I did a Chaing Mai trip though not on a bike. I had booked from UK thinking there would be a group trecking through the forest villages. Turned out it was just my guide and me and we set off to the first village. We had a brilliant evening with the village kids all singing their little lungs out and the following day the village chief came with us to guide my guide because he didn't know the way. Nuts. was a real experience going from village to village camping out with different villagers.