Bike break down

[anonymous-user]

Last week some one posted on the holiday thread how horrible Thailand was. So yesterday the clutch cable went on my Vulcan 100 miles from anywhere in S Thailand as I rode home to Malaysia, stopped at a bike shop, couldn't fix, but bike put in a pick up and driven 100 miles to Hatyai, everyone in the village helped load the bike, night in hotel next to Hatyai big bike, bike being fixed now and on my way latter, no problem from anyone only help of course no Rac here so you depend on each other.

[Nath911t]

I visited Malaysia and Thailand years ago and the people were great and friendly as well as going out of there way to help you. I had to get a clutch changed on a Nissan Patrol as we sunk it in a river crossing. The Manager of a Nissan garage nr KL located one then drove it to us in the Cameroon Highlands and even helped us fit it!

[anonymous-user]

Toxic, I've not ridden much in Europe, but I think it's safer here, there are so many bikes people are aware of them most are uninsured so people avoid them, I don't split lanes at speed and avoid blind spots in big vehicles, and generally I feel very safe, if you ride like a local then you can die very easy.
Malaysia has lots of good highways, all toll free on a bike, south Thailand has some great roads, south east of Phucket, great beaches and cheap hotels, anywhere SE of Krabbie is great roads are wide fast and twisty, the most westerly border crissing to Malaysia from Satun is a mini Alpine pass with hairpins. I ride to Thailand about 4 times a year, big bike hire is easy in Phucket, but you need to tell them if you are leaving the state, Phucket is a state and you can not keave the island on a hire bike. Niki's Handel bar in Patong is a good starting point for legal hire.
Having said that bikes kill a lot of young white guys, it's not a place to learn.