BMW GS1200 Goes Boom
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BMW GS1200 Goes Boom
Big bike, small blokes. What could go wrong? At least money got him the kit to save his hide. Not so sure about the lad on the Wave or whatever it is he hit.
https://cne.wtf/2021/04/25/bmw-gs1200-explodes/
https://cne.wtf/2021/04/25/bmw-gs1200-explodes/
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Is that his toes smeared over the road next to his foot?
Edit; Maybe not, there'd be more blood.....Shirley.
“Some people never go crazy. What truly horrible lives they must lead.”
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― Charles Bukowski
He’s part of the GS group by the looks. All pretty connected and coined up.
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Empty road and still manages to have an accident with another motorized vehicle, the mind boggles.
On a side note I had some of my fastest travel time in this area after being denied entry by the Thais at Poipet.
Poipet to O’Smach by the new border road 200km in 1h.
On a side note I had some of my fastest travel time in this area after being denied entry by the Thais at Poipet.
Poipet to O’Smach by the new border road 200km in 1h.
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"Big bike, small blokes. What could go wrong?"
Around ten years ago I was passing through Kuala Lumpur Airport when the Moto GP boys were just arriving and I was waiting for some desk official right behind them. (And got a handshake from Rossi!) The Doctor and the rest are all very small, certainly no bigger than the average adult Khmer male, and they do pretty well on powerful bikes travelling at a good clip!
Sounds a brisk trip Barang_doa_slae!
(Glad you didn't meet any charcoal tractors crossing the road. That was all the rage last time I was through there. HE gave land to military families who put up small houses they mostly never lived in. Over 4-6 years they cleared the whole dry deciduous forrest, Western border with Thailand to below Preah Vihear temple,. A massive slab of only somewhat disturbed nature. Sadly a huge amount of trees went direct to charcoal in hundreds of small dome kilns. (Some told me Thai loggers were allowed in to take the easy, big, Luxury Timber through the mid-late 80's. Might be true?) Hundreds of thousands of hectares was mostly half planted 3-5 years, or just left barren, then the father of FXGold trading took all land unofficially back and it unofficially went up for sale in huge chunks, minimum 1000h. HE got pissed (don't know details of why exactly) and sacked that guy, then the country's top soldier, during a public speech opening some school (It was before Twitter). Of course, at that level they are all mates and inter-married so, after being given the job of stopping all deforestation in Cambodia, (ha, ha, ha, bet that truly learned him!) he was made a Deputy P. M. No hard feelings.)
Around ten years ago I was passing through Kuala Lumpur Airport when the Moto GP boys were just arriving and I was waiting for some desk official right behind them. (And got a handshake from Rossi!) The Doctor and the rest are all very small, certainly no bigger than the average adult Khmer male, and they do pretty well on powerful bikes travelling at a good clip!
Sounds a brisk trip Barang_doa_slae!
(Glad you didn't meet any charcoal tractors crossing the road. That was all the rage last time I was through there. HE gave land to military families who put up small houses they mostly never lived in. Over 4-6 years they cleared the whole dry deciduous forrest, Western border with Thailand to below Preah Vihear temple,. A massive slab of only somewhat disturbed nature. Sadly a huge amount of trees went direct to charcoal in hundreds of small dome kilns. (Some told me Thai loggers were allowed in to take the easy, big, Luxury Timber through the mid-late 80's. Might be true?) Hundreds of thousands of hectares was mostly half planted 3-5 years, or just left barren, then the father of FXGold trading took all land unofficially back and it unofficially went up for sale in huge chunks, minimum 1000h. HE got pissed (don't know details of why exactly) and sacked that guy, then the country's top soldier, during a public speech opening some school (It was before Twitter). Of course, at that level they are all mates and inter-married so, after being given the job of stopping all deforestation in Cambodia, (ha, ha, ha, bet that truly learned him!) he was made a Deputy P. M. No hard feelings.)
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Actually the road I am referring to is mostly a dike with very little chance of anything coming from the sides.
I was still pissed at the Poipet Thai muppet custom officer that wasted an annual entry stamp in my passport and and added about 400km to my journey as I absolutely needed to reach Bangkok on that evening.
The trip from O’Smach to my hotel near Suvarnabhumi were also a brisk as I was was caught quite a few times by fixed speed traps even if I didn’t give a heck with a Cambodian plate...
I was still pissed at the Poipet Thai muppet custom officer that wasted an annual entry stamp in my passport and and added about 400km to my journey as I absolutely needed to reach Bangkok on that evening.
The trip from O’Smach to my hotel near Suvarnabhumi were also a brisk as I was was caught quite a few times by fixed speed traps even if I didn’t give a heck with a Cambodian plate...
