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Thank you brianthainess, however he's only 10 at the moment anyway 😊 That sounds like a nightmare scenario.. one which I will try my best to avoid 😄 Hi thaibeachlovers, thanks for your reply. You make a very point here, one which I hadn't taken into consideration. Thank you Thank you stupidfarang, appreciate your message here 👍 Thank you scorecard 👍 Once again thank you Georgealbert! Extra mile again 👍👍😊

Thank you for your reply theoldgit, I am very grateful of the advice on here regarding this. I will renew his passport in the UK for sure as he will be staying for a long time 👍 Thank you again Georgealbert 👍😊

Georgealbert, thank you so much for going the extra mile there 👍👍👍 I really appreciate that! Glad I asked on here now 😊

Hi Woof999, Ah yes he does! Actually he would have to exit on his Thai passport wouldn't he, I forgot about that (as he entered Thailand on it). Thanks for reminding me of that 😊👍

Thank you for the replies 😊 I'm most grateful. 👍👍

Hello everyone, I have tried to Google this and I know about the six month passport validity rule for travelling TO another country, say for a holiday, but I can't tell for sure if it applies to travelling back home. I'm looking at booking a flight for my son (with his Thai mum) to travel home to UK in early April but his UK passport expiry date is April 21st. As he's travelling home to England and staying in England, does anyone know if this will be an issue? Thanks everyone for any input.

Hello, I've been in Thailand since July last year and I've definitely noticed Thais wearing them less and less compared to when I arrived ????

Thanks Orinoco, had the oil changed and the bike checked over yesterday, also the shop guy said he could not fault the bike so I will just have to accept that I made a mess of changing gear on that occasion ???? One thing for sure now is that when I'm waiting at traffic lights, I make sure I am way to the side and not in front of any other bikes or cars.. paranoid of it happening again ????

Hi Orinoco, thanks for your reply! ???? Sorry I should have been clearer, the bike is about a year old but was bought brand new by my missus ???? That being said, I reckon is it actually due for an oil change any way so I'll take it in tomorrow and get them to have a look over it at the same time ???? thanks for your input ????????

Thanks Lacessit ???????? Hi Orinoco, it's not a second hand bike, it was bought brand new by my missus ???? Oil level checked today based on your reply, and can confirm it is correct level ???? Thanks for your input ???????? Hi Richard, thanks a lot for your input. I will have the bike checked out for sure and the fuel filter etc and up to now I haven't been able to re-produce what happened but I will keep trying in my apartment car park every morning ???????? Hi papa al, thankd for your reply ???? yeah the bike has been in daily use from brand new so really not sure. I'm still swaying towards the 'user error' post earlier ???? Hi Phnom Penh, I think you might be right ???????? Hi Gsxrnz, thanks for your reply ???? Good to hear that it can be done, like I said I feel I shifted too early and it just took my by surprise the way it just stopped so suddenly ????‍♂️ Hi Orinoco, sorry for the slow reply here, it was bought brand new by my missus and has only ever been used by her or myself ???????? ???????? Hi VocalNeal, thanks for your reply, definitely pulled away in 1st, I have OCD about being in 1st gear at lights ???? ???????? Hi Richard, thanks for your reply, it's a Yamaha Finn 115i, very basic machine owned from new by my missus I think less than a year old ???????? ???????? ???????? Hi richard, thanks for your reply, I still haven't been able to recreate the issue but keep trying to do so in my apartment car park ???????? ????????

Hi KhunBENQ, thanks for your replies, I'm also around 80kg so I will give it a try taking off in 2nd ???? This is also sounding like good advice, I've been transfixed on the idea that I somehow stalled the bike with my own doing but in the case of a fuel supply issue it could cause this to happen ????

Hi Peter, thanks for your reply, I only ever fill up at PTT stations but good suggestion and something I was not aware of ???????? Thanks Lacessit, good idea to try and recreate the problem, just would love to understand exactly what happened so I can make sure I don't do it again ???? Re the accelerator cable, the bike is less than a year but I will have it checked out regardless, thanks again ????????

It's the only thing I can think back of that might be the cause, it was a very weird thing to happen and caught me completely out of the blue ????‍♂️

Hi Scuba, I don't have that feature on my motorcycle, it's quite a basic machine ????

Hi everyone, I have been living in Thailand for just over 3 months now and have got myself a Yamaha Finn 115i semi-automatic motorcycle. I've been using this motorcycle trouble free for well over 6 weeks now but this morning something happened which really but the frighteners up me. I was stopped at a red light waiting to turn right, lots of other motorcycles and cars behind me etc, light turns green and I'm already in 1st and pull away, I selected 2nd gear after just taking off and suddenly my motorcycle came to a dead stop, throwing me forward like as though I had stalled it and the motorcycle behind rammed straight into my number plate and rear lights ???? number plate all bent and lights pushed up but nothing major. Luckily he was ok and so was I but it's really knocked my confidence and I am trying to understand what happened - maybe some of you more experienced riders can help? I feel as though I might have selected 2nd gear a bit too early after the lights turned green but I was told that these semi-automatic motorcycles can't stall, as you can leave them in any gear with the engine running etc. So what on earth did I do wrong this morning?? ????‍♂️ I keep thinking how lucky that it wasn't a big car or a coach that rammed into me, man I would've been flattened ???? Thanks in advance