richard_smith237

One of mine is a modular helmet (Shoei). When stopped at lights etc its convenient to ‘flip up the chin’ and let the air in... but it doesn’t make a huge difference as far as ‘cooling the face goes' I also have a couple of Bell Helmets (Bullit full face - retro looking with a bubble visor, also a Custom 500 carbon)... both good helmets.. Fit nice and snug, but the Bullit does get hot on the head... Given the temperatures here and variability of riding from ‘nipping to the shops’ to ‘being out on a ride’ its difficult to find a ‘one size fits all’ helmet... I also have the AGV which I use if I’m going somewhere nearby and just leave the helmet with the bike, there’s a risk of theft which is why I don’t do that with the other helmets.

I was sandboxing in Phuket in 2021... I didn’t want to post my 25,000 baht Shoei Neotec (modular) down. I had a good look online but like you didn’t really see what looked like good helmet shops... (there may be some from personal recommendation on this thread). I was going to suggest Paddock in Bangkok - they’ll ship it to you... (but you’ve already mentioned you want to try on).. Or, as a last resort. I ended up ordering an AGV (open face) which I figured was ok for riding a scooter around. Options: Two helmets: - Closed face for longer rides. - Open face for popping to the beach / travelling very locally on a scooter etc. Temperature and humidity is an issue in Thailand... but I find its not so much for the helmet, but when wearing a riding jacket and pants etc... consequently, when riding locally its just gloves, open face helmet and trainers... When going further its ATGTT...

Fair enough.... ...a few years ago wanted to ‘part exchange’ my BMW... I laughed out loud at the price they offered me... it was about 500k below market value, they were clearly not interested... Tents were not much better... I sold it privately for my asking price (FaceBook Market Place). But... I did have a lot of time wasters (online, just wasting time trying to negotiate with low officers), even a couple of Western guys messaging then getting upset because I was not interested in discussing their ridiculously low offers - one guy got quite aggressive... All my cars were ultimately sold privately for very close to or the price I’d set. I just sold a watch... had about 50 messages.. So dumb, ppl asking ‘is it still available?’ then disappearing... or ppl offering half etc.. ... so I understand why you don’t want the hassle of a private sale - but if its priced right, it will get sold - it just depends if you don’t want the hit or not. Personally I’m surprised a dealership offers you something so close to the actual second hand value.

OK... I did very similar and had some smaller chrome parts on my motorcycle powder coated from chrome to matt-black (dealer in Bangkok) So any motorcycle dealership and repair shop should be able to put you in the right direction. There are also Truimph groups on Facebook - some of those guys would definitely know where to get this done.

- Get rid of the body - Prepare a sound alibi

.... Works for Jimmy Carr in front of an audience, not so well for you on an anonymous forum !!!....

To powder coat what ?.... Door handles, Alloy Wheels ??... i.e. car / motorcycle stuff ? Large stuff / small stuff ??.... Some automative shops will have a good source for this (if thats what you need). I had the dealer powder coat some items on my motorcycle (this was in Bangkok though).

The Op hasn’t bothered to respond to this thread for 4 days. Logged into AN yesterday... still not bothered to answer any questions, not much more help can be offered without better info... ... Perhaps the Op has the issue resolved already and just can’t be bothered to post and tell us ?

This had me convinced it was the British Embassy until your follow up response in the next reply down !!!

Heck.... in that case... see what they’ll give for it, then I’ll buy it and sell it privately and make the extra 200,000 baht myself !!!

You must be a right laugh at parties !!!

Agreed... Unless there is significant savings, it makes much more sense to go direct with the airlines. I made the mistake of booking a ticket though an agent a couple of years ago. Flights were cancelled (Qatar Airways)... It took 5 months to get a refund, Qatar Airways were the slow ones, but the Agent offered me about 80% of the refund cost claiming they had costs too. I wasn’t interested and got IATA involved, I was quickly refunded the full amount. In short - the Travel Agent still tried to ‘take some of the moment’... but the airline were still extremely slow to refund, by EU law the had a legal obligation to refund within a week... (something they never stuck to).

OMG.... some of the posters from page one are going to be beside themselves !!!...

