As Quizesilver is itching for a Malaysia bike tour before he starts his lessons, he had organised a one-day trip to Malacca for some speed blasting, good meal and shopping spree. I figured since my Thailand trip I had not been on a road trip for a while so might as well take this chance to bring my Fazer and the Fazer Devil for a spin.
Basically it is only a one-day ride up and down the city of Malacca, 270km from Customs. Since it is only a short ride, there is nothing much to pack except a tank bag containing basic stuffs and my D90 camera. I brought the charger for my N97 as well just in case the juice runs out before the end of the trip.
The group met up at Gelang Petah Petronas petrol kiosk early and I found myself in a station crowded with Singaporean cars and bikes. Apparently many had planned some short road trips similar to us.The group consists of Mudi on FZ6 with Maran, QuizeSilver & Alan on Hayabusa and yours truly on the FZ1. This is the first time Maran and Mudi joined us for a road trip. These 2 dudes are very nice peeps and bloody humorous thru their constant taunting towards each other hahaha....
The ride up is pretty smooth and traffic is pretty light, enabling us to keep a average speed of 120km on most part of the roads. We stopped by Pagoh R&R for petrol top up before we continue with the journey. The weather is freaking scorching with passing shower on one SMALL area of the journey. We kinda got conned into wearing our rain gear only to realise that...imagine riding in that gear under a 30+ deg weather....
Upon reaching the city, we rode thru the narrow streets to find a good spot to park the bikes and thanks to Maran, we found this Famosa Chicken Riceball restuarant where we can park the bike just outside the place. This is one of the reasons the group came for this trip: the Chicken Riceball. I came to this restuarant years back and now I'm back again.
So once we had our stomach filled and thirst quenched, we walked around the streets where this area is part of the tourism spot. Under the burning weather, with one carrying his bike gears around, it's not a real pleasure walking along these streets, as I find myself super drenched in my own sweat.. yes, I am constantly sweating as we were walking along the streets.
Along the street, we stopped by this seemed-to-be-famous dessert shop (typical Singaporean mentality lah, you see long queue means it's good :p) and some baba Ice Kacang and Chendol. Nice, but a tad too sweet for me. The rest are enjoying them though. Guess that's the reason why I can't say sweet nothings LOL.
After going one round the streets, we proceed on to the nearby shopping centre (about 15 mins walk) where we can get some cool air. We roamed the place for like a hour before we head back to the restaurant to collect our bikes.
The road is slightly more crowded as it is Sunday and most drivers/riders are heading back for Singapore, but nevertheless it was a smooth ride back. Had some dinner at Gelang Petah R&R before heading back home. That pretty much ended the day... a short but enjoyable one :)
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