PJD
Tuned and Synch'ed
- Joined
- Sep 16, 2009
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Guys,
Im not real hot on ride reports or much of a photographer but here gos.
Anyway we set off on 12 November 09 from Singapore for Phuket (1500klm) where we put my Stelvio and Colins Rocket 3 on a pick up truck and sent them to Chiang Mai in North Thailand. Emiel would fly directly to CM and rent a Kawa ER6N, Colin returned to Singapore for work commitments and I flew up to CM to meet the wife who flew in from Singapore for a few days touring just the 2 of us before the others arrived the following weekend. We had a ball. If anybody has been to Thailand I am guessing you have been to Bangkok or Phuket or the usual tourist spots full of bars & hookers, not actually much wrong with that :evil: . This area in the north is amazing and something we dont get much of in this part of Asia, cool mountainious riding conditions. Anyway this is going to be short and I hope the pictures do the talking. Basically the highlights of the trip were the highest spot in Thailand 2500m, The Mae Hong Song loop which is well knowen by all Asian bikers and of coarse the Golden Triangle. This is the area bordering Thailand , Myanmar (Burma) and Laos and was up untill the late 80's the major supplier of opum for the drug trade. This has pretty well all been cleaned up and its mostly tourism now. The military posts between are interisting, the Thai guys are quite friendly but the Burmese were waving at us not to take photos. Anyway enjoy the pice, If anybody iskeen on visiting this part of the worle just drop me a line and Im happy to help out.
As for the Stelvio, what an amazing bike. I love this bike. I had a 06 Ducati S4R and a 07 HD Fatoby as well as the Stelvio in the garrage. I promised the wife I would go back to 1 bike after the trip. The S4R is already gone and the HD is on the market. Not much else to say really. Not a single problem with the bike so she is staying. I picked it up for almost half the new price with only 1500klm on it. The original owner didnt like it as it was "too unreliable" as he had to replace cams and the starter motor in the first 1000klm. Guess he sorted it out for me and I will buy him a beer if we ever meet.
Peter.
Im not real hot on ride reports or much of a photographer but here gos.
Anyway we set off on 12 November 09 from Singapore for Phuket (1500klm) where we put my Stelvio and Colins Rocket 3 on a pick up truck and sent them to Chiang Mai in North Thailand. Emiel would fly directly to CM and rent a Kawa ER6N, Colin returned to Singapore for work commitments and I flew up to CM to meet the wife who flew in from Singapore for a few days touring just the 2 of us before the others arrived the following weekend. We had a ball. If anybody has been to Thailand I am guessing you have been to Bangkok or Phuket or the usual tourist spots full of bars & hookers, not actually much wrong with that :evil: . This area in the north is amazing and something we dont get much of in this part of Asia, cool mountainious riding conditions. Anyway this is going to be short and I hope the pictures do the talking. Basically the highlights of the trip were the highest spot in Thailand 2500m, The Mae Hong Song loop which is well knowen by all Asian bikers and of coarse the Golden Triangle. This is the area bordering Thailand , Myanmar (Burma) and Laos and was up untill the late 80's the major supplier of opum for the drug trade. This has pretty well all been cleaned up and its mostly tourism now. The military posts between are interisting, the Thai guys are quite friendly but the Burmese were waving at us not to take photos. Anyway enjoy the pice, If anybody iskeen on visiting this part of the worle just drop me a line and Im happy to help out.
As for the Stelvio, what an amazing bike. I love this bike. I had a 06 Ducati S4R and a 07 HD Fatoby as well as the Stelvio in the garrage. I promised the wife I would go back to 1 bike after the trip. The S4R is already gone and the HD is on the market. Not much else to say really. Not a single problem with the bike so she is staying. I picked it up for almost half the new price with only 1500klm on it. The original owner didnt like it as it was "too unreliable" as he had to replace cams and the starter motor in the first 1000klm. Guess he sorted it out for me and I will buy him a beer if we ever meet.
Peter.