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    Mobile Phone And Gps...

    in IT and Computers

    Posted

    Hi all,

    I feel a little confused with the datas of mobile phones... and would like to get your advices.

    I have no clue in this matter...

    Well, I would like to get a handled GPS map system to go by walk, motorcycle or car. Just to have the maps displayed from the place where I am now and find my way further easily.

    So friends said to go for a Garmin C60S or C60XS... So I checked and wow!, what a beast for the trivial use I'm going to have with this!

    By the other hand, I'm going to change my mobile phone, and I heard and read that some mobile phones have this GPS map function... but I don't know (understand) exactly how they work and how accurate they are. So I actually can't make a choice.

    Furthermore, I would like the followings from this "new" mobile:

    - Phoning, surely,

    - GPS map,

    - Camera,

    - Large screen,

    - MP3

    - And strong/reliable!

    What brand/model could be a "good" choice, please?

    Is there differences in coverage/accuracy between the providers, DTAC, AIS, TRUE, etc? Which one should be the "best one" to cover the whole Thailand? Some says DTAC is very efficient...

    Well I hope I'm clear in my request...

    Thanks in advance for your thougts and advices,

    Gobs

    Yamaha Fz6 Fazer...

    in Motorcycles in Thailand

    Posted

    Hi friends,

    After 2 or 3 months of questions, ups and downs, debates, calculations, thoughts, and ideas and advices from you all on this board, at the end, I've got MY brand new Yam FZ6 Fazer last Saturday from Charoen Motor, here in CNX.

    And after some rides in and around the city the past days, in traffic or on open roads, the FZ6 is really what I was waiting for. Alone on the bike or with my (lovely) wife as passenger, it's great... So I feel conform with my choice, and even more: I'm a happy it!

    Furthermore, exit the loops of the true or fake Green Book, gasohol or not and unknown backyard fixings. OK I payed the full price for this, but I guess it is like an (expensive?) insurance for peace and quiet for the next years...

    So, beginning with the idea of purchasing a recent second hand big one-liter-up-bike (CB 1300, XJR 1200 or VTR 1000), following thinking about a multipurpose Africa Twin, Transalp or Versys, I choose a middle weighted but versatile bike as many of you recommended: at ease in the heavy traffic (even if CNX is not BKK, I know) and sufficiently powered on the roads to have some fun (at least for me, as I'm not at all a Valentino Rossi's clone or a chiampionship pilot).

    Fun and ease at my scale is what I ask every day from the life in anything...

    Then, Kawy ER6 or Yammy FZ6? IMHO this is a no-ending debate... They are not the same bikes and don't have the same tastes. I should say maybe the Kawy is coffee-espresso and the Yammy coffee-capucino. A lot to offer both, but I prefer capucino: it is my own taste!

    And as says LivinLOS in another board, when you put on the table 300, 400 KB or more, for this lot of money you WANT to be REALLY pleased, not to make a choice by the downside...

    Just to share my pleasure with you, friends!

    So thanks to all from

    :o A VERY HAPPY BIKER :D

    Cheers,

    Gobs

    Importing A Triumph From The Uk

    in Motorcycles in Thailand

    Posted

    Hi friends,

    I apologize in advance to say this, but it seems it's NEVER clear when talking about import a personnal bike or car...

    Reading here and there, some say: a lot of hassles and money and near impossible, others say: I did it and it works!

    What is the true TRUTH?

    I own a very nice and lovely BMW R90/6 in France and I miss her a lot (never can decide to sell her yet!), and sure I would like to import it here. So I already asked on TV: many cons and some pros... So I went to the import office here in CNX. Friendly people, but nothing realy clear too: you may but this, but that...

    GRRRRRRRR!

    And then don't forget the registration loops after import if you want to use it legaly here! I guess for example that my oldie can't pass the "carbon test". So if just this happens: bye-bye my bike!

    So much uncertainity...

    Please, WHO can realy give true advices?

    WHO realy knows?

    Cheers to all,

    Gobs

    This Big Bike Thing

    in Motorcycles in Thailand

    Posted

    In the moment MJP. OK for now...

    But through 2 or 3 years, I think things will change. I have (and some friends too!) the feeling that Thailand is enforcing its laws... in any matter. Maybe I'm wrong, but for my part, I shouldn't take the risk...

    No green book, the police may seize your bike, MJP. At any time... Or you hide it in some barn by there under rice straw and have a look at it from time to time, and you are happy with this, but no more in the next future! In this two cases you "lose" your money...

    I guess you're not a person who like losing money, MJP, hey?

    195000 Bahts or say 200 KB, you can find a "big bike" with green book. And then, you feel quite and peaceful even in "Nakhon Nowhere", where you live... And if one day you want to have a ride with some friends for 200, 300 or 400 km, will you feel safety with no plates?..

