richard_smith237

The Thai Post do it.... Thats probably your best and most cost effective bet. There are some blogs and whatnot where travellers have covered it - run a google search.. https://www.tielandtothailand.com/shipping-motorcycle-thailand-mail-post-office/ https://www.livingthai.org/how-to-ship-your-bike-through-the-thai-post-office.html https://www.gt-rider.com/se-asia-motorcycling/threads/shipping-bikes-via-thailand-post.6658/

Advice: lead with at least some information which could be useful for people who may be able to help. Shipping your motorcycle from where to where ???? I recently sold and sent a motorcycle from Bangkok to Pattaya (2500 baht). IF you are in the area I can give you the info of the person I used.....

But the article also states that "SUV driver Chaiyaporn Saewang told the police that the motorcycle was coming in the opposite direction and crossed into his lane before bumping into his car." Who to believe ? This is why a Dash-cam is always important... If the driver is not telling porkie pies, this would exonerate him... unless of course he was over-taking and drove straight into the oncoming motorcyclist.

A 60 year old lady on a Scoopy trying to ‘beat a train’.... IMO this is perhaps a highly misleading headline.... I would suspect that she simply crossed the rail tracks without looking and was hit by the train... Was the barrier working ?

Sadly these people have very little protection, but as you mentioned, they show an overwhelming degree of ignorance for their own safety. It is these major differences which highlight the developed from the developing world. Those who complain about the ‘nanny state’ back home think nothing of the protection that the responsible governments offer those working in areas of potential risk such as this. In the UK, what could be considered excessive measures are taken, closing whole roads, or lanes for work being carried out on the verge... or expensive machinery etc. Here in Thailand, effectively these people just have to take their chances... a situation exacerbated by the standards of driving and painfully obvious absence of attention on the roads.

How did they acquire 100 million baht ???.... Could it be they really were trafficking ‘questionable packages’.... and someone was extorting them ? Otherwise, why even entertain the scam if they’d sent no packages ?

Tragic... I often see these road sweepers and road labourers in general with very little protection from the traffic and potential consequences of a distracted or drunk driver... At 4am.. whats the betting the hit-n-run ayhole was pi$$ed up !!... Sadly there is very little social responsibility and any garage this guy goes to to get his repairs carried out (missing fender) will not report him. The very least the police can do is identify the type of car (from the fender) and colour... While there was no CCTV, the is CCTV around and the Police could look for a an X type of Car, X Colour at any other CCTV points nearby - it shouldn’t be too difficult for them to identify the registration of the car and track the owner down..... ..... With a little police work of course, and that of course takes effort and some F*<ks given...

Because its the obvious conclusion to come to... Recent tragic mass-murder blamed on person with history of drugs, mass murderer was an ex-policeman... huge loss of face for police. Mother reports her son for drugs... police reaction is immediate... police gaining face for doing their jobs properly. The juvenile mindset of those in these positions (Police) does not operate in any other way. Had this mother visited a police station 1 months ago, her complaint would have fallen on deaf ears...

the mind boggles... they even hit immovable objects in rowing boats !!!... I wonder if the lost ‘oarsmen’ could swim... I hope they find them, but it doesn’t look good.

Agreed - its good info for anyone going to the beach during this season... ... You’ll also duly be informed that there are 12 Liverpool’s and our favourite forum semanticist is possibly from Novo Sotia which would explain his social awkwardness on this forum !

You are making an utter fool of yourself... It seems you are implying the Thailand Motor Vehicle Act 1979 is incorrect !!!.... On one thing we agree... its a good idea you do leave... !! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Driving_Permit

And you also can in Bangkok.... (with a British Driving Licence). Why is this ??? Because we can legally drive on a Driving Licence which is in English, has photo ID and is issued by an authority representing the government which is a signatory of 1949 or 1968 convention on road traffic... Legally residents need to be driving on a Thai Licence, this simple transference is recognition of this regulation... an IDP has never been needed for this...

Are you suggesting that the foreign sources you are quoting are correct and the Thai Law as quoted and translated from the Motor Vehicle Act 1979 is incorrect ??? Because, to me your comments read as though you are suggesting the Motor Vehicle Act 1979 is superseded by what a British Government and Aus Website say it is !!!...

....the correct spelling of the septic bastardisation of Tyre and what we put on our cars, motorcycles and bicycles !!!... ????