Was back then during Covid , a few add ons though like luggage and food Cheapest BKK-UK flight I have seen in the past few years was 10,000 baht one-way with Thai Airways... Upcoming the cheapest one way is with 3 stops !!! (Mubai, Abu Dhabi, Tel Aviv) not a journey I’d wish on my enemies !!! (10,817 baht). Its entirely conceivable that a Budget carrier adds promotions to fill a plane - 4000 Baht seems extremely cheap and is possibly a quoted price before taxes etc... its still jeffing cheap !!!...

sure you did. Yup.. you still didn’t get it... 2340 hrs to walk from Bangkok to Nottingham (approx 100 days).. just under 4 months... thread is 4 months old.... You didn’t get it, no need to try and save face, some people just miss a lot of stuff.

We went on an ‘unplanned ski-trip’... I was fortunate enough to have my kit with me, but Wife and Son’s was back in the UK... Kit for both of them was purchased from Decathlon, no issues whatsoever. As you mention, its not the best quality compared to Columbia, The North Face kit etc, but its certainly passable and yes.. in this instance, fine for being on the side of a mountain in a whiteout.... I trust the Decathlon kit more than I’d trust a knockoff from MBK.... It all depends what the Op is using the kit for.

Another option is heading up to MBK and taking a look at what they have there. Its all fake stuff and I wouldn’t use any of it when going up a mountain etc... But... If all you are looking for is a warm jacket when out and about, nature walks, the town etc... then what they have on offer should be fine.

have you looked at decathlon ? https://www.decathlon.co.th/en/search?query=Jacket&sortBy=th_pr_dosa_price_desc Size is always going to be an issue though...

I figured some people wouldn’t get it...

This is a 4 month old thread..... He’s surely made it home by now...

That 20% / 80% thing has been doing the rounds on social media for the past few months... I guess people relate to it... The suggestion is: The top 20% of men attract 80% of the women leaving 80% of men to fight over the remaining 20% of women. I think all that top 20% requires is to be reasonably tall, be in decent shape, have a decent smile and a comfortable confidence around females... If I ever was in the minority desired by women, I’m certainly not now... in my 40’s grey hair, swapped the swimmers physique for a beer drinkers... Wife seems into me still though, so thats a good thing... She even picks up the dinner tab sometimes but then I feel there is some expectation to give her a knee-trembler !!...

Exactly this.... When flying in to Phuket to ‘for Sandbox quarantine’ I had 40 kgs... I didn’t want to pay the Thai Airways excess baggage on my flight up to Bangkok to dropped one of the bags off at Kerry Express a couple of days before the flight. The Bag arrived the following day... I can’t remember exactly how much it was, but it was only a few hundred baht for 20kgs (in one bag which I managed to ‘stuff’ inside a cardboard box*) (*Note: there are size limits - the parcel / package has to be smaller than their largest box).

In some countries an emergency travel document can only be used for the sole purpose of travelling to ones home nation (this is the case for the UK - I’m not sure what nationality the Op is). This seems to be one of those ‘grey areas’ in which many of us could find ourselves in without a convenient solution. The issue clearly is the amount of time it has taken to provide a replacement passport. I think the only solution available for the Op is to do what she has suggested already. Wait it out then take a flight to Laos as soon as possible. Of course, the Op should get to the airport early to allow sufficient time for them to deal with the inevitable... oh..ah.. cannot, have to go to the immigration office etc... I think IF the Op has documentation that shows her passport was lost (i.e. police report) that immigration at Suvarnabumi would look upon the issue more favourably - the one thing I would ask is that an overstay is not placed on my record or a stamp in my passport.

I doubt you ever had much sex at any age (with another person in the room). .... erm ok... irrelevant attack taken on the chin !... Have you never wondered why women don’t want to be with you unless there is some financial gain ???? Perhaps you are right and thats the same for all men beyond a certain age, but your comments imply this is so for younger men... I just never found the to be the case - at all.

The only excuses I can possibly see for this incident to occur the way it did... a) The woman driver was about 5ft tall, did not have her seat adjusted high enough and could hardly see over the steering wheel, thus her view forwards was blocked by the instrument display... But that still doesn’t explain why she didn't stop after driving ‘over someone’... perhaps the wheels didn’t go over him and he was extremely slim, thus the it felt like going over a speed bump ?? b) She was off her nuts on something... (Diazepam / Benzo’s )