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5 hours ago, huberthammer said:

He moved to the other side of the road about 100 meters towards Lamai so it is almost at the same location. Same sign so you should easy find it.

 

Thanks ????

Anyone know what happened to Cycling Samui Bike Shop (just up from PTT Chaweng)? Their old shop is gone now and a row of shops built there...did they close down or have they moved some place else?

This is their old shop...

3 hours ago, wilcopops said:

Is the fire being covered in the media.

There's a few lines on The Nation under Breaking News http://www.nationmultimedia.com/detail/breakingnews/30327829

8 hours ago, webfact said:

"Tell the people that e-cigarettes are illegal. And smoking them is bad for your health".

They maybe illegal in Thailand, but they are 95% better than the product supplied by the Thai Tobacco Monopoly.

At the end of the day the French lady fell foul of the law by not paying the Baht 40k extortion fee...extortion is also illegal by the way ????

On 1/20/2019 at 4:12 PM, steelerian said:

This steep road on the left, how far does that concrete road go up the hill before it turns into a dirt road again? I havent been up there for a few years, but it only used to go about 50-100m.

And how far up there is the buddha/temple? Ive only ever managed to find this temple from 1 entry point on a scooter, by going to the bottom of the hill at the Lamai end, then turning right, and soon righ again, and all the way back up.

Is this route easy to drive on a click/pcx?
 

Sorry for the late reply but have been away for a few days...that concrete only went a few hundred meters the last time I rode it. There's several ways of getting to the Buddha/Temple...but on a Click/PCX at the moment the way you mentioned is about the only sure way.

2 hours ago, evadgib said:

Thanks khunPer but I meant this offshot in the general direction of Naton that is just after the viewpoint at the top when driving from Maenam towards Lamai. I have never seen traffic coming out of there & everyone I have asked that has tried say it's too dangerous even in a 4x4.

 

The turn off you mention is a dead end and leads to Khun Si Waterfall (plus a bunch of Durian orchards)...slightly further on (50mtr max) is a smaller turning and sometimes is passable that takes you to the Big Buddha above Lamai...haven't been that way for at least 6 months so have no idea of the condition of that track at the moment.

In the pic below you can see they have laid a bit of concrete to the left

13 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

Yes I am acquainted with the D D 2 Stroker .. They were fitted in UK Bedford trucks 70's/80's but were never liked on the UK truck scene as they had to be revved to do anything and were not considered to have very good fuel consumption but for sure there was not mistaking one if you heard it coming .. 

13 hours ago, mogandave said:

 

Pass anything but a truck stop...

They sucked the fuel, but they were cheap to buy and cheap and easy to maintain. Cheap parts everywhere..

Also popular in boats and equipment because they would run clockwise or counter clockwise, just change the fuel and oil pumps and reconfigure the starter...

 

One of the most common fitments in UK was to the Terex scapers, mostly 8V71's, and when I first joined the oil patch they were the most commonly used engine in the desert sows, early ones had 8V71's but they soon switched to 12V71's...and as you have mentioned they were easy to maintain and had a good amount of power. The engine of choice now is the Cat 3408 and it's offshoots.

45 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:

Are these Guzzi lumps real or mock ups ..

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This arrow configuration engine was designed in 1981-1982 by Lino Tonti. It displaces 992cc, with 3 cylinders set at 65 degrees. Valves were push rod operated from 2 cams in the block by the central cylinder. It was equipped with three 30mm Del'Ortos. The factory identifier was W103.

What you see in the photo was as far as development went, which is really too bad, it would have been interesting to see this mounted in a running prototype motorcycle of some sort.

https://thekneeslider.com/moto-guzzi-arrow-w103-3-cylinder-v-triple/

8 minutes ago, thaiguzzi said:

And still later, the Z1000, but by then others had caught up, especially Suzuki.

Same guy has a GS1000...it was in pretty good shape when he bought it and hasn't had to do much it

While I was hooning around on two strokes in my late teens and loving it, there was one four stoke bike that held a certain kind of reverence for me, and one that I thought I'd own one day...the legendary Kwak Z1 900...I never did own one, by the time I'd switched to four strokes things had moved on.

A friend of mine in UK has one, he did a complete nut & bolt strip down and rebuild. He did lend it to Beaulieu motor museum until he went down there one day and it had been left out unprotected from the crowds...he went home, got his van and it now sits in his living room most of the time.

6 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

That must've been about the death of 'em 78 no ? .. I always thought these were in the shadow of the triples a bit never quite as glitzy as the 3's .. Only ever knew one dude with one and he used it more as a commuter .. The one thing that struck me was its was slow revving and never fussed you could hook up a higher gear at 3/3500 and it would pull it no problem ..

 

 

Two of our crew moved up to GT500's after their GT250's, and yeah you're right they weren't that quick, and didn't handle that well either. The Cobra you mention was renamed the Titan later on and the bike was known at the T500 until about 75, then the GT500 came along...The T500 was slightly quicker than the GT500. 

T500...

4 hours ago, Justgrazing said:

And the Fizzer Bro's .. top dogs of the 16 yo 'ellers .. Purple reign ( s ) .. 

Oi...you missed the best one...

6 hours ago, KhaoYai said:

I was never a fan of the LC.

I was...and still am. It was absolutely nutz, and went like the proverbial scalded cat. There was nothing that could live with it on A and B roads. I was 19, had no fear and a complete hooligan on it...to this day it's the only bike I've managed to do rolling stoppies on...on purpose.

The first ones had serious issues with carburation and wouldn't pull into the power band if you just rolled thru the gears. Also the header pipes used to crack (I had the exhausts replaced twice under warranty)...I lost count of how many times they 'updated' the jetting in the carbs.

For some reason I decided to chop my white/blue LC in against a new XJ650 (it'd just been voted bike of the year if I remember correctly)...I wore the rear tyre out on it before it's first service...the mechanic at my local Yamaha dealer said it was the first time he'd ever replaced a rear tyre at a first service...on any bike!

I think I only stuck with the XJ for about six months...I had to have anther LC! And so I did, black/red/orange that time...it was bliss...until I came off and the front wheel hit a curb. I replaced most of the front end but it was never the same after that accident. That's when I moved onto Yam XS1100's...and that's a whole different story LOL

I probably don't want one now because it would spoil my memories of that bike and those times...I'm a heck of a lot older and wiser than I was then!

7 hours ago, ABCinSG said:

Should I wait till 2019 to get a second hand instead of sometime end of this or next month, to take advantage of the depreciation of the new year? Does it even matter? 

It makes absolutely no difference here...everthing seems priced by what make/model it is and how many km's are on it. 2nd hand prices in Thailand are way higher for some unknown reason, and that goes for cars and bikes. I ended up buying a brand new Vios for my wife because a three year old 2nd hand one was only 10k cheaper (and we saw plenty like that). 

1 hour ago, thaiguzzi said:

I also seem to remember the pre RD's (drum front brakes) being called YDS7's or summat.

The 250 was YDS7 and the 350 was YR5...loads of conflicting info regarding when the went from those designations to RD250 and RD350