Brits do the Mae Sariang trails

[KTMphil]

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Blasted down to Mae Sariang with some friends from the UK for some trail riding.

Second day deep in the jungle on the trail to Tha Tha Fang put rock through the crank case. Epoxy and some toilet paper as a medium to hold everything in place while curing did the job perfectly.


More to come

 

[2wheels]

Yuk; this'll be interesting!

 

[The Bigfella]

Bet he gets a sump guard after that

 

[KTMphil]

Bet he gets a sump guard after that

Had one fell off...hadnt put it back on yet!

Never sent from an I-Phone

 

[harrygps]

Well done. Epoxy is a good staff.

 

[KTMphil]

Epoxy did a great job, meant we could keep going and didnt have to turn back

 

[KTMphil]

The 55 river crossing run out west of Mae Sariang to Tha Tha Fang



[video=youtube_share;myXDjcByQ40]http://youtu.be/myXDjcByQ40[/video]

 

[KTMphil]

The beautiful trail through the Sop Moei villages towards the Salaween River


[video=youtube_share;24GpARz1nBM]http://youtu.be/24GpARz1nBM[/video]

 

[bsacbob]

55 crossings bloody hell Phil you'd have web feet after that. Interesting trail that dry river bed would be fun in the rainy season ?

 

[2wheels]

A bit difficult for me to tell from the photo here Phil, but do you believe your sump guard would have prevented the rock damage?

 

[KTMphil]

A bit difficult for me to tell from the photo here Phil, but do you believe your sump guard would have prevented the rock damage?

Don't think it would have saved it.

Never sent from an I-Phone

 

[2wheels]

So, in your case, it was a matter of 'Rock & Roll'. :

 

[KTMphil]

George, who lives in the UK had ridden with us 3 years through Laos and had a fantastic time. Biily, George's son had been touring through SE Asia and they agreed to meet up and do some off road exploring with me around north Thailand, they thought it would be easy.


This is Billy kissing the tarmac, glad to be back on it.

 

[KTMphil]

George, who'd well and truly had had enough

 

[KTMphil]

We took R 1009 (road to Doi Inthanon) to get towards Mae Chaem with a dirt loop to test how the boys were off road. Everyone did fine so we pushed on towards Mae Sariang.

 

[KTMphil]

The trail off R 1009 is beautiful

Heindrick came with us too and was having a great time

 

[KTMphil]

George got caught up in a rut and had a spill, nothing serious

 

[KTMphil]

R 108, first time I'd used one of these automated fueling stations, they still have an attendant

 

[KTMphil]

Billy got a flat, 20 Bht we had it all fixed in 20 minutes

 

[KTMphil]

We stayed in different GH's in Mae Sariang every night to try them out. First night, the Northwest GH, big room, aircon., private bathroom - 300 Bht, good value.

 

[KTMphil]

Dinner at the Sawasdee restaurant then early night ready for the trails. Australians, Clinton & Dave were in Mae Sariang too, I told them our plans and they were up for a ride in the jungle too.

 

[KTMphil]

Plan was the Tha Tha Fang trail westwards to the Salaween river/ Myanmar border (the northern trail on the map below)

Dave had a slip in the corner, he was in just a t shirt which concerned me

This was why

 

[KTMphil]

A few km's west and we were on one of the most beautiful trails in Thailand

One of the Salaween National Park offices on the trail

 

[KTMphil]

I'd never counted the river crossings on this trail, Billy counted 55.

 

[KTMphil]

Dave leading, takes a wrong trail, falls off the ledge in exactly the same spot I did 4 months earlier

Logistical problems getting the bike out of there, best option was to drop it off the cliff

 

[KTMphil]

Grins from ear to ear from everyone, this is one of the most fun trails you can do

 

[KTMphil]

Green, slippy rocks, real easy to drop the bike, George has a spill, no water in the bike thankfully

 

[KTMphil]

Clinton coming out of one of the 55 rivers

ATGATT Dave

Heindrick

 

[KTMphil]

You can see the green slime pretty good in this one - super slippy

Video below:


http://www.facebook.com/video/embed?video_id=4557157170712

 

[KTMphil]

Old ruined bridge

 

[KTMphil]

Towards Tha Tha Fang, I had oil dribbling out of the engine, as expected a rock had punctured the engine side case

 

[KTMphil]

Always carry baby wet wipes, epoxy and a small file. Get the area super clean with wet wipes, file the area where the epoxy will bond to get a good mechanical bond, clean everywhere again, let it dry, size up a piece of toilet paper or bandage to saturate with epoxy to keep the epoxy in place and let dry.

Put the mend area in the sun to speed up the curing process

 

[KTMphil]

All mended, then off the Salaween river

 

[2wheels]

Good stuff Phil!

Can't help but wonder what the little lad in blue is thinking about this strange Alien ritual.

 

[MastaMax]

Amazing pics Phil, why didn't you bring the 300 for the trip?

Next ride out there let me know, I'm in!

 

[KTMphil]

The trail south from Tha Tha Fang to Mae Sam Laep is an easy pickup trail with a couple of stream crossings, the views of the Salaween river are spectacular

 

[KTMphil]

Everyone was on CRF's, so wanted to make it a level playing field (did miss the 300 smoker for sure).

Amazing pics Phil, why didn't you bring the 300 for the trip?

Next ride out there let me know, I'm in!

 

[KTMphil]

A drink break in Mae Sam Laep. All ok with Khow Sai after are last boat experience, he says the boat driver didn't understand our instructions thats why he left us,

 

[KTMphil]

The beautiful, exotic lady that owns the Mae Sam Laep GH in Mae Sam Laep

 

[KTMphil]

Everyone had the most fantastic day, this is one of the best off road days in Thailand. We gave the new River Bank GH a shot in Mae Sariang for the night. 700 Bht on the river pretty nice.

Stupendous views

Even drying racks for boots and socks