Wednesday, December 21, 2011

Box it in!

Gave in and bought a Givi box today. Been stuck in the rain one too many times. Went for at least 2 meetings drenched wet. So during my 3,000 km service, installed a Givi bracket and E33 box. Bought a substantially better Givi raincoat and paid RM508 for the entire bill :`(












I was afraid it was going to look ugly, but it doesn't look THAT ugly. Just reasonably bad. Its not a huge box, and only fits one full face. But it will store my raincoat, water + gel, rain slippers/shoes.

Monday, December 5, 2011

MIROS Motocycle Report

Read an interesting MALAYSIAN INSTITUTE OF ROAD SAFETY (MIROS) RESEARCH report on Malaysia's motorcycle statistics and accident characteristics.

Summary:
- Assuming 70% of registered bikes are active, there are 6.2 mil bikes in Malaysia
- Out of the 6.2 mil, 113,962 have been involved in road accidents, causing fatalities of 3,640 riders, and another 430 pillions
- Motorcycle fatalities continue to outnumber other road users (no surprise)
- Most of the road accidents involving motorcycles occurred at straight roads, with no significant difference in the number of accidents during daytime and night time
- Injuries are getting more and more fatal, with a bigger percentage of KSI (Killed and Series Injuries)
- Highest KSI cases in Malaysia are in Klang, followed by PJ *gasp*

Download the full report here.

B Full Lulus!

Yahoo! Aced it. I should have got 20 out of 20 marks. The JPJ officer didn't see me using the hand brakes. Ceh...

Saturday, December 3, 2011

Examination

My bike exam is on Monday. Today was my last run on the Kawasaki ER-6n before the exam. 6 rounds of the circuit felt easy, compared to the first day. However, I slipped off the bridge once today.

I'm gonna be the first to take the test on Monday morning. The pressure is on! Anyway, its gonna be a busy weekend with lots of work to finish up. However, all I can think about is how puny the 150cc feels after getting off the 650cc ER-6n :(