Plan on coming to Thailand for a holiday or to live? How are you going to get around? There are many options to choose from depending on your circumstances and/or the weather. For those people who are a little bit adventurous one of those options is a motorbike. Motorbikes are probably the most popular form of transport in Thailand, they are everywhere…..and there are good reasons for this.
For those of you who are coming to visit Thailand for a well earned break, renting a motorbike is an excellent option to consider, anything from a humble automatic scooter to a big 650cc sport bike.
Those of you planning to stay for a while or even live in Thailand there’s the option of buying a motorbike, provided you have the correct paperwork.
So, the aim of this blog is to provide helpful first hand information about the following topics related to motorbikes in Thailand:
- Why rent a bike?
- Which one is best for me?
- What bikes are available?
- How safe is it?
- What will it cost me?
- Where can I rent one?
- What paperwork will I need?
- What to be careful of.
- What are the best bikes to buy?
- Repair and maintenance costs.
- How to find a good bike.
- What questions to ask.
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- Country side 20 minutes out of Chiang Mai
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- A common site in the cities
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- Be prepared for this type of thing
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- On a bike trip in Northern Thailand
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- My son Jamo on his Super 4
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- My wife Kim in Mae Hong Son
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- A typical intersection
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- The family saloon
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- Another typical intersection
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- The family shopping vehicle
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- Not a motorbike but ‘What the….’
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- Me on the Kawazaki ER6N
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