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06/08/2026

🏍️🧘 THE HIMALAYAN 450: CHEAPER THAN THERAPY

This pommy bloke has just brought one of our new Royal Enfield Himalayan 450s back after four days tackling the Mae Hong Son Loop.

And we've come to a conclusion...

The Himalayan isn't just a motorcycle.

It's therapy.

No, it's not the fastest thing on the road. If your life's mission is winning traffic-light grands prix, there are plenty of other bikes for that.

But if you're looking to slow your heart rate by about 20 beats a minute...

Mate, this thing's magic.

There's something about the lazy, thumping single-cylinder engine, the upright riding position and the way it just lopes from corner to corner that makes you stop worrying about emails, bills and whatever drama you've left behind.

You stop rushing.

You start noticing.

The smell of the forest.

The bloke waving from a rice field.

That little coffee shack you'd have blasted straight past on a superbike.

The Himalayan doesn't encourage you to attack the road.

It encourages you to enjoy it.

By the time you roll back into Chiang Mai, you feel like you've been away for a month—even if it's only been a few days.

That's why we're starting to think the Royal Enfield Himalayan 450 isn't an adventure bike...

It's a therapy bike.

And after a lap of the Mae Hong Son Loop, we'd reckon it's worth every bloody session. 🏍️🍃

05/08/2026

THE SECRET LIFE OF THE HONDA GIORNO

Few creatures are better adapted to the mountain roads of northern Thailand than the elusive Honda Giorno.

At first glance it appears unassuming. Small. Quiet. Almost delicate.

But appearances can be deceptive.

Unlike its larger adventure bike cousins, which often spend much of their energy carrying unnecessary bulk up steep mountain passes, the Giorno has evolved a remarkably efficient strategy.

It simply glides.

With astonishing agility, it slips through narrow village lanes, negotiates impossibly tight hairpins, and instinctively locates the finest coffee shops in its territory.

Notice how it pauses.

This is no accident.

The Giorno understands that exploration is not measured in kilometres, but in conversations, unexpected viewpoints, and roadside bowls of noodles.

As the day warms, it is often found resting outside cafés, where local humans and wandering travellers gather. Here, curious social bonds are formed before the Giorno quietly continues its journey in search of fresh habitat.

Unlike many migratory species, it shows little interest in speed.

It has learned that, in these mountains, the slow and observant often outperform their faster competitors.

And as evening settles over the valleys, the Giorno returns to a familiar roost.

Tomorrow...

it will wander again.

🐸🏍️ The wild Honda Giorno. Perfectly adapted to life in northern Thailand.

04/08/2026

🇻🇳🏍️ CAO BANG... THE HA GIANG LOOP'S QUIETER COUSIN. 🇻🇳

Everyone's heard of Vietnam's Ha Giang Loop. And fair enough too—it's an absolute ripper.

But if you're the sort of rider who reckons the best part of a road is not being stuck behind thirty backpackers on scooters... then let us introduce you to Cao Bang.

This place is a bloody pearler. The mountains are just as dramatic, the limestone karsts just as wild, and the roads just as twisty... but with a fraction of the traffic.

You spend more time riding, and less time waiting for someone to finish taking selfies in the middle of the road.

The undisputed star of the show is Ban Gioc Waterfall. Fair dinkum, it's one of the most spectacular waterfalls anywhere in Southeast Asia. Photos don't do it justice. You roll up, hear the roar, and suddenly you're in a cloud of mist thrown up by the magnificent falls.

Then there's Angel Eye Mountain, a limestone peak with a giant hole punched clean through the middle. Add in the surrounding rice fields, and it's one of those places that makes you wonder how it isn't plastered all over every travel brochure on Earth.

The beauty of Cao Bang isn't that it's better than Ha Giang. It's that it's... calmer. You can pull over whenever you like. Chat to the locals. Take your time over lunch. Actually hear the birds instead of a convoy of scooters.

If you've already ridden Ha Giang, tack on a few extra days and head east.

If you haven't... You could even argue that Cao Bang is the better place to start. Less chaos. Less pressure. Just brilliant roads winding through one of Vietnam's most beautiful corners.

Sometimes the best rides aren't the famous ones. They're the ones everyone else hasn't discovered yet.

🍻🏍️🇻🇳

03/08/2026

🏍️🇹🇭 LET'S PLAY THE LOST AND FOUND GAME AGAIN 🇹🇭

We've seen it happen more times than we can count.

