Firsty I hope your wife recovers well and soon.
I have recently returned from Karon Beach Resort. A young guy there hired a bike on his first day. The policeman at the bottom of the hill stopped him for having no helmet. He argued (silly!). So off he went to Chalong to pay his fine .....on the way he fell off ruptured all the tendons in his shoulder and split it open and also hit his head andlost the sight in one eye. Only good thing was he had decent insurance and he sang the praises of the hospital.
I ride a bike at home but whilst I was in Thailand a friend of mine ex police ex driving instructor advanced motorcycle driving test was knocked off his bike by someone who pulled out on him...
Lastly the guy in Karon who has a steak place called the coffee pot has a lovely old Harley. He was telling us he had been in a scrape it wasnt his fault no one injured all sorted amicably but someone who saw the bump reported it to the Thai police next thing its all his fault and hes paying a big "fine"!
Hell I dont think I would ride a bike there apart from doing injury to yourself what if you injured someone else....even though it wasnt your fault...could be right in the doo!
SteveT
