Renting a scooter during your holiday in Thailand is of course fun, but there are some serious snags. For example, a scooter in Thailand has a cylinder capacity of more than 50 cc (often 125 cc) and is therefore a motorcycle. You must have a valid motorcycle license to drive it. There are also quite a few points of attention with regard to insurance, so your travel insurance NEVER covers damage to (rented) vehicles.
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Lung addie: to the technical mobile inspection
Every year my good 'Old Lady Steed' has to go to the inspection center for a technical check-up. My Old Lady Steed is a Honda 600cc VLX shopper that has served Lung Addie for years and continues to do so.
Motorcycles in Thailand
Many people, especially men, are interested in motorcycles. And we are not talking about motorbikes, but about real motorbikes. Beautiful machines are set up at a number of places on Pattaya/Jomtien.
Blind spots in Thailand
On a wall of about five hundred meters is painted at least fifty times the request of the municipal council in Hua Hin not to feed the monkeys. Almost every day, Thais come with big bags and throw bananas and pineapples on the sidewalk in front of the wall. What the monkeys don't eat falls prey to pigeons and other vermin. The monkeys are just as ungovernable as the feeding Thai. They (the monkeys) hang on cables for electricity, internet and telephone. Almost every day, technicians come to repair the broken cables, a job with a future…
It's the wet dream of many a man with a midlife crisis: a Harley-Davidson. This American brand of heavy motorcycles will set up a factory in Rayong that will produce the popular motorcycles. It should be operational by the end of 2017 and will provide employment for 100 employees.
I am looking for a motorcycle rental company in Pattaya that rents motorcycles of 400 cc or more to make a tour of about 600 km. I myself have a Honda click 125 that is fine to drive in Pattaya, but that is not a motorcycle to cover 600 km.
On the “motorcycle” in Thailand
I have been driving around on a scooter since November 2014. A motorcycle for Dutch law, but in the Netherlands we would call it a "suppressed moped". A Honda CPX 150 CC. Very satisfied with it.
Motorcycle rally leads to massive traffic chaos
An armada of XNUMX motorcycles led to a huge traffic chaos on Mittraphap Road yesterday. The motorcyclists were on their way to the Chet Sao Noi waterfall in Saraburi, a destination announced on Facebook on Friday.
New: Ducati showroom in Pattaya (video)
'Big bikes are booming in Thailand' it seems that more and more Thai and Farang are discovering motorcycling. The legendary Italian brand Ducati recently opened a showroom on Third Road in Pattaya.
These images make the heart of every motorcyclist beat faster. Together with their GT bikes, these men discover the mountains and valleys of the Golden Triangle. They also visit the village of Ban Toed Thai, once the hiding place of the international drug lord Lord Khun Sa.
Agenda: 6th Samui Bike Week May 2 & 3
Lovers of horsepower on two wheels should put the sixth Samui Bike week in their diary. It will be held on May 2 and 3 at Chaweng Lake in Bophut on the island of Koh Samui.
Mini-diary by Pim Hoonhout (2): Cannot be described with a pen
Haring farmer Pim Hoonhout allows himself to be driven home and is faced with an unpleasant surprise the next morning. A saving angel comes to his rescue. All's well that ends well.