Popular Post papa al Posted April 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted April 5, 2018 (edited) Decided to road-trip on ceeber; Visit the village people in Buriram. To cross the mountain range into Issan one can pass through Kabin Buri rt 304 in the west, or on Route rt 348,Thaypraya NP, on the east. But papa noticed road, 3446 passing the centre of the range through the National Park. Squiggly line on the map; promising. So left Patts about noon. Bike running smooth on the new 100% syn Shell Advantage oil. Took a room at SaKaeo and headed to the Park the following AM. However at the entry point, they advised that the road wasn’t open all the way thru the park. Rats. Some back-tracking then rode thru the eastern pass. The roads are in good shape with a lot of new pavement. Reached rt.24 and then Prakhonchai about noon. The little B500 resort where papa stays has been improved; pool refurb & addition of a baby pool. Pool so nice after a hot ride.Brought a truck-load of village kids over maybe 40 baht each, real fun. They are adding 8 more units in various stages of finish. Hopefully finished before the October motorcycle racing. ////The return ride to Patts was interesting & will post later. Edited April 5, 2018 by papa al 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papa al Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 https://www.google.com/maps/dir//Nr.+44,+Soi+5,,+Nan+5500,+Thailand/@14.5326501,102.9788343,11.19z Headed south from Buriram prov for rt 348. Stopped for late breakfast/early-lunch at one of the rice & 2-dippers-of-stuff joints. B40. Later construction zone. papa missed the right turn of the highway so ended up taking a loop around through the national forest there. The roads were all closed off for new grading and paving. papa onliest traffic. haha Pleasant serendipitous ride. an hour +. Came out north of big lake right near my brunch stop haha. 2nd time was the charm so made it down 348 to the four lane roads 33 / 359 / 304 / 331. ripping pretty good to make Patts before dark. 120kph, occ 130 (9000rpm) on the meters [red-line = 11,500]. 331 has lots of stop-lights with trucks and such backed up. papa lane filters up and if see no fuzz around, go quickly. Made home b4 dark, thanks Buddha. ;-) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papa al Posted April 6, 2018 Share Posted April 6, 2018 57 minutes ago, papa al said: https://www.google.com/maps/dir//Nr.+44,+Soi+5,,+Nan+5500,+Thailand/@14.5326501,102.9788343,11.19z Headed south from Buriram prov for rt 348. Stopped for late breakfast/early-lunch at one of the rice & 2-dippers-of-stuff joints. B40. Later construction zone. papa missed the right turn of the highway so ended up taking a loop around through the national forest there. The roads were all closed off for new grading and paving. papa onliest traffic. haha wrong map Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Posted April 7, 2018 Share Posted April 7, 2018 Took it for a spin to the local breakfast shop ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taninthai Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 New shock ,,new tyres ....ready for a big trip all the way from down south up to the north......ride around there a bit then ride back south..leave in a couple of days 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canthai55 Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 Are those Angel GTs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taninthai Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 46 minutes ago, canthai55 said: Are those Angel GTs No just had angel Gt on there have now put on Diablo rosso ll on there..8000 bht for the pair ....would have liked to get pr4 but they want just under 14,000 for them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canthai55 Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 How did you like the Angels ? Considering them as the Metzeler radials will not last much longer before I want to change them. Still some tread left, but I like tires in good shape. No place to try and save a few bucks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taninthai Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 ^ previous owner had fitted the angels,think he even done a Trackday on them they were really worn on the right hand side,,,,,think he was happy with them,so I only done 850 km on them....... difficult picking tyres for versys nice to have something for a bit of dusty off road riding..this time went for pure road orientated tyre ..next time probably get something with more of a tarmac /off road mix. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 Said farewell the CBR 150R 2007... brought in to the shop to have the carburetors fixed, then the wife came to pick me up, and she told me the mechanic wanted to know if I wanted to sell the bike....Done.. IT was a good little and reliable bike.. great for school and around town.... Wife is happy I have only one bike now... still working on the CB 500X.. now there is room..5555 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllanB Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 On 26/04/2018 at 3:11 PM, taninthai said: New shock ,,new tyres ....ready for a big trip all the way from down south up to the north......ride around there a bit then ride back south..leave in a couple of days Just curious, how many km do you get out of these tyres and do you ride them hard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papa al Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 5 hours ago, Rhys said: Said farewell the CBR 150R 2007... brought in to the shop to have the carburetors fixed, then the wife came to pick me up, and she told me the mechanic wanted to know if I wanted to sell the