T_Dog

^{You saw the civil law section cited above. Now it is up to you to enforce the law. We have a saying in the west, "sit on your rights and you lose them." Here, as anywhere, regardless of what the civil law is, if the offending person will not reach agreement, you can only enforce the civil law by going to court (or, maybe with a gun).}

^{If you really want to protect your property and are willing to spend whatever it takes to do so, hire an engineer and a lawyer. The engineer needs to complete an analysis and report reflecting the closest the excavation can come to your property with out undermining it by natural sluffing off over many years. They the lawyer needs to file for an injunction permanently restraining the neighbor from excavating within the margin indicated by the engineer. I am pretty sure the court would issue an immediate temporary restraining order stopping the guy in his tracks until the issue is resolved (which could take a year or more). But you must also beware of the danger of somebody paying off the judge, which could have disasterous results.}

And . . . . . you must also be aware (this being Thailand) to play the "Cultural-Rules" properly. Give your neighbor ("The Excavator")an opportunity to have a discussion, before you take things to a court. Because, besides being able to bribe a judge, he may also decide to hire a gun-man and then the consequences are far more grave. Give him an opportunity to "be reasonable" first ! !

Good luck with this

Good advice and train of thought here. We had a neighbor start doing some work next to our land and the wife could not get them to discuss their plans at all. We put up a fence right on our property line as fast as we could and a few days later they filled in a road right up to the fence post tops. Had we not been aggressive in protection, the road would have spilled onto our land. Give them a chance, but stand your rights.

By the way, we put in a 3 meter deep pond and provided a 3 meter setback to another neighbor with full discussion about it. No worries on that side. It pays to be open and talk with all your neighbors so you don't end up having snakes thrown over the fence!

Why not start the bike then put the keys back in your pocket? I lost the key to my NSR once after they got shook out do to worn teeth, but found it, thought a bug hit me while driving, but ended up being my key.

I've been doing that on longer rides, but not around town until now. Even got a lanyard now so they won't fall out of my pocket. Naboo has the obvious suggestion on replacing the ignition key unit. Next time it goes in for service, will do it.

Several threads running on ThaiVisa on the new CBR150 and the legacy one. Lots of good information that you should find with a search.

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And for the FI version:

Looks like its time to buy a key lanyard. The wife and I were headed down town after dinner last night and as we were riding along, I see that the keys were not in the ignition. (The detent has not worked after someone tried to steal my bike with a T-handle a few years ago.) I thought, "Aw Crap" as the ring had car keys and several other keys on it. So we back tracked for a half hour, looking for the keys, not turning off the bike and looking under parked cars. I was convinced they were gone. A block from home I look down as we sit under a street light at a traffic light and I see something shiny down by the head tube. The keys were there, caught between the head tube and a wiring harness. Talk about luck. Now to buy that lanyard.....

Traditionally the famous place was the one next to the Holiday Inn. However I don't think that's still the case; past glory.

A very solid place IMHO that sells tons is at Mae Hia market on the Canal Road, just South of the MIddle Ring. The place predates the market I think. You can also purchase fresh (un-grilled) Sai Uai in any quantity to takeaway and grill later.

It's on the outside of the market, close to where the parking is in front, near the spirit houses.

I couldn't agree more, it is deeelicious

/ Priceless

I'm with WTK and Priceless on this one. Mae Hia's is the most consistent and doesn't contain as much grizzle, fat, and hoof parts as some of the other places where you can find it.

This topic comes up frequently on ThaiVisa it seems. At a CM Expats meeting last year I asked the CM Immigration officers presenting whether foreigners are required to carry a passport at all times and the answer was that the law states we do indeed need to carry our original passport at all times and that a copy is insufficient.

My reason for asking was that I (and a few others) was detained for about 30 minutes at the CM airport when picking up a visitor when an officer asked me to produce my passport. I had only a copy and he declined to even look at it. He took my Thai driver's license however and my wife's ID with him as we waited. When he returned the IDs, I was given a rather stern warning and a threat of jail if he caught me again without a passport. I think he must have been having a pretty bad day. I think whether you carry one or not depends on what your experiences have been.

At least if you are traveling by bus, you can be sure that you will never have a Lentokonesuihkuturbiinimoottor­iapumekaanikkoaliupsuurioppila­s failure.

Here are are some footing plan photos for reference for a two story house. The bit maps Kwasaki put together look fine for a single story house. I think a lot of people are curious about a topic like this. By the way, the local tessabann or arbotor offices also have architects and engineers on staff that can be quite competent, depending on where you live. They can put together a plan that suits the local area and is understandable by local work crews. I was very happy on how they "over-designed" our plan and considered our lay of the land.

I don't think we know the real story of what was happening down there last night. I was headed home at 8:30 PM and stopped to talk to a friend that owns a pharmacy that was right across from the paddy wagon. They had no clue what was going down and even the cops didn't look like they wanted to be there. Funny thing though is that as I walked to my motorcycle, some German tourists warned me to leave the area!

I don't know if the celebrations are beginning in the rest of Thailand, but with all the heavy ordinance going off in Chiang Mai, Loy Kratong week is upon us.

The route in finnish

http://www.rantapallo.fi/pikavuoro/reitti/

Kiitos! Sure sounds like they had a rough trip, leaving in the cold season rather than waiting until it warmed up.

