kickstart

They are different markets around the world for about the same modal of motorcycles, the first Honda wave 125 cc in Thailand was made in 2013, before that they were 100 and 110cc modals only fitted with kickstarts. For the UK market riders like the electric start, that was a big thing when Honda launched the CB 750 in 1969 a bike with an electric foot. Back to Thailand, I have asked why a 125cc Wave 10000 baht more than the 110-cc modal, I was told the 125 is another tax bracket, and an Eletric start modal is/was 1800 baht more than a kickstart modal. I would say that is why the 100/110ccWave around for a while before the 125cc modal was launched, Honda did its homework found a ready market, even with the price hike, now the rest is history.

Just look for the sign พ.ร.บ,Por Ror Bor,it is what we use for our bikes ,they should be one locally ,they taxed and insured our bikes, my Wave 600 baht.

I did not know that 20-year-old Waves had a starter motor, thought it was kickstart only. Starter motors being fitted to fuel injection modals. My Wave has 120000on the clock still original starter motor, only thing I have had to replace was the battory.

As someone from the other side of the Atlantic, been fowling this as lot of political pundits have been saying on the radio for the past month, it is party politics, it will be resolved at the last moment, there is no way they will default.

Drainage is important, dig the tree up and dig a hole 2 foot, put some stones /rocks in then put some soil back on top and re plant, this will help drainage. I panted a lime tree a few years ago it would not do, so I did the above, re planted the tree, and away it went. Aggee on Powdery Mildew.

In our area it was business as usually at election time, the wife got 500 baht, as before, as did most of her family, she still voted for MFP, the money come from another party.

This caught my eye, shade is ok, nice to sit down with a beer in the evening etc. But. Big trees will use a lot of water and nutrient and they can draw them from a fair way, the land near the trees will need a lot of work done to get it fertile enough to grow something on. Also, a lot of plants do not like a lot of shad and will not grow, we have a row of Gratin trees, tall legume trees on our border with our neighbor, we grow Nappier grass for the cattle in places 3-4 meters form the trees nothing grows just too much shade, you will only have 1 Rie you could be losing a lot of growing land . But you could keep your chickens they.

I would not hold your breath, the years I have worked with cattle in Thailand, they were an insurance scheme though the Department of Livestock Development but that was stopped a good few years ago. But now I would say they is no insurance, if they were it would be too easy to make a false claim a death certificate could soon be forged, as for cause of death something like this a company would need a PM Post Mortem, I would doubt if they is a vet on Phuket that could do a PM on a Buffalow ,in my big cattle area I cannot think of a vet that could a PM on a Buffalow. The owner is most certainly will be selling his semen to get some of his costs back.

One rie is not a lot of land, but enough for your needs, and relatively easy to improve without a lot of investment, first thing to look at is the fertility of the soil. I do not know where you are ,but see if your local agriculture office can do fertility test on your soil, take them a sample see if they can check on soil mineral's and more impotent the soil organic matter, or if they cannot do it, ask your local agriculture collage to see if they can do it . Thai soil is almost renowned for not being over fertile monoculture of rice, sugar cane, cassava, takes it toil on the soil. Have a word with our soil Gure drtreelove he can give you some good advice. I would say put in some Sun hemp or Mung Beans, let them grow up. then plough them in as a green manure, it would do the soil a lot of good. Then I would find a local farmer, probably a sugar cane farmer and get him with his sub-soiler to sub-soil the land it would break up the pan underneath help drainage and give the soil a chance to breath.

I do not know where you live, but this time last year corn crop were 2-foot-tall rains come early, when we grew corn, last time 8 years ago it was between now and end of May when we drilled corn, that is after a good week plus of rain beforehand. This year things are late, only thing growing is sugar cane and cassava only because it has been irrigated.

The problem is crops are planted say end of May, you get a drought in June and July, like we have had before, corn crops will die, very rarely to much rain will flatten a crop, not like our corn crops at home, heavy rain down they go, a few rice crops may go down. Corn crop dies dairy farmers will cut the plants for they cow's, then the landowner will re-seed when the rains come again.

The Jurey is out on that one, a bit after the last Coupe, remember the referendum to change the constitution, one of main clause was that the 250 Senat members to be appointed, and they will play a crucial role in choosing the PM. Much to the Suprise of the Thai people. and most outside the country it was excepted. Now it looks like it will come back and bite them in the backside.

It will not work, it will be horse trading the whole time, in government's before Tucksin had a majority, where coalitions governments happened parties were leaving and joining the whole time, how much time was spent was spent basically arguing when they should have been governing the country. I see the election results are not yet a week old and the knifes are already out. He also said that the Move Forward party and its leader are ready to be examined by the Senate over what some may see as controversial issues, such as its policy to amend the lèse majesté law and Pita’s share ownership in the ITV broadcasting company.

