On Tour! Today'S Destination: Loei, Thailand!

[BigBikeBKK]

Meeting some friends in Loei then continuing on to Nan tomorrow! WOOT! ^_^v

[seedy]

Ride Safe and have a GREAT time.

Beautiful country - will head over that way when I return home.

[JeffreyMcCollum]

It's nice to get off the main roads onto secondary or even back in the sticks country roads.

Take time to stop and look around. Eat some road side food and do something you don't get the chance to do in BKK

[sundaypsychos]

tony! are you making a stop-off in chiang mai mate??

[BigBikeBKK]

Cool and foggy in Khao Kho, Petchabun!

[BigBikeBKK]

No mate, just a long weekend ride to Loei and Nan, then back to the big smoke on Monday. Do you still have your Drz400? Meet us in Nan tomorrow and first round is on me! You know where! ^_*

[BigBikeBKK]

These amazing flowers are in bloom all over the place at the moment.

[BigBikeBKK]

After blasting highway 12 through Nam Nao National Park (who says there aren't any liter bike roads in Thailand?!) we took the back road to Loei. 2016 is an amazing roller coaster ridge road with stunning views.

[BigBikeBKK]

Checked in at the King Hotel. Nothing better than a nice cold beer after a long ride! Followed by an in room massage. Life is good! Cheers! ^_*v

[BigBikeBKK]

Fast fun ride to Nan! 203 to Dan Sai, 2016(?) to Nakhon Thai, can't remember the road number to Chatrakan, but it's beautiful. Highway 11 from Uttaradit to Den Chai is a race track of a road! 6th gear 200kph sweepers- awesome! Forgot how much fun the 101 to Nan is!

BIG motocross competition in Nan tomorrow. 50+ teams from all over Thailand. Nan is definitely biker friendly tonight!

[seedy]

That rear tire one the '99' plated bike sure looks like it now has a square profile - or is it just the blue color in the foto !!!

[karlos]

What time are you back tomorrow TOny?

I'm heading down to Bira with ER6 Norman for an hour or two before heading of to meet up with some of my girlfriends friends

Meeting outside Kwaker Pattaya at 10am

[BigBikeBKK]

Brilliant ride out to Bo Klua on the 1169 and 1081.

[BigBikeBKK]

Excellent lunch at the Bo Klua View Restaurant and Resort. This would be a great place to take a gf or wife for a romantic getaway.

[BigBikeBKK]

On a whim we decided to head south on the 1333 to see where it goes. On some maps it appears to dead end, but on google maps it seems to connect with the 1257 and go through to Mae Charim and Santisuk. Only one way to find out for sure- lets hit it!

[BigBikeBKK]

Blasting back to Nan on the 1169- just one of Nan's fantastic roads!

[BigBikeBKK]

Nan, Thailand- motorcycle paradise!

[macknife]

Looks very nice.

[monty1412]

Nan, Thailand- motorcycle paradise!

Thans allot for all the organising Tony, great ride... loved that back road we ended up on despite almost putting it sideways in the mud.

Im sure the 91 Benzene we got from that little place on Sunday afternoon was something more than 91. Filled up with PTT 95 Gasahol on Monday coming back to CM and bike definitely didnt run as smooth or responsive. Sort of makes sense if you think about it logistically.. Petroleum companies don't want to send 3 separate tankers out to the boonies so 95/91 gasohol are same delivery and 91 benzene could be 95 benzene pre lacing with ethanol back at depot

1148 coming back was a hoot and over the mountian it was foggy as hell.

LInked back into 1 and then did 120 till main twisties were over then headed back and did it again and then of course had to come back to 118.

Stopped at PTT after exiting 120 on 118 and saw that back tyre had degraded to point where steel fibres could be seen.

Somewhat relaxed ride from then on.

great ride 2200 kms in 4 days.. when we doing it again.

If they ever pave out that back road we went on Im going to move to Bo Klua...

cheers

[BigBikeBKK]

Add the recently completed highway 11 from Uttaradit to Den Chai to the growing list of Superbike-worthy roads in the Land of Smiles!

Ride it like you stole it! ()v

[monty1412]

Add the recently completed highway 11 from Uttaradit to Den Chai to the growing list of Superbike-worthy roads in the Land of Smiles!

