Captain_Slash
Community Manager
- Joined
- Jun 28, 2011
- Bikes
- BMW 310GS Honda Wave 125 Honda MSX 125
The route 108, 1013, 4016, 5032, 1269
Total distance 197 km
The new rack has been made and fitted on the KLX
Plus the pannier frames,4500 Baht the lot
Now to decide what finish to have, powder coating or paint
Along the 1013 and the onion fields are growing
Some of the workers are having their well earned break
While others still toil away in the fields
A well surfaced twisty fun road is the 1013
The kids are getting ready for a swim
I stop to look in at a small hydro power plant and the dog comes out to greet me
Not much water flowing down from the reservoir as most of it is coming down the pipe to drive the turbines
The spent water soon replenishes the stream
This is the sign at the entrance on the road which has now become the 4016
Just up the hill theres a turning for the small reservoir
A bit further along and the surface is quite bad for a while but the scenery makes up for it
Then this good surface takes over for a while
I call in at the Huay Thong reservoir
Its my opinion that this one is full to capacity
I take a right N18.45.387 E098.32.397 onto an asphalt road
Lots of sunflowers along here
After 1.8 km at N18.46.085 E098.32.738 the surface turns to unmade but not too hard going
I stop in a small village and these piglets run across the road
I ride on but its this wet red slippery stuff and its rather steep too, as I think its a few km of this I turn back.
The KLX has amazing engine braking and going down here in 1st gear with the throttle closed does the trick and no brakes are needed which was a good thing on this surface
I will try again when it has dried out
Back in the village and this pleasant friendly girl who speaks good English stops to chat
The guy picks the wood up then drops it missing the little puppys head by a couple of inches
A friendly little fella
Often when I pick these small pups up they yelp and want to get away, this one just seemed to want to stay in my arms
Time to ride back to the 4016 and great scenery up here
As I ride on the surface really deteriorates and anyone riding here for the first time would think that it had never been paved, I have never known it like this up here before.
I ride along and take the other end of the track that I just gave up on, this is asphalt until N18.46.980 E098.33.349 then it turns to unmade but a dry surface and my GPS tells me its only 1.4 km to where I gave up earlier on.
Allowing for the curve its probably between 2-2.5 km but I cant be bothered trying it now and it can wait until next trip
I take the offroad section to reach the 5032 then its a right and back to Samoeng where I call in at the recently opened 7-11 for some water
As I was passing Pizza N Pasta on the way home a lasagna and garlic bread for 149 Baht was consumed there
You can get the gdb file from my website here … www.captainslash.com
Total distance 197 km
The new rack has been made and fitted on the KLX
Plus the pannier frames,4500 Baht the lot
Now to decide what finish to have, powder coating or paint
Along the 1013 and the onion fields are growing
Some of the workers are having their well earned break
While others still toil away in the fields
A well surfaced twisty fun road is the 1013
The kids are getting ready for a swim
I stop to look in at a small hydro power plant and the dog comes out to greet me
Not much water flowing down from the reservoir as most of it is coming down the pipe to drive the turbines
The spent water soon replenishes the stream
This is the sign at the entrance on the road which has now become the 4016
Just up the hill theres a turning for the small reservoir
A bit further along and the surface is quite bad for a while but the scenery makes up for it
Then this good surface takes over for a while
I call in at the Huay Thong reservoir
Its my opinion that this one is full to capacity
I take a right N18.45.387 E098.32.397 onto an asphalt road
Lots of sunflowers along here
After 1.8 km at N18.46.085 E098.32.738 the surface turns to unmade but not too hard going
I stop in a small village and these piglets run across the road
I ride on but its this wet red slippery stuff and its rather steep too, as I think its a few km of this I turn back.
The KLX has amazing engine braking and going down here in 1st gear with the throttle closed does the trick and no brakes are needed which was a good thing on this surface
I will try again when it has dried out
Back in the village and this pleasant friendly girl who speaks good English stops to chat
The guy picks the wood up then drops it missing the little puppys head by a couple of inches
A friendly little fella
Often when I pick these small pups up they yelp and want to get away, this one just seemed to want to stay in my arms
Time to ride back to the 4016 and great scenery up here
As I ride on the surface really deteriorates and anyone riding here for the first time would think that it had never been paved, I have never known it like this up here before.
I ride along and take the other end of the track that I just gave up on, this is asphalt until N18.46.980 E098.33.349 then it turns to unmade but a dry surface and my GPS tells me its only 1.4 km to where I gave up earlier on.
Allowing for the curve its probably between 2-2.5 km but I cant be bothered trying it now and it can wait until next trip
I take the offroad section to reach the 5032 then its a right and back to Samoeng where I call in at the recently opened 7-11 for some water
As I was passing Pizza N Pasta on the way home a lasagna and garlic bread for 149 Baht was consumed there
You can get the gdb file from my website here … www.captainslash.com
