FRICKD'UPS Crazy motorcycle adventures in thailand

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the crew and more evidence that frickd'up has been there

 

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off to bed, have to get to the track tomorrow and put a few minor finishing touches on a few bikes tomorrow. mon,tues,wed we have the track all to ourselves...me and 5-6 other guys

some cops trying hard to hand out tickets. they just stand there and flag down whoever they see breaking the law (no seat belt, no helmet)

on one of my past trips here rahmon and i were doing about 140-mph down the freeway when i see this guy step out in to the road. no big deal i think, just someone crossing the road...wait....thats a cop throw out the anchors, drag the feet and deploy the parachutes. no joke i stopped within 10 feet of him...had i seen him one second later he would have been a 929 hood ornament. he wrote us a ticket for riding in the fast lane , we paid 10$ and left.

we just use the "i cant see you, you cant see me thing" and keep going now.

and they are ever so smart, they will sit in the same spot for three days....... um yeah....

until tomorrow barf...

 

[HiggyB]

...we paid 10$ and left.

Sounds familiar. I was on Koh Samui, riding a rented scooter in classic squidly gear: shorts, flip-flops, t-shirt and sunglasses - the helmet they provided was in the basket on front (no laughing, that basket was manly as hell!). I'd ridden that road daily for nearly a week without any hassle and never saw any tickets being written, but on that fine day there was an all new checkpoint and I was stopped and fined for riding without my helmet (500 baht). That "checkpoint" was gone the next day and I'm guessing those cops had a nice dinner and some fat wallets after the steady stream of farang going by them all day (Thais were being waved on through). Classic Thai "enforcement", lol.

After that I ditched the scooter plan altogether in favor of using sangthaew (taxi trucks, how do you spell that word?) instead. The scooter severely limited my beer consumption and that just wasn't working for me...

Where are the pics of Songkran? Or are you just avoiding all that mess?

Do your spring cleaning and have a great Thai new year!

 

[Rambeezi]

 

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pics of songkran coming tonight....have to download and resize for barf.

my lady made me an all bacon breakfast....think she is trying to kill me


my old condo...we lived on the 13th floor but the elevator buttons went 12-14. guess 13 is really that unlucky here.

safffeeee scooter riding

 

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stupid songkran...they were still throwing water at 10pm.

had to help "move" some of these around the pits

 

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well off to work...tomorrow is three days on the track

 

[krongsak]

Damn! I live in Bangkok for over a year and didn't ever made it to the track. I ended up racing a 250 TT-R at some local enduro events along with a few other farangs. Tried hard for a year to build a set of supermotard wheels to no avail, excel rims larger than 1.75 were unfindable then.

Too bad I missed bira

My avatar is a souvenir of my time there, a whole year fighting in the shittiest rings

 

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you can find amost anything here you just need to know where to look. and of course now i have a set of excel rims for sale!!!!!

 

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im backkkkkkkk!!!

we just finished our three day april event so i didn't really have much time for the internet. the event was great,none of our students crashed and bobby got his knee down for the first time (and is now hooked)

i have a lot of pics to share so here is a start...

these are the petronas team riders...on their tricked out scooters. boy were they fast thru the chicness

 

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here they are on their r6's. a 1:10 is faaasssstttt....they were running 1:06's

 

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a little rain......

the security guard at the track....i call him "the supervisor" he just stands there and watches us work.

 

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a healthy lunch at the track.

my partner gram squids it to work on his fazer. we found out when we got to the track it had a blown head gasket as there was a lot of water in the oil ( and the water was boiling)

 

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some of our new paint schemes

 

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all the tourist rent "big bikes" and tool around with these silly little helmets on. today we saw two huge buff guys riding around with their shirts off and no helmets on a r1 don't be so dam cheap, rent two bikes.

and yes those are speakers

 

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i like the price of rice

thai dogs...sleep anywhere

 

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some cage

 

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it is legal to drive with an open container here....

 

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here is the bike i am thinking about buying....the frame is made in thailand, it has a kz 750 motor and a ducati swingarm. i am thinking paint/powder coat it all black with red accents and the "p-40" style tiger teeth on the tank. add a jockey shifter and some crazy exhaust......i was thinking about some 70's style exhaust that goes all the way back then straight up. lso thinking bout ditching the bars for some straight ones....or go taller

still thinking about it...the price is right....3k$

 

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there was a drifting event at the track