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.

 

 

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.

;-)

 

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

Took it for a spin to the local breakfast shop ...

 

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

Are those Angel GTs

 

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

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.

^

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.

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

 

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?

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.

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.

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...

Looking for tires for the 300 CBR.... Michellin Pilots or the Pirelli?

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.

Went with Pirelli....

 

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??

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.

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.

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. 

My scooter received a spanking and some verbal abuse today as it did not start up right away.  Bad scooter, bad scooter.

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.

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.

I put 100 baht of finest shell gasohol 91 into the tank..good for another 100 odd KM before next re fill.

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?

Took the cover off, dusted it off and off to the gym. First ride in a week.

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.

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!

...winked at it..