Chiang Mai to Pattaya - fastest route?

[MartinThai]

Hi all, over the past 10 years or so I've made the Pattaya - Chiang Mai - Pattaya road trip many times, but I usually take a week to do it and skirt places like Burma or Laos to get there! Now I want/need to do it without taking in the sights..... straight run, fast as poss, in one hit (I'll be on one of the best superbikes of the 90's, a Yam XJR1200). So a question to all you blat merchants..... what's the fastest route to Pattaya, without touching Bangkok? I'm looking at Hway 1 & 32 down to just past Ang Thong, then the 329, onto the 33 to Prachin, down the 319, 304 and 331. Recommended?
Cheers.

 

[monsterman]

That is a fast route I have done it in 10 hours with stops for food , fuel, piss but next 2 days i needed lots of TLC, massage and hot sauna to get rid of thge aches
I reccomend it even if you stop at Nakon sawan for the night

 

[Ally]

I have done it in the car several times & my eyes are popping out of my head by the time I reach Den Chai.

But on a bike... I guess it would be more than my eyes cracking up.

Take it in 2 bites as MM says, be kind to yourself

Ally

 

[rhiekel]

Pattaya to Chiang Mai is about a nine hour ride on my Africa Twin. Have done it many times. The route you outlined
is not quite right. To avoid most of Bangkok, head straight down 1 which turns into 32, until you pass Don Muang airport.
Then cut over on the 304 to Chachoengsao. Then south on the 315 to the 331, which heads you into Pattaya.

 

[MartinThai]

Thanks for the input guys.

Jerry, Ally, I am planning a much nicer sedate ride back (on a '91 FXRS Harley) and stopping at my fave place the Homeland Resort in Petchabun (got a swimming pool and great clean nice rooms @ 500 baht) before doing the 12 & then 11 up past Den Chai etc. But for the downward route it's gonna be a straight blat..... estimating about 9 to 10 hours. Used to do Pattaya - Udon in just over 5 so what's a few more hours?

Rob, thanks for that..... I presume the turn off the 32 onto the 304 Chachoengsao is well signposted and painless? Just don't wanna get snarled up in Bkk..... I know what those cops are like! Chiang Mai's seat guru mentioned you yesterday..... I took my AT seat in for a tart up and he showed me a copy of the one he made for you hanging up on show..... I recognised it as I was holding a print-out of your seat in my hand anyway!!

Cheers all.

 

[KTMphil]

Just for fun, I put into the gps "Pattaya to Chiang Mai quickest way".


817km - this is what "it" thinks:



