piston broke

Busted.

Where can I buy some mirrored sunglasses?

now't wrong with oggling....

i had one of these, in mars red (from new)....

golf gti 1800 with rlr2000 engine conversion, zender body kit and wheels.....

was ultra quick in its day.....

http://www.vw-one.co.uk/GTI%20Engine.htm

happy days.....

10.1 for me - lubberly jubberly.....

Nope. I live on Soi Naklua 16, right on the beach. Within 500 meters of my building, there are at least three spots where moto taxis and taxis congregate, 6 convenience stores, likely close to 20 restaurants, ranging from a local where a plate of kao pad gai and a beer can be had for 75 baht to the very upscale restaurants in the Pullman, the Centara (a little farther away), with a range of cuisines - Thai, Russian, Korean, seafood, etc. Best Supermarket is a 30 baht moto ride to Dolphin Circle. The Pattaya Nua bus station is 50 baht by moto, or 100 baht by taxi.

As I pointed out earlier I dont get on motorbikes here. Nor would I ever consider taking a taxi (with or without meter). I use only three methods of transport locally: my feet, my car and the bahtbus on regular routes. Being innately idle I like to live somewhere where I can find just about everything I need within 5 minutes walk, or a short walk to a bahtbus that will take me there for 10B. I can do this easily from the Jomtien Complex area but I could not do it in Wong Amat.

From my condo within 5 minutes I can walk to:

hundreds of extremely varied international and local restaurants

a proper Thai night food market

Immigration

the Post Office

the beach

the bus to the airport (with connections to Bangkok)

many bars, massage parlours etc

a gym

all other shops, language schools, dentists, doctors, car rentals, etc

at least 10 convenience stores and a medium-sized supermarket

the bahtbus direct to Tesco Lotus and Theprasit night market (10B)

the bahtbus direct to Pattaya (10B)

Jomtien doesnt have any top hotels with restaurants but of course on nearby Pratumnak there are several. To my mind this is about the only arena in which Wong Amat scores over Jomtien.

I do know the area you mention and apart from the distance to other facilities I find the choice of restaurants in the immediate area to be much too limited for my taste. Each to his own though.

so jomtienski's the winner then ?

Personally I dont like Wong Amat. To me it seems to have no character at all and is just a jungle of high rise buildings and narrow sois filled with traffic. You have to walk up to the main Naklua road to find any transport or places to eat, though once there you have a decent choice of course.

So personally I prefer Jomtien which is more open, has shops, farang restaurants, bars and Thai markets and eating places all over including right on the beach road. Also transport back to south Pattaya is very easy (apart from the evening traffic jams entering Pattaya of course). For 15K/month there you can get a nice studio unit right on the beach though at this time of year a lot of the best ones will have gone or may be asking higher prices.

As for getting to Bangkok it depends on how you travel. I live a few minutes walk from the main airport bus terminal in Jomtien and I can get an hourly bus from there to the airport and then take the express train to Bangkok (not that I do it very often as I dont like Bangkok). All pretty quick and cheap and painless. The only traffic I have to get through that way is on Sukumvit in Pattaya.

Nope. I live on Soi Naklua 16, right on the beach. Within 500 meters of my building, there are at least three spots where moto taxis and taxis congregate, 6 convenience stores, likely close to 20 restaurants, ranging from a local where a plate of kao pad gai and a beer can be had for 75 baht to the very upscale restaurants in the Pullman, the Centara (a little farther away), with a range of cuisines - Thai, Russian, Korean, seafood, etc. Best Supermarket is a 30 baht moto ride to Dolphin Circle. The Pattaya Nua bus station is 50 baht by moto, or 100 baht by taxi.

naklua's the winner then ?

and I don't like the styling of the common PCX.

it's common, cuz its the best by a country mile..........

there you go.....

sorted...

something like this :

.....in Pattaya, PCX is king.....

'Not correct, my white PCX from last year have lady boy red pannies. Gotten used to them now'.

am correct.....

3ys ago, brown deleted.....in favour of black....

2 yrs ago, red available, as well as black....

now just black available......

I don't get why the price difference between the matt black and the gloss black.

the matte black one has stripes, red painted caliper, red rear shock springs...maybe that's why ?

apparently the matte black model is 3,000 b x/tra.......

don't do gloss black anymore......white, red, brown and matte black....all with black plastics.....

Is that new because every white PCX I've seen had horrible brown plastics ?

brown plastics changed in favour of black circa 3 yrs ago.....

I don't get why the price difference between the matt black and the gloss black.

the matte black one has stripes, red painted caliper, red rear shock springs...maybe that's why ?

apparently the matte black model is 3,000 b x/tra.......

don't do gloss black anymore......white, red, brown and matte black....all with black plastics.....

The only annoyance I had with the rental PCX was the absence of a hook.

after market hook easy to install......

. I don't want people sitting on and screwing around with my bike

Par for the course - the CBR 250 draws bike enthusiasts in like a magnet......

If you are an inexperienced biker and want to tour a little, I would have thought the PCX is the ideal bike. Very easy to ride, fully auto, comfortable for a Farang sized person, no chain. NISM.

The Sh150 looks hideous and costs more too, why would anyone buy one?

The going rate for a new PCX150 is 75k so don't pay more and for that, I think a bargain.

just about sums it up.

'In terms of build quality and overall presentation the PCX is in a different league to some other scooters on the market - to be fair you’d expect no less from Honda'

Overall

http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/bikereviews/searchresults/Bike-Reviews/Honda/Honda-PCX125-2010-current/

still using dos.....too old to change now......

Beware with this uktv.... I installed the app 2 days ago. Yesterday, I watched bbcnews for about 15 minutes. No problems. Then I got a warning that I had no memory left. UKTV had installed 428 <deleted> videos in my Samsung 8.0!!! All bbcnews videos.

same here (galaxy tab 2) - so deleted uk tv......

I would add that while the patient is out of immediate danger, his blood count is still very low and he will need more transfusions to get it up to where he can be discharged. And, should another bleed occur (knock on wood not) the situation would be extremely dicey as there is reportedly no O neg left at all. So those of you who offered, please follow through.

so why not offer people money for it ?

I was wondering if the hospitals expect it to be given free? Given the extortionate fees that they charge patients (about 20,000 baht for blood in bkk) and the typical 70%+ gross profit margins sonars shouldn't be expected to view any private hospital as a charity.

that's a very fair point....

business on the one hand, charity on the other.....

Benelli not exotic, while lauding a generic Honda designed for low rpm and fuel efficiency.

Where are the bikers on this forum?

The majority of the Chinese bike haters here ride bikes that anywhere else in the world would be described as learner or commuter bikes but in Thailand they are "big bikes" .The Benelli 600 is neither a commuter nor a starter bike.

a fair point.....

...bloke down our way brought a large chopper with him, a couple of years back.....

http://www.riderforums.com/4th-gen-z1000-ninja-1000/78691-2014-kawasaki-z1000.html

looks similar:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Buell-Blast-/281197824503