The old bikes in Thailand often do not have a green book as they were imported before that kind of paperwork started. And then there was a grace period where the Thai government allowed all these old bike owners to apply for the new kind of registration. Many people never did it and so now we have so many old bikes in Thailand that can never be registered (like that one in the photo) And while it's ok to have as a collector piece it's not safe to ride it because no insurance or registration and the corrupt Thai police will just take it and keep it! :(
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well i am sure there are ways around that. I once had a bike with a side car tht wasn't street legal anywhere in the country. Didn't stop me from having / driving it though.
It was a cheap bike though so it is probably a very different story. Do you have a lot of bikes?
My BF has 3 bikes. I dont know why he wants more haha. One big bike and one trail bike and one very old scooter. I said he should sell them all and buy a car! The problem in Phuket is police checkpoints are everywhere - I went through 3 already today.
Oh i remember those checkpoints. I thought it was funny that a lot of people would keep their helmet in the basket on the front of their motorbikes and not wear them, they would just put them on when they could see the checkpoint then as soon as they were through it they would take it straight back off.