As motorcycle is the most popular vehicle in Thailand, Thais use it for everything: for transportation of the whole family, including dogs and children; for sitting and eating; as a portable kitchen and a beverage shop. And, of course, they use it for carrying big luggages and freights. As Davidfl, member of GT-Rider.com and author [...]

If you suddenly drop your bike or unfortunately get into an accident, your bike’s beautiful body gets ugly scratches. What Western owner will do? He will come to repair shop, pay money, order new plastic parts. Another, maybe, more expensive way is to change a color of parts.
But what will Thai, or another Asian guy [...]

I found a very helpful and well-made website about life in Thailand – Freebeerforyorky. For us, motorcyclists, more interesting part is “Driving in Rural Thailand”. Yorky, the author of named after website, allowed me to republish typical manoeuvers, which Thai drivers use everyday. For Western drivers, who can lose driving license after 1 mistake, some [...]

When we just arrived in Thailand, we thought “Thai scoots are cool, but when you go to shopping cars are better”. One time I even tried brave deed: took box with big multifunction printer by scooter. Box stood between me and handlebar and interfered with driving process.
But now, after several years I learnt some tricks [...]