windscreen

Nice thread!

It would have been better if the OP would have used the word competitive in his title instead of agressive.

I do witness competetive behavior at trafficlights ( a little dragrace) or someone trying to overtake after being overtaken.

But agressive, not really, Everywhere in the world are " boyracers" and I quite like the sight of those Thai teenagers with there modified, waves/sonics/dashes. Reminds me of my time fiddling with mopeds, trying to squeeze out a few extra km's.

The fact that those boyracers wear hardly any proper gear is another subject though.

The behavior of some cars in Thai traffic can be called agressive.

When reading this thread this scene comes to mind:

The Gunball rally (1976) The first rule of Italian driving

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=AjGXn249Fc0

I think I remember an earlier update ( you do those update every year?) Looks like a very clean bike

It looks like Buriram's drag strip is ready for business

A dragracing event ( cars and bikes?) is taking place next weekend

You can't take this girl serious,

Ever wondered what's in HER bag when she goes touring?

Apart from my make up, dresses, nice lingerie (dont know for who to see), killer heels (dont know wear to where), and cute pyjamas (dont know for who to see again), toiletries etc..

She's cute though........

Yeah, she does look a bit girly. Will probably take her three years to do it as it looks like she spends about 3 or 4 hours a day just putting on her make-up. I wonder if she is the type that does motorcycle selfies?

Well she does these kinda pics

I think soihok discovered the Singaporian version of Anniie ( A Thai bike chick)

Gentleman place your bets: will she make it or not??

Well let's see, maybe there's more then meets the eye.

A woman that did quite some impressive bike rides is Lois Pryce, she wrote a few good books, which I recommend, a good read.

Just checked the link outs,and looking at her blog I somehow have my doubts if she's really up to this challenge, she looks a bit too much girlie to me. But I'll give here the benefit of doubt.
Go VON!!!

I believe it's a KTM with a LIFAN sticker, indeed a sense of humour

I'm trying to figure out what Colorado means in this context.

Little hint?

Or will it make sense when I'm sober on Friday?

I guess that's were papa rides his 650

A pic of that riverboat ( from own archive)

Koh Chang is nice papa, been there twice, true ( as far as I now) you can't make a full loop around the island, but plenty of nice views down the road.

Plenty of touristic things to do ( if you into that) elephants, waterfalls that sort of things.

Plenty of good (sea) food and places to enjoy a cool drink in the evening ( with or without company)

All the way down south were the roads stops there is a interesting landmark with a great view.A old riverboat " parked" into a resort.

What about 00:08................( child on bike) ?????

I like the clip though, It shows some awareness from the Thai.

Maybe it's just me but I don't see any link???

This thread turned out to be a quite interesting discussion. With most of the posters agree with the fact that it all comes down to the rider ( and his/her common sense)and of course his/her skill level.
I believe, you can't say a big bike is safer then a scooter or the other way around.
All bikes big or small are made to meet certain safety standards, brakes, tyres etc etc. of course with better components on the big bikes. Ridden within there safety zone ( speed) they all perform well and are not unsafe. Again: It's the rider.
As an experiment just give 100 scooter riders a Big bike and see what happens, I'm pretty sure you will see a lot of accidents due to the high performance of a big bike, when riders are not used to that they will crash even though such a big bike has got better brakes/handling etc, makes that a big bike unsafe ? No I don't think so. Adapt your riding style on what your riding.
IMO sometimes big bikes on public ( Thai) roads can be potential more dangerous since the temptation of using their power is hard to resist, and they can get you in "trouble" much faster.
Most of us here ride both and I feel perfectly OK on both ( well, if you consider a 250 a big bike )

I can give a bit of advice on the last leg of you trip, I live in Buriram province and the main road ( the 24) through the province is quite congested during Songkran, On the 24 take a left to the 224 to Korat ( 2nd main intersection on the 24 chok chai) follow that and just before Korat city take a right to the 226 which will lead to Lam Plai Mat > Buriram. Around 20/30 more km's but roads less travelled then the 24. But no guarantee how this is during Songkran though. Good luck.

Thanks. I guess no way to get a list of bike models it would plug and play with like it shows on that other site?

I'll have a look under the seat of my bike in a day or two and see what things look like for installed relays.

No list.

On a cbr 250 the winker relay looks like this:

Thanks. So the unit comes with a plugin socket and a wire coming out of it with a connector on it and it just goes in between the main turn signal relay which controls all the turn signals on the bike?

It replaces the bike's OEM relay.

comes like this:

the $ 20,- one from another posters link looks like this: or this

The only thing I'm not sure about if installation is different on bikes which have a function which operates all four indicators at the same time ( alarm lights)

For 240 baht I should say give it a try, just test it first before cutting any wires on your bike.

Thanks for correcting me papa.

then he should use this one:

or 240 thb

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Thanks for all the different suggestions. But I will gladly pay 240 Baht for this if it is just and play solution that fixes all flashers on the bike like the other unit from the states. Do you just need one of these for the whole bike? And what are the connectors like?

If this 240 Baht is not so easy to install, I may order one of those plug and play units from the states for $20 eventually (depending on shipping cost) if I just need only one unit for the whole bike.

I'll give it some more thought. Rather not do a bunch of running around trying different things from electronics stores and splicing a bunch of times just to save about $10 if that's all the savings would really be.

Should be easy to install, just locate your bike's relay, check the connectors, if they are different change those, one relay is enough.

The pic shows relay location on a Honda MSX125, and since Honda uses similair parts on many of there current bikes, It could be plug and play.

I would guess, 800ml

If your bike has a dipstick, it easy to check when filling up, park the bike on a leveled surface and just give the oil some time to settle.

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Well, that's good news. Just be on your guard, like guzzi's comment: you're not getting your "old" bike back ( but now properly cleaned) or am I being too paranoid :-)

IMO Ducati should pay some for your incovinience, with this thread the news got already out and Ducati should think about there PR.

BTW Looks great in yellow! nice bike! I see you changed your avatar pic LOL