JimsKnight Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>"> name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src=" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="425" height="350">Travelling from Nakhon Phanom; Some moves on the way to the Khon Kaen Biker Festival. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2long Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 Was the music there to keep the viewer awake? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oberkommando Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 Next time try a tractor or a cement truck for more of a challenge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plus Posted May 28, 2009 Share Posted May 28, 2009 You passed a truck when it was stuck behind slow traffic?!? Is it supposed to be a joke? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mousehound Posted May 29, 2009 Share Posted May 29, 2009 What a moron!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsun240Z Posted May 30, 2009 Share Posted May 30, 2009 I just wasted 2:44 of my life, by watching this video, and another 20 seconds to type this message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimsKnight Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 So sorry for stealing your precious life energy there mate. It's not meant to be ghost rider so keep your panties on there Basically if you pause and read it this pick-up driver kept overtaking and slowing down, taunting me. He didn't like bikers very much. So I had to get past him and away to end this pricks attitude. Yeah he was a moron, but what can you do when you're a lone biker a zillion miles away from home-base? Most of you won't have a clue having not bike toured miles away from home and been harryed by pick-up drivers so I understand your ignorance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimsKnight Posted June 4, 2009 Author Share Posted June 4, 2009 Next time try a tractor or a cement truck for more of a challenge. Do they have a top speed exceeding a 3.0L TDI pick-up? If so, bring it on! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oberkommando Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 Next time try a tractor or a cement truck for more of a challenge. Do they have a top speed exceeding a 3.0L TDI pick-up? If so, bring it on! A good many vehicles have a top speed exceeding a diesel pick-up, after all the gearing only allows 180-200km/h at redline in 5th gear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverdie Posted June 4, 2009 Share Posted June 4, 2009 JK, I can't work out why you didnt round him up on the left hand side in the first 10 seconds . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
katana Posted June 5, 2009 Share Posted June 5, 2009 Overtaking on the inside Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Datsun240Z Posted June 6, 2009 Share Posted June 6, 2009 There is a VW Transport Type 5, with 3.2 V6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sykdevil Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 the truck kept on overtaking and slowing down...the truck slowed down because there was slower moving traffic infront and he had no chance of over taking. I don't think he was taunting you, you are thinking too much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScubaBuddha Posted June 7, 2009 Share Posted June 7, 2009 (edited) I doubt the driver was even aware you were there. This is just how Thai's drive. Pass whenever you can and sometimes when you can't. It's like having a country full of 16 year old boys behind the wheel in terms of judgment, common sense, and in most cases, experience. Go=pedel to the floor. Edited June 7, 2009 by Scubabuddha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimsKnight Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 JK, I can't work out why you didnt round him up on the left hand side in the first 10 seconds . I know man, I had chances sooner but I was 2 weeks into the tour, had been on the road for ages and was being a bit cagey. I also had a bad vibe about overtaking him on a clear stretch for him to be on my tail. People may slag me off for overtaking on the inside, but the call was a fair one and after I did so he had no way of getting to me without trying to ram aside cars and other pick-ups Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimsKnight Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 the truck kept on overtaking and slowing down...the truck slowed down because there was slower moving traffic infront and he had no chance of over taking. I don't think he was taunting you, you are thinking too much. You have to understand, that very driver had been tailing, overtaking and slowing down for the past 10 minutes or so. This wasn't shown on the video cause it would of been even longer to upload. Some posters on here and youtube are already fussed about 3 minutes or so of their lives being 'wasted' by watching this clip Bless their precious minds! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimsKnight Posted June 8, 2009 Author Share Posted June 8, 2009 Next time try a tractor or a cement truck for more of a challenge. Do they have a top speed exceeding a 3.0L TDI pick-up? If so, bring it on! A good many vehicles have a top speed exceeding a diesel pick-up, after all the gearing only allows 180-200km/h at redline in 5th gear. A good many is a broad brush to bandy about my aryan friend. Overtaking a vehicle doing 180 - 200 kph on substandard Thai roads with side roads hither and thither is no mean feat. You need to understand a CBR 400 is restricted to about 220 kph or so. This gives you a very narrow margin of speed to overcome a flat-out 3.0L TDI pick-up With undertaking at slower speed of 80 kph using a bikes inherent advantage of narrow width versus bulky cars and trucks the safer option was to use guile as opposed to raw power Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t.s Posted November 20, 2009 Share Posted November 20, 2009 Next time try a tractor or a cement truck for more of a challenge. Do they have a top speed exceeding a 3.0L TDI pick-up? If so, bring it on! A good many vehicles have a top speed exceeding a diesel pick-up, after all the gearing only allows 180-200km/h at redline in 5th gear. A good many is a broad brush to bandy about my aryan friend. Overtaking a vehicle doing 180 - 200 kph on substandard Thai roads with side roads hither and thither is no mean feat. You need to understand a CBR 400 is restricted to about 220 kph or so. This gives you a very narrow margin of speed to overcome a flat-out 3.0L TDI pick-up With undertaking at slower speed of 80 kph using a bikes inherent advantage of narrow width versus bulky cars and trucks the safer option was to use guile as opposed to raw power i am with the others, perhaps you should keep these "gems" to yourself. i have watched a few of you videos now, and every time i click on one it is with the hope that something, anything will happen. honestly what is the point? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimsKnight Posted November 20, 2009 Author Share Posted November 20, 2009 Are you a biker? Do you actually travel long distance or even go anywhere for pleasure on a motorbike outside of your comfy apartment district? If you are I'm very surprised because you come across as some souless drone who whinges and complains about anyone who is different to them. I enjoy my riding and the adventure that Thailand brings and if you've a problem with it then go to my profile and click on the ignore button and do us all a favour Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
