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Engine Revving Sparks Backlash Against Foreign Biker in Phuket

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On 1/6/2026 at 9:07 AM, maddermax said:

Where I live in Soi Khao Talo, Pattaya, the problem is getting out of hand with motorcycle shops actually modifying exhausts to make them louder!

The irony is that modifying an exhaust to make it louder typically reduces the exhaust back pressure. The engine has been designed to employ a certain level of back pressure to prevent too much inlet charge escaping during valve opening overlap so, although louder, these modified exhausts actually cause the engine to make less power, unless the fuelling and ignition timing map have been re-mapped to the new circumstances. Running an engine with no exhaust shows that they run poorly for this reason. Still, it "sounds" more powerful to the uninformed...

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  • It's not his engine producing the smoke - he's spinning the back wheel so the tyre is smoking. Deport the moron.

  • ikke1959
    ikke1959

    Only allowed for Thais who don't have a silencer and fume smoke many times as the motorcycles are out of date and badly maintained. but Oh a foreigner... that is news

  • J Branche
    J Branche

    Look at me I'm a big boy on a big boy bike, why is nobody looking at me. Let me try a burn out, waaahhhh, nobody cares and still are not looking at another idiot begging for attention.

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what would be a positive move is not allow anyone without a valid motorcycle license to rent a bike

in addition fine any shop renting bikes to non licensed drivers

ALSO ban all African french form renting bikes as they seem to be the ones that cause trouble

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