lennya12threh

What do you mean by "pull his arm off?" LoL

Just got back from Burirum, no problems, smooth as hel_l, revs right up to 13k with no problems. All the way there and back it was a great ride and I'm sad to sell it.

The guy called me 3 times today because he wants to take it off me now.

Well thanks.

Anyways, I went on another trip just now and it revs so smooth. I started slow of course and very slowly started approaching high rpms through out my hour ride, and eventually got it up to 12,000 rpm, smooth all the way up, slowly climbing, to not startle the engine.

Seems smoother and better than before. I've never opened up the throttle even close to all the way yet though.

BTW. It's never been a money pit for me except for my own mistake with the engine oil, but before that, never had any problems.

Yes he has seen the bike, during the process on the engine re-build as well. If you ask me, he is getting a good deal.

Paint the other fairing I already have and swap, add left signal lights, and re-coat the air intake, and its a sexy looking, and sounding bike.

I'll get back to you after our trip to Burirum.

Well, it finished today and it started on the the first try and idled great off the start. Didn't run hot and seemed about the same as before. I have only put it to about 7k rpm so far, when I drove it home (about 30 min). It's seems very smooth, and maybe bit more quiet and "tight-feeling" than before. Tonight I will go for a longer cruise to make sure it seems ok, before me and wife go to Burirum with it tomorrow. Also, here are some pics of it as of 5 minutes ago, also showing the fairing damage that it has. In the one pic I taped up the left carbon intake a bit, so it looks really ugly, but for the most part it still looks great!

How did you manage to get scratches there?

Well that farang teacher just called me back saying he has 135k baht and will pay for the name change as well, though I was expecting that at 140k as well. I kinda mumbled about and about and finally said sure because I want to sell it quick to send the sponsorship application in and it also means I don't have paint it, put new signal lights on it and repair the carbon intake tube. It's basically the same as making it look nice and selling for 145k with him paying the name change fee. But I did tell him I need to use it on Wednesday and Thursday, and he won't be free until Sunday, so there is always time to change my mind or someone to to make a better offer.

Also, the business will be sold in a month or so and we will have no where to park the bike and don't want to take it to Burium. After selling everything we were going to go wait in Burirum for a while and have low expenses( with her family) . I might become a monk for a bit, learn some Muay Thai and of course teach the wife some solid English. If I have this bike sitting around waiting to be sold then we have to stay in Bangkok until it's sold and spend money on renting a place with a decent place to park. Usually I park in inside the business, and couldn't accept parking it outside with all the scooters with new paint, etc.

A truck scrapped by me when I wasn't even moving and caused the bike to fall. Has some distortion in the paint on the side it scraped and scratches on the other, and upon falling unmoving the two left signal lights broke (I taped them temporarily).

Well anyways, the farang guy that was going to buy my bike for sure, said he no longer had the funds as he lost some work, and only has 125k now because he needed living expenses for the next month. I can't sell it for 125k.

Guess what his job is? Teaching. And like me he doesn't have a degree or anything.

So now I can drive it before it's sold. On Wednesday early morning me and my wife will be going to Burirum. Hope it's not raining!

And if anyone wants the bike it'll be 150k baht with new paint, no scratches, etc, etc, or 140k baht if you wanna take it with the scratched up fairing.

2001 GSXR 750, I believe nearing 40k kilos but not sure because its at the shop. He said I can go observe him finishing up the process tomorrow.

Well for me 40,000/mon is a shitty wage, and I don't have teaching qualifications nor a degree so technically I have to teach illegally, and I already tried it and don't like teaching. I love Thailand and if I could get 80-90-100k per mon teaching I would do it. One can get jobs like this in Thailand if they are a qualified teacher in say England already. Had a couple guys I knew making 100k+, but only because they had years of experience teaching in the UK before coming here and were qualified teachers.

Besides work I do have the odd complaint about the system here and the way business is no disorganized and illegitimate, but money aside, I enjoy more positives then negatives. I'l probably come back in 20 years or something and I sure will be here for visits often.

yea well I guess it wouldn't be like a speed bump because the material can be compressed, lol

Yea I have his number. His English isn't that great, but he knows all the technical terms and can say/understand stuff like "check the pressure in the piston," "valve clearance," and "initial torque", "final torque," and the terms for all the engine/bike parts. Phone # - 0814570042

I always find it easier to communicate face-to-face. I usually just speak Thai unless it's technical terms I don't know.

Judas you always manage to come in and save me from getting bashed or picked on, but please don't worry. I'm not THAT sensitive.

Canada isn't that bad. Whats with all the negative responses.

LoL.

I always thought if I ended up hitting a dog at 150+ I'd fall for sure. Anyone here actually hit a Thai size dog at a high speed and not fallen?

Nice videos and nice video music.

Only thing hat can scare me sometimes are animals. You guys have never had any encounters with dogs, buffalo or anything? Couple of times I've gotten a dog that was going to walk out and one time had one lying in the middle of my lane napping.

Going to Canada to take an engineering degree. I'm young and I can't teach English on some shitty wage.

Yea in Bangkok. Just behind the Seacon Square off of Srinakarin Rd. on that little road that you take to go to the race track they have behind there. The little road is just south of seacon and runs along the side.

Unfortunately, I'm selling the bike and some guy wants to take it right when it's built back up. Selling it for 140,000 with real green book. I might have to get him to let me drive it for 2 days and go a little trip with my wife first before he buys it.

