In the jungle

You said the buyer is Thai.  Buy another house and avoid this complication.

20 hours ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

just did my last border hop allowed last week in Chiang khong-Laos border

 

would have MUCH rather done Mae sai-burma which i was lucky enough to do 1st border hop

 

Now MS is close to tourists but allows thais make ZERO sense to me but welcome to thailand

 

So i hate having to go to vientiane laos and am able to get my 6 months total with the 2 allowed border hops.....always come here one way..no visa for 15 yrs.....

 

get 30 day stamp at bkk--fly to Cm--extend    mae sai for 30+extend   chiang khong 30+extend

gets me the 6 months and i heading home in Oct...having arrived in May

 

Was very easy apart from buying a Laos visa which drives me crazy as im not even "entering"

 

and foolishly rode my 100cc honda dream to CRai...took me 5 hrs..took the bus to CK next day

 

very nice up there..mellow with the rice fields and mountains and found a nice cottage as the bus stops running from CK-loas checkpoint at 3pm.....so walked to this cheap little resort..

 

always prefer mae sai as i can  just pay the $10 usd but apart from paying for useless laos visa taking up my passport pages would use CK in the future.....the laos guys take usd but wanted 40 IF entering laos..50 if doing a turnaround...so i just paid the 1800 bt.....nice enough and very quit up there as i was the ONLY one there...thai side open daily until 8pm..take 25 bt bus over mekong

 

 

You can get a Laos E visa which saves a page in your passport but they will still hit you up for some cash at the border.  That was my experience at Savannakhet.

5 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

I can only post as I find, the article posted says that whilst the cause of the fire is unknowm, it was not caused by an EV.  That doesn't undermine my post. 

 

What does undermine it is the link posted by "in the jungle" which cleary shows burned Porsche Taycan's.  Until June this year, I owned a Taycan for 2 years and I can confirm those cars are indeed Porsche Taycans.  My Taycan never caught fire.

I am not suggesting that Porsche Taycans caused the fire on the Fremantle Highway.  But they certainly were on the ship and they burnt to the ground; or deck more accurately.

Maybe you should re-read your previous claims on this matter.

This article with the pretty astounding pictures of Porsche Taycans on the Fremantle Highway undermine your claim that no EVs were burnt.

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/check-leaked-images-of-the-damages-inside-the-fremantle-highway-roro-ship-219617.html

4 minutes ago, JBChiangRai said:

That’s a good example.

 

It wasn’t caused by an EV fire.

 

After the fire on the car cargo ship off the Dutch coast, the media hastily identified an electric car as the cause. Now it turns out – that this is not true.

Even though the cause of the fire is still unknown, the EV theory no longer holds up after the freighter was inspected. The lower four of the twelve decks are essentially undamaged, and about 1,000 cars, including the 498 electric ones, are in good condition. This is according to the chief of salvage company Royal Boskalis Westminster NV, Peter Berdowski.

According to the head of the salvage company, the four uppermost decks, on which there were no electric cars, are so damaged that it is hard to walk on them and that the vehicles there (again, no EVs!) are literally fused to the ground. The affected carmakers are now investigating how their vehicles can be moved.

 Source electrive.com

"Even though the cause of the fire is still unknown"

Your quote undermines your definitive statement that EVs were not the cause.

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

@Datsun 1200

I would be remiss if I didn't mention MG's release next year & affordable ????

 

His & Hers for about same price as the Nissan.

source

 

 

The new Tesla Roadster is equally impressive and unavailable.

And here to accompany the article is a photograph of motorcycles that were not made in Thailand.

43 minutes ago, Gweiloman said:

I wonder why some people have it up their posterior as to whether a brand is a British or German or Chinese brand.  To me, the brand doesn’t matter. What matters is the quality. 6 yrs ago, I looked at the MG ZS but wasn’t impressed by the quality so I ended up buying a Mazda. Since then, MG has absolutely upped their game and is now one of the top selling brands worldwide at its price point. I bought the Haval H6 PHEV 9 months ago and it’s one of the better cars I’ve owned (which includes premium brands like MB , Audi and Lexus). I took delivery of the BYD Dolphin a week ago and is very impressed by its ride, features and build quality.

 

Smart money goes to CH made cars at the moment.

How is three new cars in six years 'smart money'?

57 minutes ago, Furioso said:

This looks pretty good, it's the right size, it's gas charged, adjustable by hand, years 12-21. I usually do a couple weeks of research before pulling the trigger. I would definitely talk to your installer, show him the shocks your' considering. He will let you know if it will fit properly. Finally I don't know if this has 1 or 2 pistons inside I'll look for the specs and get back to you. 

