On 10/30/2022 at 9:09 PM, seedy said:

There are bad roads and good roads in every country on Earth, and Thailand is no exception.

 

2 hours ago, SenorTashi said:

Try doing the road from Phitsanulok to Nong Bua Lamphu at 160 and let me know how you get on 

Try reading the whole post - picking and snipping to make a non existent point makes you look ... well ...

45 minutes ago, seedy said:

Try reading the whole post

Try lightening up a bit. You never know, you might enjoy it.

We just returned from a 2600 km road trip and 90% of roads were very good. It very much depends on the province, possibly with a negative correlation to corruption.

Ive also got a couple of issues with the pavements lol.

 

Its a cheap as chips country, not sure what you expect even the roads in UK can ruin your rims.

 

The right turns off the dual carriageways are the most dangerous part of Thai driving, of course pot holes don't help.

 

 

On 10/30/2022 at 3:57 PM, SenorTashi said:

We just spent two days driving from Chiang Rai to Nong Khai.

Which way did you go. Most of the roads up north are OK.

On 10/30/2022 at 7:41 PM, Mac Mickmanus said:

Have you been on the new road between Chiang Rai and Chiang mai ?

Its like being on a trampoline with the car bouncing up and down

Must be the bit north of Mae Khachang. The bit south seems OK to me.

5 minutes ago, VocalNeal said:

Must be the bit north of Mae Khachang. The bit south seems OK to me.

Like you say many roads in that area, when we were last riding around there ChiangMai, ChiangRai, Nong Khai the roads were great. 

The heavy use main roads are the ones to avoid.

2 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

Like you say many roads in that area, when we were last riding around there ChiangMai, ChiangRai, Nong Khai the roads were great. 

The heavy use main roads are the ones to avoid.

Nong Khai is in a different location, it is 700 kilometres away .

I was specifically talking about the new road built between CR and CM 

2 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Nong Khai is in a different location, it is 700 kilometres away .

I was specifically talking about the new road built between CR and CM 

Fair call if it's recent and or a main drag we wouldn't ride out bikes on it anyway. 

1 minute ago, Kwasaki said:

Fair call if it's recent and or a main drag we wouldn't ride out bikes on it anyway. 

You probably wouldn't notice it on bikes

3 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

You probably wouldn't notice it on bikes

On my sportsbike i would. ????

5 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

On my sportsbike i would. ????

As you thought the roads were great , you couldn't have noticed the unevenness of the road . 

   Its noticeable in buses and cars where the wavy road and the suspension causes the vehicle to bounce around a lot 

26 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

As you thought the roads were great , you couldn't have noticed the unevenness of the road . 

   Its noticeable in buses and cars where the wavy road and the suspension causes the vehicle to bounce around a lot 

Yeah but like i said if it's a main drag be wouldn't be on it for long we find different ways to get where we are going and to expore different places. 

4 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

Which way did you go. Most of the roads up north are OK.

Well, after reading all the comments here, I decided to take a different route today.

On the way, we took what I thought would be a shortcut, to pass through Nong Bua Lamphu

but that road is horrendous. If any of you value your vehicle, I don't suggest you take that road.

 

We just came back from Nong Khai and went straight to Khon Kaen, which was 

pretty smooth sailing apart from a few very rough patches. As far as I remember, the road from CR to the Phrae area was ok.  

 

Don't even get me started on the amount of stress the immigration officers put me through in the last few days.

 

Apart from that though, everything else is tickety boo.