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Hiring a Gen 1 Thou end of Oct in Phuket, Thailand - Camshaft - 13-09-13
I hired this bike last year. Hopefully it will be available when I go tho Phuket, Thailand late this Oct.
Last year it had very new Rosso II's when I hired it for a week. Wonder what they look like now or what's on it :eek
Great colour scheme Yellow/Black
Re: Hiring a Gen 1 Thou end of Oct in Phuket, Thailand - bigralphie - 15-09-13
I hired a V-Max in Koh Samui .......it had no brakes :lol
Re: Hiring a Gen 1 Thou end of Oct in Phuket, Thailand - Simon.Pieman - 15-09-13
(13-09-13, 12:07 PM)Camshaft link Wrote: I hired this bike last year. Hopefully it will be available when I go tho Phuket, Thailand late this Oct.
If it hasn't been written off by a Russian nutcase in the meantime. I was in Thailand for a couple of months this year and it seemed I couldn't open a copy of the Bangkok Post without reading reports of a Rusky getting killed on a large bike in the resorts, it would be no exaggeration to say that a dozen of these lunatics are killed every month, usually in Pattaya or Phuket.
Me, I stick to a Honda Wave, any speed over 45mph is lethal in most parts of Thailand.
Re: Hiring a Gen 1 Thou end of Oct in Phuket, Thailand - Camshaft - 16-09-13
(15-09-13, 04:24 PM)Simon.Pieman link Wrote: [quote author=Camshaft link=topic=9865.msg101121#msg101121 date=1379070455]
I hired this bike last year. Hopefully it will be available when I go tho Phuket, Thailand late this Oct.
If it hasn't been written off by a Russian nutcase in the meantime. I was in Thailand for a couple of months this year and it seemed I couldn't open a copy of the Bangkok Post without reading reports of a Rusky getting killed on a large bike in the resorts, it would be no exaggeration to say that a dozen of these lunatics are killed every month, usually in Pattaya or Phuket.
Me, I stick to a Honda Wave, any speed over 45mph is lethal in most parts of Thailand.
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I hear what you're saying. The mainland over the bridge from Phuket is fairly safe on the highways same with up north Chiang Mai/Chiang Rai and further up. Other highways I've experienced there are utter chaos and many a time I held my breath![/size]
The Fazer with a bit of power when you need it was reassuring.
The one I hired was well maintained. Unlike a Hornet 900 I had for a day with throttle tube damaged and wobbly, NO rear brake, shocks felt like the springs were missing, a guy at the lights pointing down to steaming water squirting from a lower hose then nursing it back to the guy stopping a few times for the temp gauge to go back a bit. 71KMS on the clock still with a tonne of power I think they are unstoppable just hard on the rear end unlike
the Fazers, all day no probs :lol