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...leave," he explains, "everyone will know I'm doing yaba.") Big has a job as a pump jockey at a Star gas station. And he has a girlfriend, and he has his motorcycle, a Honda GSR 125, and this weekend, like most weekends, he'll be racing his bike with the other guys from the neighborhood, down at Bangkok's superslum Klong Toey. That's why tonight, a few days before the race, he is working on his bike, removing a few links of the engine chain to lower the gear ratio and give the bike a little more...
...Saturday, big and his fellow bikers from the Do It Yourself Happy Homes are preparing for a night of bike racing by smoking more yaba and then, as if to get their 125-cc bikes in a parallel state of high-octane agitation, squirting STP performance goo from little plastic packets into their gas tanks. The bikes are tuned up and the mufflers are loosened so that the engine revving at full throttle sounds like a chain saw cutting bone: splintering, ear-shattering screeches that reverberate up and down the Sukhumvit streets. The bikers ride in a pack, cutting through...
...next afternoon, however, all the promise of the previous evening has escaped from the neighborhood like so much exhaled smoke. Jacky's customer lost interest and found another girl. Even the bike racing fell apart after the cops broke up the first few rallying points. And now, on a hazy, rainy Sunday, Jacky and a few of the girls are back in her hut. They're smoking, almost desperately uploading as much speed as possible to ward off this drab day and this squalid place...
...disappointed that your cover presented a life of excess food, alcohol and tobacco as fun. What is fun about hangovers, smoker's cough and feeling fat and bloated after a heavy meal? Feeling exhilarated after a good run or bike ride, feeling satisfied after a meal of moderation and feeling rested after a good night's sleep are much more fun. Americans need to know that a life of healthy living is extremely rewarding, not drudgery. Attitudes about what makes a good life must change before our bad habits do. DIANE LEVANDOSKI Dallas...
...Razor bandwagon, but we have to say that its latest model is pretty sharp. A lightweight, battery-powered electric scooter, the Razor E ($330) makes its debut in April. With a top speed of 10 m.p.h. and a battery life of one hour, it's no match for a bike, but it's easy to drive and can outrun a cab at rush hour. And when you get home, just pull the battery off and take it in to recharge...