Ride4smiles
Junior Member
Believe it or not I only just came across this site yesterday and it's already proved to be a great source of information so I'll start by saying thanks to everyone that has contributed.
I should introduce myself, my name is Sheldon and I'm from Australia. I'm now in Pattaya Thailand arriving a few weeks ago and looking to buy a bike and ride SEA.
Been travelling the world for just on 5 years and it's seen me ride my Bmw F800 through 80 odd countries in Africa, Europe, North Central and South America. She will be here next year, I was going to ride her to SEA but missed the weather window for Siberia this European summer and I couldn't ride the other way through Iran, Pakistan and India as my bike is officially unregistered so couldn't obtain a carnet for it from Australia and to import it into another country then obtain a carnet that way was just ridiculously expensive so here I am looking for a new baby.
I'm looking along the lines of a CRF 250L or a KLX 250 something that will be a bit of fun, if anyone knows of any up for grabs please let me know it would be a great help.
Thanks again for everyone's contributions it really helps a lot when you come to a new continent with pretty much no knowledge and hopefully I'll be able to add a little myself as time goes by and if you want any info on pretty much anywhere else in the world feel free to ask, if I can't answer it directly I have a fantastic support network of friends I have made from all over the world that can pretty much solve any issue.
I have a blog it's on Advrider I'm sure a lot of you are familiar with that site but it's probably easiest to just link to it from my website at www.ride4smiles.com
Looking forward to maybe crossing paths with some of you in my time here in SEA and sharing some stories over a beer or two.
Cheers and ride safely always
Sheldon
I should introduce myself, my name is Sheldon and I'm from Australia. I'm now in Pattaya Thailand arriving a few weeks ago and looking to buy a bike and ride SEA.
Been travelling the world for just on 5 years and it's seen me ride my Bmw F800 through 80 odd countries in Africa, Europe, North Central and South America. She will be here next year, I was going to ride her to SEA but missed the weather window for Siberia this European summer and I couldn't ride the other way through Iran, Pakistan and India as my bike is officially unregistered so couldn't obtain a carnet for it from Australia and to import it into another country then obtain a carnet that way was just ridiculously expensive so here I am looking for a new baby.
I'm looking along the lines of a CRF 250L or a KLX 250 something that will be a bit of fun, if anyone knows of any up for grabs please let me know it would be a great help.
Thanks again for everyone's contributions it really helps a lot when you come to a new continent with pretty much no knowledge and hopefully I'll be able to add a little myself as time goes by and if you want any info on pretty much anywhere else in the world feel free to ask, if I can't answer it directly I have a fantastic support network of friends I have made from all over the world that can pretty much solve any issue.
I have a blog it's on Advrider I'm sure a lot of you are familiar with that site but it's probably easiest to just link to it from my website at www.ride4smiles.com
Looking forward to maybe crossing paths with some of you in my time here in SEA and sharing some stories over a beer or two.
Cheers and ride safely always
Sheldon