BSJ Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Did Yamaha donate a bunch of police models to the BIB? I ask as I saw 3 in about 2 hours over a hundred and 50 + km of driving. One parked up, one passing me going in the other direction (South) and another parked up just North of Bangers talking to a highway patrol cop. It wasn't the same bike/rider. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi850m2 Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I seen a few around as well. The police often get bikes/cars donated so could be the case here also or perhaps no import tax? You also sometimes see them on old Honda CBR 750's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaicbr Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 i think they are the royal police unit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemoncake Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Are not it the ones used for royal escorts? i am pretty sure that is it. pattaya police did have cbr 150 donated last year i think , but it went to high ranked cops only. though not sure why they need the donations, as they already get plenty of "donations" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramds Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 i think they are the royal police unit I thought they were the ones riding the harleys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi850m2 Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 i think they are the royal police unit I thought they were the ones riding the harleys. That's the Kings escorts I think, they don't have that many of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
guzzi850m2 Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 Well they don't mention which bikes in Wikipedia but I am sure I read it somewhere that they have some Harley's. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Official_state_car#Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikster Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I thought they're FZ1s? Yeah I think they donated some to the police; looking good too. I faintly remember they went to the normal police. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffreyMcCollum Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 It's no wonder that some of the Police maybe corrupt. Having to use their own personal 13 year old Honda Dream. Time to give them real bike to be proud of like in Malaysia. Maybe that would help too with controlling some of the idiot drivers around who think they are better then everyone else Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loserlazer Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Although living close to Sriraj where King of Thailand stays and everyday see motorbikes escorting royal family, never seen yamaha fjr. They bought new bmw 1600kt and bmw 1200gt a year ago and i always see bmw and no yamaha yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BirdsandBooze Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Although living close to Sriraj where King of Thailand stays and everyday see motorbikes escorting royal family, never seen yamaha fjr. They bought new bmw 1600kt and bmw 1200gt a year ago and i always see bmw and no yamaha yet. I've seen a cop on BMW1600 passing through Bang Len, so they are out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbrer Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 (edited) Nice enough job if you can get it. No doubt it costs a fat envelope at the interview. Guys on a UK forum were complaining about a undercover copper on a modded out Fireblade set-up to video and catch bikers doing things they shouldn't. All black, Double-Bubble screen, Yoshi full system and no doubt modded fuel system, plus of course the best motorcycle riding courses and training one can get. For the first time in my life I thought that I wouldn't mind having that copper's job. One guy on a Zx-10 was done for 150mph+ caught on video from him. Edited February 12, 2013 by cbrer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bramds Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Well they don't mention which bikes in Wikipedia but I am sure I read it somewhere that they have some Harley's. http://en.wikipedia....te_car#Thailand They were all on display at the motorbike fest at Central World. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSJ Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 Well they don't mention which bikes in Wikipedia but I am sure I read it somewhere that they have some Harley's. http://en.wikipedia....te_car#Thailand OMG, how many cars do the Royal family need! No mention of motorcycles and scooters at Wiki Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YipYipYa123 Posted February 12, 2013 Share Posted February 12, 2013 Well they don't mention which bikes in Wikipedia but I am sure I read it somewhere that they have some Harley's. http://en.wikipedia....te_car#Thailand OMG, how many cars do the Royal family need! No mention of motorcycles and scooters at Wiki Well they don't mention which bikes in Wikipedia but I am sure I read it somewhere that they have some Harley's. http://en.wikipedia....te_car#Thailand OMG, how many cars do the Royal family need! No mention of motorcycles and scooters at Wiki if the worlds richest monarch and his family cant have a large fleet of vehicles i dont know who can ! if chalerm the deputy PM can have 99 vehicles including a pink bently continental and some ferraris whats stopping the king having a few more ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VocalNeal Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 (edited) There are a few Yamahas I've seen during the past 6 or so years haven't seen any new ones though. Motorway police have BMW 800's, seen those. Edited February 13, 2013 by VocalNeal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YipYipYa123 Posted February 13, 2013 Share Posted February 13, 2013 There are a few Yamahas I've seen during the past 6 or so years haven't seen any new ones though. Motorway police have BMW 800's, seen those. The kings bodyguards rode BMW 1200's when I last seen them but they may well have been upgraded to yamahas That was around 3 years ago, I was a. Surgery. patient in siriraj hospital at the time and the elevator to my ward contained two capable looking royal bodyguards with handgun on the hip +automatic weapons over the shoulder at all times Nobody else was allowed to press the buttons so I had to ask them to press it for me every time I went down for a smoke or tried to go back up at 3am To this day, it was the best example of thai policing done properly, nobody would fuc_k with those guys Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSJ Posted February 13, 2013 Author Share Posted February 13, 2013 There are a few Yamahas I've seen during the past 6 or so years haven't seen any new ones though. Motorway police have BMW 800's, seen those. The kings bodyguards rode BMW 1200's when I last seen them but they may well have been upgraded to yamahas That was around 3 years ago, I was a. Surgery. patient in siriraj hospital at the time and the elevator to my ward contained two capable looking royal bodyguards with handgun on the hip +automatic weapons over the shoulder at all times Nobody else was allowed to press the buttons so I had to ask them to press it for me every time I went down for a smoke or tried to go back up at 3am To this day, it was the best example of thai policing done properly, nobody would fuc_k with those guys I would expect the same standard for QE2, the monarch of Australia! I do recognise the difference between 3 tuning forks positioned at 120 degrees on the Yamaha badge and the white propeller on a sky blue background of the BMW badge. The bikes I saw were Yamaha. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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