Thailand braces for it's inaugural MotoGP racing event.
The Buriram Chang Int'l Circuit will host the 15th race on this 2018 professional two-wheel motorsports tour.
Obviously there'll be traffic in Buriram.
(What a farked up country, heh.)
I live 44kms from the circuit. Nevin and his honchos have been touring my village and all neighbouring villages seeking accommodation. Even the several short-time places locally have been booked for the long weekend. The Thais will have to find alternative locations for their trysts (perhaps the back seat of their cars, as many of us no doubt did in far off days)
Buriram is a place to avoid from 7th-9th October, unless you are planning to attend the event.
When I used to regularly visit Silverstone and Brand's Hatch, I would arrange for Friday or Friday afternoon off work, hitch up the caravan and travel down in the afternoon thereby avoiding most of the Friday traffic. We never even considered leaving the circuit before Monday morning.
He last time out in Spain. Me, I am a Valentino fan from way back. No idea who I will support when he eventually retires.Nomad, another reason apart from the obvious ones, not to attend was the fact that the commentators from the last race said that Ducati will most likely dominate Buriram due to the track layout. As a Marquez fan I hope he proves them wrong and makes it an entertaining race.
..... was a Daimler Dart.........
Was that the one that you cut out the bodywork from the template on the back of a cornflake packet?
I got my one and only speeding ticket upon returning from Brands Hatch. Early 60's. Tried to lose a speeding sports car, only to realise when it overtook me it was a Daimler Dart complete with police and bell! Seem to recall it cost me a massive £70!
It was 2.00 am on a weeknight, and I was returning home in a hurry from a clandestine appointment. As I crossed the M6 travelling on the M56, I saw a car with dodgy headlights approaching the end of the on-slip. It's always been a bad place for the BIB to wait for their next victims, so I kept a way eye on my rear-view mirror to see if that car was falling back or holding station with me at 110/120 mph… I did say that I was in a hurry! Though there were lots of other vehicles travelling in the same direction, he was easy to spot as one headlight was pointing skywards while the other was ok. He was too far behind me for me to say if he had a police sign on top of his Granada or not.
After a few miles, I left the motorway on a long curving slip road, at the end of which was a roundabout. I stopped for a wagon that had right of way before moving on, but there was no sign of anyone behind me.
The next traffic light turned red as I was approaching, so I stopped again. After a minute or so, I saw the cock-eyed lights approaching in the mirrors, but it was too dark to see if it had a police gantry or not. He drew up behind me, and then flashed a blue light. I saw him open his door...
"Do you know why I've stopped you Sir?"
"Might it have anything to do with the M56 speed limit?"
"Yes," he said, "but never mind about that. What is this car?"
"It's a Honda Prelude 2.2" I replied.
"I've never seen one before" he said. "Quick, isn't it! Do you mind if I sit inside it for a moment?"
After a minute or two of questions from him about the car, he complimented me for moving from lane 2 back to lane 1 each time I'd overtaken anything on the motorway, saying that because of that, he didn't have an unbroken view of me for long enough to book me. He thanked me for letting him see the car and wished me a good night. Another good reason for not hogging the middle lane!
Another good reason for not hogging the middle lane!
I have never been an outside or middle lane hogger. However, I was fined ฿300.00 for hogging the outside lane on the Surin - Prasat road a few years ago. The comment from the BiB was that I should be on the inside lane if not overtaking. Admittedly there were no other cars in the vicinity but I explained that I was actually overtaking the massive potholes that had materialised on the nearside lane.
"They are not my problem" he said.
No doubt got the receipt to prove it.!
Don't know whether this is good or not but honda just phoned up to offer us 2 days full hospitality on the 6th and 7th including bus from the dealer and tent to sleep in cos we bought the pcx in August. What do you reckon?
Off in to dealer tomorrow to get the details.
Edit. Nit took the phone call so I don't know what was really said.
Dint know that PNick. Won't be going if it's cheap Charlie shite. Thanks.There are supposedly 100bt/night tents, and VIP tents. I wonder which one you will be given.