Hate all these HD riders. All Gaya but safety is lowest priority.
No safety gears.

Nolah, don't hate them lah. Just hope that they see the light and wake up to the fact that even though they need gaya, safety must always come first.

Each to their own I guess. Loud pipes can sometimes be white noise to some drivers. Just that, horns are front facing and exhaust are rear facing.

You haven't seen litre bike rempits before? Apart from just wearing t-shirts going 200++ km/h, if at karak, they'll overtake you real effin close.

them also. Got money but big bike buy cannot afford basic safety riding gears
I do get laughed by some because I wear safety jacket with chest amour, gloff, knee shin protection.... Even steering my daily ride to work. Some laugh at me asking , go racing ah ?

This post has been edited by skyblu3: Sep 13 2018, 04:45 PM

I do wonder how many of these riders actually own their bikes, as opposed to having them on some insane loan with no hope of repayment.

Another issue with t-shirt and jeans on sportbikes is that the wind tends to lift up the back of the shirt at speed...been exposed to way too many buttcracks this way

I wear full gear ride my Demak kapchai

Wind doesn't lift leather.
However when you're tumbling on the road in excess of 100kph, it WILL roll up.

That's why they are zipper/tied down to your riding pants.

I learned by losing a good portion of stomach skin.
Road rash sucks.

On that same note, jeans work like tissue paper on the road.
Lost a lot of thigh skin learning that.

Did I say road rash sucks?

if you actually consider banging the so-called 'orang bodoh' then u are actually no different than him/her. LOL.

Not only HD riders.
If observe the sportbike / DP / Gold Wing riders, they also have the same mentality.
Just wearing t-shirt, jeans, gloves and maybe riding boots while blasting down the public roads at high speeds.

Disclaimer: Picture just for illustration only.

Good bro

I'm sure you rather sweat a bit than to bleed .

Amazing. Not even gloves

Some famous local vlogger also don't wear safety gears and speed on public roads. Rubbish.

I somewhat about skeptical in this. I prefer brake over horn. Horn is like hey driver, I'm here, please make necessary adjustment for my safety. Brake is more on me making adjustment for my own safety. I prefer in control rather put my safety on someone else who may or may not notice. Furthermore bike can always out maneuver and overtake car during traffic jam every time so choose the safest time.

Lol... of course la horn + do some action
Agree on your points tho

Seems plenty HD rider hater around here... Sad..

I tell ya all the secret, More PATCH on the leather vest, the more protection it provide.. FREEDOM!




This post has been edited by ajaibman: Sep 18 2018, 09:43 PM

For your first point, refer back to my 1st page post with some visual. Your sentences is all over the place so i'm not sure what exactly you're trying to contribute here.
If a >600cc bike "thinks" that the spot is NOT wide enough for himself, at least DON'T block it for everyone else la. I myself ride a z900 for first bike and have no experience riding any smaller bikes, but i am well aware that i am not the king of the road, unlike you who look down on kapchai and don't want to give way to kapchai saying stupid shit like "Naik kapcai ada hak istimewa kah?"

For your second point, that's a good summary of what i just wrote, so agree that DO NOT RIDE A MOTORCYCLE WITH A FEELING OF SELF-ENTITLEMENT, and you riding and eating up 1 lane and keeps on following a car at their blindspot or making it hard for them to switch lane because you're speedmatching, then when car want to switchlane - you go cut and horn horn thinking you own the road. Also, it's quite annoying that my car has a blindspot monitor which lights up my sidemirror and gives intermittent beeps forever as the bikes just fking sticks around forever.

In summary, riding a motorcycle as if you're driving a car is a stupid idea in Malaysia at least. That's what i learned from multiple close call during my first 9 months on the road on a motorcycle. However on my 20+ years of car driving experience, is only very rarely i see bikes do that - so now i'm guessing they are just new riders, hence this post is to educate newer rider. Care to contribute instead of ego-boosting yourself? Ya most probly your comeback will be like "wah gua boss riding 99years what u 9months old noob know la - judging by the way your responses are


Yeap, it is what it is, sad right - even with me riding a motorcycle, i still give no mercy to motorcyclist trying to act like a gangster when i'm driving a car. Without a doubt, you'll get sideswiped if you met the wrong person. So don't risk road-raging, i myself won't roadrage when on a bike.

i think you guys misunderstood each other at some points..

anyway hard to change local riders mentality...

gomen oso gave up with all those kempen keselamatan jalan raya.. every year fatalities continue to increase...

i agree with ' freedom '

riding a motorbike is to get out of the 'cage'..

to feel the wind blasting on ur face and body..

full suit ff helmet balaclava earplugs.. u know wht i mean..

to them.. might as well not ride at all..

Yeah this is a really good point, about taking responsibility for yourself rather than putting it in the hands of other road users.

I used to use the horn quite often until I read a post on reddit which explained that using the horn takes valuable time/brainpower away from braking. I think the comparison was something like this:

Use horn but no brakes >> no guarantee that car will stop >> car doesn't stop >> you crash into car while horning.

Use brakes but no horn >> no guarantee that car will stop >> car doesn't stop >> shit your pants from the shock but manage to stop before hitting car because you started braking earlier.

Now I focus more on planning ahead and slowing down in advance. It's less stressful, fewer nasty surprises and feels smoother. No difference in overall travel time either. Still save the horn for the more competence-challenged road users when its safe to do so though.


More patches = more ablative material between you and the road if end up crashing and sliding...

This post has been edited by deadwolf: Sep 19 2018, 11:00 AM

Wow.. so much anger, are you Romano Fenati in disguise.

There is thousand reason on why rider do what they do and many more obstacle on why they didn't do what they suppose to do. For filtering, some time the gap get narrower I stuck between 2 cars. With no where to go I stop at what ever point I am. You see, while filtering is legal, it is not in any way become your right, it is merely an opportunity. So when you stuck, just treat it as lost of opportunity. honking neither make you go any faster nor make me move.

At one time, I accidentally rode so fast and left my gang so far behind and need to slow down for them to catch back. Riding below speed limit in highway is dangerous. What I did is follow closely behind moving car. In any case if the other vehicle did not see me, at least they will see the car to which I attach. This is defensive riding. If some rider match your car speed, this might be a valid reason thus the 101 guide no 10.

Oh.. your Z900 literary small to my bike, and this might be why we have a difference riding approach. Just enjoy your ride.

WOw,

why don't we discuss this in a TT, not in forum, this is not /k we all riders and brothers/sister.

Let me know if you guys keen to the TT let me organize it.