Can I as a foreigner with a US driver's license get away with driving a small 110-125cc motorbike in Malaysia? Apparently they want you to have a motorcycle endorsement on your driver's license but I'm not doing that shit. Are the police just sitting outside of cities looking for foreigners on small bikes to fine? I'll be fine if I never leave the city?
Your gonna do whatever the fuck you want and like it
Dumbass thread shittin up my board
>can I ride a truck with my motorcycle license?
Why people are so retarded? Either you have a license for the vehicle you are driving or you don't, having a wrong license is the same as no license
I mean I have a literal truck driving license, so yes, I should be able to ride a little bike at 1/300 the weight, retard. I want to know if there's checkpoints everywhere specifically looking for this
>ask a stupid question
>get an answer telling you it's a stupid question
>act like a cunt about it
every fucking time
you're a braindead gay who made a hilariously false equivalency and didn't attempt to answer my question. you don't have to give an answer if you don't know anything about the norms in Malaysia
>didn't attempt to answer my question
>don't know anything about the norms in Malaysia
well, i wrote this
, and i'm in malaysia. and you really do sound like a bit of a cunt.
>Can I as a foreigner with a US driver's license get away with driving a small 110-125cc motorbike in Malaysia?
you can get away with most things in malaysia as long as you keep your head down and don't stand out. there are tons of motorbikes here so nobody will give you a second glance normally. however if you are a big fat american riding a tiny motorbike you are probably going to stand out a bit.
>Apparently they want you to have a motorcycle endorsement on your driver's license but I'm not doing that shit.
the licence requirements here are the same as your home country. if you are not licensed to ride a bike in america you're not licensed to ride a bike here. you can break the law if you want but if you have an accident or something and get caught (and bear in mind the road casualty rate here is something like 10x the rate in the usa) you will at minimum be fined, maybe imprisoned etc depending on severity, or pay a big bribe. play stupid games win stupid prizes etc. oh and you'll also need an international driver's licence.
i'm pretty sure you could just take the basic licence test in the country, i don't think it's complicated as every teenager seems to get on ok.
>Are the police just sitting outside of cities looking for foreigners on small bikes to fine?
no, but especially at night they sit around looking for minor infringements so they can get people to give them bribes to buy donuts
>I'll be fine if I never leave the city?
maybe but what would be the point
ok, exactly what I'm looking for, thanks. and foreigners aren't allowed to take your tests anymore.
>doesn't know how to ride
>doesn't know how to subtly offer a bribe to a cop
>has never been to a 3rd world country
>wants to go somewhere the driving is worse than shit you see in Russian dashcam videos and ride a motorcycle for the first time, no license, insurance, etc., no training or practice in defensive riding
Why are amerifags like this?
I can tell you I have a riding buddy though that got an international license from AAA (its just a translation of your license, it doesn't actually hold any weight) when he was working as a military contractor abroad and they just asked him what he could drive from a list of vehicles on the form and he said yes to everything from motorcycle to medium duty trucks like 25 tons, which was technically true but they didn't verify any of it.
why are you so asshurt? none of the things you've said are true. I've rode all over Vietnam and it's a pretty normal thing to ride illegally there. Go have sex or something.
I read on a forum while researching this that you're going to get caught driving illegally because there are police checkpoints everywhere to make sure people are paying the road tax. I made the thread to verify that. Jesus Christ you guys are so depraved
well you said I can't ride there without a license which is a pretty dumb thing to say if everyone does it anyway. I'm not going to follow every little law in your countries, why should I? How many families am I going to kill on a 125cc motorbike going 40kmh around the city?
just go to thailand man, for what malaysia and their muzzie toilet water rice? don't want to see coomers? dont go to pattaya lol.
Man you'll be fine, don't overthink that kind of trivial things, it's SEA, everything will be okay, they don't give a shit, US driver licence is golden, you can even pilot a fucking airbus in malaysia .
yeah bro it's totally fine.
hate this sighsee nowadays.
yeah op you're a pussy.