Someone wanders into Rider's Corner saying,

"We'll just rent a bike for a day or two..."

Next thing you know...

They're halfway up a mountain chasing a coffee with a view.

They've accidentally found a village that isn't in the guidebooks.

They've stopped to watch buffalo wandering across the road.

They've had lunch at a place where nobody speaks English, but somehow it's the best meal of the trip.

And suddenly they've forgotten what day it is.

That's the magic of northern Thailand.

The roads have a funny habit of leading you somewhere better than where you planned to go.

So if you ever find yourself gloriously lost among the rice fields, mountain passes, temples and tiny villages...

Don't panic.

You're probably exactly where you're supposed to be.

And if all else fails...

Just follow the twisties until you end up back at Rider's Corner.

We'll have a cold beer, a hot meal, and another map ready for your next wrong turn.

Because around here...

Getting lost is usually the best part of the adventure.

🍻🇹🇭🏍️ "Not all who wander are lost... but if you are, we know a pretty good place to start again."

02/08/2026

🇫🇷🏍️ FRENCH CONNECTION, THAI EDITION 🇹🇭

Good onya, ladies!

These two cheerful French travellers grabbed one of our Royal Enfield Hunter 350s for a couple of days and pointed it at two absolute cracking destinations... Doi Inthanon and Mae Kampong.

Now that's a solid game plan.

One day you're winding your way up Thailand's highest mountain through cool forests and waterfalls. The next you're poking around a gorgeous little mountain village, sipping coffee, and wondering why life back home has to be so complicated.

The Hunter 350 is a beaut for this sort of caper. It's not trying to be a 200-horsepower monster. It's just a relaxed, easy-going bike that's happy carving through twisties, rolling through villages and soaking up the scenery at its own pace.

And that's the trick to riding northern Thailand.

Don't race it.

Take the back roads. Stop for the random café with no English menu. Pull over when the view makes you say, "Bloody hell." Chat with the locals. Then jump back on and do it all again around the next bend.

Hope you two had an absolute ball, and thanks for choosing Rider's Corner for your Thai adventure.

Bon voyage... and cheers for proving that the best souvenirs aren't things you pack in your luggage—they're the roads you never forget. 🍻🏍️🇫🇷🇹🇭

01/08/2026

HELP PLEASE!

We're writing a guide to the Mae Hong Son Loop, and we request your input. We have our favorite places to visit, hotels to stay, restaurants to eat at. But we want to make this the definitive guide, and we know that collectively you guys know more than we do. So please send us your bucket list stops or hidden gems that you think we should include: The hotels that offer value when you're on a budget, and the ones that are worth a splurge. The best hang lay curry or the best pizza or whatever you like. The side road that leads to a cool village nobody seems to know about.

Someone will no doubt say, why don't you just have AI write the guide for you? AI is fine for having a laugh, but humans still write better when accuracy really matters. We wrote our Laos Border Crossing Guide and our How to Get a Thai Motorcycle License Guide without AI, because we didn't want it to introduce inaccuracies. Sometimes the nuances matter. Likewise with this Mae Hong Son Loop Guide. We want to produce the kind of guide we want to use, and learn some things in the process.

So very earnestly, please help us out with your best recommendations. We and future riders will thank you.

31/07/2026

🇹🇭🏍️ FROM CAVE TO KINGPIN... NOW THAT'S A BLOODY GOOD DAY'S RIDE. 🇹🇭

A few days ago we posted our new Mae Salong touring map. Well, here's one of the absolute pearlers from it.

This ride starts near Tham Luang Cave, where the Wild Boars football team captured the world's attention back in 2018. From there we headed up a side road to Route 1149, turned onto 1334, then followed 1378 and cut through a back road to the 4052 near Khun Sa's Old Camp at Ban Thoet Thai.

And mate... what a ripper.

The climb out of the valley is steep enough to make your ears pop, with one hairpin after another as the road claws its way up the mountainside.

Then suddenly...

Bang.

You're riding along the ridgeline, with Myanmar just over your shoulder and mountain views stretching to the horizon. Eventually the route dives off the ridge and winds its way through dense jungle on a ribbon of narrow tarmac into Ban Thoet Thai, once home to the infamous Khun Sa, whose old headquarters is now a museum.

This is exactly why we put together these maps.

