Group ride anyone?

[papa al]

Most accidents... involve other bikes. Police accident statistics show by far the most dangerous thing you can do on a bike is ride in a group

Read more: http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-top-10s/the-top-10-motorcycling-myths/23232.html#ixzz3SHV65xCt

[Shurup]

Oh, I thought you're planning a group ride and I was going to check my schedule, then I read the OP...

[BKK Beat]

I was more along likes of the Town Bike.

How wrong I was!

[AllanB]

For a long trip two is best.

[WitawatWatawit]

Large group of bikes waiting at the lights on Pattaya Tai to turn right onto Suk - most dangerous place I have seen in Thailand for bikes. Some bikes and cars want to go into that soi directly across the road, but slightly to the right as you look at Suk from Pattaya Tai. Logic would dictate that these riders/drivers would sit in the left hand lane at the lights. But we all know the problem about logic.

So, when the lights turn green for the Pattaya Tai vehicles, a swarm of bikes heads off onto Suk, and it's bloody mayhem. Bikes and cars sitting in the right lane push over to the left to go into that soi, the clowns. It's amazing that a dozen bikes don't crash into each other each time. This amply illustrates Al's comment better than any other place I've seen here (altho Youtube throws up some shockers from other countries).

[papa al]

Wita, 5 5, yes every ride around city seems like a group ride.

[ll2]

Wita, 5 5, yes every ride around city seems like a group ride.

and every green light is a drag race.

[WitawatWatawit]

Wita, 5 5, yes every ride around city seems like a group ride.

Good one, mate. Never thought of it like that. The fellowship of the road, the company of like-minded souls, the love of finely tuned machinery and the respect for other travellers - this great bond of freedom that soars in your heart when in the compny of true riders of the storm comes together every time you stop at a traffic light. Brrrmmm, brrrmmm, brrrmmm.

[RubberSideDown]

"Most accidents involve other bikes" is true in the sense that other bikes are usually nearby- most accidents are caused by rider error. Unless you crash in the boonies, I don't think its possible to be more than 10m from another bike on the road in LOS.

Edited February 22, 2015 by RubberSideDown

[Crowleys]

Impossible. Try to leave small (just a couple of meters) safety cap between you and car in front of you and 7 scooters and a pickup squeezes in between

Edited February 22, 2015 by Crowleys

[papa al]

Legend has it that years ago, when there were only 3 cars in America, two collided.

[WitawatWatawit]

Legend has it that years ago, when there were only 3 cars in America, two collided.

Were the guys walking in front with the flags arrested and given a breath test?

[Nebula]

So no group ride, no one? No City Bike Racers group?

[Garry]

"Most accidents involve other bikes" is true in the sense that other bikes are usually nearby- most accidents are caused by rider error. Unless you crash in the boonies, I don't think its possible to be more than 10m from another bike on the road in LOS.

You need to get up north buddy