I'm a pussy but also a retard for driving illegally? I'll say it again: depraved. Go do something
Dude you makes no sense, so because your us driver license miss a motorcycle stamp, you will not drive a motorcycle for the duration of your trip really? just to not get a fucking ticket??? i think you're too soft for SEA, they will milk you like a cow, stick with USA bro.
>i think you're too soft for SEA, they will milk you like a cow
wow thank goodness the real traveller has arrived
Actually, yes, i am.
I'm the kind of guy who take a flight ticket for 3rd world countries, don't book hotels, just arrive and try to survive, i'm not a stoner backpacker who go bali with 5 friends and think i'm so adventurous, i did go to countries that most don't even know the names and i know those soft tourists, no matter how they look, you see in their eyes they are totally clueless and completely lost, they think like westerners instead of thinking like locals.
do you think any locals give a shit about having a license when they drive their motorcycle in malaysia?
>I'm the kind of guy who take a flight ticket for 3rd world countries, don't book hotels, just arrive and try to survive,
that doesn't make you a real traveller, that makes you a bit of an idiot, and i bet you drone on and on about it to anyone within earshot as well
so before you start going off the rails even more, I'm just paraphrasing the backlash I'm getting from both ends.
I don't care if it's illegal but I also don't want to have to pay a fine when I'm not doing anything wrong except going through a random checkpoint to make sure I have a license. Paying fines isn't bad ass
>Paying fines isn't bad ass
It has nothing to do with being badass, it's dealing with it. you sounds like an entitled dude who want the best of both worlds, you don't want want to get the motorcycle licence, don't want to be arrested by the cops, don't want pay fines, then just stay safe at home.
Not OP but yes I have nothing but contempt for 3rd worlders and have zero interest in playing by their rules while in their country, as long as I can get away with it.
I don't drive motorcycle in south east asia because I don't have a death wish lol
95% of death are either:
young men speeding
driving carelessly
not wearing helmets
driving on the wrong side of the road
DUI
If you respect all the safety rules and don't drive like a madman, you're good.
>Are the police just sitting outside of cities looking for foreigners on small bikes to fine?
yes, you are a target...
>I'll be fine if I never leave the city?
no, on the contrary, city is where the cops are...
>but I'm not doing that shit
Then you'll have to pay, or not renting motorcycle...
I feel like you could probably get away with "why yes I do have a license its right here" and the cops probably won't know any better because American licenses don't say anything intelligible about what you an or can't drive its all "C/L, Class C/M1+" gobbledymoron. Try it and get back to us OP.
As a malaysian , I have not seen a white guy biking on a motorcycle in my life in this country .So safe to say , a police will check your license if they see a white guy
Only seen them in Bali though .
How many western tourists does Malaysia really get? I've never heard of anybody being like "I'm gonna go to Malaysia for no particular reason."
6,000,000
I stayed in Malaysia for a week to break up the long flight from Europe to Australia
It was a'ight, pretty hot and steamy, I got a kick out of their flag which looks like Islamics took over America.
People don't go to malaysia, because islamophopia, they are affraid not to be free, getting blown by a bomb or beheaded for a ransom, but malaysian muslims are more lax than most degenerate catholics in those oh so beautiful western countries.
loads. they mainly go to the islands like langkawi or to kota kinabalu
once they climb the mountain it is popular to strip off. unfortunately this causes earthquakes
Quite a lot of western tourists actually but less dudebros and mostly families and/or old people .
I live in KL , so I have not seen a white person riding a motorcycle in my whole time in this country probably cuz renting a car is just better and easier here .
Honestly , if you barely know how to fucking ride a motorcycle and aspect cars and other cyclists to give you leeway just cuz your a white man , you better pray your alive if a car suddenly changes a lane while your zipping in between lanes .
so much seethe about my biking skills when I've said nothing about them other than I don't have the endorsement. Why would anyone heterosexual ride a motorcycle in the US?
also why is Malaysia so hated as a destination? Seems like a slightly shittier Vietnam that speaks English. Can't see Thailand being better.
It's not, you are on an incel loser only care about coomer centric board
Riding motor scooter is fun
picrelated: me and my gf