So I'm living in Chiang Mai. I ride Doi Suthep and Doi Pui all the time. Great trails (see my trail post). It does get a bit boring though. So I ventured out to some trails on the other side of the mountain in Mae Rim. Only 27km to the trail. A pretty decent ride in and in its self, especially on a dual suspension bike, with fat knobby tires.
The trail was so-so. Very hard finding stuff that leads out. Lots of dead end trails in Thailand.
Anyways - > After riding for a few hours, up and down, back and forth. I was beat. Time to head home - ANOTHER 27km!!. Ouch
. I would have gladly taken a song taew (taxi truck) but they were all full of people. The few I talked to with a rack on top, wanted 300-500 baht to put my bike on top (I wasnt that tired). So I grunted home.
Then I was thinking about going to Mae Hong Sorng, Nan, and Doi Intanon for some riding in the future. Not wanting to ride the 50-100km - and deciding buses or minibuses were too much of a pain. I looked to my little Honda Dream for help.
After a few days of zipping all over town for parts and finding a welder. Waalaa!!
The most expensive part was the quick release for my forks (500baht) everything else was under 1000B.
It handles great on turns, a little bouncy on bumps, and a little wobbly between 0-10kph. But I'm happy. I'm now free to roam at will.
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