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Should stand him in good stead then.

Also teach him how to break someone's head with a spinning bird kick.


And he's good to go.

Was riding through the Ratchada underpasses today and a young pillion on a scooter took one hell of a shot to the kisser.

2 young lads on a Fino, pizza cutter rims, full revs, cutting in front of a car and lost the back end, then the front end and high-sided. not at great speed, but the pillion took a curb to the mouth shot.

Fok me there was some amount of thick red blood and saliva and teeth flowing outta him. Lost the whole lot with a broken jaw to match I reckon.



Moral of the story, beat the idiot out of the young lad before you let him on a bike Icy.

Originally Posted by Luigi

pillion on a scooter took one hell of a shot to the kisser.

I'll assume he was wearing a half-face helmet?
Never understood that.
A half face helmet might save your brain, but that's no use without the bottom half of your face.

If you ride a bike - where a full-face helmet.
May well just save your life.

"wear"

Best stay out of this thread Crapper, and stick to trying to count squares.

^
Your English language tefling knowledge is second to none Luisa,
I'll leave you to it.

If I was 18 again I would like dad to buy me a nice panigale to commute on and a pretty lil 2015 Yzf R1 to potter round to the shops for mum and bring home the milk and tea.
Both very safe , light and capable machines with very good brakes and sensible , life saving electronic nanny gizmos to help u stay upright if you fart or get a runny nose.

Thanks Dad.

Originally Posted by Cujo

Originally Posted by Luigi

Originally Posted by Luigi

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If he can't go over 50kph, get him a scooter.

The Yammy Exciter 150 is probably the sharpest, most agressive looking scooter in Thailand.



I'm sure there's something similar in Oz.

Get him something like this, under the condition that if he hasn't had a spill or a scrape by his 18th birthday, you'll get him a ninja 300 then.

He would get the piss ripped out of him severely in Aus turning up on something like that.

Correct Cujo, he would not leave the house if I bought him a gay little machine.
You know the score.

^^ You can always put 46 stickers on it and let him know they all have them in Italy.

If your priority is to give him an extra few inches, the Ninja 300 is the way to go.

^
The Ninja was his choice from you guys recommendations.
He will be safe enough in Oz - He will not be driving on pot-holed gravel roads with 3 or 4 of his cousins hitching a ride.

Originally Posted by Luigi

Was riding through the Ratchada underpasses today and a young pillion on a scooter took one hell of a shot to the kisser.
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Not surprising...have seen some crazy passes there...I think bikes are not even supposed to be going under them...I always do tho'. The young kids (scooter crowd) probably do not understand how bad the traction is on most Thai roads, especially in Bangkok and its downright dangerous under BTS stations and other shaded places....never experienced anything like it anywhere...

Riding my US spec CBR1000 back from Kanchanaburi a few weeks ago I could literally spin up the rear on a DRY road in 5th gear. As t he bike has no traction control (or ABS) I treat every ride in Bangkok like a full on in the rain wet ride as I would back in the states.

Originally Posted by Luigi

Originally Posted by jimbobs

Originally Posted by Luigi

In fairness to Honda, the inline 4 650cc CBR series is great value.

Are they a proper sport bike though Luigi, I've never ridden or even seen one around mine

No.

they're a cheap, pedestrian, Honda inline four, readily available in Thailand.

Great value in the market here.


If you want a sport's bike, thai Honda isn't the place to go. The CBR1000 is Jap spec (heavily restricted) and not US spec. CBR600 has never been available here (besides gray imports)

There are some deals to be had at Red Baron right now...especially on the 30th anniversary ZX10R and the 14' CBR SP's....also a 600RR in there I think.

Originally Posted by Iceman123

My stepson has driven bikes in LOS for 3 years around the village.
He has now with us is Oz.
I know nothing about bikes, he is only 16yo - what type of bike and size should I buy him?

My advice - from someone who grew up riding bikes and still loves them - don't. I lost more than a few friends to bike accidents around that age. Looking back it's a small miracle I'm still here as well.

The caveat to that is bikes with ABS etc are safer these days but the caveat to that caveat is that ABS ain't gonna mean squat when some inattentive clown plows into you.

A new fino Grande thingy. won it in a raffle at tops in chiang mai

Originally Posted by Iceman123

He will be safe enough in Oz - He will not be driving on pot-holed gravel roads with 3 or 4 of his cousins hitching a ride.

He's going to land on his ass.

The same as we all have, and the same we still do from time to time.


If he was my 16 yr old I would get him a 150, R15 or CBR150, or that new Mslaz 150 looks sharp, until he was 18 and had 2 yrs of everyday experience behind him.

But he's not. So good luck. hope he'll be okay every time he lands on his ass.

Originally Posted by Luigi

The Yammy Exciter 150 is probably the sharpest, most agressive looking scooter in Thailand.

I don't own a motosai, but will borrow the gf's Honda Wave for the next Old Wiankers outing.

Originally Posted by Luigi

If he was my 16 yr old I would get him a 150, R15 or CBR150, or that new Mslaz 150 looks sharp, until he was 18 and had 2 yrs of everyday experience behind him.

But he's not. So good luck. hope he'll be okay every time he lands on his ass.

Agreed, but he is only my stepson,

Just joking, I believe if you show your trust and let them know the rules they will learn fast - his ass will be fine. Mummy has no concerns at all, he is a very sensible quiet conservative lad.

When my own son son was 17, I bought him a V8 Monaro (the law has since changed and you now have to be 25yo) He was the happiest kid on the planet and it revved up his sex life no end. No problems encountered he had it for six years. He was educated to be sensible and recognise the limits.

It's all about education rather than training - Education always comes out on top.
Would you rather your daughter had sex education or sex training?

Originally Posted by Dillinger

Originally Posted by Luigi

The Yammy Exciter 150 is probably the sharpest, most agressive looking scooter in Thailand.

If it looked like that, he'd have a point

Originally Posted by Iceman123

Would you rather your daughter had sex education or sex training?

I think he'd rather you just gave her a lollipop mate

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Originally Posted by Iceman123

My stepson has driven bikes in LOS for 3 years around the village.
He has now with us is Oz.
I know nothing about bikes, he is only 16yo - what type of bike and size should I buy him?

My advice - from someone who grew up riding bikes and still loves them - don't. I lost more than a few friends to bike accidents around that age. Looking back it's a small miracle I'm still here as well.

The caveat to that is bikes with ABS etc are safer these days but the caveat to that caveat is that ABS ain't gonna mean squat when some inattentive clown plows into you.

I'll never forget those underwear shit stains after being on the back of a friend's FZR400 when he pulled a wheelie doing about 60mph. Teens and bikes are a dangerous mix.

That's more like it , what's that gay looking one in Luigi's pic then ?

The actual bike. I think this one is a graphic design piece of homework.