 

 

Single piston.  Adjustment is ride height only.

Gas reservoir really should have a Schrader valve on it but it doesn't.

YSS mostly sell the good stuff for export only.  That said this is probably about as good as you will get in Thailand.

21 minutes ago, biervoormij said:

Well it is decided. The next time you need to kill off a month it is off to New York for you.

 

Kyoto is on my to do list but don't think I will do a month there but a month in Japan would be wonderful.

 

Kyoto is great.  I went there back in the 1990s.

The strangest thing I saw was hundreds of bicycles parked at the station and none of them were locked.

49 minutes ago, LaosLover said:

Then for me, there's only one one month choice: New York.

 

Loved long stays in New Orleans, Paris, Amsterdam, London, and Kyoto. But if I add 'em all up together, they're still falling a little short.

Ah Yes.  New York.  My first experience was getting ripped off by a yellow cab driver from the airport.

Strangely he was British as am I.

37 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Yes certainly helps, i see a lot of falang riding poorly also, usually too fast

That happened at about 40 kph on the way to the Seven.

2 hours ago, BarraMarra said:

On helmets open or fullface, it is up to the wearer id go for a full face. Better to put up with the heat then hitting your face on the Tarmac in the event of an accident. Id prefer me lid being scraped away instead of my face. Plus if your helmet is open-face without a visor you will be blinded by a flying insect hitting your face at 50-60 ks an hour.

This is why I wear a full face.

17 minutes ago, thailandsgreat said:

Thanks, I will have to look into this. The locking looks similar on the cheaper helmets I have used. A red flap closing a strap with "notches". I will Google shops in Pattaya. Any suggestions of shops appreciated.

 

I don't think the one I use has a poor lock. A poor lock to me would be the plastic buckle you have for belt bags and the strap will just slip to any length easily. Those look very unsafe and are used on helmets in rental shops.

 

But my helmet may be thinner since an XXL fits into a Click 160 storage

 

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The type on my helmet seems to come at only 25B though ...

 

https://shopee.co.th/product/308460876/9685909470?gclid=Cj0KCQjw9MCnBhCYARIsAB1WQVUuvQDVBA-pfHDXeNYXM_RxW1ckPTCm9VNUn970H9kjizogCsqYxYAaAvgLEALw_wcB

 

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I would not buy a helmet with this type of lock 

 

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQaP1uXRqQf0BiyEBUqSazHDUqur3lwT3wHng&usqp=CAU

I am not local so I cannot recommend any shops.

The two D ring fastener is the best in my opinion.  I remember I looked at the fastener on one cheap Thai brand helmet and there were sharp edges on the fastener.  Not really what you want next to your neck.

3 hours ago, thailandsgreat said:

Avex Crux, XXL

 

https://shopee.co.th/product/31344940/2835156335?gclid=Cj0KCQjw9MCnBhCYARIsAB1WQVWPuMjUVsFgaCHOm7ps6R9NFp0X9F0-y0iJ0pnVAmAfYeLHoBU3dp0aAv4dEALw_wcB

 

 Is this an area where I could improve safety by getting a better helmet?

 

Finding larger sizes is a problem. It was one of only two helmets that fit, in the biggest helmet shop I could find around Pattaya South. Other shops and supermarkets had none. Put a tape around my head now, it showed about 63 cm.

 

If I need to improve on helmet, where in Pattaya would I go look for helmet? ... and what are the brands to look for, preferably not too heavy, using phone hasn't been merciful on my neck. I can feel that when I often keep to the left lane on Sukhumvit where pavement is neglected.

 

Thanks.

 

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Just another question: I sometimes find useful stuff on mailorder like Lazada, Shopee etc. Does it work well to order that with a western credit card?

High end helmets I would go for Arai or Shoei but 20K or thereabouts.

For less money I would choose Shark.  Manufactured in Thailand but sold globally and certified internationally.

I use Arai because I find them very comfortable which matters particularly on longer journeys.

If you look at many of the cheaper Thai brands the buckle/locking mechanism is an obvious weakness.  This really matters in a crash.

2 hours ago, Fruit Trader said:

I believe this is the original pic from Reddit.

 

Personalised plates don't come cheap.

I have no doubt it is a better choice than a 250 kg (before you load it up) 'adventure' bike.

Mostly I see adventure bikes here tackling the rigours of riding from one coffee shop to the next.

1 minute ago, Epidote said:

Any garage can do that? 

Most can.

You can get an OBD2 scanner (fault code reader) for as little as a few hundred Baht on Lazada but a good shop would probably use something more capable.