"big bike"

A big biker who was practising precarious stunts near Khao Yai’s Toscana Valley hotel was arrested and hit with a 3,000 baht fine.

The Cabinet yesterday (August 18) approved ministerial regulations on the issuing and renewal of drivers’ licences as proposed by the Transport Ministry, agreeing that “big bike” riders will need a separate licence from those of smaller, less powerful motorcycles, with applicants needing to pass special training and a test before being given a licence, deputy government spokesperson Traisulee Traisoranakul said.

An estimated 1.6 million people are expected to grab first glimpses of the new BMW X3 M, Mazda 2 and other flash cars at the 36th Thailand International Motor Expo Friday (November 29) through December 10 at Impact Challenger Halls 1-3 in Muang Thong Thani on Bangkok’s northern edge.

Two people, one of them a child, were killed and two others were severely injured when a big bike crashed into a sidecar on a road in Nakhon Si Thammarat’s Nop Pitam district Tuesday night, police said.

Justice Ministry deputy permanent secretary Tawatchai Thaikyo on Monday urged police to take action against the parents of a 13-year-old boy whose foot was torn off in a crash on the “big bike” motorcycle they bought him.

Two Hungarian motorcyclists were killed when their big bike hit a van on a Bangkok road, and also severely injuring a Japanese man late on Monday night, police said.

A Krabi policeman hitched a ride on the back of a volunteer's big bike and fired shots at a hit-and-run suspect who was attempting to flee in a speeding pickup truck.

Police have seized 650 allegedly substandard products worth Bt5 million following a search of seven factories manufacturing exhaust pipes for Big Bike high-powered motorcycles across Bangkok, Traffic Police Division chief Pol Colonel Nitithorn Jintakanon said on Friday.

A speeding large motorcycle crashed into a car at an intersection in Ayutthaya's Uthai district early on Thursday, killing the passenger and severely injuring the rider.

Three people were killed when a high-powered motorcycle hit a pedestrian in Pattaya early on Tuesday.