Motorcycle Riding in Thailand

Monday, March 19, 2012

Riding at Baan Ricky

Did a bit of riding on at Baan Ricky. Was my first try at track riding, but it was quite addicting.

If you are into Motocross, check out http://www.baanricky.com/ up in Kanchanaburi located here.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Video of the 2012 motorcycle parade on beach road Pattaya

The ride thru the city happened on Saturday, Feb 11th. Here is a bit of it:

360 view of Burapa Bike Week

A few of the festival using the Photosynth app for iPhone:

Great custom motorcycles from Pattaya Bike Week 2012

I picked up this iPhone 4 RAM mount at Fortune Town for about 700 Baht
including the ball base. It's made of hard plastic and the iPhone can
be mounted either forward or back facing. I picked it for the open
area on the back that allows you to take photos or video while
mounted. The iPhone snaps in securely, and there seems to be little
danger that the iPhone would fall out.

While okay at slow speeds, it is almost impractical for use at high
speeds because of motorcycle vibration. I attempted a time lapse video
but the vibrations made the video very blurry.

For uses such as your GPS or other navigation tools it works just fine.

The main downside of this open case, however, is that your iPhone is
exposed to dirt, wind and heat.

Heading to bike week 2012 on a Can Am Spyder

I rode the BMW F 800 from Siam Wheels down to Pattaya bike week 2012

Singer from Japan

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

3 Night trip from Chiang Mai to Bangkok

This was my trip from Chiang Mai to Bangkok, where I overnighted in Pai, Mae Sariang and Mae Ramat. Was on my ER6-N bike which did the job pretty well.

Roads taken in order were the 107, to 1095, to 108 to 105 to the 1 and 32 to Bangkok.

Most roads were good, with some amazing stretches, some rough bits. The northern stretch of the 105 is being improved by 2 paving teams so in a year or so, should be a great ride.

Most tourists do the loop 1095, 107 and 108 loop so plenty of guesthouses, coffee shops and tourist attractions on those roads. The 105, however is a bit more lonely. Maybe one of the longest stretches of road in Thailand without services. You definitely want a full tank of gas before attempting the windy 150km hwy 105 from Mae Saring to Mae Ramat. There is gas at Tha Song Yang. One of the cool things on the 105 is the Mae La Refugee Camp. Thousands of huts line the road backed up against limestone cliffs. Police have two road checkpoints so no Karen people get in or out.