Cornichon88

Just my opinion, but if you're looking for a good "city bike", go with the new CBR 150. I've had the old model and the new, and the new is much better, believe me! Easy to handle and maneuver in heavy traffic, with more than enough "Uph!" to leave everyone else at the line. But I've also done quite a bit of touring on the new one with trips from CNX to Khon Kaen, Udon Thani, Tak, Nakon Sawan, Chiang Rai, and the only problem I've ever had is that it doesn't really have the torque needed for the mountains in some areas. Other than that, it will cruse all day as 125-130 without a problem. The torque problem in the mountains is why I'm considering moving up to a 250. If not for that, I'd keep it.

Even the CBR 250 R lacks of torque and power in the mountain, I've done 5 CNX - Mae Sai visaruns with mine and it's frustrating sometime. I dream of a 500 cc twin, not much heavier than the 250 and able to climb the hills at reasonable speed and much more torque (cannot call this mountains coming from the swiss Alps).

But I like this bike from my home 30 km out of Chiang Mai on flat roads.

I think your macbook is not Mountain lion compatible. From this page it says late 2008 Alu or early 2009 White minimum.

http://www.apple.com...how-to-upgrade/

You said MacBook right ? If it's a MacBook Pro then it's another model.

Apart from all the sex and money talk I have seen much more important differences in their belief that you can wash clothes better in an upright machine in cold water in 1/4 of the time a typical European machine. And a curious obsession with plastic storage boxes.

Ha ha, that's well said. My wife like plastic boxes so much that I think she have an obsession with russian puppets. Same about washing machine, it will change soon as I'll buy something that actually wash the clothes, not only wet and perfume them.

This just makes me feel all warm and fuzzy seeing as how I'm flying in on a new 590 ton Airbus A380 in 45 days.

Just wear the adequate thai Buddha amulette and everything should be OK.

Just a tip: I had to renew my passport making the details on my 5 year license (with one year to run) wrong. Someone Who Usually Knows advised me to get it updated as like many I rely on it as ID. The logic seemed sound so I went by the main license office in Chiang Mai who said that I should just keep a copy of the old passport along with the new one and show both if the matter came up.

What you'd do if you lost your old passport I don't know but maybe now's the time to put an extra copy aside.

Exactly what happened to me. Lost my passport 2 weeks ago and now I have to get a new one in my homecountry end of this month. Luckily I have a copy of the passport, will ask later at the Chiang Mai license office next month. (5 years license)

I have the 9/1 package and I can tell it's very reliable and the up & download speeds are great for torrents. DL/UL speeds as shown by my modem 11771 kbps/1212 kbps

The idiot should have tried to steal a Pilatus PC7, much smaller than an Airbus A380.

Just buy a bluetooth thai/en keyboard in any Apple resellers Store. Simple.

http://store.apple.com/th/product/MC184TH/B?fnode=MTY1NDA1Mg

I agree with your concept if they had also tested Thais but the article says selected foreigners. That is what got my back up.

As far as the drugs go yes I agree they seemed to do a great job, well done to them.

As it was the Immigration police, why should they test the thai people ?

Great videos and blog. Congratulations and have a nice time in Chiang Mai.

Yep, I've noticed a double standard here with these topics too.

It could be that the rules of moderation on this forum discourage some, including myself, to make a comment.

Everyone knows that only Westerners commit atrocious acts.

You should give a try to Linux Mint Debian Edition (LMDE) http://www.linuxmint.com/download_lmde.php .

I've tested many many differentGNU/Linux distros In the VMware virtual machine on both my iMac and Macbook Pro and this one is my preffered. It's Debian, with a desktop à la Gnome 2 and use very few ressources. It come with a recent kernel (3.2.xx.x) , 4,6 Go for the basic install and need less than 200 Mio RAM in idle.

Even the iSight (integrated webcam) run like a charm with Skype. Most of the other tested distros failed at this point.

And last but not least, it's a rolling distrib. No need to re-install every year, just update and go.

Worst a try IMHO, it would be my choice for a netbook.

What do you mean by fresh products ?

I've been there this afternoon and they have plenty of fresh vegetables, fruits or herbs like parsley (cannot be found at the local market).

If you really need something, the Central Rimping is only 15 km away. It's not like you cannot find any food miles around, and don't forget the local market.

Near Mae Sariang .

Sleep, drink a lot of water and wait until it's gone.

That's funny.

What next ? Culinary racism ? Olfactory racism ?

This word has definitely lost its meaning as it is misused.

Hehehoho! It IS you! Where ya been dude? Your new name is so appropriate! Keep pouring the coolaid bro; there are a few suckers still drinking it!

You should go to sleep earlier if you want to be fit in the kindergarten tomorrow.

Something must be wrong with my CBR, I'm past the warranty period (30,000km) and never needed it.

Don't think it could be running or feeling better tbh. I wonder what was supposed to have broken.

Wow, it only comes with a 30,000km warranty? That's almost like an admission from Honda of how fragile their new bike is...

Kawasaki's warranty is 2 year UNLIMITED mileage.

Of course, you'll never need it because the Ninjette is an incredibly solid little bike and never breaks.

But hey, at least the Honda is CHEAP

Let the Good Times ROLL!

Never bored trolling ?

The CBR250R is not a "sportbike" but many people enjoy it as it allow to ride in some places they will never visit with a Honda click or any other scooter.

Can you please give us a break and respect the fun people have riding smaller bikes than you, the guy who know everything. keep posting on big bikes threads.

Never thought that some people could have fun riding and enjoying the sceneries ?

Oh man, the suspense is killing me. Is it going to implode/explode/melt/eat me/shag the missus?

Wotz gonna happen?

Don't worry, nothing will happen. Honda is one of the most reliable motorcycle brand.

I enjoy my CBR250R a lot in Thailand, I've owned a VF500FII, VFR750F, VFR750 Carat, CBR900 Fireblade 1992 in Europe, and even a Wave 125i for 5 years here in Thailand. Never had the slightest problem with any of these bikes.

It's why I bought the CBR 250 R without thinking further. I changed the stock tyres for Pirelli Sport Demon stock size though, the front tire stick to the road even if you brake very hard. After 12'000 km and long rides like th Mae Hong Son loop and visaruns in Mae Sai I'm very happy with it, even if some more HP would be welcomed in the mountain.

I really love Songkran ... when it's over.

Happy I'll be able to live a normal life again from tomorrow. I had 5-6 showers a day for 6 days, the way I like celebrating Songkran.

Just pretend you don't know him and let him rot in jail, safer than dead on the pavement.

What a f*****g moron the farang with the green shirt.

1st pic have to shoot right in the face of the guy, second same ... and sunglasses and hat went on the floor.

I know why I hate this kind of people.

To the OP,

When I see your post I just want to puke, close the tab and look at another thread.

Ever heard about text formatting or something ?

Some people posting on this forum should get a life.

Never thought I had to see such a stupid thread in a forum.