As many of you may know, I wrecked the conrod bearings in pistons 1 and 4 (2001 GSXR, 750), also resulting in a damaged crankshaft. All the parts and correct bearings were imported and I am having Song, the guy from behind Seacon Square rebuild it. I just wanted to point out that has he has done a great job, as I watched through most of it. We washed every part together and of course oiled it as we put it together. He had his own knowledge of the position the pistons must be put back in, the bearing codes, etc, and used a Suzuki manual (downloaded on his laptop, the same one I have at home) to put it back together with all the new o-rings, and gaskets. He had the sealant and a torque wrench as well to build it and apply the correct "tightness" to the bolts, initially and final. Today we will lift it in and tomorrow finish getting it started. To take note he also checked the valve clearance and pressure in the pistons. I will take it for a spin probably and Tuesday and let yall know how it is.

So no promises yet as I haven't driven it yet, but so far this mechanic seems to be doing great and I didn't have to tell him anything, though I did confirm many things to make sure he did understand. Takes just under a week because he balances the job with his other customers as well, and the price of labor is about 5,000 baht not including parts, rings, oil, etc.

No taxes for personal use?

Me and my wife will be going to Canada, and although chances are she will be virus free before we enter in maybe 6 months, but in case she still isn't we don't want to start paying four times as much in Canada and wouldn't be able to afford $600/mon on her meds.

Also, I wonder what the taxes would be for commercial use, as one could make a lot of profit buying in Thailand and them selling in Canada at even half price. People would go for it too because it's so dam_n expensive...

It looks like I can import medication to Canada for personal use as long as it only comes every 3 months and is in the required amounts, but they mentioned other countries may have export restrictions. I am thinking about exporting Sebivo, a Hepatitis anti-viral from Thailand to Canada. In Thailand 28 tablets is like 5,000 baht. In Canada it would be almost 20,000 baht ($600)..Can I export this medication for personal use?

Who was the guy taking the video of the poor guy that fell in the ditch? LoL

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this ones for sale.. kawa 250 2stroke, looks ok and decent price

Lenny.... It's a Yamaha

lol, thanks

If I planned on staying in Thailand I'd probably buy it to play, but then again if something happened I don't know where parts would from...

http://classifieds.thaivisa.com/automotives-vehicles/motorcycles/yamaha-r1-z-incredible-power-and-handeling-green-book-tax-insurance-60691.html

this ones for sale.. kawa 250 2stroke, looks ok and decent price

sounds like the bearing in the steering colum to me. one time i had a noise I couldnt fine, and later realized it a loose disk break jingling, but if it a shaking of the bars when you hit bumps then its probably the bearing in the steering column like the picture above, when the bike is standing still it isn't always detectable to just use the breaks and pushing the bike around

And in the application forum it asks me how I have been, and plan to support myself and her. Now it says I don't the detailed income forum because I'm only sponsoring my wife, but I'm still not sure on how they will assess it and what the minimum is or guidelines are. I don't want to use so much time and money to get an application rejected when I could have just known what the policy is. Or in my case is it just up the opinion of some random official? I just need to write a good plan?

Sponsoring a Spouse

I have looked through the whole application process and everything should be fine except this one thing, but then after they say it doesn't apply to my situation. The one requirment that I was worried about was written in the application handout and said this.

."-you have an income that is at least equal to the minimum necessary income, the amount of which is published yearly by the Canadian government.

You will have to provide us with documents that show your financial resources for the past 12 months and prove you are financially able to sponsor members of the family class. You may solicit the help of a co-signer (must be your spouse or common-law partner). If you reside in Quebec, see also Sponsors living in Quebec.

This condition does not apply if you are sponsoring only·your spouse, common-law or conjugal partner who has no dependent children, or·your spouse, common-law or conjugal partner whose dependent children have no children of their own, or·your dependent child who has no children of his or her own."

I fall into the catagory of ONLY sponsoring a spouse with no kids or other family members, so then this should mean I am except from this right? The place I need to contact in Singapore doesn't accept phone inquires and apparently take a while to reply to emails as well and I'm stressing out. The "minimum nessesary income" as mentioned before is something like $2400 per month which is much more than we would need to live, and we planing on living on a low budget while I get a degree in Canada to avoid needing student loans. I alone could live on $1000/month and I did before I came here, and the two of us would only need $1500 as everything is shared. I could easily get proof of the avliability of a $1500/month job, but a $2400/month one, I'm not so sure. As well we have $20,000 in the bank so this should help.

But anyways I'm stressing out, but I think it should be ok as it said the whole finacial deal didn't apply to my situation. The thing is, I am not sure if it is applying to both the first and second statements, or just the second one that requires proof, and they still require me to CLAIM that I can get that kind of money.

Anyone with any experience here?

Well to update my situation, we are no longer going for a visit, but hoping to both go back and live in Canada so I can get a real engineering degree there instead of worrying about the quality of one here...

I married her and we will need a spouse visa or whatever. I have seen many people do it quite easy, and my girlfriend thinks it will be no problem as all of her friends have gone to either Australia, Japan, or England and lived there ever since with no problems because they all married here. Again, my girlfriend thinks there should be no problems as we are married and wonders what the heck kind of couples are having so many problems on these forums.

I am personally still quite worried about her not being able to go because all I have read....