The 250–450 trail bike — The Mae Hong Son Loop A KLX, a CRF, a D-Tracker, a Versys-X: long travel, 21- or 19-inch front wheel, upright, light, and rented all over Chiang Mai. nanobotco.github.io/mae-hong-son-loop/bike/trail-250/ · 18-Sep-2026 · 49K
Why a small bike is more fun here — The Mae Hong Son Loop The measured density of this road is the argument for renting the cheap thing, and it is not a compromise. nanobotco.github.io/mae-hong-son-loop/story/small-bike-more-fun/ · 18-Sep-2026 · 49K
The Samoeng warm-up — The Mae Hong Son Loop Chiang Mai to Mae Rim, Route 1096 to Samoeng, and back. A day. Not part of the loop. nanobotco.github.io/mae-hong-son-loop/leg/samoeng-warmup/ · 18-Sep-2026 · 106K
Pai — The Mae Hong Son Loop Night one clockwise. A small district town in a flat river basin ringed by hills, with more guesthouses, coffee and motorcycle rental per head than anywhere else on the circuit. nanobotco.github.io/mae-hong-son-loop/town/pai/ · 18-Sep-2026 · 82K
Brake fade — The Mae Hong Son Loop Dragging a brake down a long descent heats it until it stops converting speed into heat as well as it did. On a small automatic with a drum rear, this is the failure mode of this… nanobotco.github.io/mae-hong-son-loop/hazard/brake-fade/ · 18-Sep-2026 · 49K
What to say — The Mae Hong Son Loop Thai for a pump, a checkpoint, a clinic and a noodle stall — with the tones marked. nanobotco.github.io/mae-hong-son-loop/words/ · 19-Sep-2026 · 59K
Chiang Mai to Pai — The Mae Hong Son Loop Route 107 north out of the city to the Route 1095 turn, then over the hills to Pai. The shortest leg of the circuit by distance and the one people most often underestimate by time. nanobotco.github.io/mae-hong-son-loop/leg/cnx-to-pai/ · 18-Sep-2026 · 112K
1,864 curves — The Mae Hong Son Loop One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four curves between Chiang Mai and Mae Hong Son. It is on the road sign, it is on the shirts, and it is what you will tell people when you get… nanobotco.github.io/mae-hong-son-loop/story/how-many-curves/ · 18-Sep-2026 · 53K
The underbone with gears — The Mae Hong Son Loop A Honda Wave, a Dream, a Sonic: a small four-stroke in a step-through frame with a four-speed gearbox and usually a centrifugal clutch, so there are gears but no clutch lever. The… nanobotco.github.io/mae-hong-son-loop/bike/underbone-125/ · 18-Sep-2026 · 50K
The bike has nowhere to put it — The Mae Hong Son Loop What each class of bike will actually swallow, and what it means for four days of luggage. nanobotco.github.io/mae-hong-son-loop/kit/no-storage/ · 18-Sep-2026 · 48K
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