Hey everyone
Great forum here--reading through these trip reports brings back so many memories. I lived in Chiangrai for 9 years--1987-1996 and spent a great deal of time dirtbiking the chaingrai mountains. Started with a Honda MTX--it got stolen parked in front of my restaurant in CR--Napoli Pizza--anyone remember that place??
Got a KDX 250 after that--purchased in Chaing Mai from a big shop which was sort of near the train station. cost me 95000 baht at that time--first one in CR--It was a heavy bike but served me well for a few years. I was taking tourists on overnight enduro tours to hilltribe villages--etc... awesome times. those days we couldn't go to laos or burma but there was plenty of good trails in CR
Circumstances forced me to Bangkok where I got a job and have been working here since--Nearing early retirement now.
My plan is to finish up work end of 2014 and then move to Chaingmai and get back into biking.
I want to take trips into Loas, Cambodia, Vietnam etc--everywhere--offroad as much as possible.
I will need a bike, all the equipment blah blah but most of all need to meet people who share this same interest--thats why i am here.
I think Im too old for any of these souped up 2 strokes--a nice 4 stroke KTM--as light and powerful as possible--maybe I won't be able top swing that and end up with a CFL or whatever that new honda is called.
I used to have tons of great biking photos from those days but they rotted away--that really pisses me off.
Enough for now
take care
Great forum here--reading through these trip reports brings back so many memories. I lived in Chiangrai for 9 years--1987-1996 and spent a great deal of time dirtbiking the chaingrai mountains. Started with a Honda MTX--it got stolen parked in front of my restaurant in CR--Napoli Pizza--anyone remember that place??
Got a KDX 250 after that--purchased in Chaing Mai from a big shop which was sort of near the train station. cost me 95000 baht at that time--first one in CR--It was a heavy bike but served me well for a few years. I was taking tourists on overnight enduro tours to hilltribe villages--etc... awesome times. those days we couldn't go to laos or burma but there was plenty of good trails in CR
Circumstances forced me to Bangkok where I got a job and have been working here since--Nearing early retirement now.
My plan is to finish up work end of 2014 and then move to Chaingmai and get back into biking.
I want to take trips into Loas, Cambodia, Vietnam etc--everywhere--offroad as much as possible.
I will need a bike, all the equipment blah blah but most of all need to meet people who share this same interest--thats why i am here.
I think Im too old for any of these souped up 2 strokes--a nice 4 stroke KTM--as light and powerful as possible--maybe I won't be able top swing that and end up with a CFL or whatever that new honda is called.
I used to have tons of great biking photos from those days but they rotted away--that really pisses me off.
Enough for now
take care