Not to send you down the obvious tourist route, but to link together roads that make you grin inside your helmet all day long.

If you've stored our Mae Salong map on your phone or printed it out, stick this ride on your itinerary.

You'll thank us later.

Probably after you've stopped for your fifteenth photo. 🍻🏍️🇹🇭

30/07/2026

🇻🇳🏍️ THE HA GIANG LOOP... OR AS WE CALL IT, "PULL OVER AGAIN, MATE!" 🏍️🇻🇳

Crikey, this place is ridiculous.

You point the bike at the next mountain, ride for five minutes, then spot another jaw-dropping valley and think, "Ahhh bu**er... better stop for another photo."

Repeat about 200 times. That's the Ha Giang Loop.

The classic ride is four days: Ha Giang → Yen Minh → D**g Van → Du Gia → Ha Giang, usually on a humble little Honda XR150. Fair dinkum, you don't need a big adventure bike here. The little Honda gets the job done just fine.

These days, though, Ha Giang has become a victim of its own success.

You'll share the roads with plenty of backpackers on scooters, often travelling in large guided groups. It's still an absolute cracker of a ride, but it's not quite the secret it was ten years ago.

You'll also notice police checkpoints. Vietnam only recognises the 1968 Vienna Convention International Driving Permit, so make sure you've got the right paperwork before heading off. Just like in Thailand, it's less about avoiding fines, and more about complying with the law so that if you have an accident, your insurance will cover your medical bills and you're not locked up in the monkey house.

One thing you'll quickly discover is that this place is changing at warp speed. Roads are being rebuilt, homestays are appearing and disappearing. It's getting harder to recommend accommodation because there's always something new.

That said...

🍜 D**g Van still has plenty of old-world charm and is well worth wandering around after you park the bike.

🍻 Du Gia is the sort of place where you book one night... then accidentally stay two because life suddenly doesn't seem to be in such a hurry.

And here's our biggest tip...

Don't just stick to the famous loop.

Some of the side roads on this map disappear into limestone valleys, tiny hilltribe villages and mountain passes where you'll hardly see another tourist all day. That's where the magic still lives.

And if you've got another few days up your sleeve, keep heading southeast and tackle the Cao Bang Loop as well. It makes for one hell of a northern Vietnam adventure. 🍻🏍️🇻🇳

29/07/2026

BREAKING NEWS FROM THA PHAE GATE...

Well, bu**er me.

All these years we thought the Pigeon Mafia was just a bunch of blokes flogging bird seed to tourists.

Turns out... the pigeons have been running the whole operation.

Meet Don Pizzaleone – The Grain Don.

His business model is simple:

🐦 Control the feed.

🐦 Control the birds.

🐦 Control the tourists.

🐦 Rule Chiang Mai's Old City.

Apparently Rider's Corner has been operating in their territory for years without paying "bird protection."

So yesterday I got called in for... a little chat.

The Don was surprisingly polite.

He explained that every selfie at Tha Phae Gate, every handful of grain, every startled backpacker covered in pigeons... all kicks back to the Family.

Then he slid a sack of pigeon feed across the table.

"You work for us now."

What choice did I have?

There were six hard-looking pigeons in leather jackets giving me the stink-eye, and one of the little feathered standover merchants had already christened the Ducati.

Resistance was... impractical.

So if you wander past Rider's Corner and see me nervously scattering bird seed while a mob of pigeons nod approvingly from the city wall...
..mind your own bloody business.

Some debts can't be paid in cash.

Only in premium grain.

🤌🐦🇹🇭🍺

28/07/2026

🇹🇭☕ THE ULTIMATE CHIANG MAI TOURING MACHINE?

Not every ride needs 100 horsepower and a set of knobbies, mate.

Sometimes you just want to duck down a back alley, grab a cracking coffee, poke your nose into a temple, stop at a market, and see where the day takes ya.

That's exactly what old mate from Italy had in mind.

He grabbed one of our brand-new Honda Click 160s for three days and headed off to explore Chiang Mai at his own pace.

And fair dinkum, it's hard to think of a better weapon for the job.

These little scooters are light as a feather, dead easy to ride, sip fuel like they're paying for it themselves, and are perfectly happy weaving through Old City laneways one minute and cruising out to mountain cafés the next.

Good on ya, mate. Enjoy the ride. 🇮🇹🏍️🍜☕🍃

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