angiud Posted November 21, 2009 Share Posted November 21, 2009 Childish, idiot video for speed junkies on their crazy unsafe bikes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimsKnight Posted November 21, 2009 Author Share Posted November 21, 2009 Thanks, your enlightened comments have been duly considered, noted and ejected enthusiastically Some of us didn't come here to be repressed and moral-spewing do-gooders but enjoy what we own and regret nothing of our actions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
t.s Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 Are you a biker? Do you actually travel long distance or even go anywhere for pleasure on a motorbike outside of your comfy apartment district?If you are I'm very surprised because you come across as some souless drone who whinges and complains about anyone who is different to them. I enjoy my riding and the adventure that Thailand brings and if you've a problem with it then go to my profile and click on the ignore button and do us all a favour umm, yes and yes. i have had bikes in thailand for years and have ridden quite extensively on and off road. you have intuited alot from my 50 or so word post, so i will leave you to it. ride on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimsKnight Posted November 22, 2009 Author Share Posted November 22, 2009 Are you a biker? Do you actually travel long distance or even go anywhere for pleasure on a motorbike outside of your comfy apartment district?If you are I'm very surprised because you come across as some souless drone who whinges and complains about anyone who is different to them. I enjoy my riding and the adventure that Thailand brings and if you've a problem with it then go to my profile and click on the ignore button and do us all a favour umm, yes and yes. i have had bikes in thailand for years and have ridden quite extensively on and off road. you have intuited alot from my 50 or so word post, so i will leave you to it. ride on. Well when you give me little to go off initially then make what appears to be wet lettuce assumptions and high horse morality what can you expect? Ride on right back Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madjbs Posted November 22, 2009 Share Posted November 22, 2009 You complain about bad driving and then you post a video of yourself undertaking trucks at fairly high speed, a great way to get yourself killed and all for nothing. Did you have any motorcycle riding experience before you came to Thailand? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimsKnight Posted November 23, 2009 Author Share Posted November 23, 2009 (edited) What bad driving have I complained about? Experience JK has: Enough. Business it is of Madjbs: <deleted> all But to be honest this attitude of 'how much experience you have' or 'where've you ridden' is pointless when Thailand is it's own entity for driving/riding. If anything riding like we're in some over-regulated and police state land in the west with cameras watching your speed isn't really what a lot of bikers came here to do. If you're a good rider you won't end up getting wasted riding out here unless the other driver does something stupid. Edited November 23, 2009 by JimsKnight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverdie Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Firstly, I don't like overtaking on the LHS, I've seen many of these incidents end in tears but having said that I'm not going to get too worked up about it either, this is LOS.....Have you actually seen how many people overtake up the left hand side? It occurs by the minute on just about every road in Thailand. The other day I was just bobbing along a road not unsimilar to that one in the video doing my 60-65km/h, in my own little world. Vehicular traffic was going left right and centre, all at warp fact 120 plus and I spent the majority of my time as far left as I could get, with at least one eyeball pinned to my RHS rear vision mirror, waiting for that jerk who was going to run me down in cold blood ..... I've even had cars undertake me on the dirt verge to the road, so get real. The little stunt by Jimknight in this video was fairly boring to say the least & would hardly qualify him for evil knievel status http://img109.imageshack.us/img109/8092/evily.jpg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimsKnight Posted November 23, 2009 Author Share Posted November 23, 2009 I sometimes wonder what country they are actually posting from because unless they have ridden on thai highways like we have who are they to judge? Evel was the best man, it's good to see his son keeping up the good work Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverdie Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 ^Anyway, irregardless of which side you overtake them on or which ever way they are traveling, you need to take great care because they can suddenly diverge left or right without warning & do so without indicating, checking mirrors or even a slight headcheck. Of course after diverging so carelessly and crashing they will be quick to look for a few $$$$ baht & try and blame someone else for the whole thing . Its a mad and bad world out there, you need to have eyes everywhere to avoid trouble. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madjbs Posted November 23, 2009 Share Posted November 23, 2009 Funny........ yes you might only get wasted if another driver does something stupid, but that is the whole point! Minimizing that risk is what makes a good rider. Like it or not, undertaking on a narrow patch of one lane road puts yourself and others in a very risky position. It has nothing to do with over regulation etc..... If you were only putting your own life at risk, then it would be all fine, however, by driving recklessly you are risking other peoples lives as well. If you were trained to ride a bike properly you would know that and as I am sure you are a decent guy, I just don't really understand it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimsKnight Posted November 23, 2009 Author Share Posted November 23, 2009 (edited) Look Madjbs, you're in Thailand now, get used to it. You need to leave your Euro-highway code head at the airport and put on a 'will it hit me, is it dangerous, can I make it? Yes I can' head on. Otherwise they'll always be the JKs, Neverdies and so on on the one side and you, with all your 'do it the 'safe-farang way' on the other. Listen to some of this before you answer and get your groove on to the adventure beat! Edited November 23, 2009 by JimsKnight Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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