Comments on: Renting A Motorbike In Thailand http://voyagner.com/renting-a-motorbike-in-thailand/ Thu, 26 Apr 2012 05:14:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Dan http://voyagner.com/renting-a-motorbike-in-thailand/comment-page-1/#comment-1489 Dan Mon, 22 Mar 2010 02:04:19 +0000 http://voyagner.com/?p=896#comment-1489 My next trip to Asia will likely involve a lot a motorcycle travel. I just love it, I'm planning a bit of an Indochina adventure. Vietnam throws a bit of a spanner in the works by not allowing foreign bikes in, maybe just have to start the tour there. My next trip to Asia will likely involve a lot a motorcycle travel. I just love it, I’m planning a bit of an Indochina adventure. Vietnam throws a bit of a spanner in the works by not allowing foreign bikes in, maybe just have to start the tour there.

]]> By: Have Pack, Will Travel http://voyagner.com/renting-a-motorbike-in-thailand/comment-page-1/#comment-1480 Have Pack, Will Travel Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:23:47 +0000 http://voyagner.com/?p=896#comment-1480 I recently rented a small bike (110 or 125cc, I forget) in Chiang Mai and rode up to Pai. It was a great time and incredibly cheap. I found the Thai drivers to actually be very respectful of your safety and would be extremely courteous when wanting to pass. It's not like that back home in California! I'm counting down the days/months/hopefully not years before I can go back and do the full Mae Hong Son loop. I recently rented a small bike (110 or 125cc, I forget) in Chiang Mai and rode up to Pai. It was a great time and incredibly cheap.

I found the Thai drivers to actually be very respectful of your safety and would be extremely courteous when wanting to pass. It’s not like that back home in California!

I’m counting down the days/months/hopefully not years before I can go back and do the full Mae Hong Son loop.

]]> By: Adam http://voyagner.com/renting-a-motorbike-in-thailand/comment-page-1/#comment-1477 Adam Thu, 18 Mar 2010 04:51:43 +0000 http://voyagner.com/?p=896#comment-1477 I have experience with riding bikes in SE Asia and I agree that the freedom it provides is unbeatable. I have had so many great experiences on them that I otherwise would never have had. Conversely, I've also crashed and my wife got hurt pretty badly even though we were travelling at low speed and there were no other vehicles involved. After the accident a couple of years back, I haven't ridden a bike again overseas for fear of 1. Injuring myself pretty badly, 2. Not having the appropriate insurance 3. Ending up like the countless other people that I've seen come off second best. It can just ruin everything despite the sheer freedom of it all. So, maybe I'll take the risk again someday, but I'll first make sure I'm riding legally and am insured. That way some of the disaster can be mitigated. I have experience with riding bikes in SE Asia and I agree that the freedom it provides is unbeatable. I have had so many great experiences on them that I otherwise would never have had.

Conversely, I’ve also crashed and my wife got hurt pretty badly even though we were travelling at low speed and there were no other vehicles involved.

After the accident a couple of years back, I haven’t ridden a bike again overseas for fear of 1. Injuring myself pretty badly, 2. Not having the appropriate insurance 3. Ending up like the countless other people that I’ve seen come off second best. It can just ruin everything despite the sheer freedom of it all.

So, maybe I’ll take the risk again someday, but I’ll first make sure I’m riding legally and am insured. That way some of the disaster can be mitigated.

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