Oh..I thought you went to public parking lot. i can’t find any safe spot at my condo parking area to practice.

Is a Dominar 400 got any problem so far? Is it easy to maintain? I read from other thread one of owner literally going to scrap his bike.

On Sundays, I used to take my wife out to the Shah Alam Stadium parking lot. It's a popular place for learner riders/drivers. Huge open space, mostly empty on Sundays so zero risk of accidentally banging into a parked car. Nobody will bother you.

We used to go to the Bukit Jalil Stadium car park, until the pakguard found out and chased us out.

Stadium Shah Alam is quite far for me. I'm from Segambut actually.

Actually i just bought a kapcai, initially I'm intending to take B2 only but b2 learning seems overwhelming and gotta wait at 6 months until my turn to start the course, only i go for B full.
Now i know it is totally different to handle big bike vs kapcai. Abit regret that I bought the kapcai now. Lol

I just posted my 60K review on the Pulsar / Dominar thread. you can read my thoughts on it.

Decades ago I already knew taking B2 would do me no service if I intended to ride big bikes one day, so I never bothered and went straight to B Full. Costed me RM400 back then. I already knew how to ride the C70 in kampung anyway.

So I told my wife to do the same when she wanted a bike license, even though she had never ridden any kind of motorcycle in her life before.

The driving school literally told her to go learn the basics somewhere else first before commencing her training. So she took up short lessons on how to ride a kapcai with a clutch from that Hafiq Azmi guy at the Bukit Jalil Stadium carpark before I took over coaching duties using my D400 (we had to bugger off to the Shah Alam stadium coz the pakguard chased us out from the Bukit Jalil stadium carpark.

She passed her JPJ test first time out on a really shite MT07 with knackered brakes & clutch.

Hey bro, I did ask Hafiq Azm for advance riding class but they say need to have full suits... did your wife rent full suits also?

Yesterday there was news saying some minister suggested to automatically upgrade B2 license to B full.

Rugilah me......

that only for B2 holders for more than 10 years

Assuming it actually happens...and if it does, when.

No rugi what. Taking a b full test isn't exactly expensive. It's just a right of passage. If one thinks getting a B full is cost prohibitive, then that same one might want to rethink getting a big bike...they cost a lot more to maintain. Just tyre replacement costs alone will make your eyes water. On a proper big bike, your yearly tyre replacement costs will be more than a B full upgrade test.

This post has been edited by jaycee1: Dec 13 2023, 04:53 PM

I think starting end of this year or early next year.. no idea if need to go jpj or not.
I also think 10 years is a good compromise to give B full because if they wanted to upgrade bike during that 10 years period, they would've done that.

so this 'auto upgrade' wont really do much

I could see one thing coming out of this though. We would likely get more "world" bikes in the 300 to 400cc range having not stuck at the 250cc limit. But then again, if you have been riding for more than 10 years, chances are you'd start at the 600s anyway.

Resale value for 250s would probably tank though. If you got a b full, you are going to start at the 400 mark... Bikes like the dominars will probably sell better.

Nope, but she was fully dressed in riding boots, riding jacket, gloves and leg protectors. Usual stuff that she rides to work in today. But then, she only signed up for the basic introduction to riding a kapcai with a clutch.

The fella also teaches advanced riding skills for the racetrack - those courses will probably need a full-on leather suit.

Yes this. Hopefully by liberalizing the license requirement, more demands for higher displacement bikes to motivate the current sellers to bring in more bikes. I am still waiting for HLYM to officially bring in XSR900.

Ahh I see, thanks for your information...

Cakap cakap only la haha..... At least I've learned a lot when playing with driving institute punya bike so I know what to expect when handling big bikes.

If somehow the auto upgrade thing really happen I don't think those who get B full will have chance for that.

Most of them will slam at the throttle and brakes which is a big no no that leads to accident or jatuh bodoh.

Actually in slow speed riding, it's recommended not to use front brakes..

I learn it in a hard way haha yes use your rear brake when slow riding, learn to control the brake....

This post has been edited by RoofTopPrince: Dec 27 2023, 07:03 PM

Same here, fell down & bang my head on the road curd. During 1st big bike tight corner practice sessions. Took a few weeks breaks before resume practice sessions.

This post has been edited by yhsiau: Dec 27 2023, 10:00 PM

Everybody drops their bike at one point. Everybody! Lol.

I've dropped every single bike I hv ever owned, including my current one.