Tanaka Posted December 23, 2012 Share Posted December 23, 2012 I will add to the list HWy 2 from Nakhon Ratchasima to Khon Kaen. Traffic wise it is OK and mainly straight but it is concrete and one has to continually check that one's teeth haven't been shaken out. Southbound I agree especially in the left lane but northbound it is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdsandBooze Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 Much of Bombay. Even a lot of new roads give you the impression that you are riding on oval wheels. Pulling away from traffic lights surrounded by buses, trucks, tuk tuks, scooters, taxis that are replicas of 1950s Austins, elephants and holy cows, you could be excused for thinking you're a contestant in the Wacky Races. All that's missing is Dick Dastardly and Muttley. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserlazer Posted December 24, 2012 Share Posted December 24, 2012 Much of Bombay. Even a lot of new roads give you the impression that you are riding on oval wheels. Pulling away from traffic lights surrounded by buses, trucks, tuk tuks, scooters, taxis that are replicas of 1950s Austins, elephants and holy cows, you could be excused for thinking you're a contestant in the Wacky Races. All that's missing is Dick Dastardly and Muttley. Cows are fine in India. They know how to handle the traffic. But bicycle riders and pedestrians are worse and more thick headed than cows somehow:lol: I had some dangers with monkies. They jump to roads suddenly and sometime even to your head! Delhi traffic waa worst man. Mumbai at least have some bigger roads. Sent from my GT-N7100 using Thaivisa Connect App Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Familyonthemove Posted December 26, 2012 Author Share Posted December 26, 2012 (edited) Much of Bombay. Even a lot of new roads give you the impression that you are riding on oval wheels. Pulling away from traffic lights surrounded by buses, trucks, tuk tuks, scooters, taxis that are replicas of 1950s Austins, elephants and holy cows, you could be excused for thinking you're a contestant in the Wacky Races. All that's missing is Dick Dastardly and Muttley. I used to live in Mumbai/Bombay and rode an Enfield Bullet Thunderbord 350. Yes - the roads are terrible with huge, truck-swallowing pot holes, dust, dhood wallahs (bicycles with milk churns), cows, pigs, beggars, more dust, autorickshaws, constant traffic jams, misleading or missing road signs, constant beeping of horns and even more dust (except in the monsoon when it floods). But ..... the local authority is incable of building the Metro so there's no equivalent to the BTS to hold in the fumes, and because there's such chaos and so many bikes the traffic jams are total; i.e bikes and cars both come to a stop - so road speeds are very low in the city making it less scary than it first appears. So Bangkok's Sukhumvit Road is still worse in my view. Edited December 26, 2012 by Familyonthemove Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eezergood Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Much of Bombay. Even a lot of new roads give you the impression that you are riding on oval wheels. Pulling away from traffic lights surrounded by buses, trucks, tuk tuks, scooters, taxis that are replicas of 1950s Austins, elephants and holy cows, you could be excused for thinking you're a contestant in the Wacky Races. All that's missing is Dick Dastardly and Muttley. I used to live in Mumbai/Bombay and rode an Enfield Bullet Thunderbord 350. Yes - the roads are terrible with huge, truck-swallowing pot holes, dust, dhood wallahs (bicycles with milk churns), cows, pigs, beggars, more dust, autorickshaws, constant traffic jams, misleading or missing road signs, constant beeping of horns and even more dust (except in the monsoon when it floods). But ..... the local authority is incable of building the Metro so there's no equivalent to the BTS to hold in the fumes, and because there's such chaos and so many bikes the traffic jams are total; i.e bikes and cars both come to a stop - so road speeds are very low in the city making it less scary than it first appears. So Bangkok's Sukhumvit Road is still worse in my view. Once again, I invite you to Phuket! Chok dee 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllanB Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Here is a new one, requiring a new pair of underpants, On the main highway 2 in central Khon Kaen, some dip-shit decided to drop some concrete in the bikers lane. With my eyes constantly scouting for the obligatory potholes, I was heading into these rock hard moguls before I knew it. On any other bike but a fat tyred Phantom I would have been off and on my face, followed by a truck running over my turn-ups. Nice invisible death-trap, thanks lads, this fairly new addition to the KK road system is likely to catch a few out in the future. I may go back there and paint it red before someone else does. