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[JimsKnight]

Travelling from Nakhon Phanom; Some moves on the way to the Khon Kaen Biker Festival.

[2long]

Was the music there to keep the viewer awake?

[Oberkommando]

Next time try a tractor or a cement truck for more of a challenge.

[Plus]

You passed a truck when it was stuck behind slow traffic?!?

Is it supposed to be a joke?

[Mousehound]

What a moron!!

[Datsun240Z]

I just wasted 2:44 of my life, by watching this video, and another 20 seconds to type this message.

[JimsKnight]

So sorry for stealing your precious life energy there mate.  It's not meant to be ghost rider so keep your panties on there

Basically if you pause and read it this pick-up driver kept overtaking and slowing down, taunting me.  He didn't like bikers very much.
So I had to get past him and away to end this pricks attitude.
Yeah he was a moron, but what can you do when you're a lone biker a zillion miles away from home-base?
Most of you won't have a clue having not bike toured miles away from home and been harryed by pick-up drivers so I understand your ignorance.

[JimsKnight]

Oberkommando, on 2009-05-28 13:27:47, said:

Next time try a tractor or a cement truck for more of a challenge.

Do they have a top speed exceeding a 3.0L TDI pick-up?  If so, bring it on!

[Oberkommando]

JimsKnight, on 2009-06-04 21:26:55, said:

Oberkommando, on 2009-05-28 13:27:47, said:

Next time try a tractor or a cement truck for more of a challenge.

Do they have a top speed exceeding a 3.0L TDI pick-up?  If so, bring it on!

A good many vehicles have a top speed exceeding a diesel pick-up, after all the gearing only allows 180-200km/h at redline in 5th gear.

[neverdie]

JK, I can't work out why you didnt round him up on the left hand side in the first 10 seconds .

[katana]

Overtaking on the inside  

[Datsun240Z]

There is a VW Transport Type 5, with 3.2 V6.

[sykdevil]

the truck kept on overtaking and slowing down...the truck slowed down because there was slower moving traffic infront and he had no chance of over taking. I don't think he was taunting you, you are thinking too much.

[ScubaBuddha]

I doubt the driver was even aware you were there. This is just how Thai's drive. Pass whenever you can and sometimes when you can't. It's like having a country full of 16 year old boys behind the wheel in terms of judgment, common sense, and in most cases, experience. Go=pedel to the floor.

Edited by Scubabuddha, 2009-06-08 01:45:19.

[JimsKnight]

neverdie, on 2009-06-04 18:44:16, said:

JK, I can't work out why you didnt round him up on the left hand side in the first 10 seconds .

I know man, I had chances sooner but I was 2 weeks into the tour, had been on the road for ages and was being a bit cagey.

I also had a bad vibe about overtaking him on a clear stretch for him to be on my tail.  People may slag me off for overtaking on the inside, but the call was a fair one and after I did so he had no way of getting to me without trying to ram aside cars and other pick-ups

[JimsKnight]

sykdevil, on 2009-06-07 09:18:07, said:

the truck kept on overtaking and slowing down...the truck slowed down because there was slower moving traffic infront and he had no chance of over taking. I don't think he was taunting you, you are thinking too much.

You have to understand, that very driver had been tailing, overtaking and slowing down for the past 10 minutes or so.  
This wasn't shown on the video cause it would of been even longer to upload.  
Some posters on here and youtube are already fussed about 3 minutes or so of their lives being 'wasted' by watching this clip   Bless their precious minds!

[JimsKnight]

Oberkommando, on 2009-06-04 18:37:27, said:

JimsKnight, on 2009-06-04 21:26:55, said:

Oberkommando, on 2009-05-28 13:27:47, said:

Next time try a tractor or a cement truck for more of a challenge.

Do they have a top speed exceeding a 3.0L TDI pick-up?  If so, bring it on!

A good many vehicles have a top speed exceeding a diesel pick-up, after all the gearing only allows 180-200km/h at redline in 5th gear.

