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Is that not going to get it banged up and scratched to hel_l ??
If you're in Chiang Mai go to the Post Office & check out the system. Your bike doesnt go in a mail bag with all the packages & letters. They have posters advertising the service Logispost in the Mae Ping P.O. The bike goes in a "container truck. " I know guys who have posted 250cc bikes from Chiang Rai to Phuket, another guy a 750cc bike from Udon to Bangkok. Its cheap & it works. So check it out if you're serious, as the tip is serious.
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Theres a bike I am interested in, but its in the north and I am in the south..
I would be more interested in it if I could get it shipped down to me, realistically to fly up, buy it and drive it back will be a couple of days and maybe 10k.
I have heard of bikes being 'posted' around Thailand but that was only scooters.
Any way to move a larger bike without it getting beaten up ??
Post it! Use the Post Office "Logipost" service.
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HI,NEXT MONTH I WILL BE GOING TO LAO FOR MY VISA RENEWAL,I WAS HOPING TO FIND A SAFE PLACE TO LEAVE THE BIKE IN NONG KHAI FOR A DAY OR 2,HAS ANYONE DONE THIS? ANY INFORMATION WOULD BE REALLY APPRECIATED,
REGARDS
MADYAKKA
Why not take your bike with you? Exit Thailand from Bun Kan (150 kms down stream from Nong Khai), cross the Mekong to enter Laos at Pakxan, then ride 140 kms up to Vientiane. Get your visa & exit via the Friendship Bridge.
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Some guys from Chiang Mai just did the Luang Prabang Loop on their Honda Phantoms.
13 days easy riding. The trip report is here.
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Don't waste your time or money.
Go here for why not to do it.
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Did the full Mae Hong Son Loop in a day on a Honda Dream in 2003.
A report is here.
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quote]A friend of mine Hiko and a few others rode from pattaya to cambodia then on to vietnam on yamaha neuvos ! if pikey is reading this perhaps he could elaborate as i know it was written about on the GT-RIDER site, .Maaaaaaaaaaaad
Hiko's Nuovo trip trying to get into Vietnam is here
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Phayao
in Chiang Mai
Value for money hotel = Phu Tong Place.
Restaurant = Nong Ang. Chaliang Khwan. Rice Grill for breakfast.
Disco = BM Pub.
Pub & Restaurant = Spider
Temples
Wat Analayao.
Wat Sri Khom Kham.
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Mapguy
Bloody hel_l, what can we say...... The end of the world is near...... Welcome to Chiang Mai..... What are you doing here? .....Maybe get a life.
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Aha, now I sort of know why - it's not in the Mae Sa Valley at all, but off Chotana before Green Valley & well before Mae Rim.
Now I'll have to check it out for a new map....
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Well I thought I knew most places out in the Mae Sa Valley, but whilst enjoying a one hour wait & a couple of hot cappuccinos at the Black Canyon in Mae Kachan waiting for a mate to turn up on his bike I flicked through a Thai magazine & came across an advert for the Mae Rim Whale Park???
What the hel_l's that I thought - never heard of it or seen it. Has anyone ever been there or got any experience of the place?
They have an easy to find website if you do a search & even have a photo "Gellary."
But how did they arrive at that name, "the Whale Park"?
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A friend of mine in his sixties is coming to visit Chiang Mai and would like to do an organized 2-3 day trek. He's in good shape, so the trek shouldn't be a problem and I don't think the sleeping on mats in the villages will be a problem. However, I'm guessing he would prefer not to spend several hours sitting on a bench jammed into the back of a pick-up truck on the trip to and from the trekking site.
Anybody know of a company that is slightly more upscale than the backpacker oriented ones, but still not a Four Seasons Resort type of experience/expense.
Thanks for your help and suggestions!
Wherever you go for a trek I think you're going to have to sit in a vehicle for at least an hour, any less than that & my guess is it's too close to civilization so not terribly "authentic."
But why not hire a vehicle & drive out to Soppong & trek from there.
Two places for nice accommodation & treks in Soppong are
1. Soppong River Inn and
2. Little Eden
Perfect spots in a traditional, relatively unspoilt area & good for day or overnight treks.
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If you don't know the names & locations of the Cnx Big bike shops, look here
Names, addresses & a map.
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Try this google Earth Map.
The shop is in either Chang Puak Soi 2 or 4, depending on which map you're looking at, but it's all the same soi.
This is the one"behind" Pacific Mansion; or heading North down Chotana turn left into the soi after Kowit School / before the Bangkok Bank.
And actuallyTui at Bikes House claims to import direct himself. He also has a website, but I cant find the URL.
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The big bike shops in Chiang Mai get their bikes from the importers in Bangkok / Klong Toey.
I dont think you will find any cheap "value for money" unassembled bikes in Chiang Mai, unless you know the system & think you can outsmart it - which is sort of what you are asking for.
I disagree that that most of the bikes are stolen. That they are "all" stolen is more of an urban myth, that the reality of the situation.
So your best bet locally is to get a good deal from one of the local Cnx big bike shops, & there are a few shops.
But without knowing what you are looking for & what your budget is, it is difficult to advise you.
Last but not least I think that you will find the importers in Pattaya, only buy from from the real importers in Klong Toey = they don't import into Pattaya.
A real licence plate will cost you 60,000 baht & take at least 3 months, & a dodgy recycled book will cost you 35,000 baht + take 2 weeks plus.
