- Joined
- Aug 15, 2012
- Bikes
- KTM 613 EXC, BMW R90S & Dakar, MZ250, Norton 16H, Honda - 500 Fs & Xs, DRZs, XLs XRs CRFs CT110s etc
This is an invite to anyone who wants to join a Ulysses Club / Ride Asia trip next week.
It's stands up at Riders Corner at 8am Wed, July 15 - overnight at Mae Sot (via 108 and 105). Short ride Thursday via the reconstructed route 12 to Sukhothai. Some folks are heading to Phitsanulok on Friday, but the rest of us are heading up the 1048, 106, 1274, 1184 etc back to Chiang Mai in time for Friday night drinkies.
We're taking the full-time staff from Rider's Corner with us. Deere normally rides either lead or sweep on such rides and does the normal mechanical duties. He's always a delight to have along. Tum will be riding with me. Oi with Deere. Pim's secured a pillion seat on Andrea's cruiser.
It's not free - if you aren't a Ulysses Club paid-up member, we ask you to throw 100 baht in the donation tin. Ouch - so much. $3 for a three or four day ride.
It's not a race. We don't have many rules... basically, don't go beating up the other riders. If you stay between the lead and the sweep, you're on the ride and will be supported. If you want to overtake the lead, you are free to do so, but if you get lost, we're not coming looking for you.... so, wait at intersections please. We generally find the ride spreads out... sporties to the front, cruisers to the rear... but we regroup often and it seems to work well.
If we don't know you're coming, we can't co-ordinate accommodation... but we're also happy to do so... and it's always done commission-free. You pay your own bills and we pay ours.
The borders are always fun... and the roads on this less commonly done loop are great
It's stands up at Riders Corner at 8am Wed, July 15 - overnight at Mae Sot (via 108 and 105). Short ride Thursday via the reconstructed route 12 to Sukhothai. Some folks are heading to Phitsanulok on Friday, but the rest of us are heading up the 1048, 106, 1274, 1184 etc back to Chiang Mai in time for Friday night drinkies.
We're taking the full-time staff from Rider's Corner with us. Deere normally rides either lead or sweep on such rides and does the normal mechanical duties. He's always a delight to have along. Tum will be riding with me. Oi with Deere. Pim's secured a pillion seat on Andrea's cruiser.
It's not free - if you aren't a Ulysses Club paid-up member, we ask you to throw 100 baht in the donation tin. Ouch - so much. $3 for a three or four day ride.
It's not a race. We don't have many rules... basically, don't go beating up the other riders. If you stay between the lead and the sweep, you're on the ride and will be supported. If you want to overtake the lead, you are free to do so, but if you get lost, we're not coming looking for you.... so, wait at intersections please. We generally find the ride spreads out... sporties to the front, cruisers to the rear... but we regroup often and it seems to work well.
If we don't know you're coming, we can't co-ordinate accommodation... but we're also happy to do so... and it's always done commission-free. You pay your own bills and we pay ours.
The borders are always fun... and the roads on this less commonly done loop are great