We wanted to rent 2 KLX 250 there and asked for permission to go to Laos with these bikes by email. Oye, the Thai woman from french shop owner Franck, answered fast and said, she could provide the necessary papers. So far, so good.
Weeks later we arrived in BKK, took a taxi to their shop (which is a garage only) and Andy, another French guy, appeared after a while. He came on a Kawasaki D-Tracker, which he said, was one of the bikes we could get. I told him, we had asked for the KLX, not for the D-Tracker. Andy meant, D-Tracker and KLX are the same bikes , except for their wheel size (which is nonsense indeed) and he would try to get the KLX wheels for them. During our talks he also said, that he hasn't a clue of motorbikes - which I can confirm. Bad luck to us.
We took the next flight to VTE, rented there and overall we had to spend about 400 Euro more for our trip.
Harry
Weeks later we arrived in BKK, took a taxi to their shop (which is a garage only) and Andy, another French guy, appeared after a while. He came on a Kawasaki D-Tracker, which he said, was one of the bikes we could get. I told him, we had asked for the KLX, not for the D-Tracker. Andy meant, D-Tracker and KLX are the same bikes , except for their wheel size (which is nonsense indeed) and he would try to get the KLX wheels for them. During our talks he also said, that he hasn't a clue of motorbikes - which I can confirm. Bad luck to us.
We took the next flight to VTE, rented there and overall we had to spend about 400 Euro more for our trip.
Harry