    Here in CNX I saw a Kawy ZZX 1100 (maybe not ZZX, sorry for the XXX sometimes I'm a little in trouble with this) with green book for 185 KB. Not realy mint but very, very clean bike, something like 35/40 Kkm, about 10 y.o. and ready to use... And much, much more in BKK, if you search and are ready to make a jump to BKK...

    Please MJP, old boy, consider this...

    Cheers

    Gobs

    New Or Used?

    in Motorcycles in Thailand

    Posted

    Agree with Jimmy...

    No hassle with a "little" but good new bike. Many for choose in this price, look at any corner bike shops... Please, for better value for money, stay in japanese brands!

    Cheap spare parts, accessories, and the rest...

    But answer can depend of the purchaser's background...

    Cheers and enjoy!

    Gobs

    Am I Going To Break My Piggy Bank?

    in Motorcycles in Thailand

    Posted

    Well, unlike all what I've done and thought since more than 30 years in the West, am I going to buy a brand new bike?

    I've been settled in Thailand for 3 years now, where I greatly enjoy my life. I do adore the people, the country, the food, the climate and... yes: the bikes. I actually own 2 ones (250cc + 400cc), and I'm happy with. For the fun, I have been looking for 2 or 3 months by now for a "bigger" and "newer" one, so a more expensive one for sure.

    I found some, no problem... Pretty, well-cared, few kilometers, riding great, prices according the condition, and so on... I could easily make a good choice...

    But here come the hassles pointed here and there on TV among other boards:

    - This SO famous (true or untrue) green book and its uggly implications with the police in a near future,

    - This SO famous (true or untrue) turn to Gasohol and its uggly implications with the "health" of our oldies...

    Untill these last days, I was not OK with what many say: "buy a new bike, forget the hassles and enjoy to ride in peace!". Now, I must confess that I'm not far away to share their advice.

    What if you buy a bike for 200 or 300 KB and police say to you: "bad green book, cannot ride it more!"?

    And what if through 2 or 3 years, you can't use it because: "Benzine tamada no have more!"?

    And I don't speak about the eventuality of some trouble in the engine or the harness or this or that... that can occur 257 km from home on an "unknown oldie". We have to know this: it's part of the "game"...

    So gents, here I am... Purchasing a middle range japanese new brand roadster and put on the table between 450 and 600 KB? Why not? At least I'm not a "kleenex-bike-guy", and I know if I buy a brand new one I'll keep it for many years... So I am: in love with my bikes. In this I may find some consolation.

    What are your thoughts about this? Your experiences? Your advices?..

    Cheers,

    Gobs

    Tourist Visa Mistake? - 30 Days, Not 60!

    in Thai Visas, Residency, and Work Permits

    Posted

    Just a thought reading this...

    Gentle people as you all here on TV who can answer so right in details about visas in Thailand amaze me. Apart the retirement visa I use currently, and that I suppose I know rather well, it seems to me so highly complicated! O, A, single entry, double entry, tourist visa, stamp this, stamp that, and so on...

    Fantastic work and help!

    Thanks a lot to all!

    Gobs

    Buying 2nd Hand

    in Motorcycles in Thailand

    Posted

    Right for the colour too bigbikeBKK,

    You CAN change the colour of your bike... BUT you must make the change in your green book at the Transport Ministry Office.

    Without the true indication of the colour on the green book, you are wrong in law!

    About modifyng the specs of the bike: beware your insurance coverage! In case of an involvement in a serious (expensive) accident with third parties, "they" may investigate your bike from A to Z, and then...

    Gobs

    Best Guitar Store In Chiang Mai?

    in Chiang Mai

    Posted

    Maybe better you have a jump to BKK for a larger choice... if you are demanding.

    You know, CNX is not a hudge western city and its inhabitants are very happy to play on a 2 or 4 KB acoustic guitar. It's near half one month of earning for them and that's a lot. They don't even think that one day they could play on a "high brand" guitar... They dream of this, maybe, but better to play now, be happy and enjoy.

    So, you have to understand what is the market and then what you can find in stores here!

    I too enjoy to play on Ibanez (though I have some 2 or 4 KB ones too). So as I know what I want, I order. And some days later I get it, no problem. As you know what you want why not to order?

    About your first OP here: are Ibanez guitars made in USA? :o

    If I'm right, they are made in Asia, no!?

    Gobs

    Motorcycle Green Book

    in Motorcycles in Thailand

    Posted

    By the way...

    One day, I asked a policeman, and as said already the thai owner of a bike shop I know, he told me that the law is: sticked to the bike! No holder, not under the seat, not in the pocket or a wallet...

    Tax ticket have to be seen "at the first sight".

    :o But I used holders for my bikes! And never had a problem with this yet...

    Cheers,

    Gobs

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