Make sure that the helmet fits your head shape properly. That's the most important thing lol. I like Shoei but my head doesn't fit most of their helmets. On the other hand Arai helmets fit my head shape just nice

Nice! Mine cost RM700 in Penang and I had to do it on an old Virago 535 with totally wasted front suspension. Good times

Old school superbikes...they might be old but they definitely have something about them lol.

A friend let me have a ride on a 'baby' Katana 400 he just bought a couple of weeks ago. Was an interesting experience. The most surprising thing was that it is actually smaller than my Ninja 250R (narrower and more compact. Ninja 250r's face looks wide and fat in comparison). Very light clutch, good brakes and low seat height. Seat was wide and comfortable as well compared to the Ninja. Very smooth and nice engine note due to the inline-4.



It's a bit of a shame that these bikes aren't made anymore, bikes with smaller displacement that are more forgiving and useable on the street but with top-shelf components similar to the big-cc superbikes of the day. Definitely nicer and a bit more highway capable than modern 250s, too many of which IMO are just cheap commuters covered in plastic trying to pretend to be sportbikes. Oh well, that's just the way the bike market has changed

Woah, that actually looks pretty dang nice The frame almost like a sportbike's.

Hey Darren, I'll echo what RayKazansky and ajaibman have said. Since you haven't ridden a superbike before it's better to take it easy and get used to things on a z250 or one of the 500cc-650cc bikes before jumping on a Z800. A 650cc will still feel like it travels at warp speed to most new riders Yeah if you can, try the XJ6 out. Many 250cc bikes nowadays are similar in size to 600s and 1000s, but with much less power. Which can be annoying on the highway.

You mentioned that your area has lots of bumpy roads...for example on bikes like the Z800 which can put down a lot of power on short notice, one hard bump might make you twist the throttle too hard and send you into a wheelie or some other unintended stunt. Learn throttle and clutch control on a more forgiving bike first

mt07 is a parallel twin, two cylinders side-by-side. xj6 is an inline four, four cylinders. xj6 is also quite a bit heavier (over 200kg) but is supposed to carry its weight better than a z800 can't comment on xj6 handling, but the mt07 is supposed to be pretty agile.

Funnily enough, the z800 is actually heavier than the z1000

IMO the z300 is very overpriced for what it offers. I'm not sure what the bike dealers are thinking with bringing it in, since it doesn't fit our license tiers which are 250cc/500cc/unlimited cc. Personally I also feel that z300 would be hard to sell in the future because of this.

Have you considered trying a ER6N? Second-hand ones are like 14k-16k, in fact I even saw one for 12k on Mudah recently They are similar in size to the Ninja 250/z250 but with far more power (and IMO easier to cilok through traffic than a Ninja).

z800 uses cheaper parts, more steel or something like that, hence the extra weight.

I was dreading wasting several hours at the ceramah, but it wasn't so bad. The new handbook they give you has some interesting tips in it that I wasn't expecting. Just get it all done, you only have to do it once if you're going for B full license

Saw this earlier while at the bike shop. Honda NM4 'Vultus', aka Batcycle/Akira bike/etc. 750cc automatic transmission. Silent as a ghost. Saw the owner accelerate from a traffic light, the whole thing catapulted forward like it had rocket boosters

Yeah, apparently there are only 3 in Penang. Didn't even know they were already selling them in M'sia.

Yeah, pics plz! I went to Penang Art of Speed couple of weeks ago, might put up some photos too. FIM Supermoto world championship at the same time, damn syiok to watch.

It's wide. Really wide. The handlebars are really wide, and then the front plastic containing the side mirrors is even wider Long wheelbase as well, I don't think it filters very well lol. But must be nice on the highway. Another complain I heard was that for taller riders, the handlebars are too close to the seat which makes it cramped.

ROFL

Lean more and turn your head towards the direction of the corner. I once got almost caught out when I did everything else correctly but my head was still following the original 'curve' of the corner instead of the now tighter curve.

Letting go of the throttle too abruptly will trigger engine braking, causing your rear wheel to break traction. The rear wheel is already busy sticking to the corner, suddenly you ask it to slow you down as well, it doesn't have enough 'money' left to give (thanks Keith Code)

I once stupidly downshifted from 2nd to 1st in a tight corner. Rear tyre almost locked and skidded a bit. Luckily it was quite low speed. Never again

These are tar snakes, they're used for patching cracked roads. Slippery shit:



Not sure if there's a proper name for those painted-over road markings.

Commuting? Harley engine?



Look at that wheelbase and tell me filtering thru traffic is gonna be hard

Might be something to do with the belt drive? My moto-knowledge is insufficient in this area

Once in a while I see superbikes with 'L' stickers...should be fine I guess.

My favourite HD:



Something about it, all blacked out. Tall, narrow and purposeful like those old flat track bikes. That double barreled exhaust. Barring those custom sportsters I don't think there's any other bike with this kinda look. And it handles too!

HD exhausts always remind me of the tick of those old grandfather clocks for some reason. Plak plak plak plak...

I heard that in some countries, it's legal to potong traffic lights at night (if the way is clear) after a certain period of time has passed. Thi is because motorcycles aren't usually heavy enough to trigger the traffic light sensors. Not sure if M'sia has these laws too...