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Originally Posted by Stitchawl
I've ridden in each of those countries, and these days you can do it all on super highways if you want, (though I don't know why one would want to ride superhighways,) even through Cambodia and Laos! Back country China gets difficult for clean gas as does rural Vietnam and Cambodia, so you really need to have a large gas filter that is field-maintainable, like the ones on the Paris/Dakar BMW. Besides insane drivers, clean gas is the problem more than road condition. Actually, wyndslash is correct in saying her roads are about the worst. Only country I've seen with worse roads in Asia is Bali!
When I lived in Thailand, we used to give a prize to the first person who spotted a motorscooter with 5 or more passengers... Seen daily with kids coming home from school or families going shopping on Sundays. Mom, Dad, two pre-teens and one toddler... all on a 10 year old 50cc Honda Wave.
Stitchawl
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The farther from an Interstate or Freeway the better when I ride, I like the dual lane roads the best, they tend to be well paved, m talking in the US and Canada. Here the only good roads are the major highways, the nice twisty back roads are full of pot holes and the occasional cow, but if you ride well it;s a non issue. I've never ridden in any other Asian country so we'll see
The Roti man is my favorite rider here in Malaysia, I have seen them riding when you couldn't see the driver, just his head sticking above the bread in the front.
The highest number of people I have ever seen on a single scooter was 5, something like this..
The scariest riders here are the Mat Rempit, these kids ride around doing insane things, they are also linked with gangs, snatch thefts (purse snatching), drugs and even prostitution. The pictures of the guys riding in my earlier post were Mat Rempit.