It would be nice, but I would suspect Erdogan will get in again, but with all the corruption talk about building regs after the devastating earthquake may be not. Like Pyayat has done a lot for the country ..........wait....look at Bangkok big extension of the BTS train system, in my area we now have more roads with tarmac on than in the past 10 yeas plus a lot of other areas the same. brought in the But- Khon- John, poor persons welfare card helped a good few people. Not popular with the younger voters but like Erdogan got they feet under the desk could well take some shifting.

Most of the big parties are paying the wife got 500 baht from Pue Jie Thai, the PM's party is paying 500 baht, the watch man is paying, agine 500 baht, in my area Thucksin is not paying, probable thinks he is going to win.

Yet another politician who does not know farming, rice fields are not switch's that can be switched on and off ,a rice field is designed to keep water in ,your farmer harvests his first crop ,he is told very little rain grow something else ,so he put in corn or soya, then then over say a week you get a lot of rain ,your rice field keeps the water ,your corn or soya gets waterlogged and it will die for certain . I know rice fields can be drained but not all, if you are in the middle of a block of rice fields the water has nowhere to go, your neighbour will not want it . What he should have said grow a crop now, like sesame seed, planting to harvest 90-100 days when they is not enough rain for rice, but enough for another crop, then when the rains do come grow your rice crop. But that is logical thinking ...........

Reading this sounds more like an advert for PC, and the OP forgot to say the idea President Kenady had come from the Uk modal VSO, Voluntary Services Overseas that .started in 1958. And it was the case, a PC volunteer when thay had done there volunteering bit could go home and do a Major at some university, I looked at it as a step up the career ladder. I can remember a lot of years ago doing some PC organized weekend English camps, teaching Thai kids English over a weekend, a painfully weekend it was to, more like pushing water up hill, but it looks good on their CV/Reassume.

That's almost certainly a failed run capacitor. 10 Baht and 5 minutes to fix ???? I have had them almost stop spinning or rotating very slowly, found out take the coves off and put a drop of 2-strok oil, on the motor bushes, they get dry, front and back, or Boots as Thais call them, normally works. Have had some bushes replaced in one fan, local guy did the job 200 baht kept the fan going for another 18 months.

That is a completely incorrect statement. All wood that is not uv protected will go grey exposed to direct unfiltered sun. Seasoning wood (there is no such thing as fully seasoned) first extracts the free water then reduces the water in the cells. exposure to long term high humidity will allow the moisture content to rise as long term low humidity will reduce the moisture content. Significant changes in wood humidity makes the wood expand and contract. You are wrong, maybe with our temperate climate wood, but this is a tropical country, with native hard woods, I have some old Mie Yang in Thai, or a Thie red wood, still red as the day it was cut, a bit of staining from the weather. Have a look at a Thai chopping board, Temerlin wood white ,when spalting sets in ,a fungi that attacks the wood, a wood turner would bite your arm off for some splatted Beach gives a very nice finish spalting in ,Tamelim , when turned gives a good finish, may be a gray tinge ,due to the fungi. Have a look at your local temple, most have some Teak wood they, never been treated open to all the element's and still it natural color, and remember Teak has a lot of natural oils, prevents wood rot insect attack ....................and graying. Ever seen gray Mahogany?

They did have one, a T34 from WW2, the pre runner to the T55, brought out from a museum for the day, and they had 2 more on the sidelines in case it broke down, the T 34's not being the most reliable of tanks.

The problem as I see it kids are not taught to think for them self's some years ago one Minsters of Education stood up and said we will teach the kid to think for them self's 6 weeks later he changed his mind, we will stick to the old curriculum, as a English teacher friend of mine said , thinking has been postponed. Just like the op said this Competency- Based curriculum now been postponed. My example as 20 years ago now how many other ideas have been talked about but never brought into the curriculum, thing will not change for a long while.

It might not have affected you, if you were here, but it did affect most of the farangs living in the Kingdom at that time. When he was PM, overnight he just doubled the amount of money needed on deposit for marriage and retirement extensions.

We are looking at AC all the Home Pro's etc. are about 40-50 km from us, we have a local guy he said he could do 18 000 BTU unit for 22 000 baht, which I think is the complete job. Sounds a bit more expensive than other posters have said. But, being local any problems he should be able to sort them out quickly.

True the taxpayer is paying, but you go to London, like I have many times, and see all the tourists flocking around all the sights in London a lot have a lot to do with the royalty, they are all bringing in money towards the UK economy, they could well pay for a few coronations. The royal family are still some of the best ambassadors we have.

Thai wood dose go gray, the reason it has not fully seasoned, if it has gone gray a going over with a sander and sandpaper ,starting with cause grits then finishing off with fine grits. It helps when done use some Sanding Sealer, available here, they even use the English name, helps seal the wood, I have worked a lot with Thai wood when well-seasoned and well sanded it will hold its color. As for using expensive imported yacht varnish, if you have ever been to a Thai show /market and looked at the furniture, a lot of the wood is Burmese Rose wood or Mar Ka, and the sheen on that, they just use a shellac or a few coats of vanish ,dos the job just as well. and it will bring the color out, I like Linseed oil, not easy to find over here and expensive.