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14 hours ago, papa al said:

The Honda Giorno is 50cc.?

Sorry, maybe I should have said Giorno plus. It's a 125cc

I just went through this myself, the cheap scooters are used and abused, the decent used ones are almost as much as new. I looked at a used Honda Click for 58,000 baht, and ended up buying a new Honda Giorno for 65,000 baht and they way I see it, the new one will most likely last my lifetime as I don't put that many KMs on. Unless I ride more than I expect which is possible. But overall so far I am very happy with my choice.

22 hours ago, lordblackader said:

Get away from the city and the main highways and there are various places to ride - for example, back areas of San Sai and Doi Saket and up towards Mae Kuang Dam are relatively safe for riding. 

 That's my area, I can do a 40km loop from my house down 118 and around Mae Kuang dam with back roads home, or turn right at the dam entrance and there are many back roads that are a pleasure to ride on with very few cars. 

8 hours ago, Pond Life said:

All of the above comments have merit.

Coming at it from a different direction, is your idle a bit low ? if so, the added load of the A/C could be sending it lower still so it cant run smoothly.

If this is a fuel injection engine, removing & thoroughly cleaning the throttle body may well improve thing.

If its a carbureter fuel system, a tweek to the idle screw should answer the question.

I have to agree but I'm pretty sure 1997 would be fuel injected, maybe what they were telling him about "idle motor" means Idle air control motor (I.A.C.) and when the compressor comes on it's not raising the idle. 

On 10/21/2023 at 4:25 AM, Jingthing said:

I call B.S.

Dirt cheap rent in dirt cheap areas for a basic apartment in the U.S. is usually at least 800 dollars a month. People on low level social security often have a check of  1000 or so. Do the math.

Sure it's different if a person owns their home clear.

 Also even if they do own a home, depending on what state they live in property taxes could be 500 dollars a month

48 minutes ago, Hanuman2547 said:

Contact spiceroads.com as I believe they have an office in Chiang Mai.  They are based out of Bangkok but have done a lot of tours of all types in the Chiang Mai area.

Yes, that's the company I was thinking. Spice roads tours 

I remember seeing a YouTube video of a guy named Joel who is an avid cyclist that did a tour with a company. I'll try to find it and post the name, but the one he went on was long. like 100km I believe but they also had a shorter version at 60km

5 hours ago, bunnydrops said:

Live rural, 3km from town, house paid for, car paid for, eat at home. My monthly electric bill is less than 800 baht, water 60. I COULD live on less than 20000, but I don't care to.

Same here but my electric and water are higher, if not for wife spending money I could maybe do on 20,000 but as you said I don't care to live that frugal, usually close to 40,000 for me but some of that is budgeted for other possible expenses such as medical or home or car repairs.

Cherry bike on 118 just down from Central Festival mall is where I bought mine. One of my friends use Chaitawat. 

5 hours ago, Lemsta69 said:

OP lives in Patts so I'll hazard a guess and say he's taking about the disheveled foreigners - mostly Western European, Brit and Aussie farang - who infest the place.

 

I saw one such example in Building A at Jomtien Immi a month ago when doing my TM47. Toenails like the claws of some hellspawn, cheap cargo shorts and singlet, and reeking of B.O.

 

You have to dig really deep into your jai yen yen bag not to get completely disgusted by such sights.

OK, I must have taken it the wrong way.

I love how people move to anther country and then want those people to change to your ways. Enjoy and learn the culture, you might like it.

9 hours ago, morning glory said:

When I first set up my Social Security direct deposit 10 years ago, I had to set up an account with Bangkok Bank. This account does not provide  an ATM card. The only way to access the money is to go into the bank and physically make a transfer to another account that has an ATM card, a process which is rather inconvenient.
 

I have recently learned that now you can have a SS direct deposit made to any bank without such restrictions. Has anyone ever switched from Bangkok Bank to another bank for their SS deposit? If so, how did you do it? 

I recently set mine up with Bangkok Bank and have an ATM card and can withdraw with that.

I'm in Chiang Mai and use my father's address in PA as I don't have any kids to use theirs. He told me I got a jury duty notice a while back. He (and I) did nothing about it, the date came and went and never heard anything about it. 

21 hours ago, Furioso said:

I have the cheapest version of Surfshark. I went to Manage Extensions > Site Settings and set Intrusive Ads to Block. 

I'll have to try that, thanks!

13 hours ago, Furioso said:

Ahh, it must be my SurfShark VPN extension!

I use SurfShark and still have ads. I always get the offer to pay for no ads, but won't do it.

On 9/14/2023 at 7:27 PM, Kiniyeow said:

Thanks @mikecha, very useful information.  I'll try out different wire speeds and voltage on some scrap metal to try and get something resembling a weld.

Have you had any luck? I am in Chiang Mai (San Sai) and have done pretty much mig welding in my life but am not an expert or certified or anything. If you haven't figured it out maybe I can help. P/M me if needed.

 Ted

6 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Me too!

The divorce judge took care of everything I owned in the west.

Same here, was renting before I came here, so that's probably what I'd do if I had to go back. 

11 hours ago, Peterw42 said:

I presume the agent is preparing and presenting all the documents, maybe they are getting a kor ror 2.

Just out of interest, does the agent also take care of the finances ?

 I don't think they do that, they don't do it for me as  I have my money in a separate bank account for this.  I know my wife keeps the documents from year to year and we take them to the agent along with a bank statement and new pictures and they do the filing of the papers at immigration. Then get me an appointment to go into immigration and sign everything. I'm in and out in about 20 minutes.

 I just did my third extension and have used the same original one every time. I do use an agent, whether that makes a difference I don't know.

Here I was thinking this post was going to be about Milner's license plate in American Graffiti. 

17 hours ago, thailand49 said:

I spent an hour on Lazada,  there are certainly many options although no clear indication cans marked as 2K is a tip the problem they don't have the color I'm looking for which is a two part, basic white to get the Pearl finish you need another can to spray over the white.

 

I will continue to look, the other lead I don't think they have a store I tried the number no answer I messenger also no responds. At this point not really concern too much about the price Lazada seem cheap but I need to see it first hand.

 

Thanks, tomorrow if no leads going to do a recon up and down Sukhumvit.

I buy automotive urethane clear from Lazada, I use it on my model cars, but it comes in 1 liter cans with activator, so I spray with an airbrush, I don't think I've ever seen it in aerosol spray cans though. I have seen custom colors of paint on Lazada, like candies and pearls probably in 1 liter also. I can verify that the urethane clear works good, and can be sprayed over most any type of paint.

A friend of mine called that the "constipation special"