speedtripler

2 hours ago, Agusts said:

What top speed did you get... !? My friend has a R version and he told me he got max 116kph yesterday on flat highway - no passenger....

Got 122 once, crouched down

Usually 117 is as fast as it will go with my weight

Tuned and modified they can do 150-170 on bicycle wheels

2 hours ago, tropo said:

What you need in a home gym is highly individual and will depend on the person's goals. If you just need to be "fit and healthy" to use a vague and oft-used expression, you don't even need equipment. Strength can be gained and maintained adequately through bodyweight exercises. Cardio training can be done outside in the park.

For others, myself included, a home gym can present quite a big investment and become far more expensive than gym memberships. I have purchased cheap Thai made weight training equipment that is only adequate along with 2 imported cardio machines - the Concept2 SkiErg and rower and odds and ends from the UK, Australia, and the USA, bought online. I have never made an exact tally of my purchases, but I estimate it would cost the same as  10 - 15 years at a public gym assuming a yearly membership of 10k baht.

If I had bought the equipment I really liked, my investment would have at least doubled. It's very expensive to buy high-quality equipment because Thailand doesn't make any, so it must be imported, which can double and even triple the list price of the equipment you're purchasing when considering shipping, import duties, service charges and taxes.

Then, of course, you have to solve the problem of where to put it. If you're only buying a cardio machine, that's easy, but if you want a weight gym, that's not easy unless you live in a house. I have one average sized room (23m2) dedicated to a gym, but I still don't have enough space for everything I'd like. Just the flooring cost me about 15k. Ask Roblok - I'm sure his investment is much higher than mine for his home gym. I need a power cage but don't have space. That would cost around 50k for the one I would like which is available in Thailand (imported).

So why buy all this equipment? Perhaps if I sell it I can recoup half the cost.

Well, I got sick of slumming it in Pattaya gyms. If I was back in Australia I would be satisfied with any number of local gyms where I used to live. After 10 years of roughing it in Pattaya gyms, I just couldn't bear it anymore. It's one thing to fight weights, but training in an environment you dislike makes it exponentially harder. One of the biggest problems here is having to share the gym with countless "guests" from all over the world with absolutely no gym etiquette. No one puts weight away, they don't use towels, they don't share and many are obnoxious. Toilets are absolutely vial and I'd prefer going home than use one if the need arose. Even Thai members can be obnoxious. One time at California Wow I wanted to use a bench a Thai guy had just finished on. He left a giant pool of sweat on it. I asked if he could wipe it off. He gave me an evil stare and wiped it with his hand. Thai members don't understand the concept of sharing equipment either... I could go on but I'm sure many expat gym buffs who train here know where I'm coming from.

I don't need training partners. I don't like training partners. I'm self-motivated. My wife trains in our gym, but not as a partner. She does her exercises, I do mine.

Regarding "boring": Exercise is a serious business for me and I LOVE training at home with no one to disturb me.  My own music, my own hours, my own climate and clean toilets. If I ever get bored I just think of what it used to be like to train at Tonys and smile.
 

 

 

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When I first came to Thailand, I trained at a free gym with army police and anyone else who could find the place 

Most of the equipment was old and rusty and half broken but it was still fun

Don't even think they had a toilet tbh but everyone just ignored the issues and got on with the training,  fun times thinking back

5 hours ago, Justfine said:

Goodyear

Maxxis

 

Get double the life of Bridgestone crap

Unless you drive like an old granny, the money spent on quality tyres can be lifesaving... 

3 hours ago, yogavnture said:

no its ;putting stuff in a box inside a house. i swear mites are thier

Nonsense 

On 08/02/2018 at 12:28 PM, yogavnture said:

i think i might be wearing it backwards. and i am getting a rash though. i think its the heat and humidity

I've been to the doctor, it isn't heat or humidity 

You will need antibiotics and cream to get rid of that rash 

8 minutes ago, Justfine said:

What's a ute?

 

You know what a car is?

yeah mate

2 minutes ago, Justfine said:

Like beach balls in the back of the ute?

What's a ute you bogan? 

On 08/02/2018 at 1:32 PM, transam said:

What on earth are you talking about. I asked you a question and you have turned it around to visa's...Perhaps you drive a diesel and want to deviate...?

Scientists have came to the conclusion that people who drive diesels have bigger  balls... 

4 hours ago, robblok said:

I havent read it all but i got a question, i am quite broad shouldered and with my other scooters I always have problems looking in the mirrors. (have to tuck my shoulders in). 

 

Are there other mirrors for this bike or not or are the standard ones good. I am in the process of selling my ninja 650 (i use it not enough it has less then 30.000 km on the clock) I use the scooter that I have a lot more. So once i sold the ninja I will buy the Aero R version probably.  

 

My only question is about the mirrors do any or you have any experience with it ?

The mirror stalks could do with being lengthened 

But if you want to burn Around the city 

You might find yourself getting stuck in gaps other bikes are squeezing through because they either have stock mirrors, aftermarket under bar mirrors or maybe even no mirrors at all.... 

On 26/05/2017 at 4:11 PM, lkn said:

I think you are a few years too late.

