Monday, December 11, 2006

My Bikes




2005 BMW R1200GS - perfect touring bike for northern Thailand. Terrible bike for riding in the city - too big.
2004 Honda XR250 - my "little" dirt bike and a good town bike as well.
2002/3 Suzuki DRX400S - my big thumper. Nice grunt, lots of low end power, doesn't weigh much more than the XR, good town bike as well.

You may notice that all of my bike have 777 on the plates. Thai people believe that numbers can be very lucky. Triple 7 is a very lucky number. Multiples of 9's are super lucky. The number 9 is an auspicious number because the current king of Thailand is the 9th in the Chakri dynasty. The two on the right are registered in Bangkok. The yellow DRZ is registered in a different province. If you can't read the name of the province (in red) click here and ask your TG to read it for you.

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