samuttodd
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This is my first posting here on this form. I recently moved from the Pacific northwest of the USA to my wife's hometown near Bangkok. We got settled in by the river next door to her sisters place.
I've been trying to get back in shape by my riding my bicycle a lot. I was able to get out and do 50 km yesterday it's just so damn hot. Pretty much have to be done doing your exercises no later than about 930 in the morning, or you can get into big trouble with the heat.
I used to have the Honda XR 650 L and just the other day I picked up a CB 500 X.
I looked around for a couple of weeks in got it second hand. I really like it it's got givi boxes and the guy before me put on LED floods (four of them.)
I ordered one of those strebel nautilus airhorns to mount up on the bike. I had one on my enduro back home and it kept me out of some bad situations.
I'm excited to get out and see more of this country I've been here Half a dozen times but this is the first time I've come with a visa that will allow me to stay much longer.
I got International drivers permit back home and I think it's good for another 90 days or so. Went down to the photography guy today and he took pictures so that I can get my license proper in Thailand. Heck I even got insurance and everything.
I'll be posting up some of our adventures on here, although I don't think I'm going to do any off-road stuff with this set up. I just don't like riding two up off the pavement.
I really like the Cb 500x it handles nicely and has enough juice for anything I'm going to do down here. Riding into town on the outskirts of Bangkok is a bit scary. I need to get some real motocross boots now I'm just wearing my Vietnam jungle boots and although they're fairly comfortable temperature wise they're not real riding boots. It probably be cheaper for me to get them back in the states and then just bring him over here because if I get this SidI Boots it's about 500 bucks. Still a lot cheaper than busting an ankle having to go to the hospital and take three months off.
Anyway hope to be sending out lots of cool pictures and stories of the places we've seen. I'm not sure who put the photos up on the slideshow the main forum page, but there're some great portraits of the people here.
Most of them don't have much money and live pretty Spartan lifestyle, but they're happy and :-) so there must be a lesson there somewhere
I've been trying to get back in shape by my riding my bicycle a lot. I was able to get out and do 50 km yesterday it's just so damn hot. Pretty much have to be done doing your exercises no later than about 930 in the morning, or you can get into big trouble with the heat.
I used to have the Honda XR 650 L and just the other day I picked up a CB 500 X.
I looked around for a couple of weeks in got it second hand. I really like it it's got givi boxes and the guy before me put on LED floods (four of them.)
I ordered one of those strebel nautilus airhorns to mount up on the bike. I had one on my enduro back home and it kept me out of some bad situations.
I'm excited to get out and see more of this country I've been here Half a dozen times but this is the first time I've come with a visa that will allow me to stay much longer.
I got International drivers permit back home and I think it's good for another 90 days or so. Went down to the photography guy today and he took pictures so that I can get my license proper in Thailand. Heck I even got insurance and everything.
I'll be posting up some of our adventures on here, although I don't think I'm going to do any off-road stuff with this set up. I just don't like riding two up off the pavement.
I really like the Cb 500x it handles nicely and has enough juice for anything I'm going to do down here. Riding into town on the outskirts of Bangkok is a bit scary. I need to get some real motocross boots now I'm just wearing my Vietnam jungle boots and although they're fairly comfortable temperature wise they're not real riding boots. It probably be cheaper for me to get them back in the states and then just bring him over here because if I get this SidI Boots it's about 500 bucks. Still a lot cheaper than busting an ankle having to go to the hospital and take three months off.
Anyway hope to be sending out lots of cool pictures and stories of the places we've seen. I'm not sure who put the photos up on the slideshow the main forum page, but there're some great portraits of the people here.
Most of them don't have much money and live pretty Spartan lifestyle, but they're happy and :-) so there must be a lesson there somewhere