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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
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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 ????
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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.
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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
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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.
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I like this...Rémy Vivien’s 1946 Terrot RGAS
https://www.pipeburn.com/home/2017/05/27/trials-tribulations-remy-viviens-1946-terrot-rgas.html
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45 minutes ago, Justgrazing said:
Are these Guzzi lumps real or mock ups ..
QuoteThis 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/
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On 11/25/2018 at 6:29 AM, thaiguzzi said:I am from that school of thought, more than 2, and on special occasions 3 (MV, BSA & Triumph) cylinders is a complete waste of the internal combustion process
The BSA Rocket 3 that turned into the Triumph X-75 then? These were slightly before my 'time', but I did like the look of them (and still do)
Good article on it's history here...
https://www.motorcycleclassics.com/classic-british-motorcycles/1973-triumph-hurricane-x75
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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.
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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...
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1 hour ago, Justgrazing said:C'mon then Guy's here's an idea ..
In 20 words or less best bike you've ever ridden ..
20 words or less the bike you wish you'd had but never did ( get one ) ..
The first one is the tricky one, (and certainly not in 20 words) mostly because you could be riding the best bike in the world, but it's pi55in down and you're freezing cold so can't appreciate it...I have quite a few memorable rides stored in my head, time, place, bike and who I was racing against, or riding with. I will offer up the bike that gave me my first hallelujah moment...I was 16 and out with a friend on our 50cc mopeds up in the hills near where we lived when a friend turned up on his Suzi GT250...and he let me have a go on it. I'd been riding bikes since I was 9 years old...but never ever experienced anything like that...from that moment on I was hooked on two strokes and it reinforced my feelings for bikes 100 fold.
The one that got away...easy, RD500LC
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2 hours ago, Justgrazing said:The black one with you in the pic' is that a Midnight Special ?
FJ underrated bike for sure ..
Nah, the Midnight Special was a sort of cruiser type thingy ????
Loved my FJ, took it to the IoM TT and did a lap on mad Sunday...went to south of France a few times, Spain once and Italy twice...that thing could eat miles, and apart from blowing out the exhausts on the way back from Spain I never had a single problem with it.
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3 hours ago, Justgrazing said:Always thought it was a brave move by Yamaha to release a brand new range of performance 2 strokes at the time when Suzy and Kawa went all 4 stroke and from what I remember a change in the learner law down to 125cc ( was that 1980 ? my bloody memory don't work that well anymore ) but what a bike .. But for sure love 'em or hate them they were one of the bikes of the 80's
They were at that...wouldn't have missed it for the world.
I had to look up when they switched to the 125cc limit...obviously my memory is no better than yours, it was earlier than I thought...
Up to February 1983 learner motorcycle riders could ride motorcycles with an engine capacity up to 250cc. In February 1983 the law changed limiting learner motorcycle riders to 125cc.
1 hour ago, Justgrazing said:We all love an XS don't we ..
Yep...the XS1100 could be ridden fast, just so long as you didn't have a faint heart or back-off in a bend (that shaft drive played merry-hell with the handling)
Got a second hand XS1100 the same as this first
And then got a new XS1.1...think they even called it the Sport ????...me in my scruffy oik days
And the last road bike I owned before leaving Blighty for Thailand
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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!
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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).
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3 hours ago, KhaoYai said:More or less but if you bent down, either 249cc or 348cc was cast into the barrels below the fins. Strangely, the one I 'upgraded' for my mate had no numbers ????
I did look...yep, no numbers ????
3 hours ago, Justgrazing said:Hahaha yea the Japanese do love slight model adjustments that require another designation .. A mate of mine who's nuts about Z1's tells me stuff like Z1B has got a slightly different font to the speedo and revcounter numerals to Z1A and the 4 warning lights are arranged in a different order on one from the other and the correct colour schemes for UK bikes and other stuff that'll require a different model number .. Mad as they come is Dean ..
I did a quick read up on the Yam models this morning to re-flash my fading memory...yerp, confusing as it ever was...things like 'were all YDS7's front drum brake'...nope, the 1st RD250's had drum brakes while they were still working out the details of fitting discs...stuff like that
1 hour ago, KhaoYai said:For me, they were great times at the time but now? I love just pushing a button and knowing my bike's going to start. I don't have to carry any spanners or clean the plugs every time they foul..........2 strokes, loved 'em then but I wouldn't want one now.????
Hmmm...good question, if I could find a RD350B I'd have to have it...no matter what condition it was in. Not so sure about the 350LC...I doubt there's one left that hasn't been mullered to within an inch of it's life
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He's taken two cobras from my house...a finer guy you couldn't wish to meet
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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
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2 hours ago, Justgrazing said:Early doors 350 and younger bro' 250 both in classic early 70's colour schemes
Seeing those just reminded me of something...on my way thru Bath everyday sometimes I'd get in the mix with a Ruby Red RD250...we had some damn fine races on a few occasions and I could never work out why I couldn't leave him for dead the same as my mates who were still on 250's. One Saturday we were going down to Bath and I spotted him on the side of the road outside his house so stopped for a chat...he hadn't passed his test, so his '250' was actually a 350 with different side panels!
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Cycling Samui Bike Shop
in Koh Samui, Koh Phangan, Koh Tao
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