Showing off to friends usually ends in laughter I am sure his friends will remember his fantastic professional motorbike skills for a long time and that his motor insurance or the bike owners insurance covers all the damage and injuries, just another Russian plonker, plenty more plonkers in Pattaya.

maybe the St Kilda footy club should recruit him he has no fear 55555555555

I know you can't fix stupid, but rental shops requiring licenses would increase the odds of protecting tourists from themselves. It's a Catch-22 though as the bike shops would loose a ton of business.

By law, the riders need the license, but the shops aren't required to demand it before renting.

Similar to My hometown where you can buy herbicide from Home Depot, but aren't allowed to spray it. You can buy noisy pipes for your big bike, but illegal to install them.

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"He decided to demonstrate his biking skills to his friends"

The guy is a pro and I bet his mates are still pissing themselves laughing.

They need to make it law that you can't hire a bike unless you have a motorcycle licence.

Or fix up the roads , so there are no pot holes in the city center?

Na, I vote for more pot holes and less Russians......

Less Russians? so they are much worse then other countries for riding bikes in Pattaya?

Yep--------------------

"He decided to demonstrate his biking skills to his friends"

The guy is a pro and I bet his mates are still pissing themselves laughing.

They need to make it law that you can't hire a bike unless you have a motorcycle licence.

He did have great skills----------------- Quote------ "he accelerated to top speed IN AN INSTANT-----WOW----- Mind you it took a pothole to do it,but hey---he did it

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"He decided to demonstrate his biking skills to his friends"

The guy is a pro and I bet his mates are still pissing themselves laughing.

They need to make it law that you can't hire a bike unless you have a motorcycle licence.

license doesnt prevent stupid

or stupid russians

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Just the newest russky idiot.

they all are.

"He decided to demonstrate his biking skills to his friends"

The guy is a pro and I bet his mates are still pissing themselves laughing.

They need to make it law that you can't hire a bike unless you have a motorcycle licence.

How do you know he never had one.

OMG! "Suspected Broken Leg......!"

Well without the diagnosis of a qualified doctor that's what it would be, As a "first aider" I could not write it up as a fracture even if it was an obvious open compound fracture.

Plus the fact the reporter may have only had 3rd hand reports so was just being safe.

Maybe time to make all renters of bikes and cars have 3rd party insurance for their vehicles,

Further evidence that they should stay in Russia.

There's a term for it, whiskey throttle!

It's not a Ninja, it's a Versys 650, I am pretty sure thats the only bike that Kawasaki put the exhaust under the engine.

Anyways, I had one, great torque, if you wound the throttle all the way to the stops you'll get going in a hurry.

I see lots of people riding bikes here both foreign and local that probably shouldn't be.

That's Russian!

of course all the other drivers from all other nations know how to drive perfectly :-D.jesus, i love jokes like this. therefore please post more :-D btw the worst drivers coming from the usa, uk and australia if you look on the police records in thailand.

The fact that he is Russian has nothing to do with this. Problem is, that many drunken, or not drunken tourists can ride big bikes here, without having any experience in their home country. Proof of experience before renting one, is needed to solve this problem.

dose pesky russians and those pesky pot holes that never get repaired

no licence , right ?

why do these shops even exist ?

1 - Does anyone know for a fact he had no license? No = speculation.

2 - Does anyone know for a fact he had no prior experience? No = speculation.

3 - Original article says Kawasaki Ninja. That could mean 250cc, 300cc, 650cc. Whichever it was, it's hardly in the "super bike" category.

4 - Hitting the pot hole made him accelerate to maximum speed. Nice trick. Maybe some rocket scientist of physics professor can explain how that happens to me.

It's not a Ninja, it's a Versys 650, I am pretty sure thats the only bike that Kawasaki put the exhaust under the engine.

It's almost certainly an er6n which at a guess is faster than the versys and slower than the zx6r supersports.

