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This post has been edited by kennee: Dec 10 2017, 11:13 PM

Nice

Or... be Like..

Thanks for the pix Kennee. Here's a short write-up on our last-minute santai bike trip:

Met Kennee at Desa Sri Hartamas at 0730 for a bit of intro and breakfast, then route planning. Kennee rides the Vulcan S while I'm on the MT07. We decided to head to Sungai Selangor dam near Pertak, and headed off by 0845, using Sprint-DUKE-Kuching road. At Selayang, we took the new Rawang Bypass, a nice scenic road that led us to Serendah. From there, we headed to KKB town, then up the slopes before reaching the dam at around 1000. Weather was still good then, sunny with some clouds.

After lepaking there a bit, we decided to head up Frasers. We passed some bikers congregating at the foot of the hill, and made our way up. Mana tau, midway thru the narrow and moss-ridden road, it started to pour. The bikers must've known it was raining uphill. Anyway, we didn't stop, but by the time we reached the upper pondok, we were soaked to the shoes. We pit-stopped at the unused pondok to wait for the rain to subside. In about half an hour later, the rain stopped, and we headed to the Fraser clock tower for some photos, but before that, we had to don the icy cold wet jacket, and that was no fun cos by then, I was already freezing my balls out.

We had our lunch at the mamak at around 1300, and I was shivering throughout. It started to drizzle again by the time we wanted to head back down, but we left anyways. It was around 26C up at Frasers, but as we headed down, the temperature dropped to 23C, and that's cold when all your clothes are damp and you are riding. By the time we reached the foothill, we had to do the roadside pee thingy; it was that cold. We then took a left and headed towards Raub. The rain had stopped, and the route was a nice and scenic, not to mention windy. We then took a right at the trunk road heading towards Bentong, but not long after, started raining again, so we perched at a soya bean shop in Bentong til the rain subsided. We got back on the road later and headed towards Genting on Karak, and the road was totally congested, not because of any accident, but just helluva lot of cars heading towards KL. It drizzled intermittently and the roads were all but dry, but we carried on until we reached the rest area just before the Gombak toll. There, we signed off and headed our own way, it was almost 1830 by then. From Hartamas to Gombak, we clocked over 220km that day, in almost 10 hours. That was the ad-hoc ride, which was really great fun despite the rain

was just cleaning up my Alpinestars Track leather pants preparing it for a was soon'ish, and discovered another hole on my right leg.

as i removed the slider, the Velcro patch underneath was punctured from the impact towards my right leg.

the internal knee/shin CE level 2 Betac made in Italy also was slightly compromised, in that a small (few mm length/diameter) surface area have a slight dent and the foam layering underneath it (its also the connection point to the velcro fastener/adjuster internally) was slightly loosened/detached/distorted (compared to the left armor).

so, the impact was so huge to puncture a layer of fabric and a layer of 1.3mm race grade thickness cow hide and the foam layers and the knee/shin armor and towards my knee/shin/tibia/ankle.

scary thinking if i didn't have that lol.
even scarier to think my speed was between 30-40.

It was a pleasure riding with you, @Mikahl.

I've uploaded the ride video on YouTube. It was really a free and easy santai trip

Nice... would love to tag along some day

Sounds good. Perhaps we can start to plan the next ride. Any suggestions?

2 thumbs up for the both of you for still using standard stock exhaust!!

Personally, I'm not a big fan of aftermarket pipes unless my stock pipe is crap. Fortunately, while the MT07's muffler may be too silent for some, it works great for me (and my neighbors). It's got a nice mild throaty hum, and doesn't sound like a kapchai. If i bought the Z650 instead, it'd be the first thing to go.

There's a cheap mod to make the 07 more throaty tho, by drilling out a few holes into the muffler box and chopping the tail pipe by about 2 inches, but it won't make the bike perform any better so i think I'll give that a miss for now.

Next weekend is a long weekend.. any ride?

nice bike, RT?

Which one?

1st photo. Should be RT or K16

yes 1st and the 3rd is R1200RT -LC

cool! i'm on K16. Last ride was to Endau Rompin National Park

I'd like to go riding with you someday. Perhaps we can bounce some suggestions around. I'm sure that there'll be takers.

Unfortunately it's the Christmas weekend. I won't be able to join.

Someday I do want to make daytrip to Cameron Highlands. Using the Sg Koyan route.

Wow.. almost 400 kg bike on dirt and wet surface.. salute.. yours got reverse gear already? ...

We Lyn bikers plan to have TT on friday night... long time have not catch up... care to Join? Klang valley area only...

Will update here on the details later..

Tentatively. Would like to attend. Might have to be involved in some last minute Christmas shopping.