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Monday, March 01, 2010
It had been stress all the previous week trying to get work organized so we could ride up to Burapa Bike Week. Burapa Bike Week is one of Asia’s largest events and it is situated in Pattaya which is one of the main adult party areas of South East Asia. We were looking forward to a great ride, seeing all of our brothers from Thailand and some great partying both at the event and after in Pattaya.
Wednesday 10th Feb 4.30pm we all met at the ferry pier down on Koh Samui, we had a 800km ride up to Bangkok first so we’d decided to get the late ferry Wednesday ride a few hours and stop at Chumporn Town so that the next day we’d have a reasonably easy ride into Bangkok and arrive early to miss rush hour. The ferry took an hour and a half and we briefed everyone on the route, convoy drills and we had a good chat with our support club Predadores MC as they would be working at the event and I wanted them to know what was expected of them. 6.30pm the ferry docked in Donsak and with the sun almost setting we rode off into the twilight. I’d decided to take the longer route around Surathani as we could stay then on a larger highway and miss the town’s traffic. An hour or so later as we were riding in formation I saw lights flashing at the rear and our convoy slowing down. One of the bikes had a flat tyre and we couldn’t have been any further from civilization if we’d tried. But flat tire or not we’d have to try and get to a gas station and I found one on my gps about 8kms down a minor road. The gas station had air but no repair station and we blew the tire back up only to watch it slowly deflate. Then a young Thai lady with husband and young child on a small bike came over and explained there was a Harley Repair garage not too far away and she would take us there. Firstly we didn’t really believe her as we were really out on the Thai outback and I’d never heard of any Harley shops around but it was our only chance so our convoy carried on following this little lady and her family on the small bike. We arrived a while later at a very dark lorry tire workshop, everyone there was already asleep and our new guide proceeded to bang on the door until all the family got out of bed in their pajamas, the grandmother included. The family then called their mechanic who was already out on a call and said we’d have to wait about one hour for his return. But then some more neighbors turned up to admire our bikes and shortly after food and drinks started arriving. We had hot coffee, cold beers, spicy curries and noodle soups. These evidently quite poor people couldn’t do enough for us to make us welcome and comfortable. There was no animosity towards bikers or a 1%er club as you’d certainly have had in Europe, just whole hearted friendliness from lovely Thai people. It took nearly 4 hours to fix but eventually at 2am we found a motel and fell shattered into bed, hopefully tomorrow wouldn’t be such a problem.
Thursday morning early we woke the motel and the nearby gas station as our bikes started and we thundered up the highway. It was a beautiful morning with blue sky and already at 7am it was nearly 30 degrees. Looking at the photos you will see most of us are wrapped up like its winter, but believe me the sun here is not too be messed with and second degree burns can happen easily without protection. You wouldn’t notice how badly you’re getting burnt due to the cool feeling of the riding wind. We now had some catching up to do and we rode at quite a high speed for the rest of the day. Our stops were basically only for gas and a quick drink or cigarette at every 180kms and this time with nothing but glorious weather we made Bangkok by mid afternoon. Bangkok was a firkin nightmare with the traffic and it was damn difficult trying to keep together and not let our bikes overheat. But soaked with sweat we rolled into our Eastend Clubhouse to meet our brothers and get a few well earned ice cold beers. That night we quickly fitted a new inner tube in the bike with the bad tire and then checked into our hotel. We were all dehydrated from the long hot ride and a few icy beers were all we needed before getting some sleep.