Its a 10min job - just put the pedals on it and tighten a few things. I had bikes from Decathlon delivered (to my home in Bangkok) for my Wife and Son... simple stuff - hardly takes a day of engineering. Its a shame those shops in Nan don’t have links to website so the Op can check his options. Do they have the right size ?? I wanted a 29”er.... Only one shop in Bangkok (Scott) had one that size.. Very few shops in Bangkok even had 27” bikes.. (wheel size) - Giant, which I figured were a very good and reasonably priced option had nothing my size - I contacted dealers all over Thailand. Scott was the only option so I went with that... I wanted something more than the basic 12,000 baht Mountain bike from Decathlon.. But now they have that 28,000 baht bike which looks like a decent set up (though the Op clearly doesn’t want go that expensive). I suspect size cold be the real issue here. IF the Op can contact those Shops in Nan and they can send him photo’s etc of what they have - but that depends heavily on the shop staff / owner being service minded and doing a bit of work which is often a tall ask in many such cases.

OK... so they’re Remax RB S17. Both will (should) connect at the same time (I’m not aware of any headphones that connect L & R individually). If the headphones are connected and one side isn’t working - check your L / R sound settings on your laptop or device to which you are connected (also try different devices to see if the issue is device specific). IF only one of the headphones continues to work and all other options are exhausted, it could just be that your headphones are broken. IF you can’t get the volume any higher than you are currently achieving through the volume control on the headphones, check the source... you may be at low volume at the source (the volume of some headphones do not synchronise with the source).

Get your Bank Book printed and see what it identifies on that... The Immi officers ‘just flick through it’... so accidentally ‘loosing the page’ (ripping it out) could be the solution !!

Not per my post further up from UK govt website Thailands laws are not dictated by what is written on a UK Government Website. Thailands laws own this subject are stated in the Motor Vehicle Act 1979. Section 42-2 “In case there’s a treaty between the Thai government and a foreign government regarding mutual acceptance of driver’s license, an alien who doesn’t have an immigrant visa may drive a motor vehicle with a driver’s license issued by such a foreign government, or an automobile association authorized by such a foreign government.” This is for ’tourists only’ - residents (those on Non-Imm visas etc) require a Thai Licence .

You can only get that IDP if you are in the UK - there is no remote option. It doesn’t hurt for a tourist to get one if they can and may avoid some hassle with a police officer who doesn’t know his own laws or is trying pull a fast one... But, for a many tourists (etc from Aus or UK etc) who is already here and then decides they want to drive, they can legally drive using their home country licence - legally an IDP is not required.

The Op doesn’t mention that he rents in his original post. He only mentions that he’s rending half way down the first page of the thread. Important info he should have lead with. That said - a lot of people reply without reading the whole thread to get updated information before the fire off a reply from the hip...

Good - you are in a position to make an easy decision - (you don’t own it and can move). You don’t want to move - Thats naivety.... it’s far easier and simpler to move away from this issue. IF this issue does get dealt with, who will move in next ? the juristic committee don’t care, so they don’t care who moves in an who causes issues in other rooms or other floors, it could be dogs, other rooms used as a brothel or crack-house etc... its just not worth it. Moving to a better place is the only sensible solution. You could call the police, but do you really trust them not to tell the LB that the foreigner across the hallway has ‘grassed him/her up’... and... you know it, 'no one likes a grass !!!'.... that LB will hate you and in a cracked up state potentially cause you a world of problems. This is defiantly one of those ‘walk away’ situation.... life too short, just be happy somewhere else. ------ If you walk away, will you lose deposit ? probably. Just use your deposit as your last months rent - then claim the owner didn’t fulfil their part of the contract as the property isn’t safe with a crackwhore living opposite.

I’m not exactly sure what the issue is here.... Is the rim slightly too small for the tyre ? Or has the rim bent out so the bead of the tyre doesn’t lock in place when there is pressure in the tyre ?

I also think its quite incredible and also quite fitting for this enigma that is Thailand !!!... Marijuana is obviously quite harmless and has medicinal benefits while at the same time causing very few social problems (no need for a debate on this). This forward thinking direction from Thailand is extremely progressive, yet at the same time extremely clumsily laid out from a legal perspective. I think ‘narco state’ is extremely harsh, its nothing like that... but giving people the freedom to smoke dope if they want is perfectly fine IMO, Thailand has placed itself ahead of the curve here.

If it is that... Give something like Zovirax cream a go... If it is some form of herpes a Dr could also prescribe some antiviral medication which can kick its backside (I’m not sure what its called). Best to see a Dr. of course.

Do you use ‘burner phones’ so you can’t be traced ??? Wear a hat and never look up so the camera’s can’t use face ID ? Never use social media, right ? - only anonymous media like this forum? Always use a VPN ? Never use online or mobile Banking ? Never use online shopping such as Amazon, Lazada, Shopee ? Always pay for your full hotel stay in advance and use a cash-deposit (no card) ? Where is the line drawn on a neurotic ‘cash only’ ideology ??? Just use whatever is the most convenient... in some cases its cash, in others its a Credit Card, in or paying via QR code, ApplePay or ’Tap n Go’...