wjmark

Mr Beer has them. Ninja 250's too.

On N. side of Ratchawithi Rd not far from the UN Irish Pub

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How long can he and his family live on the 1.2mio Bath?That was not very clever he will loose his job and further tea money sources.

How long???

5,000/mo - salary

5,000/mo - share of legal fines

5,000?/mo - tea money

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15,000/mo X 12 = 180,000/year

1,200,000/180,000 = 6 year & 8 months

Or with less tea money and fines - say 10,000/month... 1.2mil = 10 years

What do would people in the west do for a 7 to 10 years salary windfall?

What would you do for half a million dollars?

(What would I do for half a million dollars? Offer it to me and see!!!)

Thanks.

GTRider reports one other is the Shell station 1km south of Airport Plaza.

The reason I want it is simple - performance. Makes my little CBR just that little bit nippier...

The Shell station closer in towards the river from the Arcade Bus Station (Nawarat rd) has 95 benzine at one of their pumps.

Any others in or near Chiang Mai? Hang Dong? Mae Rim? Anywhere within about 40km of CM?

Thanks, wj

The Shell station closer in towards the river from the Arcade Bus Station (Nawarat rd) has 95 benzine at one of their pumps.

Any others in or near Chiang Mai? Hang Dong? Mae Rim? Anywhere within about 40km of CM?

Thanks, wj

ps - turned 10,000 km today in the Mae Sa valley

SMOKED A RAIDER TODAY!

(What did you smoke today?)

On the Mai Rim highway, a Suzuki Raider 150 pulled up beside me - we were both doing about 30k/h. He punched it as he passed me, so I dropped a gear and just flew away from him!!!

Smokin'

New tires coming in the New Years...

WJ Mark, What size Michelins did you get? I gotta pop for them too!

I got a good answer - I don't know!

They are getting me two of the Michelin Pilot Sporty tires for 3,000bt, and they will be a touch bigger than what is on there now. I dunno!

I will let you know when they are on...

I put the NSR coil in my CBR yesterday, and they look identical in size and construction. They do have a different part number, though.

Hard to tell any difference, but perhaps my dead spot at 6,200rpm is just a little smaller. Hard to tell. Coil was 450bt at Honda...

The only things left now are the Michelin tires (coming Wednesday), and I am going to change from a 44 to a 46 rear sprocket. Probably won't make much difference, as the tires are just a tiny bit larger too. Oh yeah - after the tire change, I will put on my little CatsEye bicycle speedometer. THEN we shall know the truth!!

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So last week I found a good mechanic.

Dear Mr wjmark - where is this mechanic to be found, and what is his name

Sure. His name is Toy. And his shop is "Race Shop Thailand" Very nice guy - speaks a little english. Really keen to please...

On the south side of Rattanakosin road, west of the small bus station on ChangPuak road. It is before the roundabout and before the Chiang Mai Municiple Stadium (on the opposite side).

Put another way - it is about 200 meters east of ChangPuak road on the right (south) side. I tried to upload a map, but TV won't take it...

089 517 1233 is his phone.

Oh yeah, I asked about the resistor to the coil, and he said leave it...

The good old Queen Vic - just like i have for the previous 2 years. Great food and not bad value either. I didn't hear a single complaint from anybody, so I guess there weren't many TV members in there!

Seconded. Queen Vic's turkey was so tender and juicy.

And no, I too think that there were not a lot of TV members there - just the happy ones!

Have a great year everyone...

Check out this other thread running currently in the CM forum. Tuskers have a very nice menu and a very nice athmosphere for Christmas dins.

http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/Christmas-Spirit-t230191.html

Something happening at the Queen Victoria Pub. Xmas dinner of some sort. New Management. I am in bkk now so cant check but the new owners fixing up and very nice now.

Merry Christmas Chiang Mai !!

Snowbird, eh?

I had the Queen Vic Xmas lunch today - juicy juicy turkey. Had two plates. Good gravies. Good mashed. So-so dressing. Xmas pudding tasted like rum (so I complained!).

Good feed. Good quality. Merry Xmas everyone.

If I was dying for high performance, I would buy a new Yamaha sportbike. The trouble is, Mr. Mugabe is late paying me 700 trillion trillion Zimbawbe dollars.

I think that's what I paid for my iridium spark plug...

Did the Mae Sa Valley loop again this morning. That's four times this week.

On two of those runs, I also did the Samoeng back loop - about 40km, with only 1.5km of unpaved. Lots of very good new pavement on that tiny little highway, but also a few surprising nasties - especially on curves at the top or bottom of a hill...

10k for exhaust, carb, ignition (but no CDI), sprockets, service, a few mechanical repairs, Michelin tyres, some paint work, a full degrease and polish.

Why no CDI? I would have thought that is a major change, as it opens up the engine's top-end so nicely.

No red-line!!!!

Happy hi-rev season everyone...

Update - 400km later...

Bike still goes like stink. I love it. I find myself having to slow down a lot, as it gets up to high speeds much quicker now - even up hills. I really am riding it like a different bike!

The stock muffler with the new performance pipe is noisier than before, but not too loud, and it is nice to have a 'legal' bike.

I talked to the mechanic, and he says 'now there is no red-line anymore'! I won't take it over 13,000rpm, but it sure sounds comfortable up there. 10,000 sounds and feels like a nice gentle cruising rev.

