Get up, stand up. Stand up when you ride.

[Cake Monster]

On 5/28/2016 at 1:18 PM, papa al said:

VN: "500ml to 20l of fuel in a 20l can. Easy!"

 

papa acquired a real nice 2-liter bleach bottle for T2 mix.

Not too keen on keeping 5 gallons of gasoline in my condo.

 

So far I've added 1.5-litre of benzine/oil to the small trials tank.

Capacity, dunno.

Still drawing from valve @ main;

not reserve yet.

papa will buy 2 litres when dat.

Already bought 500ml of some regular certified song tee.

Used half of it to refinish some wood cabinets on the balcony kitchen

that had dried out.

Two coats; they look great.

 

Oh, the red bike depicted in OP is not the bike referenced.

A troll bike, I guess.

Cool looking tho.

 

I looked at the Pic of the Red Bike, and was thinking to myself that it does not look like the Trials Bikes I remember.

Trial Bikes, if memory serves me, have a much lower center of Gravity. IE The seat is much lower toward the Engine.

The White Bike looks about right.

Have fun, but be safe.

[papa al]

Bought tubes of grey epoxy HomePro.

Buy on get one free.

Repaired old leather riding boots

& the plastic boots as well.

Hate to buy new boots

as may not be riding many more years/months.

??

[Neilly]

17 hours ago, papa al said:

Bought tubes of grey epoxy HomePro.

Forget it, that won't last...get some Shoe Goo off Shopee or Lazada, very good stuff

 

 

[papa al]

2/3 around the 15K loop today

on the ag road,

came upon a stopped group of 6 farang riders,

w/ Enduro Madness guides.

One of the riders had injured his L-leg or knee.

A side-by-side 4-wheeler, a pick-up truck

and a Fortuner had arrived to rescue.

Dude was still seated on his bike.

[pain w/ movement]

papa and some German dude fashioned a splint

w/ his knee flexed in normal riding position.

Seemed to relieve pain.

Then he didn't want to ride in the truck.

I think the guy wanted to ride bike  back to the shop.

[Only 2K down road to highway]

Or maybe to hospital.

The Thai guide seemed skeptical

 w/ this plan.

Didn't stick around to see outcome.

5 5

 

 

 

Edited March 15, 2022 by papa al

[Rhys]

Ordered the rear Metzler for the bike...

[Damrongsak]

14 hours ago, Rhys said:

Ordered the rear Metzler for the bike...

She doesn't look German. 

 

[VocalNeal]

I think it is the grip he is interested in. No one chose one of those for longevity?

[papa al]

22 hours ago, Rhys said:

Ordered the rear Metzler for the bike...

Looks a little old.

Best check the date stamp on sidewall

[papa al]

On 1/12/2022 at 8:35 PM, papa al said:

There is  a little shack/house near the trail entrance.

Sometimes papa drops off fruit as a gift.

Oranges for the kids & old folks.

Today found the house burned down.

The old guy sitting around looking stunned.

Gave hin B500.

1.  So they have finished building back a new block house for the old guy.

2. The local mocy shop has replaced the big awning in front of their  shop.

    the new one is magnificent:

     All stainless steel square stock. 4x4 posts, 3x5 rafters and 2x3 purlins.

     The steel roofing has bonded 1" urethane and aluminized underside.

     All finished real nice.

3.  Out riding today.  rain

     and trails got juicy.

     3/4 in had to stop and replace air filter.

     Ist gut.

Edited March 21, 2022 by papa al

[Rhys]

On 3/19/2022 at 2:28 PM, papa al said:

Looks a little old.

Best check the date stamp on sidewall

        3221

 

Rear XD OX 3221    /year 2021?

 

[papa al]

Broke off and lost the kick-start on the Climber

on the trail earlier this week.

KMK bike shop says they couldn't fix it.

Procured a new CRF stand, bolt, nut & spring in town.

550baht

Went back to KMK shop and the little mechanic said

come back Monday.

Big brother the welder fabricator/ machinist 

hopefully will be in then.

????

[Damrongsak]

On 3/19/2022 at 3:28 AM, papa al said:

Looks a little old.

Best check the date stamp on sidewall

Looking from the rear, would that be on the left cheek or the right?