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Ride it like you stole it! ()v

Tony, you got that video marked as private

[skybluestu]

Great pics! Bikers in the north are definitely spoilt for choice and even the roads you do again and again don't get boring. Did a 300km loop from CR today that I've done many times but always enjoy it, down the 1 to Phayao then the 120 twisties and the 118 back.

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[BigBikeBKK]

Add the recently completed highway 11 from Uttaradit to Den Chai to the growing list of Superbike-worthy roads in the Land of Smiles!

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Ride it like you stole it! ()v

Tony, you got that video marked as private

Ooops! Fixed!

[BigBikeBKK]

Nan, Thailand- motorcycle paradise!

Thans allot for all the organising Tony, great ride... loved that back road we ended up on despite almost putting it sideways in the mud.

Im sure the 91 Benzene we got from that little place on Sunday afternoon was something more than 91. Filled up with PTT 95 Gasahol on Monday coming back to CM and bike definitely didnt run as smooth or responsive. Sort of makes sense if you think about it logistically.. Petroleum companies don't want to send 3 separate tankers out to the boonies so 95/91 gasohol are same delivery and 91 benzene could be 95 benzene pre lacing with ethanol back at depot

1148 coming back was a hoot and over the mountian it was foggy as hell.

LInked back into 1 and then did 120 till main twisties were over then headed back and did it again and then of course had to come back to 118.

Stopped at PTT after exiting 120 on 118 and saw that back tyre had degraded to point where steel fibres could be seen.

Somewhat relaxed ride from then on.

great ride 2200 kms in 4 days.. when we doing it again.

If they ever pave out that back road we went on Im going to move to Bo Klua...

cheers

Great weekend! I'm glad you had fun! Yeah, dunno what they put in the gas at that little station but I filled up with "91 gasohol" which my bike usually does not like at all, yet it ran just fine, even when we hammered back into Nan on the 1169 - no pinging or knocking. Go figure, huh?

Ran your Angel down to the steel belts, eh? Nice!

This video of the 1333 came out quite nicely. You can send this one to your kids and show them how much fun dad is having.

Nan always seems to hold some surprises.

What a cool discovery!

[BigBikeBKK]

Recommended restaurant and resort in Bo Klua, Nan:

Bo Klua Restaurant and Resort: http://www.bokluaview.com/

Located just up the mountain, overlooking Bo Klua and the valley-

View from the restaurant:

Would be a great place for a romantic getaway with a significant other

[BigBikeBKK]

That rear tire one the '99' plated bike sure looks like it now has a square profile - or is it just the blue color in the foto !!!

Not square yet- that's a Pirelli Angel which is a long running sport touring tire. (Bit of an odd choice for a GSXR, but I put that on for our tour to Malaysia as I was worried that a softer sport tire might not last the whole tour.)

Have nearly 6000km on this tire and it's still got a lot of life left. Trade off is that it's a rather hard tire, takes time to warm up, and gets a bit "squirrely" when you try to lean it right over to the edge.

[monty1412]

That rear tire one the '99' plated bike sure looks like it now has a square profile - or is it just the blue color in the foto !!!

Not square yet- that's a Pirelli Angel which is a long running sport touring tire. (Bit of an odd choice for a GSXR, but I put that on for our tour to Malaysia as I was worried that a softer sport tire might not last the whole tour.)

Have nearly 6000km on this tire and it's still got a lot of life left. Trade off is that it's a rather hard tire, takes time to warm up, and gets a bit "squirrely" when you try to lean it right over to the edge.

Just posted this on separate topic in motorbike forum but got 18,000 kms on my rear Angel. Bloody amazing. yes the squirrely is exactly correct but mine are smaller squirrels than yours as Im nowhere near as intimate with the tarmac as you get.

[seedy]

Thanks for the info. I could not tell if it was just the angle of the foto, or the cross section of the tire itself.

I would imagine the first time you lean over far enuf to make the transition, it feels weird !!!

[BigBikeBKK]

Route 1333 in Nan was memorable for a lot of reasons, including the landslide / wash-out at the end!

A few vids-

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Everyone made it through- no drama

Gixxer dirtbike

Edited June 5, 2012 by BigBikeBKK

[BigBikeBKK]

One more vid of the washout-