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[sabaijai]

LoveDaBlues, on 2008-02-09 13:30:10, said:

I remember about a year ago walking by one of the places in Udon that makes/sells them.  A pretty nifty looking new one was priced at 58K baht.

A friend of mine drove one once and said they were a bitch to drive.  Probably just takes getting used to.


edit - AFAIK just a regular license is needed to legally drive one.  Perhaps a special license is needed to legally haul passengers for hire; just a guess on my part I don't really know.

The ones made in Udon are 'skylab' (or in Laos, 'jumbo'), much larger than the Bangkok tuk-tuk. They don't make the Bangkok-style tuk-tuks in the northeast, if that's what you're looking for.

[mrt273nva]

Get one direct from the manufacturer at http://www.monikamot...om/tuk-tuk.html

Edited by mrt273nva, 2008-08-13 12:43:36.

[Iwdal]

Just bought my first Tuk tuk (Bajaj 150cc) -93
I found one here in Sweden that was inported -93 new and was used for EM in Athletics 1994.

It's in good shape, no rust but it has some problems with brake and engine.

1. When I use the front brake it start to pulsate and the steering feels swampy??
2. The engine is a 145.5cc but it feels week, on fourth gear it barely maintain the speed. Anyone with an idea.
Can it be the silenser that is stuffed and need to be repased.
3. Anyone knows the stroke length of the 150cc, thinking of upgrade it to 170cc. Does a Vespa cylinder fit on the engine? It´s hard to find parts here in sweden but it looks like vespa parts on the tuktuk.

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[bubu]

any updates regarding prices?
i am talking about a tuktuk as shown in my avatar .... a regular bangkok tuktuk!


and what about the driver's registration?
all drivers of public transportation means (buses, taxis, tuktuks etc.) have a number.
is such a number n ecessary if the tuktuk is used only as a sightseeing tuktuk?

[bendejo]

OP: there are a number of styles of tuktuk throughout the country, as well as the region.  
The 'classiest' ones I've seen are in Siem Reap, they look like like old-time English carriages and are pulled by a motorcycle-type unit, connected by a sort of hinge (like tractor-trailers).  I think they can hold more people as well.

[peterallard]

The monicamotors site appears to have malware in it.

[bubu]

bendejo, on 2009-11-20 10:14:41, said:

OP: there are a number of styles of tuktuk throughout the country, as well as the region.

that's the reason why i said i am talking about the one shown on my avatar picture ;-)

[bubu]

can anybody answer my second question?

and what about the driver's registration?
all drivers of public transportation means (buses, taxis, tuktuks etc.) have a number.
is such a number n ecessary if the tuktuk is used only as a sightseeing tuktuk?

[sassienie]

whimsy, on 2008-02-09 18:51:05, said:

Is it possible to own a tuk-tuk in Thailand as a private vehicle.  Not for hire, but just for your own personal use?

This is what I would like to know?

I have spoken with some Thais who told me that owning a tuk tuk as a private vehicle is not possible because they have to be registered under special license for public vehicle use only.

There is a monopoly on tuk tuks like ordinary taxis by whoever controls these public vehicles and will not permit the private registration of them.

That’s what I’ve been told and I have never seen tuk tuks in Thailand being used as private transport or know anyone that owns one.

But, please correct me if I’m wrong?

[tw25rw]

Would be great private transport. Get a 12 seater and the whole village could travel to the market and back as well as using it to cart heavy stuff around.