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Originally Posted by 9w6vx
I haven't been to the south of Thakhek yet.
Maybe I will in the future but for now I've got other destinations on the bucket list.
I believe when you say XR it is XR250. It's hard to find a 150cc dual sport in Laos.
Mad Monkey's owner is a German I believe and his wife is Lao. She babbled about not taking her bike out of the Thakhek loop and warned me that any issues with the bike, I would be on my own.
I decided that she wasn't interested in my business and walked out. Went to Wang Wang Motor Rental and rented a Honda Wave 115 for 4 days to do the Thakhek loop.
Appreciate if you could share your trip report after your trip and rate the bike rental place at Pakse. If it is positive the next time I head to Laos, I will use them.
Thanks

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The rental place has one xr150 and several xr250 indeed. I take the 150 as the 250cc is too tall for me. Especially with a wide seat.
I exchanged emails with Xavier, the French owner, and so far he has been very pleasant to deal with and has been answering all my questions.
He insists on changing the oil every 1000 kms which is a good sign. It means the bikes are well maintained. I shall report once trip over and gives him good publicity if we get no troubles. I don’t expect it. He knows our rough itinerary already.
We walked into Max Monkey last November and walked out fast. The pricing was insane. Also no one working on the bikes.
We rented two scooters from Mixay, in the little square, they were changing oil, and doing maintenance work. Always a good sign.We had no problem with those two scooters other than a puncture on the road. We fitted a new inner tube and all, including work, was so cheap it was embarrassing. The lad had a good tip.
Want Wang was too busy and had no bikes or only very knackered ones at the time. But then it was the high season over there I think.
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