That would be it! Quite unreal to see this bus from Helsinki driving around Chiang Mai and parked in a Moo Baan as they awaited the next leg. Onward Ever!

Not many people know that you can take a bus from Helsinki to Chiang Mai. From Chiang Mai it will go to Malaysia and then to Australia headed for Alaska from what I understand. Does anyone have any links to the schedule? It leaves soon from Pattaya for Alaska via Australia. A fun trip if you like hanging out with crazy Finns.

JimS.. After thinking about your photos for a while, I like the metal frame idea. Most kitchens are made from concrete which is a real pain if you want to re-model any time in the future. With the steel, the re-model becomes a much easier possibility.

Where is the fellow that did the metal frame, and does he do kitchen work like this regularly?

Just noticed the 2nd photo I posted wasn't the one I intended to post Same kitchen but before we painted and some other stuff. Oh well.

I like the look, even unpainted! Those tiles look like 40 cm tiles, not the standard 1 footers though. Are you sure they are one footers?

I just measured. Your right. 40cm. (about 16"sq.) Actually, when I look around my house, maybe there is no "standard" size as I see a different size in my bathrooms (more like the 1ft.) and several different sizes for the bath walls. All I know is that the gf picked out the color she wanted and that's what we did. Does size really matter?

Cheers.

I think it does! Thanks for taking the time to measure them. We are planning a kitchen at the moment and I think your photos helped us decide on the tile size for the kitchen. I like the look of it.

Guys, need some help here.

Can I put the rear tyres for a 250 on the 150 without having to change the rim? Or any other major work done to the swing arm, etc.

Would switching out the original shifter and rear brakes with 'custom' ones make any difference to the comfort level (apparently it moves the control back some more), I've been told that it would be better for my, I'm 180cm so a little tall. (PLEASE do not suggest getting a bigger bike, I mostly use it around town and around the super highway in CM.)

On that nite any one in CM knows a place to find mod parts?,

are talking about the old or new CBR150?

If it is the old carbie one the biggest tyre you can put on the rear is 120, but a 110 would sit better on the rim. IMO the Michelin Pilot Sporty 90/80 front and 100/80 is the best set up for the old style 150, anything bigger and the bike starts to 'track'. Plenty of rear sets available for the carbie version to adjusts the pegs and pedals to suit you, some better quality than others.

I just put a 110 on the rear of the old style CBR150 and it as big as I would want to go. The rake is a little steep now with the 90/80 up front so am going to try a 100/80 up front to see how that will work. I just hope it fits okay. BTW, I am 187 cm tall and find the little bike comfortable.

Just noticed the 2nd photo I posted wasn't the one I intended to post Same kitchen but before we painted and some other stuff. Oh well.

I like the look, even unpainted! Those tiles look like 40 cm tiles, not the standard 1 footers though. Are you sure they are one footers?

Stock carb or N-Pro? I found some adjustable needles for the N-Pro carb.

Just stock carb. Ran an oversize exhaust from Faddy for a while, but the welds kept coming apart so put the stock pipe back on.

A couple photos of my kitchen (if I got them to attach).

BRSteve.... Nice kitchen! What size tiles are those?

The old cbr would still have about a quarter tank left when it hits the red empty line and can go about another 80 kilometers.

You have that right! By the way, I filled up on some Pure up in Mae Taeng last week as you suggested. I was on vapors when I filled up and had been riding an hour. Immediately noticed a faster idle. Good stuff. Nice to see how the bike runs on fuel it was designed for.

Do you have the carbed bike? Done anything to it?

Old style carbed bike. Pretty much stock but jetted lean again to optimize better running up high.

The old cbr would still have about a quarter tank left when it hits the red empty line and can go about another 80 kilometers.

You have that right! By the way, I filled up on some Pure up in Mae Taeng last week as you suggested. I was on vapors when I filled up and had been riding an hour. Immediately noticed a faster idle. Good stuff. Nice to see how the bike runs on fuel it was designed for.

Great thread here! And Thank You to walkingman for the calculation. Hang some of those 4000 baht cabinets from Home Pro with the beveled glass and it would be even snappier. As it is, great job and fantastic use of cash.

Travelman... Sounds like you have done well with the negotiation. For our 3 day pond project we had several quotes. Some were the 12k or 15k per day version and squishy, one was for double what we ended up paying for a completed project. In the end it was one of the wife's neighbors that came over and gave a flat project price. Always pays to take your time and get some data points just as you are doing.

Big C in Hang Dong was sold out yesterday as well. Fairly minor inconvenience when you see what the people in the flooding area are dealing with.

You will have to find out the cubic capacity of the bucket - 1 metre wide by how high by how deep.

Lets assume that you can load 1 cubic metre per cycle - a cycle being fill, swing, unload, return. 50m X 20m X 1m deep is 1000 cycles. Dig 6m deep is 6000 cycles.

This does not take into consideration moving the machine, etc.

Maybe do one cycle in 10 seconds - 6 per minute. This works out to 360 per hour.

Bigger is cheaper when moving material - the machine costs more per hour, but you use it for many less hours.

I wouldn't sweat the size of the bucket too much. The Thai operators are a good bunch from my experience. I've never seen a 1 meter wide bucket on the machines I have seen.