By this article I start “Stupid Tunings” series about stupid, senseless and funny modifications of Thai vehicles by Thai people. Let’s speak about number plates again. Do you agree: ugly “ears” of wide number plate, overhanging by sides of a rear mud guard, aren’t something perfect. If something looks unbeautiful (“mai suai”) – Thais apply [...]

Several days ago I discovered blog with a great conception. Dale Konstanz, the author of the blog, uses Bangkok taxis and takes pictures of inside decorations, fantastic in their craziness, every single day. Because a car is a house on wheels, taxi drivers have unlimited possibilities to decorate their vehicles. Of course, the first thing [...]

When one comes to Thailand, he quickly notices a system of symbols on Thai trucks, pickups and motorcycles. Usualy it’s stickers, because a sticker is a modern, cheap and quick way to put some information on a vehicle. It’s an Asian way also, because of well developed production. Sometimes, it’s authentic old style paintings and [...]

I’ve written about Honda Chaly before, but I posted photos of beautifully tuned bikes. Some members of СhalyThailand.com shared photos of restoration process itself. As you can see, guys started from a completely dead bike, a real pile of scrap metal, and changed almost everything. I can’t call it “tuning” or “styling” – it’s a [...]

Usually Thais highly respect a digit nine as a lucky number. They pick lottery tickets with as many nines in a ticket number as possible to increase a chance of winning. They buy car and motorcycle number plates with lucky digits from special sellers for higher price. But this case is special – some tough [...]

As I said before, Thai laws regulating capacity of motorbike engines allow no more than 250 cc. As a result, Thai moto-market evolutions in a different way than European. In this post I’ll tell about the most popular bike groups.
Usual Mopeds
Usually they come with half-automatic or manual transmission, kick starter and for a cheap price [...]