Friday 12th Feb, not such an early start today which was much appreciated and we turned up at the already bustling clubhouse at 9am. One of our bikes had started to make serious clutch noises and we were lucky enough to have a replacement bike and be able to leave that one behind for later repairs. Bangkok to Pattaya is not far and we would only need a few hours ride with one main stop in the middle for gas. Most of the way we would be following the raised toll way but underneath fighting and jostling with a shit load of idiot lorry drivers with no respect for bikes. One strange rule in Thailand is that no bikes are allowed on the toll ways doesn’t matter how big they are. It was just another usual day in Thailand with roasting heat and crazy drivers but all the old school Harleys were eating up the road and we roared into Pattaya in good time and rode straight over to our Pattaya Brothers clubhouse. There were already many waiting for us and the beers were cold and the women hot and brothers everywhere it was a great Red & Gold afternoon. We cooled ourselves off as more brothers were arriving in the comfort of Pattaya’s clubhouse and bar enjoying the best company and gearing ourselves up for the event. After an hour or so everyone had arrived and we lined up on the road to ride as one entity to the event. Pattaya Chapter along with our new Hangaround Club Samurai MC had already been working hard and had organized everything for the event so as we arrived there was already a huge tent proudly displaying our colors with cold refreshments and a fired up BBQ with delicious Scandinavian style hotdogs being served. Everywhere you looked you saw our colors with Chapters Eastend Bangkok, Pattaya, Kamphaeng Phet, Chiang Mai, Prachurup, Kuala Lumpa and our Hangaround Samurai and support clubs Predadores, Mysterious and Criminals. The event was huge, well set out and organized and just everywhere you were seeing Red & Gold. We had all come straight from the Pattaya clubhouse and most of us still had our gear strapped to our bikes but there it stayed till late in the night as the party just went on and on and on. Pattaya Chapter had arranged enough great German style food for an army and the Pork Knuckles, Roasted Chickens and piles of freshly baked baguettes were going down a treat after the ride and the long afternoon. Nobody seemed keen to leave at all but in the early hours of the morning in the cool air we rode over to our booked hotel dumped the gear off in our rooms and grabbed a local tuk tuk (local Thai taxi)down to the famous Pattaya walking street. There our Red & Gold Party just carried on and the sun was already shining before most of the bros came back to the hotel. Now we all could get some sleep while the sun was high and we would return back to the event late afternoon when it wasn’t so damn hot.
Saturday afternoon was roasting and after few ice coffees to wash away the hangovers we set off again for the event ground. Burapa Bike Week is one of Asia’s biggest events and has a crowd capacity of many 1,000’s and it is difficult to actually estimate how many bikes or people were actually there. I’d say 30-40,000 over the whole weekend but although the event ground is well set out you still have a while sitting in traffic trying to get there. This was awful Saturday as just 1,000’s of bikes were pouring in from all over Asia. Luckily for us our Pattaya Chapter had shown us a very clever short cut and we beat the worst of the traffic before being able to line up our bikes in front of the Bandidos tent. That day I must have met nearly every biker I’d ever known in Asia. Everywhere I looked I saw our Brothers and Red & Gold family, it was a great day even though we’d arrived later and we listened to the live music on stage, walked around looking at all the various stalls that were selling everything from insects as Thai snacks and complete motorbikes and enjoyed the best company from our Bros. Pattaya Chapter yet again had organized some great food and things couldn’t really have been better. We met many supporters from around the world and listened to many stories from Brothers through the night. An awesome night, good food & drink and just the best damn company there is. The party at Burapa seemed to go on and on but at some stage we must have left and rode back to our hotel and from there again into party land Pattaya. It’s all a bit blurry from there but the next morning as we tried to get some solids down our necks and drink enough strong coffee as a few of the previous nights stories and escapades were being told and I can only remember thinking what a great time we all had and how proud I am to be part of the best fucking MC in the world.
We didn’t have a particular early start on Sunday but believe me it was early enough but damn that sun was already very high as we eventually got all our gear together and sadly said our goodbyes to all the Brothers. It would be another long ride back home but the good news is that Phuket Bike Week in April is not too far away and here all our Brothers from Asia would be turning up and we will be expecting many guests from all over the world. Phuket dates are 9th & 10th April 2010 and we will be leaving Bangkok to Prachurup Chapter for the first big party and then down to Surathani for the second night before riding the final leg over to Phuket Island. This is going to be a wild weekend especially as our Eastend Bangkok Chapter will have the 5 years Anniversary. Looking forward to see many Brothers there.
Love, Loyalty & Respect
Bandido Crispin 1%er
Secretary Eastend Bangkok BMC
BFFB
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Friday, February 12, 2010
* ENLARGE *
After numerous requests from the press and from other clubs, it is obvious that not everybody understands the situation yet. In order to clarify it, this will be our last statement concerning this issue.
The Bandidos MC is more than surprised about the commotion and the headlines in the press concerning the retirement of the Berlin Centro Members. Only one out of five of our Berlin Chapters is closed and only 6 Bandidos MC Members left our club, NOT 70 as stated in the press before.
The President of Berlin Centro Chapter “Kadir”, his Sgt at Arms “Harty” and the Members “Chucky”, “Bülow”, “Ibo”, and “Grille” along with 9 club prospects and 2 none club associates betrayed our Nation and immediately switched as full patch members of another motorcycle club.