Say what now? 

5 minutes ago, tropo said:

They are not "sawed off" shotguns that spray bullets all over the place. They are used most likely because they are cheap compared to more sophisticated weapons. 

 

Have a look at what some security guards carry - M16's.

 

 

There's a recent move to take high-powered weapons away from security personnel.

 

http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/news/nation/613070/security-firms-high-powered-guns-turned-over-to-pnp-a-week-before-resorts-world-attack/story/

 

http://www.philstar.com/cebu-news/2017/06/08/1707935/high-powered-firearms-banned-security-firms

 

 

In Brazil they also have semi automatic rifles 

I heard it's because you need to have more firepower than the potential robbers.... 

They're are some crazy shootouts sometimes, you can watch them on liveleaks 

On 12/12/2016 at 4:41 PM, Robin Valentine said:

All of the advise given so fare fails to advise yu that money being sent to Thailand for purchase of property must be in hard currency, Dollars, Sterling, Euros -- but not in Thai currency!   

The receiving bank in Bangkok will issue a certificate showing that the currency has been received.

You need a copy of this certificate in case you later sell the property later and want to purchase another, or take the money out of Thailand.

Best advise of all is to use a good lawyer who will first of all check with the Land Office that the person selling the property is the legal owner of it and will arrange for your money to go into a separate account for payment to the seller when the deal is completed.  

You will probably be asked to pay part of it foreign currency and part in Thjai Bahts.  The foreign currency element will go through the Land Office s the value of the property and will be the taxable element of the purchase price.  (Note that the Land Office may value the property as higher than the selling price).

The legal fees involved re small compared with the cost of the property and you know that you are not being swindled.

Is it also true that when you sell your condo to buy a bigger one you need a new FET and need to convert your thb to another currency and then convert it back again ?  

On 14/01/2018 at 6:22 PM, thaipopsy said:

Money or Gold.... Anything else she may not like even if she will show appreciation. She may use the money or sell the gold to buy what she REALLY like. Thai way. My way.

Give her Herpes

The gift that keeps on giving! 

3 minutes ago, amvet said:

And the Viagra is expensive as I buy it from the hospital pharmacy instead of the local guy.  Although I find the local stuff OK if caught in a pinch.  I don't really pay for ladyboys as they are free most of the time.  Women I always pay even if they don't ask or try to give me the money back.  You are probably thinking lady boys like at the Tiffany show but I'm thinking of lady boys like your local hairdresser.  

You should try the generic cialis from India

It's very cheap and you could hang a rack of wet leather jackets on your shaft ..... 

53 minutes ago, amvet said:

I've often wondered why Thai Visa doesn't pay me.  I'm a larger draw in terms of generating posts than the folks who get paid to do it.  

The government should  give you sibsidy grants too..... 

It's old guys like you who are preventing the economy collapsing by spending your pension here on viagra and ladyboys ..... 

4 hours ago, thailand49 said:

Just my opinion,  based on 1 year,  is gold or cash.  Based on time frame not too big the bigger the bigger the expectation since one year isn't much to based a relationship since you aren't here full time?  To Thais gold is the same as cash, anything brand name is just that today popular tomorrow not! 

It should be a porsche cayenne turbo..... 

Cash is the best gift! 

3 hours ago, dpdp said:

 

I do not mess with low so farangs...

 

 

Peas in a pod lol

3 minutes ago, dpdp said:

 

Even for $100000/month I would not live in any retarded territory.

How lucky is your family to live in that sh*thole just because you were not able to make good money in Thailand.

Poor them.

 

 

 

 

 

Big words from someone who Rides around in the baht bus....  

On 12/01/2018 at 6:18 AM, lust said:

Let’s see the receipt.

OK boss, I'll get Right  on it  

2 hours ago, LPCustom69 said:

How much income would that be?

Less than a penny a click I think.... Youtu.be is not as profitable as it used to be but there are are still people making a lot of money from it

Report his videos  and YouTube will take them down again... 

16 minutes ago, MaeJoMTB said:

Laos, probably the most boring country I've ever been.

 Some peoole measure quality of life in metrics other than ladyboys : geriatric farang ratio 

On 23/03/2017 at 10:21 AM, thaibeachlovers said:

Anyone that is bored in Thailand isn't trying very hard.

 

Or has done  it all too many times before and needs a change? 

On 17/03/2017 at 8:44 AM, Elkski said:

I read that if you are married living in USA after 10 years the wife can leave and collect on your SS?      Utah is a non common law marriage state. 

 

In the USA SS benefits have a weighted number given to the time value of money.  So contributions in say year 1985 are multiplied by 14 vs contributions from 2016 are 1.  So working the last 10 years would be worth as my guess 1/10 as much in SS benefits compared to if you worked 1985-1995.     I can't believe this isn't the case in OZ?  So I think the comment about someone coming to rip off the system is totally false.   You only get some % of the time value of your contributions.   Not free money.  This Elvis is looking to bail trump land.   My main worry is the heat in Thailand and no snow or fresh air or elk hunting. 

Did you come to Thailand expecting to hunt elk?