Tony nitrous

Beautiful day today...... Went out to play. Clowned about a bit, got lost, had an excellent time.

Thanks. The prices dont mean much because its only relevent to what the average wage is. Bikes seem a little dearer out here but I put that dow to out limited availability. Only 20 million folk over a huge area, the amount of bikes within driving distance is a LOT less than in the UK.

A years road tax on a big / unlimited CC bike, dual rego (much cheaper if its a single seat bike) is about $400, about 250 UK pounds. Single seat bikes are much cheaper to tax because it includes the "personal" insurance, if there's no passenger, there's a lot lower claim risk. You get your bike inspected, must have a single seat and no rear pegs to get passed. My fully comp insurance for 5 bikes, Busa, B-King, GSX1400, Bandit 12, GSX1100, including all mod's, agreed value, insured rider and passengers bike gear, Option to do own repairs, Option to buy back any salvage, is about $1600, about 1030 UK pounds.

Plates stay with the bike as long as its registered (road tax paid) If your tax run's out for more than a month or two, the bike becomes "unregistered" and the plates are not valid and dont belong to you, they then belong to the Dept of Transport. To re-register the bike you need a safety cert (MOT) but you'll be given new off the line plates. Good thing is we dont get MOT's. You only need one the 1st time you register a vehicle OR if its changing owners. Some of mine havent been done is several years. Road tax includes basic 3rd party PERSON insurance. Not property but damage to persons. It legal to ride on anything that has tax IF you have a bike licence. Been banned a few times, double the speed limit, drunck driving, only 18 year old etc etc, As long as you have a licence you can still LEGALY jump on your mates Hayabusa / B-King / R1 as long as it is taxed !!! Bad thing is so can an unemployed person with a dozen kids living in a council house. If they hit you your f#cked! and the only hope you have is claiming off your own insurance. Mad world.

Personal plates change a bit depending if your registering in Qld / NSW / WA / NT etc, but they are still quite common. A few of the Boys in our group...

Personal plates are very common and quite cheap out here. Normal bike plates are 2 numbers-3 letters, if you stick to that but pick your own combination they are about $400. Huge range of colours to chose from. B KING was going to cost about $2000 because it was not a standard plate (local lad bought it anyway) I thought well... a 1 and a 3 look a little bike a B and it is a "13" hundred.... so went for the cheap option.

Couldnt resist getting a few hours in today. Busa's soooo much fun!

Managed to stretch my weekend out to an 11th day, Fark' im getting the hang of this being self employed...

Enjoy. I love the place. Been there 6 or more times. Had a job set up there and was serious about moving. Moved to AU because I wouldnt get in after 40 and could always go back to Cyprus. New Mrs lived there for 6 months. Both keen to go back. Get away from the tacky tourist area's and its a beautiful and interesting place. Love it.

I like the TLS. Rather have one than the SV1000 or TLR. A few lads out here have naked/streetfightered one's. They're a lot of fun. Several page's of "S" models here.... http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/showthread.php?9306-Suzuki-TL1000S

I work with builders, I thought it'd be down for age's ! Long lunch, gone to fetch materials, not worth starting this late in the day etc etc... Only joking Dave. Well done, top job...

QUOTE: Well I was wondering how long it would take for that video to be posted on here. For all that criticized without knowing what the true conditions were and being able to see from the true riders view GO f*** YOURSELF! As far as the details for what lead up to the wreck I will keep those to myself after seeing all the negativity from fellow B-king riders I don't think it will make a difference in anyone's opinion. With that being said I would not call myself the most experienced rider but I have been a rider for 5+ years now. Since the wreck they have cleared the trees/brush away from the 40mph curve sign and additional turn arrows. Yes there were several mistakes on my part but after I realized the mistake had been made I choose to take the dirt over a head on with the other rider. I am not ashamed or scared to show my mistake to everyone I only hope someone other than me learns from this and gains from it. No matter the experience level I believe we can all say that we have had an incident of a sizable magnitude. If you can't say that then when it comes for you I hope you are able to walk away as I did. F@rk! The Americans think THAT is a 40mph corner ....

Sadest thing for me is they now own Spondon.

Thanks. In the last/todays pic I "Squeezed" the bike between the posts to get up to the pedestrian viewing area at the Powerstation. Anyone would think they didnt want vehicles in there !!

Managed to stretch my weekend out to include Tuesday. Too nice to not go out and play for a few hours.

Rider coming the other way was lucky. Rider on the King got what he deserved. (no gloves and no ability, lesson learned)

Electric GSXR streetfighter !

I was like that, then I rode a couple of Turbo Busa's... Imagine a bit more go.... in a naked bike... Did you know you can get a 2lb NOS bottle with a special mount, designed to fit under a Hayabusa seat hump.....

... then you use CR500 rods with the stroker kit and you get close to a 1000cc.... A few interesting XS's in this lot... http://www.xs650.org.au/idle_talk.htm

7 out of 10 so maybe I shouldnt either!

We did mention a few weekends away so that might be a use for the 1400. No chance that the Busa or Kings going to get box's!!! EVER. I dont think a pillion would be real happy on some of our "sprited" rides...

Can you tell ? ....... http://www.bangkokpicture.com/nightlife/spotthekatoeys.php