We won’t approve any hateful guestbook entries on our web pages.
Fears about an escalation of a “Biker War”, are unwarranted and not true!!!
Bandidos MC Europe
BFFB
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
Sunday 6th December was our big day. This was the start of our longest run of the year something that we had been preparing for quite a while. Our first Asian Brotherhood Run was in Chiang Mai in Northern Thailand and was being organized by our Probationary Chapter Chiang Mai and we were all looking forward to many days riding and seeing so many of our Red & Gold brothers and of course some serious partying.
9.30am we met in Koh Samui at the Seatran ferry terminal, the great thing about taking your bike on the ferry is that you do not need to wait for hours in the car queue and with everybody on time we easily slipped aboard the 10am ferry. I was riding up with our Koh Samui support club the Predadores MC and on the boat we talked through our convoy drills and which routes we would be following. We had originally been planning to leave the following morning and attempt to make the 800kms up to Bangkok in one day. But this plan had one major problem as then we would be nearing Bangkok at rush hour and the traffic in Bangkok is stand still if you hit it at the wrong time. We would have had overheating bikes and some serious sense of humor failures so we planned to go about half way on Sunday and then easily get into Bangkok around Monday lunchtime when we hoped that the traffic was lighter. 10.30am the ferry docked at Donsak on the mainland and we headed off towards Suratthani. It was a cloudy day down south and also middle of our rainy season so we were all prepared for a shower or two, but the further we left from Samui the sunnier the weather became. We certainly noticed how warm it was when one of our bikes suddenly stopped and we sat at the side of the road finding out what was wrong. The bikes battery was completely cooked and not giving any voltage to the engine and we desperately needed a new battery to carry on. A few calls later we luckily found some friends on their way down from a run that weekend and they swopped batteries with us and we roared off trying to make up for a little of the lost time. We stopped off late afternoon in Chumporn which is a coastal town 200kms north of Suratthani as we had arranged with another friend to have the bikes electric system tested to make sure that the regulator was still functioning. Nothing seriously out of order could be found but by this time it was starting to get towards dark and we decided to call it a day and stay that night in Chumporn. We already knew of a cheap good hotel with a good restaurant and bar over the road so we all booked in and after some decent food and drink all hit the bed early.
Monday morning looked very cloudy and we were all keen to get on the road and a bit nearer to Bangkok. As luck would have it, it started raining as we left Chumporn but we quickly rode out of it and into good Thai sunshine. That day we made excellent progress and as planned we rode into Bangkok early in the afternoon. Everybody rode well in the thick Bangkok traffic and we were quite lucky getting into the center so quick. Straight to the hotel dumping off our entire luggage it was straight round to Eastend Clubhouse and some well deserved beers. Now we had one day of rest in Bangkok before we set off on Wednesday with the main group. Wednesday morning at 5am the wheels started rolling and now we had a large group of 17 Harleys to get out of the area before rush hour started. Most of the bikes from Eastend were old school Harleys but with only a few easily sorted problems as daylight was appearing we were well on our way out of the metropolis. Today we were headed for Kamphaeng Phet which is about 450kms North of Bangkok to visit our Probationary Chapter there and stay one night before carrying on to Chiang Mai. Half way the roads started getting pretty bad which slowed down our speed considerably but the nearer we got the more enthusiastic we were about meeting our brothers from the chapter there. The brothers from Kamphaeng were waiting on the outskirts for us and guided us to the clubhouse and the next door restaurant was quickly taken over by hungry Bandidos that had spent all day on the road. After filling our stomachs we rode into town center and to our hotel for the night where again we quickly dumped off our stuff had a quick shower and headed back to the clubhouse for a great party set up by the chapter there. At the rear of Kamphaengs clubhouse our brothers had built a huge wooden table which was made from only one piece of wood weighing 3 ton itself. President O explained to me how they had to get a huge construction crane in just to maneuver this mega piece of wood into place. It certainly made a great center piece of their outside area and we sat around it till the early hours of the morning. A huge BBQ was set up and then a truck arrived with enough food and drink to satisfy a whole army our brothers were making sure that we didn’t go hungry or thirsty after our long trip. Hours past quickly in such good company and as it got later some more brothers were arriving from other areas and before we knew it we had to make our way back to the hotel as we were starting again early the next day.
