National Bikers Weekend
On 27-29th November 2008, Singapore is having its first ever national biking event, namely National Bikers Weekend. It is a 3-day event held at the Singapore Flyers location where most of the popular bike shops set up their booths selling their products at attractive prices. There is also some stunt bike show (as usual for a biking event) being held in the premises during the 3 days. In conjunction with this event, Singapore Bikes Forum is also celebrating its 10th Anniversary and organised a riding convoy on the 28th November 2008 from the Old Police Academy @ Thomson Road to the Singapore Flyers.
Being a Fazer rider, there is a Fazer group being gathered to be part of the Marshalling team. I figured, since this is the first ever national biking event, no harm being a part of it and join in the fun. The team had a dry run on the previous week, using the chance to know the new Fazer guys I've never met before (friendly dudes they are :D). On the actual day, the Fazer guys arranged to meet at Lavender Food Court before we ride down together as a group into the Police Academy compound. There, for the first time I get to see the largest ever bike gathering in Singapore and it was quite a good thing actually, showing the generous support the biking community had provided despite the hot weather.
The Fazer Marshal Team
Part of the Fazer Marshal Team BikesBefore moving off, we were briefed for the last time and there we took a group photo. As the Fazer group was in charge of convoy direction, we moved off ahead of the convoy to position ourselves at the respective locations, there we then wait for groups of convoy arrive and we direct them to the right traffic entrance. In my opinion, the organisers made a very wise decision of splitting the convoy up which is so much more manageable and organised. Kudos to them.
Part of the entire convoy gathered at Old Police AcademyOnce the whole convoy had gathered at the first FUP (form up point), the whole convoy will move out as a whole for arrival at the Singapore Flyers, which will make a spectacular sight for the people and passer-by over there. Once the convoy had departed, our team also rode off to the final destination.
The event had a pretty good response, with the "famous" Steven Lim, dressed in a body armour with nothing underneath, being one of the MCs. Of course there I meet up with AngKuGuay & DaBitch to go collect the goodie bag we have registered earlier. The goodie bag consists of one NBW T-shirt, a mini tankbag-like pouch, keychains, key straps and lots of vouchers. There are also lucky draws, NBW & SBF, where I, DaBitch & AngKuGuay each got something from the draw. AngKuGuay/DaBitch won a mini LED torch & Racewerkz voucher while I won a FogCity HyperOptik anti-fog visor. AKG ended up gave me the voucher as he discovered it is only for Dynojet products, which he already have a PC3. So he pass it to me knowing that my bike needed one (and also to prove with another living example that a PC3 do makes a difference with a fully stock bike LOL) Really thank him for that, for the PC3 do makes a difference to my bike, in terms of better rideability and fuel efficiency.
The NBW T-Shirt
Certificate of Appreciation for the Marshals
The NBW T-Shirt
Certificate of Appreciation for the Marshals
The NBW Babes
One of the lucky Fazer guys keke
Steven Lim gets dumped.... erm.. dunkedPasir Gudang Dec 2008
This month, AngKuGuay had asked me to go down Pasir Gudang once again since our last disappointment where we were shut out outside the entrance of the Johor Circuit. This time, finally the track is open to public and I am there again, riding on the circuit asphalt track after many years. This is also a good chance for me to try out the bike with a tuned map done at Racewerkz days before. Of course, since I am embarking on the longest riding trip I have ever attempted, I made a constant reminder not to ride beyond the me or the bike's limits. Anyway, I was never an aggressive rider so riding in the track is more or less like a leisure ride rather than going all out (I never aspire to be a track racer LOL). Main objective is just having fun on the track without pushing myself o the bike too hard. Moreover, I'm running on stock tires and without a proper track suit, it just don't make sense to do so. The session and the weather was good, and AngKuGuay is also having great fun with his DR-Z but he is not satisfied with the performance of the bike.
2 days later, he asked me to go down again after modding his bike and ok, I figure I just accompanied him down. However, I had to be more gentle on the bike since I don't wish to change the tires before the trip as my next tires will be a sports tire and not touring type. So there again, good session, good weather and AKG is still not satisfied. This time, he wants better acceleration.
So the week after (which is yesterday), he asked me down again. This time DaBitch kept stressing that she will be going down to take photos of the session, as she know that I had been wanting a photo of myself riding in the track. So I bited the bait LOL. Lucky as we were, session and weather is fantastic and again, AKG is STILL not satisfied. Check this out and you'll know why.
3 sessions in 2 weeks! That's the most track sessions at such short intervals I have done myself so far haha.
AngKuGuay
Yours Truly
Shawn
Alan
Victor
Quizesilver
This month, AngKuGuay had asked me to go down Pasir Gudang once again since our last disappointment where we were shut out outside the entrance of the Johor Circuit. This time, finally the track is open to public and I am there again, riding on the circuit asphalt track after many years. This is also a good chance for me to try out the bike with a tuned map done at Racewerkz days before. Of course, since I am embarking on the longest riding trip I have ever attempted, I made a constant reminder not to ride beyond the me or the bike's limits. Anyway, I was never an aggressive rider so riding in the track is more or less like a leisure ride rather than going all out (I never aspire to be a track racer LOL). Main objective is just having fun on the track without pushing myself o the bike too hard. Moreover, I'm running on stock tires and without a proper track suit, it just don't make sense to do so. The session and the weather was good, and AngKuGuay is also having great fun with his DR-Z but he is not satisfied with the performance of the bike.
2 days later, he asked me to go down again after modding his bike and ok, I figure I just accompanied him down. However, I had to be more gentle on the bike since I don't wish to change the tires before the trip as my next tires will be a sports tire and not touring type. So there again, good session, good weather and AKG is still not satisfied. This time, he wants better acceleration.
So the week after (which is yesterday), he asked me down again. This time DaBitch kept stressing that she will be going down to take photos of the session, as she know that I had been wanting a photo of myself riding in the track. So I bited the bait LOL. Lucky as we were, session and weather is fantastic and again, AKG is STILL not satisfied. Check this out and you'll know why.
3 sessions in 2 weeks! That's the most track sessions at such short intervals I have done myself so far haha.
AngKuGuay
Yours Truly
Shawn
Alan
Victor
Quizesilver
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