3 - Original article says Kawasaki Ninja. That could mean 250cc, 300cc, 650cc. Whichever it was, it's hardly in the "super bike" category.

The ninja range is much larger than that and includes the 4 cylinder bikes which are substantially faster.

Also as a naked bike I doubt a er6n can be referred to as a ninja. (The er6n/650r powerplant only puts out 65hp which is half a supersports/i4 600)

4 - Hitting the pot hole made him accelerate to maximum speed. Nice trick. Maybe some rocket scientist of physics professor can explain how that happens to me.

How about the involuntary or accidental movement of his hand in the wrong direction on the throttle when he hit the supposed pothole? I have seen inexperienced riders increase throttle before when suddenly in an unusual situation. I have even seen experienced riders do this.

It's not a Ninja, it's a Versys 650, I am pretty sure thats the only bike that Kawasaki put the exhaust under the engine.

It's almost certainly an er6n which at a guess is faster than the versys and slower than the zx6r supersports.

3 - Original article says Kawasaki Ninja. That could mean 250cc, 300cc, 650cc. Whichever it was, it's hardly in the "super bike" category.

The ninja range is much larger than that and includes the 4 cylinder bikes which are substantially faster.

As I posted a photo on the last page of this thread, it is an ER6-n.

Not a powerful bike and nowhere near being a Superbike.

Think of it as a happy commuter, that goes, " bob bob bob bob bob bob bob"

Anyway, its pretty irrelevant as its obviously good at wiping out people and bikes at the same time.

I'm quite impressed that it went to maximum speed instantly. That's like the Starship Enterprise at warp factor 3 isn't it?

It's not a Ninja, it's a Versys 650, I am pretty sure thats the only bike that Kawasaki put the exhaust under the engine.

It's almost certainly an er6n which at a guess is faster than the versys and slower than the zx6r supersports.

3 - Original article says Kawasaki Ninja. That could mean 250cc, 300cc, 650cc. Whichever it was, it's hardly in the "super bike" category.

The ninja range is much larger than that and includes the 4 cylinder bikes which are substantially faster.

Agreed, but look at the tires of the bike in the photo. Definitely not bigger than a 650.

Wiroj couldn't have imagined that when he left for work in the morning....

Happy Holiday Ivan!

Hey, you guys really don't know your bikes do you.

This is a Z1000

This is a Z800

These are proper bikes, if he had launched one of these it would have ended up on the first floor.

"He decided to demonstrate his biking skills to his friends"

The guy is a pro and I bet his mates are still pissing themselves laughing.

They need to make it law that you can't hire a bike unless you have a motorcycle licence.

license doesnt prevent stupid

Yes very true.

My comment about the licence is more to protect the innocent and not the idiots. It appears that this machine was way to powerful for him and if he had a licence he would have had some training/experience and he would have been able to handle such a beast. If companies required customers to be licenced then the innocent pedestrian in this story may not have been injured.

Let the idiots kill themselves but make a licence compulsory to protect the innocent victims

Having a license may seem reasonable, but I doubt it will go far. With all the bike rental shops and the business aspect a Thai bike license would kill them. A driver's license okay, but not bike. I rented for a few years and don't have a bike license. Do have a car. I also don't 'hot rod' on the streets either.

Harley Davidson now thats a motor bike you guys and the jap crap are you all russians ?????????

Harley Davidson now thats a motor bike you guys and the jap crap are you all russians ?????????

Hardly Driving Son !!!!

Every time I hear one I expect to see this appear around the corner.

Oh please.

Hey, you guys really don't know your bikes do you.

This is a Z1000

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This is a Z800

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These are proper bikes, if he had launched one of these it would have ended up on the first floor.

Who made any reference to the z series not being proper bikes? Being I4s they are different to the er6n.

The Z's are the business!

By that I mean Z800 and Z1000.

The little ones (Ninja's 250 / 300 etc) are there for those without the cash and masculinity.