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Motorbikes: Warnings/tips about motorcycles
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  • Written by SurfaceTravel on Aug 28, 2006
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    • 'Mode': AROUND
    Category: Motorcycle
    Getting TO/AROUND: We rented a large 750cc motorcycle for a day in Phuket. The guy wanted my passport as deposit for the bike. No way I was going to do that. It was late in the morning and the guy hadn't rented it yet, so he agreed to keeping my driver's license instead. As they do not sell insurance or rent helmets (at least in 1995), we figured that we were on our own with zero protection if we crashed this thing.

    Nothing happened and we had a great time, but my plan if we damaged it severely was to leave it in a ditch and fly away. Let him keep the driver's license.

    Tip: it may be worth bringing along an old passport or some other "official" looking document and telling these guys your passport is with the tour group or some other BS story. Let you have the upper hand at the end of the transaction, should anything occur.

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    Hewer Mon Aug 28, 2006 16:24 UTC
     Cool, dude. I like your honesty... I guess you could always say you lost your drivers license when you got back :-)

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