As far as the sprocket goes, the only reason he recommended against it is that it does limit top end. There was no mechanical reason he was against it...

I am still thinking about the porting. As I am using the stock carb and stock jet, perhaps I won't bother.

But I will stick an NSR coil in there. It is supposed to add a bit too.

That, and a pair of tires, and also an adjustable clutch lever, should just about do it.

HEY Taichiplanet - if you are doing all that work and spending all that money, why aren't you turning it into a 200 cc? i would have thought that would be the way to go? Anyways, good luck with it - they sure are fun bikes!

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Good timing for these latest posts. I just got my CBR done up today!

A few months ago I did the iridium spark plug, silicon lead, synthetic oil, and K&N air filter and different jet.

Felt more open and quicker. A little bit of a lurch on the shifts. Nice.

But the sound was horrible. Nasty buzzy - I took the K&N and the jet out, and put the airbox back in.

Definite difference. Just not as peppy. But the plug, oil, and lead did give me an extra 5 km/hr (145).

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So last week I found a good mechanic. And today he put the K&N back in but with holes cut in the airbox (he kept the stock jet).

And a good CDI (3500bt). And a 2500bt high performance stainless steel pipe that replaces that nasty skinny little thing between the head and the original muffler.

BIG difference now. The air sound is a little buzzy from 7-9k, but not like before. And legal with the original muffler.

AND...it goes like stink. Really feels like a different bike. Revs to infinity.... -- in-fckin-finity, I tells ya

A real 'lit-up' power from 7k all the way to 13k. It sounds so smooth and mechanically 'right', that I am wondering if my red-line really is 13,000? (CBR250's red-line at over 17k I think).

Anyways, I did the Mae Sa Valley loop today, and it just punched it's way up hills. Punched. (was I hitting 13k? no . but 11.5? sure - always)

And on Canal Highway, in 6th, it pulled even, smooth and strong from 120 to 140. Didn't really slacken at all. I didn't have room to try for top end.

I really like this mechanic (in Chiang Mai). Two days ago just came in 2nd in a KSR race down south, and has a bunch of trophies. Speaks a little English, and so far has impressed me with his mechanical knowledge and skills. I hope to have him turn a KSR into an off-road 140cc with clutch for me

His feelings for the CBR:

He strongly recommended against changing the sprockets. Dunno why.

He doesn't know about the Michelins, as I didn't remember the model. But he recommends some Perellis for about 3500bt. He races on Vee-tires, but no good in the rain at all. He can get some Bridgestones for more than 5,000...

The only thing left for me that he suggests is to do the ports (1000bt). I won't do a new carb as it would make it way loud for sure.

All these little things, but what a nice difference. Oh yeah - I only run 95 benzine gas.

It is black with most of the stickers taken off

Great! Thanks

Nothing better than a quiet Koh Tao...

Seeyasoon

wj

Just want to get a sense of how the season is right now. Busy? Moderate? Dead?

And while I am asking, how's the weather?

Thanks a lot, WJ

The Ayuddyha branch I used in Chiang Mai is small, on Huay Kaew beyond Rincome intersection. Decent banking English, but they couldn't discuss Schopenhauer.

I wouldn't expect many Thais to know much about classical music...

:D :D

Oh yeah - a suggestion.

Is there some way we can see the menus even if the restaurant is closed? Let's me plan in advance...

Me too.

Thanks. I finally got around to trying your service. Fast, friendly, and accommodating. Pizzas were still steaming hot!

cheers, Mark

p.s. - my girlfriend thinks you are too expensive. I don't!

Try Blue Diamond restaurant - they have a little 'market section' and sell avocados, and some organic vegies. Inside the N.E. corner of the old city...

Aden, Kasem, and Northern Farms are also good ideas

I'd be up for a dozen every week or so. I prefer to eat organic eggs and am happy to pay the premium...

What you tried could have been a variety of koonchiang (sp?) Chinese sausage? They're indeed ridiculously sweet, but intended to be eaten with the rice soup breakfast or possibly added to fried rice.

I was thinking the same, but he said as thick as a 10baht coin. The Chinese ones are quite a bit thinner, I'd say.

But it sounds like it - sweet, and tied together...

They also serve it with Kao Kluk Kapi - shrimp-paste rice.

There is also a liver version of the same Chinese sausage - I prefer the regular.

Overall, I prefer Sai-u-wa. Chiang Mai lime-leaf sausage. yum

hi

can anyone recommend a good masseur. one that has good qualifications, credentials and a wealth of experience, one that speaks good english so that i can discuss my back problem in detail with them. someone that is offering more than the usualy tourist massage, one that will cure a niggly annoying back problem rather than aggrivate it. am i asking for too much?

many thanks

emma

Khun Sinchai is very good - worked at CMU Hospital as a therapist for years. He is a lovely blind man, and speaks ok English.

He is near Chang Puak Gate - just up Chang Puak road outside the old town on the right - maybe 100 meters from the moat.

086 924 3210

(AND... Pilates is very good for the back too! (I happen to have a Pilates studio here in CM...))

She is good isn't she!

It is interesting to visit her website and see the progression from her early 'snap-shot' pics to her current dramatic shots. Very clever eye she has.

Also nice to see a Thai woman traveling overseas so much! Such interesting places, too (I gotta get back to India myself someday!).