The choice is yours - depends on whom you want to believe I guess.
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I have noticed quite a few new and more upmarket places opening in the Santitam area in the last few months. Today I saw a much nicer than the average for the area apartment block under construction near the Niyom Panich shop corner. Then there is the still rather empty, but nicely constructed Santitam Plaza that opened a couple of months ago.
Apart from a few nice houses and apartments in some of the side streets, this area has long been a fairly grubby, but cheap and highly populated student zone. It has a lot of character.
Is Santitam about to experience the kind of makeover and subsequent boom in land prices that the Nimmenheimin area went through in the last 2 - 3 years? Perhaps Nimmenheimen is becoming too expensive and trendy for the students it used to serve and the type of student places that once were there are relocating to the Santitam area?
IMHO I don't think.
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Someone (no!, there must be many) out there must have suffered the plague of barking dogs.
How have you dealt with the problem ?
Have you complained to the police, if so did they do anything (were they even interested)
Did you speak to the owner or the dog (s) was he/she/they interested ?
Any advice would be nice.
Wait till cold season's over & things will reurn to normal. Same same every year.
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Yep Car Spa is good, especially with the Auto Glym products. Top of the range stuff!
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Amnuay is a rip off! Expensive, poor service & don't care. We wasted 5,000 baht for a full service, new parts & 90 kms out on the way to Phayao it all stopped working once again. 3 days later went back to Amnuay & they wanted another couple of thou to fix it what they already fixed. Found a local guy in Kuang Sing & for less than a thou hey presto, it was as cold as ice.
At Amnuay (Charoen Muang) I asked to see the parts they replaced & they could not find them! Don't go there you will get screwed.
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October month is usually when they make the annual transfers - police / military / bureaucrats.
And it's not uncommon for the new guys in town to always strut their stuff & flex their muscles (enforce the laws) to let everyone know there's a new boss on the block. So I wonder if it is new staff in MHS just checking the "troops & barricades"
There are "new" immig staff & cops in many places in the North, not just Pai/ MHS & my guess is they are just making everyone go through the hoops for their first 4-6 weeks in town.
Also this most definitely is not the first crack down on illegal substances / activities in North Thailand.
There's nothing to worry about if you're not doing anything illegal.
Do all you whingers complain when police raid / check a pub or club back home?
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Yes Vision Centre is still there alright.
Excellent service & good advice in English. I've been using them for 15 years plus.
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Dr Sudhee
38/4 Chiang Mai - Lampang Road.
(Inside the super, at the traffic lights by Wat Ched Yot)
OPEN 5 pm - 7.30m
Monday
Tuesday
Thursday
Sunday 9.30 - 11.30 am
CLOSED
Wednesday
Friday
Saturday
On this board he’s cracked a mention at
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=109239
and
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=131297
and
http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=109280
and
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I've seen my fair share of engines wasted from using poor quality oils back in the States. Don't fool yourself david, I'm sure there's also some pretty bad <deleted> on the shelves here in Thailand as greedy people who want to screw you never goes out of style. Just get a known good brand name and make sure you also see the appropiate API classifications along with the viscosity on the bottle. I agree with everything else you said, and I also change the oil every 5K km but I am partial to Castrol. Also, if you don't drive very often, you should change the oil about every six months. Keep on truckin'.
Yeah, but how do you really know that engine was wasted from poor oil?
My guess would be that it was a high mileage / old motor & perhaps already on the way out.
I would find it hard to believe that a motor used normally would fail solely because of low quality oil.
Agreed that there probably are some dodgy oils in Thailand, just like in the USA, (& most countries around the world if you want to look hard enough) that's why I say "Use a good quality brand name. Change the oil & filter regularly, & you should not go wrong."
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I think the important bit is to keep it fresh & clean = change it frequently & regularly.
I do 25-30,000 kms a year on my motorcycle in North Thailand & use Shell Helix Plus 15/50 "diesel oil."
There are unlimited reports with statistics to prove which oil is better / best in various circumstances, but I think the differences are relatively small.
As a general rule I think that diesel oils have higher specs as they are supposed to work harder.
For synthetic oils I think the general claim is that have the highest spec, last longer & so you can use them longer.
But you probably pay 2 or 3 times as much for them, & 99% of general drivers would not notice the difference, if any in their limited driving.
For those who claim those “cheap” oils are no good / not good enough, when was the last time you heard of an engine failure due to bad oil?
“Dinosaur oils” worked ok in the past, but not now? I don’t think so & I hope that it isn’t just that new marketing has us by the short & curlies?
Use a good quality brand name & you should not go wrong.
For me the important thing is change your oil & filter regularly. (In my case every 5,000 kms.)
Safe Parking For Bike In Nong Khai While In Lao
in Motorcycles in Thailand
Posted · Edited by davidgtr
The only problems are
1. No entry into Laos at either of The Friendship Bridges, but exit is ok
2. The bike must be legal registered with the green book
3. If the bike's not registered in your name you need permission from the owner to take it out of Thailand.
For more border crossing info you need to check out the GT Rider site Crossing Borders and the Lao Forum for some recent trip reports on using the Bun Kan / Pakxan crossing: Saxonator Laos Trip, plus 4 trip reports for Jan doing the LuangPrabang Loop from Chiang Mai. One of these was a Honda Phantom trip, so you can do Laos on any bike.
Cheers.
If you do it, please let us know how you went.