thaieagle67

I am the very proud owner of an 848 Evo, with full race termignoni system. An absolute dream of a bike to ride and a lot more control through the barmy streets and country roads of LOS than a 1198S, which is just a beast but beautiful. With Steering dampener, 1198 brakes and a few more horses than the standard 848, it does make a difference and looks & sounds the dogs nuts.


If you can afford it go for a new one because not too many have sold in Thailand, in comparison to the Monster or Hypermotard that is, so there won't be much of a second hand market.

pauljones, on 2012-04-23 04:56:02, said:

Now thats a good rumour to start.....Any rumour as to when?

TAWP, on 2012-02-29 23:27:46, said:

Who would that be then

I wish the BiB would pull their heads out their backsides and get real. Speeding alone does not always constitute a cause for an accident, take Germany as a good argument to this. You can drive sensibly at speed and be no threat to anyone but jump lanes without signalling, tailgate, undertake, etc, at speed will of course raise significantly the risk of an accident.

The same goes for blaming not wearing a helmet as a cause of an accident.....eh! Since when can not wearing a helmet become a cause? Wearing a helmet is a preventative measure to stop head injuries, Wearing a helmet does not improve the standard of motorcycle riding or sober someone up, infact with many Thai kids it makes them think they are even more bullet proof and ride worse and faster than normal.

I have traveled Thai roads & motorways for many years and have never seen the BiB pull up anyone for driving like a complete prat, driving in the wrong direction, entering a motorway from an exit road, the list can go on for pages. The BiB in my eyes are the major underlying cause for the high death rates on Thai roads, they do nothing to improve the very poor Thai driving culture and show a very poor respect to the law they should be enforcing (wearing no helmets, driving drunk, etc).

Before it is is mentioned I also acknowledge that unfortunately this poor policing seems to have given quite a few farangs an excuse to drive as daft as the locals!

It was the soft opening of the showroom last night, good turn out, chance to get a good look at all the bikes. Good effort by Tony, Don, Manny and the team. A good turn out by local Ducati owners as well, in fact I was shocked on how many owners there are in Pattaya and I am told there are others that didn't/couldn't attend!