Frustrated With Freeway Rules!

[harrry]

Hmmm. Onut.

90% of the drivers here probably dont even adjust the mirror let alone have a look into them before verging

Rubish every thai I know looks lovingly into the mirror every time they get on and off the bike and checks their hair and looks. It doesn't matter whether they are male or female they all do it

Edited July 30, 2009 by harrry

[glasshock]

I have done the outer ring road, a few years back when I had the Repsol CBR1000RR. Did it several times actually. However I stopped doing it when a copper tried to run me off the road with his pick-up. Very frightening, had to make a fast getaway and create distance between them and me.

Anyhooter needless to say I have never done it again.

I have heard of rumours of 600cc up being proposed to use the King's highway.

600 and up rumour circulating in my scruffy circles too.......

I heard this also from a reliable, stand up officer of the law..... pilar of the community!

I think it will happen............ and the tooth fairy will grant us all residence stamps on Christmas day!

By the way, the above was a joke..... dont be shelling out money for land!!

Edited July 30, 2009 by glasshock

[prepress]

Does anybody have a list of the roads where bikes are not allowed so that I can create a route for my Garmin GPS?

In the settings 'Avoidances' enable 'Highways' and 'Toll Roads' but I'm not sure by 'Autobahns'. So far it works.

[alant]

i cant see it happening, i dont think we (bikers) let alone farang bikers have any political clout and i cant think of a good reason for anyone to go to the trouble of changing things. except of course for cash, can someone suggest a big bike is a car and therefore we can use the road but we have to pay the same toll.

does anyone have the connections to do that?

Spend some time at Thailand's Bike Weeks and you'll quickly notice that a lot of the owners of big bikes in Thailand are high ranking Thai police and other 'high-so' Thais. We falang make up a negligible % of bikers in Thailand. If change is to happen it will be initiated by the Thais and we should certainly support and encourage them. Personally I don't see it happening any time soon, but I'd love to be wrong.

Thai groups regularly arrange special permission to use highways for organized group rides. Dreamchaser is an example that comes to mind...

Ride On!

glad to be corrected and i hope the upstanding members of thai society would like to see this and are prepared to try to promote it. apart from the ability to travel at an effective speed if required many routes would be much easier to work out.

bike hire shop in swampy anyone

[Ithailian]

"You can get to the ferry by going down Sukhumvit 50 (Tesco Lotus, On Nut) and turning left at the tee-junction onto the 3114. Careful if you go early, though, as it is one-way against you till 0900 to ease rush hour traffic. The 3114 is vaguely interesting as it is the dock road and takes you past a bit of industry and the odd naval ship. The second traffic lights you come to allow you to turn right onto the 3113 (clearly signposted). This road is still quite industrial and you will see at least one place restoring big bikes if you look to the right. At the end of the 3113 is a slip road to a perfectly servicable bridge. You are not allowed on it, though, so carry on to the end of the road where the ferry awaits you."

Most of the ferries in this area cross over to Suksawat Road from where you can get onto Rama II and turn left to go South to Petchaburi etc....

Hope this helps.

Holy CRAP! Thank you for sharing that. I gotta check this ferry out.

[BigBikeBKK]

I just read this over at secretsoi.com-

Actually there is a petition you can sign in the Harley Davidson shop in Bangers where they demand right for motorway access for 600's and up. It's a dude from the government who is behind it so pop by and sign, maybe it can change the silly law and maybe not at least we contributed for it...

[Jaydillon]

Greetings all,

In the last 12 months I have become increasingly annoyed by the "no motorbikes" policy on the capitals Freeways and ring roads. Now I can understand a "No scooter" policy, as having recently arrived from Vietnam I have seen daily the carnage that happens when you mix underpowered scooters with overloaded trucks (and riding expertise and mentality of a 10 year old). Its messy.

On the occassions I have had to ride across BKK from Chiang Mai to Pattaya and Pattaya to Hua Hin I have taken the freeways and ring roads, played the dumb falalng card and been prepared to take my lumps should the BIB be waiting for me at the end of the road... I understand the fine can be 1000 baht. (The dumb falang manoeuvre involves arriving at the toll gate with a happy confused smile, and, when being told "no bike!" and being directed to U-turn, waving happily and thanking them and taking off... rapidly down the freeway.)

So far so good: The (9) ring road from the Chonburi-Trat rd (34) to the southern highway (4) at sun rise with the reflection off the bridge is an esctatic moment in motorbike memory for sure... And the worst I have had is a wry smile and amused smile form the toll booth operators at the other end.

But this is not sustainable. I am going to get nicked by the rozzers for sure. I've got a nice bike and I dont want it confiscated.

So:

Bolloc** if I want to ride my big bike from Hua Hie to Pattaya it's a NO NO.

What are the alternative routes north to south and east to west?

And:

Given the number of big bikes is increasing and more pertiniently being sold to Thais, any rumours of a relaxation of the rules?

I cannot believe I am the only one who is disgruntled with this, so I look forward to some wisdom...

Cheers,

f0xxee