22-12-19 Chiang Mai-Exploring Offroad Tracks Off The 4010 South Of Lamphun Day 2

Captain_Slash

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Bikes
BMW 310GS Honda Wave 125 Honda MSX 125
Distance 192 km
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Roadside following the railway track heading south out of town
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The start of todays offroad adventure
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Recently I have been thinking of how an ADV 150 would be a good bike for me but tracks like these rocky snarly ones tell me otherwise.
I would have to miss these types of tracks out if I got one
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Closing in on where I was riding yesterday
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This track doesnt show on any of my maps and nicely links up with ones that I rode yesterday
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Its suddenly looking a bit different here
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Now on the paved surface and this still shows as unpaved on the OSM so I guess not long been paved.
Along here I see a few offroad bikes that disappear down a track I was on yesterday
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Adding more I missed out yesterday
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Suddenly some bikes come along
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These werent the ones I saw earlier though
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The modified Honda Wave makes an appearance
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They turn off here so I am alone again
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Now to finish off the rocky track I was on yesterday afternoon and it looks like the offroad guys have been down here too going by the tyre tracks
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All of a sudden some more of them come along
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These guys all know how to ride their bikes very well and they were going some too.
I used to ride faster on my KLX 250 with its better suspension but no way would I have rode at their speed on this tricky rocky surface, one spill and you would hurt yourself
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An unknown reservoir out here that has more water than I expected to see
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Back on the track and still more bikes come by
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Lots of different bike make up this group, these modified ones , CRFs KLXs and a Yamaha WR were amongst the group
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Back on the 4010 and a puncture is being repaired
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This is what you call a good turnout
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We say goodbye and I carry on exploring more new tracks
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A few recent fires with some still smouldering
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A few of these large charcoal kilns are here
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After riding through the dry forest its nice to see some greenery again
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I see an ambulance stopped back on the 1184/4010 junction and sadly one of the offroad guys has come off on the road, really bad luck considering the skill these guys were displaying offroad
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I dont think his leg was broken so hopefully he will be out on the bike again soon.
It was a bit disappointing to see some of the guys riding on the road carrying their crash helmets though
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Riding home and no work today on the Ping river embankment
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Chicken Kadai and rice at Indish 160 Baht
 
Where is that "unknown" reservoir on the map Colin?
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And I notice you didn't go up to the dam. Was there some reason why not ?
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Ally the reservoir is at N18.34084 E98.93535

The reservoir you are showing was visited on yesterdays trip
 
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