[Damrongsak]

7 hours ago, papa al said:

... Big brother the welder fabricator/ machinist 

It's nice to be on good terms with a welder/machinist.  My son is one.  He had this plastic trigger guard on an old shotgun that busted.  After untold hours of measuring, drawing in CAD/CAM, prototyping on a 3d printer and milling on a $400K CNC machine he made his own out of a solid block of aluminum.  With design and machine time, he estimates it would cost $2,800 USD for one.  He made two for himself, 555.  The last pic is the unpolished result before powder coating.  The stupid shotgun is worth about $100.

 

 

 

 

[papa al]

10 hours ago, papa al said:

kick-start

kick-stand

[Damrongsak]

Papa, you ready for one of these yet?  Low seat height, light weight, no clutchy-shiftie thingies to break off. 

[papa al]

On 4/1/2022 at 8:22 PM, papa al said:

Broke off and lost the kick-start on the Climber

on the trail earlier this week.

KMK bike shop says they couldn't fix it.

Procured a new CRF stand, bolt, nut & spring in town.

550baht

Went back to KMK shop and the little mechanic said

come back Monday.

Big brother the welder fabricator/ machinist 

hopefully will be in then.

????

Today.

Cut fit fab weld.

All 150baht.

SMH.!

 

[papa al]

On 12/2/2020 at 5:15 PM, papa al said:

Lazada, 4000 baht normally 6K.

Ordered 2 days ago.

 Arrived now.

Fit okay.  Look okay.

Buckles a little awkward.

 

So 1-yr, 4-months later

these boots are worn out.

Prolly 200+ hrs. trail time.

Binned them yesty.

Replacements from L

basically the same.

O'Neal  brand.

5K

Very comfy.

Designed in Cali;

manufactured in Bangladesh.

 

 

Edited April 9, 2022 by papa al

[papa al]

13 minutes ago, papa al said:

 

 

 

Sealed all seams w/ super-glue.

Applied a top coat of rubber cement at welt.

Should help some.

Edited April 9, 2022 by papa al

[Rhys]

On 4/9/2022 at 5:21 PM, papa al said:

So 1-yr, 4-months later

these boots are worn out.

Prolly 200+ hrs. trail time.

Binned them yesty.

Replacements from L

basically the same.

O'Neal  brand.

5K

Very comfy.

Designed in Cali;

manufactured in Bangladesh.

 

 

 

 

Have you seen the Fox Brand on FB..... 1800Baht... 55555

 

[Damrongsak]

A different take on "stand up when you ride".

 

 

Edited April 16, 2022 by Damrongsak

[Damrongsak]

I hear he does snowboarding in the off season.

 

Hey, Papa Al, were you ever an extra in the movie Easy Rider?

 

 

Edited April 17, 2022 by Damrongsak

[papa al]

Have been riding the front-side of reserve lately

because of a badly eroded section on the 15k loop.

Trails are good otherwise.

Neither too wet/ muddy

nor dry/ dusty.

Took the Cota out a few times.

The clutch never worked perfect on the bike.

Would not totally disengage.

Hydrolic.

So had a new lever, master cylinder & line installed.

New transmission fluid.     0.52 ml.

2400baht plus 500baht x 2 for transport

KMK <--> patty.

When cold, the clutch in still a little sticky,

but okay when warmed up.

Today had a new throttle assembly and cable installed.

New grips.

[will prolly order some hand-guards]

Serviced coolant and rear brake fluid.

B680.

New air filter.

Es gut.

[papa al]

 

 

10 hours ago, papa al said:

Hydrolic.

hydraulic

5 5

[papa al]

 

[papa al]

 

[papa al]

 

[Rhys]

Practiced figure 8 u turns on the  bigger and longer bike, CB 500X... working the lean and vision ahead not down. I had to put my foot down once but then all was good.  Some of those YT videos on turning are a bit overloaded, I went back to let this happen naturally.  Worked out better.

[papa al]

papa wants one.

[Damrongsak]

I'd like one of these FX5 trail bikes.

[papa al]

Out to KMK this AM for the 15K loop.

Trails are good.

Climber is running well.

Back at parking lot

met 3 Thai guys who had been riding their

Sur-Ron e-dirt bikes.

They said very fun,

B180,000.

https://ewheelsthailand.com/product/sur-ron-l1e/