Thai Officials of all sorts are generally total A-holes at the Poipet/ Rongkleua crossing. Khmer side, no worries, Thai side, they take pleasure in abusing guests to their country. That started early/mid 90's when there were no passport stamps for foreigners on either side.
I was thinking it might have been faster for you going South and crossing into Thailand at Laem, but now I see the road to Bangkok isn't straight forward from there. The Thai immigration chief there was a keen golfer, and if you had golf clubs and acted politely he'd let you drive through for the afternoon.
I was thinking it might have been faster for you going South and crossing into Thailand at Laem, but now I see the road to Bangkok isn't straight forward from there. The Thai immigration chief there was a keen golfer, and if you had golf clubs and acted politely he'd let you drive through for the afternoon.
Power to weight ratio plus small frame less drag. (Although McGuiness - and Dunlop(s) etc - does well in street racing but I think his weight is an advantage. Lots of tight quick turns) and is why jockeys are small.Guest9999 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 26, 2021 8:37 am"Big bike, small blokes. What could go wrong?"
Around ten years ago I was passing through Kuala Lumpur Airport when the Moto GP boys were just arriving and I was waiting for some desk official right behind them. (And got a handshake from Rossi!) The Doctor and the rest are all very small, certainly no bigger than the average adult Khmer male, and they do pretty well on powerful bikes travelling at a good clip!
Ever seen them drop a GP bike? No chance of picking it up that’s why they’re trying to muster the marshals to help!
Also their light weight reduces impact damage. 70kg rider bouncing down the road will sustain less injuries than a 95kg rider. (I’m not actually sure this is true. Just popped into my head)
Once you’re over a few MPH the gyroscopic effect comes in and the weight of the rider is largely immaterial to stability.
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I should have known better as when asked I always tell to avoid Poipet crossing at all costs.Guest9999 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 26, 2021 12:44 pmThai Officials of all sorts are generally total A-holes at the Poipet/ Rongkleua crossing. Khmer side, no worries, Thai side, they take pleasure in abusing guests to their country. That started early/mid 90's when there were no passport stamps for foreigners on either side.
I was thinking it might have been faster for you going South and crossing into Thailand at Laem, but now I see the road to Bangkok isn't straight forward from there. The Thai immigration chief there was a keen golfer, and if you had golf clubs and acted politely he'd let you drive through for the afternoon.
But I was in SR and risked it.
Regarding Laem I am not sure what border crossing is that.
I used the Hat Lek one dozens of time with my vehicles without an issue, O’Smach is also pretty chill.
The funniest one was the one west of Battabang that was open to international traveler a few years back. Before that we crossed it once for the afternoon without any documentation, the only requisite was all the uncles in our party had to leave their guns at the custom chief house before going in.
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Yea one time I accidently crossed there at Pailan in the back seat of a car without getting stamped out or in. Took about 4 km before turning around to go sort it out (as I was flying out of Bangkok a few days later). That was interesting to then get checked into Thailand from Thailand, then go get checked out of Cambodia. Efficiency all around....Barang_doa_slae wrote: ↑Mon Apr 26, 2021 1:44 pmI should have known better as when asked I always tell to avoid Poipet crossing at all costs.Guest9999 wrote: ↑Mon Apr 26, 2021 12:44 pmThai Officials of all sorts are generally total A-holes at the Poipet/ Rongkleua crossing. Khmer side, no worries, Thai side, they take pleasure in abusing guests to their country. That started early/mid 90's when there were no passport stamps for foreigners on either side.
I was thinking it might have been faster for you going South and crossing into Thailand at Laem, but now I see the road to Bangkok isn't straight forward from there. The Thai immigration chief there was a keen golfer, and if you had golf clubs and acted politely he'd let you drive through for the afternoon.
But I was in SR and risked it.
Regarding Laem I am not sure what border crossing is that.
I used the Hat Lek one dozens of time with my vehicles without an issue, O’Smach is also pretty chill.
The funniest one was the one west of Battabang that was open to international traveler a few years back. Before that we crossed it once for the afternoon without any documentation, the only requisite was all the uncles in our party had to leave their guns at the custom chief house before going in.
The first three posts on this thread are the only ones that had anything to do with the original thread.
No loss re GS, anything BMW made after about 1990 was crap, anyway
Before that,best tourers in the world
Before that,best tourers in the world
my 250,000+ km on a mid-2000s GS speak very contrarily to your opinion. The bikes were and are great, but i suppose acute geezeritis could cause someone to think otherwise.
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You must be new here...Guest 133 wrote: ↑Tue Apr 27, 2021 2:36 pmThe first three posts on this thread are the only ones that had anything to do with the original thread.
Typical forum thread transgression:
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Few relevant posts
Snide comment
Side discussion
Relevant comment
Guest chimes in with nothing to add to either discussion
Second side discussion
[three year's of quiet]
Post gets bumped by something relevant or a useless comment, it's a coin toss
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