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YipYipYa123 Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 (edited) Here is a new one, requiring a new pair of underpants, On the main highway 2 in central Khon Kaen, some dip-shit decided to drop some concrete in the bikers lane. With my eyes constantly scouting for the obligatory potholes, I was heading into these rock hard moguls before I knew it. On any other bike but a fat tyred Phantom I would have been off and on my face, followed by a truck running over my turn-ups. Nice invisible death-trap, thanks lads, this fairly new addition to the KK road system is likely to catch a few out in the future. I may go back there and paint it red before someone else does. your insane if you even use the slow or bike lane theres always sand and gravel trhat gets dropped by trucks on that road and always idiots pulling out in front of you at 20km/ph i travel in the middle or fast lane and its much nicer ride ,trucks carrying 40 tonnes of sand and spilling some all the way dont tend to be in the rightmost lane and the road quality is higher with less holes Edited December 30, 2012 by YipYipYa123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllanB Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 This was a fast lane bike lane (central reservation) I was turning right, I made an early move to avoid all the cars trying to beat the lights so there was nowhere to go, not even a shimmy. I do normally use the bike lane on a highway (with one eye in the mirror in case of potholes) as I am normally cruising at 65-70kph and don't fancy HGV's up me jacksy. I was told that many of the HGV drivers are the big drinkers, it help combat the boredom, apparently. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poanoi Posted December 30, 2012 Share Posted December 30, 2012 Here is a new one, requiring a new pair of underpants, On the main highway 2 in central Khon Kaen, some dip-shit decided to drop some concrete in the bikers lane. With my eyes constantly scouting for the obligatory potholes, I was heading into these rock hard moguls before I knew it. On any other bike but a fat tyred Phantom I would have been off and on my face, followed by a truck running over my turn-ups. Nice invisible death-trap, thanks lads, this fairly new addition to the KK road system is likely to catch a few out in the future. I may go back there and paint it red before someone else does. your insane if you even use the slow or bike lane theres always sand and gravel trhat gets dropped by trucks on that road and always idiots pulling out in front of you at 20km/ph i travel in the middle or fast lane and its much nicer ride ,trucks carrying 40 tonnes of sand and spilling some all the way dont tend to be in the rightmost lane and the road quality is higher with less holes ....But then the police will fine you for driving in the right lane Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YipYipYa123 Posted December 31, 2012 Share Posted December 31, 2012 Here is a new one, requiring a new pair of underpants, On the main highway 2 in central Khon Kaen, some dip-shit decided to drop some concrete in the bikers lane. With my eyes constantly scouting for the obligatory potholes, I was heading into these rock hard moguls before I knew it. On any other bike but a fat tyred Phantom I would have been off and on my face, followed by a truck running over my turn-ups. Nice invisible death-trap, thanks lads, this fairly new addition to the KK road system is likely to catch a few out in the future. I may go back there and paint it red before someone else does. your insane if you even use the slow or bike lane theres always sand and gravel trhat gets dropped by trucks on that road and always idiots pulling out in front of you at 20km/ph i travel in the middle or fast lane and its much nicer ride ,trucks carrying 40 tonnes of sand and spilling some all the way dont tend to be in the rightmost lane and the road quality is higher with less holes ....But then the police will fine you for driving in the right lane if you stop they might ...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dollarman Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 If you think the roads and the drivers are bad here, then I suggest you go to Vietnam, Cambodia, Philippines etc, those are all worse than Thailand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
poanoi Posted January 2, 2013 Share Posted January 2, 2013 The road in cambodia itself is good, its when the drivers between pnom pen & sihanookville decide to take over on the approaching lane and disregarding the motorcycles that the problem occur Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fishenough Posted January 10, 2013 Share Posted January 10, 2013 Any large Chinese city hands down, though I've never ridden India it looked similar to BKK well walking around Bombay. Yeah, Cambodia drivers are scarier then Thai drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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