SG biker group saw me riding alone toward Thai from Gerik town.

"Hi osxunix, I saw you on the trunk road before Gerik town. Was surprised to see a Sgp plate Handa Phantom riding alone. Gave you a friendly wave as i rode past you. I was riding in a group which consist of a Honda Goldwing, KTM adventure, Harley rocker and me a Suzuki m109r. Don't know whether you noticed us? We left on Sunday morning from Betong too but we went up to Hatyai."

Day 2-2

Trail some hill road of Betong it was cooling and has a  remarkable nice scenery. The hill have many road curve sport bike riding can try their corner skill here. Late afternoon visit the world tallest mail box if you compare the height with my bike super tall right? The Betong town clock tower is just beside my Hotel it actually give me direction around the town but during evening time sparrows lining up on the wire cables at night beware of raining bird shit. Went to Jumjuree Beer Park for dinner location top of the hill nice food but slow serving of food...

Bieber is not gay he just girly!

Day 2

After 12hr of riding wake up at 3pm having breakfast opposite of Modren Thai hotel Roast Pork rice with wanton soup at 70baht. After breakfast change engine oil at local bike shop the best EO they can offer is Castrol 20W50 @ 120baht/SGD$5 (Found out SG actually selling SGD$10). Nice cooling weather today and riding without a helmet is bless and dangerous.
Went to Betong Hot Spring boil some eggs :)

Day 1-2

Weird thing in Betong.

In Betong speaking Thai is not a must most people speak Mandarin or Malay due to many Malaysian visitor.

When ever you buy something or pay for food you will be quote in Malaysian ringgit not Thai baht.

If you like to pay Thai baht in Betong $1 ringgit is $10 baht.

So if you are quote $2 ringgit pay baht is $20 baht.

Sing Dollar to Malaysia Ringgit= $1 to $2.48 ringgit

Sing Dollar  to Thai Baht= $1 to $24.90 baht

$2 ringgit/2.48=  SGD 0.806

$20 baht/24.9= SGD 0.803

Thai baht is more worth it by 0.03 haha.

No roaming network in Betong!

You can search network but you just can't connect to any!

Only Betong Thai SIM card able to connect to network.

SIM card from other part of Thai also unable to connect to Betong network but Betong SIM card able to connect to whole Thai network.

So if your SIM card is not from Betong there is no way to connect to their network.

Day 1

One's destination is never a place but rather a new way of looking at things.~Henry Miller

I do many research before going to Thai and like to Thanks all member from http://www.singaporebikes.com/forums sharing their experience!

 

Will move out from JB @ 12am... (Ride actually delay start 1:30am and reach 1:30pm)
From Johor ride NSE E1 6hour to KL continue to E2 Ipoh ride to Gerik ride to the end of Gerik continue to Pengkalan hulu perak and when reaching the end of Pengkalan hulu will see Petronas refill fuel and turn right to Betong 7km to reach Malaysia/Thai custom total another 6hour.

Checking the Malaysia weather forecast from JB toward KL had no rain but reaching Perak have isolated rain over coastal area. Hopefully everything will be alright :(


8 pit stop I can do 6 but let my bike rest more and road after Ipoh is a challenge for my small bike up and down hill with lot of shape corner my skill is put to test for first time have to use engine brake all the way down hill.

My bike Phantom TA200

Is a Honda 4-stroke single cylinder 200cc "retro cruiser"
6-speed gearbox max. power output: 12.3 kW / 16.48 hp @ 8000 rpm.
Age 10 year old brought it @ $850  renew COE @ $900 5 years.

Motivation video clip for touring! For Ordinary People With Extraordinary Dreams

http://youtu.be/3ojSqSIh9gY

For Ordinary People With Extraordinary Dreams!

Mod for touring, exhaust wrap, chain Tensioner, throttle control, sprocket...

 

Go Cruise Throttle control relax your hand when touring.
Exhaust wrap: Hot air moves faster than cold air so it will allow the exhaust gas to escape faster.
BMW handlebar grip for touring great feel after install compare to stock and it only cost $28 made in Germany.
Auto Chain Tensioner: After install the chain tensioner I only adjust my chain every 6 months.