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just curious, you all rear tyre will square or not?

Angel GT should be better than Angel ST?
if so, then should have enough grip to go until the edge once warm enough
depends on riding style
for me 5000km is way too early to tell

that's how i crashed
didn't have enough confident with the grip level
unless you're applying front brake mid corner or there's oil/sand, usually the rear will give away 1st during leaning
can feel that tail pulling the bike wide

So maybe what most probably happened is you ran the corner wide and low sided when your tire hit the sand. After this time to practise leaning in more so when shit hits the fan at least you know how to force the bike down more to tighten up the turn and prevent running wide.

Buggered my bike going downhill from Genting once before learning my lesson:

You can only go 70%-80% max on public roads because these are not controlled environments. Something is just bound to surprise you when you least expect it. Konar cun-cun ala Valentino Rossi, textbook knee-down... sekali tiba2 monyet melintas pulak... dusyummmm.... eNtah siAPa yANg saLaHhh ku tAK taHUuuuu....

Anything above 70%-80% should be done on the racetrack.

Sekarang dah tua, dah takde lagi dah asah-asah konar ni.... I ride to live, coz already got way too many other ways to die once past 50...

are you describing how the bike behaves exiting a bumpy corner?

Had a low slide 2 weeks after i bought my Shima Jacket, landed on my right arm and slided across the tarmac. Walked out with zero abbraision on my arms or palms. I was wearing my Shima mesh pro & Benkia GK333 gloves.

Condition of my jacket after the crash


Benkia GK333 took it like a champ, no holes, if you notice, there is slight sign of abraision on the palm area.

Went to Pertama complex to fix up my jacket as reccomended by @jaycee1, however there were so many tailor/repair & alteration shop there. At first i went to a regular jeans alteration shop but they reccomended me to come to this shop instead.


The tailor took one look at my jacket and he said it could fix it up in 1-2 hour.
End result:


For those who want to know how i had my lowslide? Well, it just rained & the road was wet, i was filtering inbetween cars and i didn't look far enough to notice that there was a car changing lane. A bike infront of me braked and i reacted too abruptly and jammed up my front brakes. Bike had no ABS, so there was nothing much i can do after the wheel locked up 

Damaged some stuff on my bike. (brake lever, flairing, handle balancer, side mirrors & rear passenger foot pegs)


Got it fixed up with new flairings 

Paid Rawtech a visit today to finalize with En. Azis the design of her custom rear rack. On the topic of the bar riser, he did note that the cables might start to tug at full lock and cause all sorts of problems. So he advised my wife against it.

Her 700 CLX died again Thursday night while riding home with me after dinner in Ara Damansara. 3rd lane in fast-moving traffic on the NKVE at 9pm, ignition cut out and lost power all of a sudden while cruising at highway speeds. Power was on but it refused to start. It was a harrowing experience coz she didn't not have the power to safely cut across 3 lanes of traffic into the emergency lane and the bike came to a stop in the middle of the friggin highway. Fortunately, the large truck behind her managed to stop in time and block the traffic for us to push the bike to the side of the highway. Called a tow truck and dumped the motherfucker at Mforce immediately afterward.

She was supposed to ride it to Satun with me next week. Looks like she'll have to make the trip on the back of my bike as a passenger.

Enough is enough, that bike is DONE. We'll cut our losses and flog it off immediately when it comes out of Mforce. Damn near killed both of us that nite.

Seems like Malaysia CLX700 is problematic, feel like CKD & QC issue. No wonder see so many CLX700 selling at iMotorbike.

Seldom see this CLX700 at China had issue complained by them.

I'm pretty much done with cfmoto/MForce also.

Minor mishap with the loaner CLX. A real stupid one at that. A minor lapse in good practice.

Sat on the bike ready to go out for dinner. Switched it on. Shows neutral. Pressed the starter. Bloody bike jumped forward. It was fucking in gear. Lost my balance and the bike fell on me. I mean WTF. That's a double failure.

Broken mirror..minor scuff on the bar end and exhaust heat shield. Nothing serious.

Nursing a bruised and slightly swollen palm from catching myself (I had not had my gloves on yet - was holding my gloves with my left hand, which is why I wasn't on the clutch like I usually do - was wanting to warm the bike up) and a slight bruise on my inner thigh from the bike falling in me.  Fortunately I had my riding pants (hip armour did its job) and boots on.

I'm returning the bike to cfmoto tmrw...regardless of if they had fixed my 800nk or not.
I was actually enjoying the CLX pretty much..but my soon to be posted 1000km review of the bike won't be so rosy now.

I've had hundreds of drops and falls off my dominar especially off road without getting hurt, except for DAY ONE practicing low speed maneuver (Ironically, at the exact same spot..slippery cement at my parking lot) ...and you know what, my dominar's mirrors are still fine save some scratches on the plastic back.

It's not his. And 28k for a used CLX is expensive.quite a few people dumping Thier CLX. Begining to see quite a few in the used market.

With the hot weather, any nice good helmet or jacket to recommend ??
helmet maybe budget ard 500++

Hello sifus. My friend is leaving the country and I'll be inheriting his bike. So going around looking for gear now. I'm already sorted in the helmet/jacket/trousers/boots department.

Just looking for gloves now.

After reading up a bit, it seems like the Five Gloves RS3 seems quite promising (with thumb and index finger being touch-capable). The Alpine Star Copper was recommended by someone I know, saying it's a good pair.

What's the general consensus of the sifus here? Are they worth it? I've gone to a shop and tried a Komine glove (don't remember which model, but it had both index and thumb being touch-capable).

I quite like the price point of the Alpine Start but the lack of the thumb part being touch-capable is a bit of a turn off.

On a slightly different note, how much smaller/bigger are those brands as opposed to the Komine? I've tried the XL on the Komine and they seem to fit alright. I've read that Alpine Stars run small; discussion say to size up.

Any shop recommendation in KL/Selangor where there's a large option to choose from? Have gone to Hodaka and they don't really have that many gloves in XL.

Btw budget is around RM200, if that helps with recommendations. (I'm also a total noob; no riding experience, so better safety and comfort trumps all)

disappoint with revit glove, benang cabut here and there, and I doubt its full leather, most likely will go to shop back and change a new one ( ada warranty since bought at rm5xx, not under promo price). next time will wait for dainese promo. better quality imo.

I went to takong/gomoto for shoei PFS, both do halfway and say no size available  , tried agv 2xl cant fit.

got my self shark Spartan Gt Pro helmet full face(end of year promo price is gooding), replacing my faseed f-861 carbon, way less wind noise than the faseed, comfy too. 

then, got myself windrunner (local brand) rain suit. price steep, but really good waterproof. heavy rain kering, but let see after few month. Sulaite raining suit is nice because include shoe cover, but after 3 month pkai, dont know how, rain water can seep in.

2023 price even cheaper. hahaha

good to know, but they do sell replacement part right?

Need recommendations for gloves. Here are my requirements
- good airflow
- can feel things on my fingertips. With my current glove I struggle to find the zip on my jacket and take out TNG card from my wallet.
- safe(ish)

yes i'm new to riding. do people not use TNG to enter parking? How else do u guys do it?