A good many is a broad brush to bandy about my aryan friend.
Overtaking a vehicle doing 180 - 200 kph on substandard Thai roads with side roads hither and thither is no mean feat.
You need to understand a CBR 400 is restricted to about 220 kph or so.  This gives you a very narrow margin of speed to overcome a flat-out 3.0L TDI pick-up
With undertaking at slower speed of 80 kph using a bikes inherent advantage of narrow width versus bulky cars and trucks the safer option was to use guile as opposed to raw power

[t.s]

JimsKnight, on 2009-06-08 22:09:36, said:

Oberkommando, on 2009-06-04 18:37:27, said:

JimsKnight, on 2009-06-04 21:26:55, said:

Oberkommando, on 2009-05-28 13:27:47, said:

Next time try a tractor or a cement truck for more of a challenge.

Do they have a top speed exceeding a 3.0L TDI pick-up?  If so, bring it on!

A good many vehicles have a top speed exceeding a diesel pick-up, after all the gearing only allows 180-200km/h at redline in 5th gear.

A good many is a broad brush to bandy about my aryan friend.
Overtaking a vehicle doing 180 - 200 kph on substandard Thai roads with side roads hither and thither is no mean feat.
You need to understand a CBR 400 is restricted to about 220 kph or so.  This gives you a very narrow margin of speed to overcome a flat-out 3.0L TDI pick-up
With undertaking at slower speed of 80 kph using a bikes inherent advantage of narrow width versus bulky cars and trucks the safer option was to use guile as opposed to raw power

i am with the others, perhaps you should keep these "gems" to yourself. i have watched a few of you videos now, and every time i click on one it is with the hope that something, anything will happen. honestly what is the point?

[JimsKnight]

Are you a biker? Do you actually travel long distance or even go anywhere for pleasure on a motorbike outside of your comfy apartment district?

If you are I'm very surprised because you come across as some souless drone who whinges and complains about anyone who is different to them.

I enjoy my riding and the adventure that Thailand brings and if you've a problem with it then go to my profile and click on the ignore button and do us all a favour

[angiud]

Childish, idiot video for speed junkies on their crazy unsafe bikes.

[JimsKnight]

Thanks, your enlightened comments have been duly considered, noted and ejected enthusiastically
Some of us didn't come here to be repressed and moral-spewing do-gooders but enjoy what we own and regret nothing of our actions.

[t.s]

JimsKnight, on 2009-11-21 00:32:00, said:

Are you a biker? Do you actually travel long distance or even go anywhere for pleasure on a motorbike outside of your comfy apartment district?

If you are I'm very surprised because you come across as some souless drone who whinges and complains about anyone who is different to them.

I enjoy my riding and the adventure that Thailand brings and if you've a problem with it then go to my profile and click on the ignore button and do us all a favour

umm, yes and yes. i have had bikes in thailand for years and have ridden quite extensively on and off road.

you have intuited alot from my 50 or so word post, so i will leave you to it. ride on.

[JimsKnight]

t.s, on 2009-11-22 18:37:17, said:

JimsKnight, on 2009-11-21 00:32:00, said:

Are you a biker? Do you actually travel long distance or even go anywhere for pleasure on a motorbike outside of your comfy apartment district?

If you are I'm very surprised because you come across as some souless drone who whinges and complains about anyone who is different to them.

I enjoy my riding and the adventure that Thailand brings and if you've a problem with it then go to my profile and click on the ignore button and do us all a favour

umm, yes and yes. i have had bikes in thailand for years and have ridden quite extensively on and off road.

you have intuited alot from my 50 or so word post, so i will leave you to it. ride on.

Well when you give me little to go off initially then make what appears to be wet lettuce assumptions and high horse morality what can you expect?  
Ride on right back

[madjbs]

You complain about bad driving and then you post a video of yourself undertaking trucks at fairly high speed, a great way to get yourself killed and all for nothing. Did you have any motorcycle riding experience before you came to Thailand?

[JimsKnight]

What bad driving have I complained about?

Experience JK has: Enough.

Business it is of Madjbs: F*ck all

But to be honest this attitude of 'how much experience you have' or 'where've you ridden' is pointless when Thailand is it's own entity for driving/riding.

If anything riding like we're in some over-regulated and police state land in the west with cameras watching your speed isn't really what a lot of bikers came here to do.

If you're a good rider you won't end up getting wasted riding out here unless the other driver does something stupid.

Edited by JimsKnight, 2009-11-23 11:33:05.