Damrongsak

Make a transportable bike crushing machine and use it. 

Hey, how about fitting and "giving" a halfway decent helmet to everyone who passes their license test?  Just pad the license fee. That might get a wee bit larger percentage of the riders to wear them. 

As for the unlicensed ... 

On 3/20/2023 at 3:35 AM, Hakuna Matata said:

Yes, Visa Exempt entering scheme should be abolished for most countries ...

Here's an idea:  How about visa exempt BUT one has to notify Thailand when they plan to come a certain time ahead.  That might reduce the number of crooks who have to get out of town fast.  In addition, the authorities could perhaps do random background checks on a few, just because.  Sort of an informal visa but without charge. 

The cops and their tracking dog are hot on their trail.

My brother had  a TL125.  Lots of history and pics here:  https://onlytrial.com/

9 hours ago, Issanman said:

My 1973 Bultaco Alpina 250 

 

My 1970 Chevrolet pickup hauling the Bultaco to go ride. 

Florida early 1980s

I had an old Montesa 250 that I got running - money  pit.  And I had a 1967/68 Chevy pickup truck.

17 hours ago, Kwasaki said:

Honda CB750 classed as the first Superbikes has anyone had one. 

Never had one but I took a year off from college and went to a motorcycle mechanics school back around 1973.  The Honda 750 was pretty new at the time.  But I wasn't interested in big bikes. 

I had plenty of cleaning to do and a couple projects to finish.

She came in at Dulles airport (IAD) near Washington, DC.  It took her 2 hours to get through immigration, etc.  When I came back in early November it took me 2.5 hours.  Ridiculous.

1 hour ago, bradiston said:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lac

 

You learn something every day!

I'm familiar with the Lac insects and the resin they excrete - we call it Shellac in it's purified form.  It's a natural polymer of sorts.  I use it to glue the handles onto the Thai farmer machetes.  There are many Youtube videos about it, especially from India. 

I have several twigs with the lac still on them.  Stick Lac. 

3 hours ago, hotchilli said:

So not worried about people then, just the insects.

They would be worried about Lac insects or rice or whatever they depend upon for a living. 

Just rambling in the pub:  My wife and I went to Thailand in early September last year.  I stayed about 2 months, she stayed about 6 months. After 45 years of marriage it was a welcome relief.  ???? She's been back for a couple days now ... sleeping 4 hours at a time several times a day.  It's a rough journey to the USA when you get into your mid to late sixties.  I teased her about coming back to the U.S. and the quiet nights without kids on motorcycles with no mufflers running around and her 50 pet chickens crowing all the time.  Never mind the yapping relatives.

I did some good house cleaning so I'm not completely in the dog house. Anyway, wish me luck ...  I could use it.

13 hours ago, transam said:

If it were a Toyota mini bus, I or anyone should dismiss the brake failure thingy.....

Because they never brake?  Full speed ahead!

When I lived in Loei, a woman down the street would sit on her front porch topless during hot weather.  ... That was in 1978 and she was probably 75  years old.

Here you go, some tips for getting around quickly if you want to be at the head of the pack. Not sure if it scales down to 125/150 cc bikes or not.

I guess one of those would be OK, IF you lived where there were lots of Chinese replacement parts and mechanics who would replace them for virtually nothing. Buy two and rotate them to the shop every other month.

There may be certain models of certain brands that are generally OK, but you need to know before you spend $$$.

In my case I had an aortic aneurism about 10 years ago.  Would have killed me if I hadn't had it operated on.  Since it runs in the family, my Mother paid for my brother and I to get an ultrasound screening.  Sure enough I had a pretty big one.  They can rupture and kill you in minutes.  They are usually asymptomatic until they get really big or rupture.

18 minutes ago, fasteddie said:

There's a song about that.  Priceless.

13 hours ago, mokwit said:

How would that help when the copies have already been signed in black ink and I am trying to work out if I need to request new copies signed in blue?

Just sign it again in blue ink. 

19 hours ago, Bday Prang said:

...   There was a cheap perfume released in her name ...

Let me guess ... "Evening in a Cat House" ?  (My uncle used to say he used Evening in a Barn Yard aftershave.)

22 hours ago, Thomas KH said:

That unbreakable and inescapable vicious cycle of envy, greed and poverty.

My wife's siblings have done well for the most part, but they work at it.  A couple are/were self-employed.  My younger bro-in-law had a little motorcycle repair shop.  We got him into the U.S. where for years he was a cook at a Thai restaurant. Last year he wandered into a Honda motorcycle dealership and walked out with a job.  He's now their most experienced mechanic except for the computer diagnostics.

(Disclaimer: I don't get paid for this endorsement.  But he does fix our cars, mows the lawn, cleans the gutters, rakes leaves and trims trees for free. Nice "kid" - I've known him since he was about 12 years old. )

On 2/27/2023 at 8:03 AM, KhunBENQ said:

... Isan is the Korat plateau. Culturally closer to Laos than to the Siamese masters/conquerors....

 

My wife grew up in Loei.  She's been told by a Lao lady that she speaks with a Luang Prabang accent, as does her friend from Petchabun. Apparently there are a couple different Lao accents in Loei.  Maybe ages ago people got drunk up in Luang Prabang, fell into the Mekong and washed up on the bank in Loei where the river turns east.

All I have is a lowly iPhone 6s+.  And it's a free hand-me-down from my wife's niece who had to have something newer and fancier.  Oh, the shame.  I'm the third owner of my iPad Air 2 which is  an upgrade from an even older one ... I was the 4th owner of that one. 

On 2/27/2023 at 5:05 PM, zzaa09 said:

ลูกขี้ควาย....

????

Yes, he had humble beginnings.  Still full of it ...

Buy a motorbike and hang out in the Motorcycles in Thailand forum. 

https://www.suzukimotosales.co.th/en/bikes/raider-j/

Son of the Northeast ... Prayut Son-o-kwai.