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1. Eastern Railway (Chachoengsao-Sattahip) 0 m 0:00:00 N12.96775 E100.92250
2. Get on Liap Thang Rotfai Rd. and drive northeast 28 m 28 m 0:00:00 0:00:00 115° true N12.96764 E100.92273
3. Turn left onto Highway 36 3.7 km 3.7 km 0:03:23 0:03:23 15° true N12.99846 E100.93380
4. Keep right onto Highway 36 4.2 km 481 m 0:00:31 0:03:54 314° true N13.00133 E100.93071
5. Keep right onto Highway 3 4.5 km 336 m 0:00:11 0:04:05 6° true N13.00361 E100.92985
6. Keep left onto Highway 36 4.8 km 332 m 0:00:13 0:04:18 158° true N13.00185 E100.93131
7. Keep left onto Highway 36 10.7 km 5.9 km 0:03:15 0:07:33 128° true N12.96992 E100.97380
8. Keep left onto Highway 36 11.2 km 528 m 0:00:26 0:07:59 117° true N12.96782 E100.97809
9. Keep right onto Highway 7 27.3 km 16.1 km 0:09:11 0:17:10 348° true N13.10720 E100.98719
10. Bear right onto (Overpass) Highway 7 28.2 km 854 m 0:00:28 0:17:38 348° true N13.11471 E100.98560
11. Keep right onto (Overpass) Highway 7 46.9 km 18.7 km 0:10:24 0:28:02 0° true N13.27741 E100.99049
12. Keep left onto Highway 7 48.6 km 1.6 km 0:00:55 0:28:57 11° true N13.29200 E100.99199
13. Exit left onto ramp onto Motorway 48.9 km 347 m 0:00:11 0:29:08 15° true N13.29500 E100.99281
14. Keep right onto Motorway 78.8 km 29.9 km 0:16:32 0:45:40 357° true N13.53580 E101.01156
15. Keep right onto Motorway 115 km 36.6 km 0:20:17 1:05:57 295° true N13.73128 E100.76377
16. Take the Kanchanaphisek Rd. ramp to the left towards Kanchanaphisek Rd. 121 km 5.8 km 0:03:14 1:09:11 270° true N13.73171 E100.71004
17. Take the Bang Pa-In ramp to the right towards Kanchanaphisek Rd. 122 km 325 m 0:00:16 1:09:27 271° true N13.73175 E100.70704
18. Take the Lam Luk Ka ramp to the left towards Lam Luk Ka Rd. 146 km 23.9 km 0:13:45 1:23:12 11° true N13.92487 E100.70588
19. Keep right onto Kanchanaphisek Rd. ramp 146 km 454 m 0:00:15 1:23:27 12° true N13.92886 E100.70673
20. Take the Ayutthaya ramp to the left towards Highway 1 176 km 30.1 km 0:16:40 1:40:07 331° true N14.18206 E100.64065
21. Keep left onto Highway 1 Frontage Rd. ramp 177 km 792 m 0:00:27 1:40:34 331° true N14.18820 E100.63695
22. Continue on Highway 1 Frontage Rd. ramp 177 km 141 m 0:00:05 1:40:39 290° true N14.18863 E100.63575
23. Keep right onto (Entrance) Highway 1 Frontage Rd. 177 km 519 m 0:00:24 1:41:03 241° true N14.18661 E100.63146
24. Turn left onto Ayutthaya/Amphoe Bang Bua Thong towards Highway 1 178 km 835 m 0:00:30 1:41:33 241° true N14.18309 E100.62464
25. Keep left onto (Overpass) Highway 1 Frontage Rd. 179 km 427 m 0:00:22 1:41:55 237° true N14.18095 E100.62138
26. Keep left onto Highway 1 Frontage Rd. 180 km 1.3 km 0:00:58 1:42:53 205° true N14.17142 E100.61661
27. Keep right onto Highway 32 183 km 2.6 km 0:01:36 1:44:29 341° true N14.18931 E100.61125
28. Keep right onto Highway 32 195 km 12.5 km 0:06:56 1:51:25 0° true N14.30128 E100.61309
29. Keep right onto Highway 32 199 km 3.6 km 0:02:13 1:53:38 0° true N14.33394 E100.61301
30. Keep right onto Highway 32 230 km 31.6 km 0:17:47 2:11:25 328° true N14.57808 E100.48568
31. Keep right onto Highway 32 265 km 34.2 km 0:18:54 2:30:19 340° true N14.87060 E100.43839
32. Keep right onto Highway 32 312 km 47.6 km 0:26:21 2:56:40 337° true N15.22941 E100.20879
33. Keep right onto Highway 1 335 km 23.1 km 0:12:49 3:09:29 355° true N15.42541 E100.14441
34. Keep left onto Highway 122 (Bypass) 357 km 21.6 km 0:11:55 3:21:24 358° true N15.61243 E100.12115
35. Keep left onto Highway 1 372 km 14.7 km 0:08:07 3:29:31 359° true N15.71732 E100.05811
36. Keep right onto Highway 1 413 km 41.1 km 0:22:42 3:52:13 317° true N15.99249 E99.81178
37. Keep right onto Highway 1 463 km 50.6 km 0:28:02 4:20:15 316° true N16.35405 E99.57896
38. Keep right onto Highway 1 481 km 18.1 km 0:10:01 4:30:16 3° true N16.47717 E99.49648
39. Keep left onto Highway 1 546 km 64.6 km 0:36:04 5:06:20 62° true N16.86311 E99.13745
40. Turn left onto Phahon Yothin Rd. 724 km 178 km 1:40:24 6:46:44 44° true N18.25353 E99.45558
41. Keep left onto Highway Lampang-Chiang Mai Rd. 725 km 1.8 km 0:01:36 6:48:20 35° true N18.26653 E99.46519
42. Keep right onto (Overpass) Highway 11 794 km 69.0 km 0:39:54 7:28:14 350° true N18.58591 E99.04209
43. Keep right onto Highway 11 813 km 18.7 km 0:10:23 7:38:37 344° true N18.75066 E99.03274
44. Bear left onto (Exit) Highway 11 Frontage Rd. 816 km 2.5 km 0:01:27 7:40:04 354° true N18.77289 E99.02814
45. Turn left onto Charoen Mueang Rd. 817 km 1.2 km 0:01:15 7:41:19 353° true N18.78327 E99.02660
46. Charoen Mueang Rd. 817 km 600 m 0:00:38 7:41:57 90° true N18.78460 E99.02115

 

[Loop]

I used the 117 from Phitsanulok to Nakhon Sawan last time i went to Pats instead of the 1 or 11.
The 117 is flat,straight,good surface and 4 lane divided most of the way and makes for a good fast run.

Chiang Mai Bus Station to Pattaya Holiday Lodge - Google Maps

 

[MartinThai]

Just for fun, I put into the gps "Pattaya to Chiang Mai quickest way".
817km - this is what "it" thinks:

Nice one Phil..... unfortunately "it" thinks you're a car and takes you places a bike cannot go... However, a bike could still use Kanchanaphisek and Bangna-Trat road..... I just don't want to do any piddling around in Bangkok so I think I'll take Rob's suggestion and skirt off onto the 304 by Nonthaburi and down the 315. Should've gone yesterday but the overnight rain persuaded me to check out the Thai Met Depts website...... big mistake! Forecast for 3 days of severe thunderstorms and hail (!!) so I cancelled a journey I could easily have made..... have to leave it till next week now..... looking forward to trundling up again on a tasty FXRS!

