Mate, very limited selection of DS / Offroad tyres available for the Ducati HM / MTS, your HM runs 180/55/17 rear wheel.
Lot of history there at the now national Park. The story goes it was the last bastion of Thai communists and they had dug themselves into the hills and repelled the government forces. Proved a very popular group that was joined by a large contingent of Bangkok university students who were issued with a gun and uniform on arrival. The Thai army formed a special trained force to dislodge them and only an intervention by the King offering an amnesty on surrender did avoid widespread bloodshed.All good and SE to the Phu Hin Rongkla National Park - entrance to the interesting R 2331
And with the full termig kit, you also get the mapping updated to include the "Race" mapping.Will pick up mine tomorrow if my flights don't get too messed up, already 2 1/2 hour delayed from Colombo now.
From Chiang Khan, it was a good opportunity to check out R 2195 westwards that follows the Thai border/ Mekong River, westwards towards Tha Li (where there is an international border crossing into Laos). This road in the past had always been pot-holey and unmade so a good chance to check its condition.
It had deteriorated even more, some very nasty 5km bad pot hole sections and lots of gravel sections, if you're not on an adventure bike avoid it. The CB 500 X's were amazing on the gravel roads by the way.
