AidanDawn2000
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2 years ago during our winter vacation from university, my roommate walked in and said it would be cool if we rode motos across the length of Vietnam…. I told him that sounded great.
We rented Suzuki GD110s (ridiculously cheaply made bikes) from Style Motors in Saigon. The much better option is getting a cb150 or crf250 but we were budget backpackers and went with the cheapest option.
The boys at Style bungeed our backpacks to some improvised rack systems and then handed us an ice cold beer each and sent us out the door to brave Saigon’s utterly insane rush hour traffic. Unfortunately 2 of our 4 man group had never ridden a motorcycle before and so not only had to learn Vietnam’s tacit traffic laws but also how to operate a clutch…. Amazingly no one died in the first hour despite many narrow misses.
As we got out of the city and onto some open roads we were finally able to unleash the GD’s mighty 8 horsepower and test the upper limits of our 35-45mph maximum speed….
But disaster soon struck while zooming through banana farm backroads.
It was to be the first of many many crashes…
But a hospital visit, 9 stitches, and $13 dollars later we were back on our way!
Another day another crash...
These guys were faster than a Formula One pit crew. 50¢ in parts (patch kit) + 50¢ in labor.
Another day another crash... our worst of the trip. police sent a team to make up a fake forensics scene report...
We rented Suzuki GD110s (ridiculously cheaply made bikes) from Style Motors in Saigon. The much better option is getting a cb150 or crf250 but we were budget backpackers and went with the cheapest option.
The boys at Style bungeed our backpacks to some improvised rack systems and then handed us an ice cold beer each and sent us out the door to brave Saigon’s utterly insane rush hour traffic. Unfortunately 2 of our 4 man group had never ridden a motorcycle before and so not only had to learn Vietnam’s tacit traffic laws but also how to operate a clutch…. Amazingly no one died in the first hour despite many narrow misses.
As we got out of the city and onto some open roads we were finally able to unleash the GD’s mighty 8 horsepower and test the upper limits of our 35-45mph maximum speed….
But disaster soon struck while zooming through banana farm backroads.
It was to be the first of many many crashes…
But a hospital visit, 9 stitches, and $13 dollars later we were back on our way!
Another day another crash...
These guys were faster than a Formula One pit crew. 50¢ in parts (patch kit) + 50¢ in labor.
Another day another crash... our worst of the trip. police sent a team to make up a fake forensics scene report...
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