Pooreye

10 hours ago, papa al said:

Which posters.?

Which people.?

You sound weak.

To answer those questions without mistakes I would have had to take notes, or re-read all the mc threads from say a year ago. Too much for the weak guy haha. Maybe you long-timers here who are used to the jargon don't see it

And back on topic I very rarely get irritated in traffic anymore. Maybe when someone with open exhaust ride thru the village at nighttime, but me too did such things 30-40 years ago.

A few regular posters like to condemn and make fool of other peoples 2-wheel choices. Not many, but enough to turn people away from here.

Haha yes trusting google maps in rural thailand can be risky…

Another pic from the junction

And this stone tells me it`s an 8 km ride on 3035 until 3010 junction

Soon 3035 looks like this

An old stone with the previous road number

Go for Ban Pa Pae = just follow the main road until 3010 T-junction where you turn right. If turn left soon you are out on the crappy 1270.

Below 3010.

Down in Mae Sariang corner there is a nice paved loop, and locals told me they very rarely see any foreigners there… maybe you know but for me it was new territory. Coming from north on 108, turn left into 1266, right into 4006, right again into 3035/5020 towards 3010. Then right into 3010 heading south.

I saw you got the CT125 up to 115 km/h true gps speed?? That`s pretty good considering lower gearing and knobby tires????

…and if you are overseas it can wait, if not overdue for years?
My wife just paid for one of her old tax-expired bikes, but only one year as untaxed, had to pay interest too. In total not more than 150bt????

From scooters to Harleys????

At the motorshow three weeks ago, the Nightster turned me on somewhat….

Not that big and heavy

On the Forza it’s adjustable while driving. At first Ididn’t think I will use that function that much, but I use it all the time????

Thats the best tool to use from 7 to 10 am, on some big wobbly steel sheets, the day after your neighbour have had a noisy party all night????

I first had the ADV350 on my mind, but didn`t like the small-tablet looking instrument cluster, and mirrors placed on the wide handlebar.

On the Forza I really like the adjustable windscreen, the more forward positioned mirrors which also are easily foldable. More easy for pillion rider to look them too. 
I didn`t test the ADV long enough to evaluate the suspension, but softer than the Forza it surely is!

Forza rear is a brutal rock hard rally set-up in stock form????

You found nice tracks yesterday! Have you been up on the mountain north of R118, before the R120 junction? Turn left down in the small town, just a few km before R120. May be hard to find the right way at first. Pics from the mountain temple. I started exploring the smaller tracks from there, enough riding for at least a week, and no risk of tourists????

18 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

Looks like you'll pay 10k more than listed price plus 3 month wait. Try Sattahip to avoid the price fixing cartel in Pattaya

Very true about in high demand bikes! Dealers want to sell on finance, much more profitable for them. Kickback from bank, and you must buy the ”registration package” too… including theft insurance the first years, among other <deleted>. Could be in the 5000-15000 range for a Forza!

And most Forzas I saw was in ugly grey/dark/black, or dull colour schemes…
 

When the average cash buying farang walks in and want to buy, they must cover their losses and mark up the list price. I can understand that! 

I ended up buying a used bike advertised on fb marketplace, direct from the thai guy who bought new.

I checked the bike, wife checked everything else. Very important!

Yes a nice track down to there, at least partly haha. This pic I`m 98% sure is from after just turned right, about 1 km after Ban Khun Chang village junction.

Still main track for PCX???? But not very lush, no rain for a long time. 

And if one don`t turn right, after a few hundred meter a sharp left bend with some views too. I wish I was up north right now!

Good to start small scale after recovering! Nice drivable roads there, many times I drove up on Suthep to escape the heat downtown a few hours. 
But I think I never left the main tracks on that mountain, too many tourists around and maybe signposted not allowed to ride bike out in the jungle?

The rear suspension is bloody bone-jarring in stock form! Enough damping for two big farangs! This is the absolute top complaint among Forza thai riders now. Just about everyone is into replace the rears with something else…

If one want to improve it the right way, get real Ohlins (not identical looking knock-offs). Or YSS ones. Important thing is that they are adjustable in many ways.

I am not there yet, I simpy deactivated the right shock absorber (almost no oil inside) and drive with only one functioning now for about 3000 km so far.  Only as a temporary test, but the damping from only one is absolutely sufficient for one fat farang haha. And the ride is definitely more comfortabe. 
 

The rear suspension height is adjustable via the spring seat, but that do nothing for the ride quality. And only about 1/2” in height. 
 

The stock tires seems to be on the hard side too, I will replace them if I can be sure that the replacements are softer. (And grippier) Now I run on lower pressures, both front and rear. Haven`t fully tested out how low I can go yet.

On 11/25/2022 at 10:57 AM, VocalNeal said:

Falling of while going backwards???? I thought only Goldwing riders did that maneuvering in Taco Bell parking lots? 

Your trip does encourage me to build a Wave based farm track explorer. There are a few around town here. But I'm still looking for a donor bike.

Without a hand operated rear brake, one need two right legs to prevent this if going backwards on a steep slope????

I can`t tell exactly where, since I have not linked the pics to a specific place… 

Maybe if I scratch my head long enough I can remember some of them.

But back then I lived in Chiang Mai, and most of my trips was daytrips so up there somewhere haha. 

On 11/17/2022 at 11:07 AM, PPGuy said:

The simple explanation could be that the bike is still under finance. The book is only handed over when fully paid.

Seller can have the book in his possession, but with name of lender inside.

Vasu don’t like Benjamins ($100 bills 2006 series and older) 

Worse rate for them at Vasu. Superrich and Happyrich don’t discriminate him????

Yes if the Ctek fails its usually the switch. I brought an older one to thailand 5 years ago, and soon I had to play like crazy with the switch to turn it on.

Local TV shop fixed that dirt cheap, still works today????

On 10/22/2022 at 2:17 PM, NorthernRyland said:

At least she bought something useful like a house! How did she go through bankruptcy btw? I get the impression here that doesn't exist in Thailand.

 

I forgot to mention, actually my wives only asset is her car which she makes payments on so she'd have to sell that first. It's only a few years old now and she's paid maybe 250k or so on it. 

I just talked about this with wife now, and sadly Britmans’ advice is basically correct… BUT in your case she must give up her good job and have underground income only. And getting back a good high-paying job later at older age is not easy! And of course own no assets like car or home.

To run away from servicing her obligations come with a price????