Our next leg of the journey started at the normal time of 9am and after a few cups of coffee to wash away the light hang over from last night we quickly got back on the road. It was another glorious sunny day in Thailand and the nearer we got north the more excited we were about reaching our destination and seeing our brothers from Chiang Mai. Chiang Mai is in the mountain area of north Thailand and it has a big biker community with a huge Red & Gold following. As we got nearer and nearer we found brothers waiting for us on the side of the road and our convoy of bikes was getting bigger and bigger. By the time we got onto the final mountain pass we had many brothers from our Probationary Chapter with us and many from the two support clubs in Chiang Mai Mysterious MC and Criminals MC. The last 50kms were a fantastic ride through tight mountain passes and the size of our group was mega impressive. Entering Chiang Mai our Brothers had taken control of all junctions and we rode as one large proud group to our booked hotel. The first evening in Chiang Mai was exceptionally cool for those of us that were use to Southern Thai weather and it was actually refreshing to enjoy the low temperatures for a change. We all met up the “Warm Up” pub in Chiang Mai where our brothers had set up the first party evening for us. Delicious Thai food was served for us in abundance and with many jugs of cold beer and bottles of whiskey to wash it down. Nearly all our Thailand Red & Gold brothers turned up that evening with our Koh Samui support club Predadores MC and the two support clubs from Chiang Mai Mysterious MC and Criminals MC. We spent a fantastic evening with great food and great company moving from table to table being introduced to new Brothers and meeting old acquaintances. It was a great feeling to be among so many brothers from all over Thailand and although we were all tired from riding so far that day the evening went very quicker than expected and early that morning it was a cool ride back to our hotel.
The next day was a free day for us all and we took our bikes and headed off into the surrounding mountains. It was absolutely stunning ride going up to the top of the mountain passes and viewing the beautiful surrounding scenery. The roads around the mountains are exceptionally well looked after and it was a great riding experience going through the tight curves and enjoying the clean mountain air. Later that day we all met back at the hotel and decided to look into a nearby Chiang Mai riders club event that was planned that evening. We rode in one large group to the event and we were given a warm welcome and we spent a few hours looking around and enjoying the live music and many biker stalls that had been erected. Later on returning to our hotel we were all surprised at just how cold it can be on a Chiang Mai night.
Saturday was the big day as the 1st Brotherhood Run organized by the Probationary Chapter in Chiang Mai. All day our brothers were rushing around setting up the event with help from the two support clubs Mysterious MC and Criminals MC. The event was not too far from our hotel and we looked in at various times through the day it seemed that they were expecting many people and we were all looking forward to that evening. 7pm we all met at the hotel and one large convoy rode to the event. Eastend Bangkok Chapter was given the honor of leading the pack followed by Chiang Mai then Kamphaeng Phet and then our three support clubs. It was a large imposing pack that turned up at the event and we drove through the main area to our own special parking area at the side of the arena. Although still quite early as we arrived the event was already in full swing and hundreds of bikes were parked outside. But it didn’t stop there as till late in the night bikers from all over were arriving to make the 1st Brotherhood Run a great success. Later in the evening Chiang Mai’s President took the stage and presented all the participating clubs with a souvenir and to make it a memorable end all the Red & Gold Brothers and supporters took the stage for a final photo session. We sat outside enjoying the event and the great company till the early morning hours, what more could you want good food, drink and Red & Gold Brothers everywhere.
The next day was sadly our start of the return journey. It was planned to head off at 9am and see how far we could get heading straight down south to Bangkok. We made few stops and good time arriving on the Bangkok outskirts early evening. Keeping as much of a tight formation as possible we belted through the thick Bangkok traffic. We all arrived a little later at Eastend clubhouse buzzing from adrenaline. The heavy traffic is certainly a shock if you’ve not been in it before.
Two days of rest and bike repairs were undertaken before we set off then with our Koh Samui support brothers on the last and final leg back down South. We stopped off in Prachurup and paid a visit to our newest Probationary Chapter. We had a great dinner at the clubhouse and drinks before an early night as we all wanted to make it home the next day.
The next day after being nearly two weeks away and having put over 3,500kms on the clock we all arrived back home. It had been a great run from start till finish and a great show of strength for our Red& Gold Nation. Big Fat congratulations to our Probationary Chiang Mai Chapter for their well organized event and we are all looking forward to next year.
Love, Loyalty& Respect
Bandido Crispin 1%er
Secretary Eastend Bangkok BMC
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