bike....Done.. IT was a good little and reliable bike.. great for school and around town.... Do you know if the mechanic wanted to ride it himself, or flip it or what? Hopefully she went to a good home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taninthai Posted April 28, 2018 Share Posted April 28, 2018 1 hour ago, AllanB said: Just curious, how many km do you get out of these tyres and do you ride them hard? Not sure how long they will last ,,they are pretty soft rubber so not a long lasting tyre,if they was on an in-line 600cc 4 cylinder would be lucky to get around 4,000 miles from the rear,,,the versys hasn’t got loads of power so maybe 6-8000 km..of on a big trip in a few days should total around 5000 km so see how they look after that...the front will last twice as long as the rear anyway. you can ride these tyres pretty hard they have a different 2 differen rubber compound A bit harder on the Center and soft on the sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 20 hours ago, papa al said: Do you know if the mechanic wanted to ride it himself, or flip it or what? Hopefully she went to a good home. Not quite sure, he has worked on the bike before and has a bit of history with the bike... I trust he takes good care of her...He serviced the bike all these years very well, which is what he told my wife. So... now she is on a roll and will go after the remaining bike the CBR 300R... I was trying for the CB 500X... there is room now, but she has my huevos... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 Looking for tires for the 300 CBR.... Michellin Pilots or the Pirelli? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdrokit Posted April 29, 2018 Share Posted April 29, 2018 14 minutes ago, Rhys said: Looking for tires for the 300 CBR.... Michellin Pilots or the Pirelli? If you ride in the rain I would go with the Michellins as they out perform the Pirelli Angels in the wet. In the dry the Angels corner better. Since I don't ride much in the rain I'd go with the Angels. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Posted May 4, 2018 Share Posted May 4, 2018 Went with Pirelli.... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post taninthai Posted May 5, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 5, 2018 Got a puncture 1200 km into my trip on my new pirelli???,lucky I had ordered repair kit from Lazada,limped to nearest airline pulled nail out and repaired myself?? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papa al Posted May 5, 2018 Share Posted May 5, 2018 2 hours ago, taninthai said: Got a puncture 1200 km into my trip on my new pirelli???,lucky I had ordered repair kit from Lazada,limped to nearest airline pulled nail out and repaired myself?? Small repair shops have tools, fuses, &c, but often don't have these plugs, so only kit you need to tour with really. Enjoy the ride bro. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdrokit Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 21 hours ago, papa al said: Small repair shops have tools, fuses, &c, but often don't have these plugs, so only kit you need to tour with really. Enjoy the ride bro. Just bought a kit of Lazada, 150 baht. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted May 6, 2018 Share Posted May 6, 2018 Been away a couple of weeks and missed my crf had a ride for a couple of hours today, luv it nothing else on my mind riding along. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idman Posted May 9, 2018 Share Posted May 9, 2018 My scooter received a spanking and some verbal abuse today as it did not start up right away. Bad scooter, bad scooter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BBJ Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 Cleaned the wasp/hornet whatever the stingy little blighters were out of the cooling fans of my Africa Twin. That's what you get for not riding it at all lately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post taninthai Posted May 10, 2018 Popular Post Share Posted May 10, 2018 After 10 days riding and 2500 km covered krabi to Chiang Mai with various stops and trips mainly around kanachaburi and Chiang Mai,today was a day of no riding just cleaning and lubricating,tommorow mai sot and some of the mai hong son loop. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 I put 100 baht of finest shell gasohol 91 into the tank..good for another 100 odd KM before next re fill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
naboo Posted May 10, 2018 Share Posted May 10, 2018 7 hours ago, johng said: I put 100 baht of finest shell gasohol 91 into the tank..good for another 100 odd KM before next re fill. Surely time for another refill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rdrokit Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Took the cover off, dusted it off and off to the gym. First ride in a week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johng Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 10 hours ago, naboo said: Surely time for another refill? I probably do more KM's on my bicycle than my motorcycle now, so next fill up in about a month I think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwarium Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 Bought a new Japan made chain, RK RX-Ring GB525XSO Gold 120link from Ricoland Thailand for $13 less than it would have cost me online in the US. Times have sure changed wrt to parts and supplies here! The Ricoland shop across from Central Rama lll is a mini clone of the main Tokyo Bay store. Cool! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhys Posted May 11, 2018 Share Posted May 11, 2018 ...winked at it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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