TheLaughingMan

I was shocked to see that when you finance in Thailand you turn a 200k baht bike into a 300k baht bike. They really make it not worth it.

Well the English is the required part by Thailand so you are covered but that is a bit strange AAA is giving out IDP with just english and French, I guess most americans use it to drive in Canada which would explain that.

American Automobile Association? In Canada our document is in english with a bunch of pages in chinese, french, spanish etc because the document can be used all over the world and those are the main languages, but Thai is not a very important language so would not be included, they dont custom make the document for you its the same document everyone gets regardless of where they are travelling. In Thailand from what I read the requirement is that your document says in ENGLISH thats its an internaitonal driving licence for the vehicle your driving. But youre saying your main pages are all in french? Thats odd

Ya... my thinking before when I lived in Bangkok was the police are going to extort me anyway so why bother, but this time around I'll register it and see how much of a difference it makes.

Do you really believe registering the bike is necessary to drive it on thai roads?

Wait so as a tourist I cant even just slap down the full amount in cash and buy a motorcycle? You have to own property or certificate of residence and have the proper visa?

Anyone know of banks in Canada that have good debit cards that refund fees?

Ya seems like its just a bad idea, cash it is. For the rest of you jokers, I lived in Thailand for 13 years previously, I know enough Soms dont need to know any more.

Just curious if there is a way to do this, I'm a big fan of monthly payments ???? I'm assuming no but thought Id ask. I am not in Thailand yet but will be there soon so just looking at options.

Nice, did you get the seat modified in Bangkok? Where? This is something I absolutely will have to do, my soft tushie cant take more than 5 minutes on a stock seat. Why the 2" risers? Do all CRF come with the option to upgrade to 300? How much was that. Thankyou

Does anyone have experience with both? I used to own a 250 DTracker (street tires) and I loved it except the seat was hard as rock, is the Honda CRF the same or they have a softer seat? Also any other major differences between the 2 and would you buy one over the other? The reason I like these types of bikes is they are the safest bikes to ride in Thailand. Been in plenty of accidents and scooters and sport bikes slap the ground instantly and you with it, breaking bones, but the taller "offroad" style bikes with street tires can do many things other bikes cant do well, they slide to a stop in emergencies without bailing most of time and when they do go down you have valuable seconds to get your feet under you and roll, saved my butt several times. Not to mention driving through floods with ease. My sportbike almost killed me but my DTracker saved the day repeatedly.

Is it possible to open a Thai bank account with just a tourist visa or visa on arrival? Either a certain bank or a special type of account or is it just not possible? Thanks