 

[jimbobs]

Nice one Phil..... unfortunately "it" thinks you're a car and takes you places a bike cannot go... However, a bike could still use Kanchanaphisek and Bangna-Trat road..... I just don't want to do any piddling around in Bangkok so I think I'll take Rob's suggestion and skirt off onto the 304 by Nonthaburi and down the 315. Should've gone yesterday but the overnight rain persuaded me to check out the Thai Met Depts website...... big mistake! Forecast for 3 days of severe thunderstorms and hail (!!) so I cancelled a journey I could easily have made..... have to leave it till next week now..... looking forward to trundling up again on a tasty FXRS!

Hi Martin can you educate a new biker to Thailand,, why would a sat nav give info that my bike couldnt travel,,,thanks mate Jim

 

[KTMphil]

Hi Martin can you educate a new biker to Thailand,, why would a sat nav give info that my bike couldnt travel,,,thanks mate Jim

Jim - you have to change the GPS's routing settings to avoid all toll roads. The GPS's default settings are for cars and the default routing setup will include toll roads in its routing calculations.

 

[MartinThai]

^ Hi Jim. We're not allowed to ride on certain stretches of elevated highways, expressways, toll roads etc. It's why I try to avoid Bkk like the plague..... unless you are real familiar with the city you can easily find yourself on the wrong road and a lot of the cops there are very unforgiving.

What are you riding Jim, and where are you based?

 

[jimbobs]

^ Hi Jim. We're not allowed to ride on certain stretches of elevated highways, expressways, toll roads etc. It's why I try to avoid Bkk like the plague..... unless you are real familiar with the city you can easily find yourself on the wrong road and a lot of the cops there are very unforgiving.

What are you riding Jim, and where are you based?

F*#k me i wouldnt of known that, thanks lads,, so avoid all tolls ide av been in a bit of lumber, ive lost my uk licence and ive been showing my Mexican tourist car license so ive been tryin to avoid BIB untill i get it sorted.

Ive got a versys mate and after lookin at this forum ime gona get a KLX/CRF in a couple of months and go loas etc, ime just finishing my house off, and more importantly the garage ha ha..

Ive near Roi et, Phon Thong so i got the bike to try and get out of the village after spending 5 years in Pattaya (not good), ime gona have to get up to Chaing mai and that cos theres not much hapennin around here,,ive been here 12 months and i havnt met a ferang .But my rotation is 8 weeks in Mexico and 3 in Thailand.Cant afford to live full time in LOS no more got kids now.

Anyway thanks for the heads up and safe riding lads

Jim

 

[MartinThai]

Pattaya to Chiang Mai is about a nine hour ride on my Africa Twin. Have done it many times. The route you outlined
is not quite right. To avoid most of Bangkok, head straight down 1 which turns into 32, until you pass Don Muang airport.
Then cut over on the 304 to Chachoengsao. Then south on the 315 to the 331, which heads you into Pattaya.

Took your advice but stuffed it up at the last, so added another 150km and went on to Laem Mae Phim, down by Klaeng!

The Yam performed superbly all the way, she absolutely loved the ride down as far as just south of Nakhon Sawan, then we had to slow down a bit coz of all the trucks! But took her off the clock from Lampang to around Kamphaeng Phet..... the clock stops at 180 and there was more..... loads more..... on the ol' twisty grip!

Found the 304 quite easily..... you have to keep your eyes peeled just past Don Muang and keep over to the left but it was easy enough..... signposted for Min Buri first, then Chachoengsao.... easy enough. Like I say I stuffed it at Chachoengsao by taking the 314 signposted Chon Buri instead of ignoring that and looking for the 315...... well, Pattaya's Chon Buri, aint it? Bad move...... the road surface was shite and it was nose to tail trucks, but I kept on, thinking I'd get into Chonburi and then it's only a quick blat down the old H'way 3...... then I came across the 344 signposted for Klaeng and thought "well the Yam has to go there (to the new owner) anyway, and that's where my new machine is waiting..... why not get straight on down there this afternoon and do the swap today?" So I did!

Got into Klaeng and from there it's just along the coast to Laem Mae Phim...... pulled up at my buddy's bar at 18:01 with a trip meter reading 1010km...... not too shabby as I left Chiang Mai at 08:00!

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And this is what it was all for..... bye bye Yam XJR1200, hello Harley FXRS 1340!

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And that was probably the last Iron Butt Blat I ever do. :RE

 

[bishop99]

Other suggestions are pretty good. I think Black Cats route is quicker I did CM to Pattaya in 11 hours on the Ducati such as prevents but it certainly is not as picturesque as other recommendations.

 

[monsterman]

perhaps we should instigate an annual CM to Prattaya TT ( time trial race ) see who is quickest , winner gets 10 free shortimes on soi 6 or a blow job from Phil .

 

[jimbobs]

perhaps we should instigate an annual CM to Prattaya TT ( time trial race ) see who is quickest , winner gets 10 free shortimes on soi 6 or a blow job from Phil .

ime on the plane or getting one of these 17 year old psychos on my bike does the bet still stand

 

[Gnasher328]

Nice, ride an FXR at home. Get rid of the forwards and get some slightly longer good shocks and you'll surprise a lot of Harley sceptics. (Piss takers)
Tim.