Female xe om

Hello Connie.

A new thread has been created from your post on the Hanoi forum as you were off topic on the other one.

You should post an advert in the jobs in Hanoi section. It can help.

Thank you,
Aurélie

Your post raises a subject that really blew up in a transport ministry officials face. He  said women shouldn't be allowed to buy big motorcycles.

His idea was good, his wording very, very poor.

It centres on the average weight of the adult Vietnamese female body. The weight ratio between the motorcycle and the rider dictates how the motorcycle will handle.

For example, I am considered large framed and heavy in weight. If a light-weighted person hits me whilst riding a motorcycle parallel to me, it is usually they who fall over. In fact I have never fallen off when hit. Dented sides of a few taxis, too.

You, as a Foreigner, likely have more body mass than a VNese female and she would find it harder to control a motorcycle than a man.

So I guess you will have to use male drivers, and use bags, etc. to separate you from him.

If you find a good male driver you could arrange a daily schedule as taxi drivers often do.

Or you could by a 50cc mini-motorcycle, no licence required.

For example, I am considered large framed and heavy in weight. If a light-weighted person hits me whilst riding a motorcycle parallel to me, it is usually they who fall over. In fact I have never fallen off when hit. Dented sides of a few taxis, too.

No denying it: you've got quite an imagination!

There's a poster on Daves ESL who spins as many tales as you. The poster goes by the name of snollygoster. You should read him sometime, from wiping brains off his shoes to a neighbor eating his dog, he's got some brilliant material for you to use.

Gotta agree with Halfway (can't speak for the ESL stuff though) and your imagination...  kinda reminds me of reasons why women should not drive in the middle east!

If someone bumps into the side of me then chances are they will bounce off me, I'm not exactly small either

I have many female biker friends back home and they ride and handle bikes far bigger than the scooters people ride here without any problems.

shame the OP is not based in HCMC I know of at least one female xe om driver, but doubt she works much in Hanoi.

hi lili

I don't know that you got a F xe om yet? but in my opinion, there no F xe om in Ha noi, maybe you can get a F taxi driver and negotiate with her about the way to use xe om instead of taxi (xe om is easy way to come over traffic jam).

I occasionally used a lady xe-om from Yen Phu, West Lake. She is friendly and charges reasonably.

If you really want to find her, go to "Ngõ 76 Đường Yên Phụ" (76 Yen Phu Road). She usually waits for client there, at the entrance to the Hanoi Club, West Lake.

You can also ask for her since there are not many people like her in the area. She doesn't look small like most Vietnamese ladies and has no problem balancing a 160lb guest behind her back. She speaks no English though.

Halfway wrote:

For example, ... Dented sides of a few taxis, too.

No denying it: you've got quite an imagination!

I love it when a person, such as yourself, reveals their ignorance. You are, in effect, accusing me of lying. I check my facts before writing, even in chatrooms.

I have, on my office computer, access to Reed/Lanier/Lexis/Nexis (or  themselves this week) which is a very large database - similar to Google with different uses.

Women and motorcycles. Since I doubt you read or can translate VN, let me give you a couple of links.

< http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oc … ze-vietnam >< http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article … nment.html >.

You have never seen my Kymco set of wheels so you can hardly comment on it. I have sidebars on it, to protect me from people who think they can squeeze past me. If a vehicle hits me, usually they end up with a nice dent or, with luck, a big gouge where their tin-can bodywork hits me.

Same on the front, car cuts me off and makes contact with my front bumper, I'll cut their bodywork - if it's moving,

This is why I wear a GoPro POV on my helmet, to prove who was driving incorrectly.

So before make allusions, think twice, I do about 2,000 kilometres in town a month on my wheels and I get to see, and do, far more than many people do.

Jaitch wrote:

< http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article … nment.html >.

Ah the good old daily fail!! one of the most hated and despised piece of cr@p that passes itself off as a news provider.
It also stirs up racial hatred and is enjoyed by many semi-intelligent life froms that believe any piece of cr@p that is printed because journalist only ever tell the truth don't they?  but wtf do I know that's just imho.

Jaitch wrote:

Same on the front, car cuts me off and makes contact with my front bumper, I'll cut their bodywork - if it's moving,

Sounds like a lethal machine that shouldn't be allowed on the road like many other vehicles here a danger to other road users! Self defense is not an excuse to cause physical damage to other vehicles or people!

Jaitch wrote:

This is why I wear a GoPro POV on my helmet, to prove who was driving incorrectly.

Don't forget the one's built into your bike too.. I wear a camera but for fun not protection. i usually find riding techniques improve my safety far more than a camera does

Jaitch wrote:

I do about 2,000 kilometres a month on my wheels

Yep I do about that, sometimes a little more, sometimes a little less....

laidbackfreak wrote:

Jaitch wrote:

Same on the front, car cuts me off and makes contact with my front bumper, I'll cut their bodywork - if it's moving,

Sounds like a lethal machine that shouldn't be allowed on the road like many other vehicles here a danger to other road users! Self defense is not an excuse to cause physical damage to other vehicles or people!And the Guardian - racist? That's why I included two links.

My m/cycle has been checked by police, quite legal. As long as nothing exceeds the dimensions of the original production all is OK. The front bumper is part of my luggage rack.

My front camera is now HD.

I practice safe driving, according to Highway Rules, just because a taxi driver thinks that signalling and moving from a stationary position doesn't make it legal.

Jaitch, you're a compulsive liar.

You're likely to cause this forum to be shut down with your constant insults to the Vietnamese people and snide remarks about this country.

Don't think for one minute you're anonymous, this forum is well monitored and some time soon there's going to be a knock on your door and you're going to find yourself on a plane out of here.

They don't like self-appointed international observers here.

Wise up, find something to keep you busy!

Hello.

Could you please calm down?

Could you please stop personal attacks and return to initial topic?

Thank you,
Aurélie

These are not personal attacks.

We have a poster who is using this very useful reference facility to vent.

Very soon this avenue to information will be cut off from us by the powers that be.

A vivid imagination is only useful in the world of fiction. I have had many PMs here asking if this poster is to be believed. My opinion is this poster is forwarding his fantasies as fact.

I probably would like to enact many of his fantasies; it's just an offshoot of living here. That being said I would rather present fact as is and as experienced.

Nothing personal but the guy's a nut.