(30-07-13, 05:47 PM)Simon.Pieman link Wrote: [quote author=Camshaft link=topic=9130.msg91292#msg91292 date=1375182699]
On the Thailand note. I hired a Kawa ER6n great bike. Was riding up North above Chiang Mai and decided to pull over at a small road side market for a rest and a drink (not a pint) when parking the bike the centre stand was a bit forward and it got away from me gently landing it on its left hand side,,,,,breaking off the left foot peg. FUCKKKKKKK plenty of twists to nearby small town Pia Fu....
I did the Mae Hong Son loop earlier this year, I did it all solo on a Honda Wave (as I was on a budget) but it was a hoot no less. Did you start from Chiang Mai? I spent a couple of nights there in the Riders Bar in the NE corner of the 'moat' -you probably know it! I did the loop clockwise staying on Doi Inthanon and at Khun Yuan, Mai Sariang, Mae Hong Son, Pai then back to Chiang Mai. I then went SE to Lampang and then East to the Laos border and followed the Mekong South and then on to Bangkok. Am doing Vietnam next.
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Sound like a great trip. BIG distance on the Wave - well done!! The Yamaha Elegance 135 could be a good scooter also if you'll be doing it again. Surprising acceleration.
I started in Chiang Mai, then to Chiang Rai then Chiang Sean (Golden Triangle right there on the Meekong). Also went through May Rim and a few other places for a day trip out from Chiang Mai.
The roads right up north are excellent quality and very little traffic. The Chiang Rai to Chiang Sean leg I took the twisty way instead of the big fat highway. Up and down mother big mountains and spectacular scenery and so many well banked corners. i had to stop myself from pulling over to take another photo". Some temples right at the tip of small mountains with windy banked corners all the way.
I went to Pai (I think most go through it as part of Mae Hong Son loop?) some poor roads including badly potholed hairpins to be taken at walking speed plus some sand/dirt on the road at times.
I didn't know about the Riders Bar but will definitely check it out next time. Enjoy Vietnam!
where does the muffler go?