At Kini Fullgas 2013 in Zillertal (AUT), Rok Bagoros – KTM factory stunt rider, presented to the public for the first time ever his newest tricks. Youngster that rides KTM Duke 690, named his show pure and simple: ‘Rok On’ show, which includes variations on back and front wheel, 180° jump tricks also named bunnyhop. Rok reinvented his fire trick with a idea to make the trick a bit more new school, so he added a burning RokON! hand which ignites when he touches the ground with his wheele bar … Really a nice effect for the grand finale of his RokON! show … Check the his new trick in the video 😉  (more…)

The body orange livery matched with the orange front Racing Boy (RB) brake caliper, orange RB disc brake plate, orange RB alloy swing arm and orange RB rear footrest. Also notice the orange RB handle balancer and orange front headlight lens. Nice work from Philippines.

via: https://www.facebook.com/rhoel23 via: Racing Boy FB

The tranquillity of The Pearl of the Orient, Penang Island have taken by a Monster-ous Red Storm as hundreds of Ducati Monster owners united for the first Asia Ducati Monster Gathering during the weekend of 11^th and 12^th May.  This incredible gathering was organized by the iconic Italian motorcycle brand, Ducati and is supported by Next Bike Sdn Bhd, a company under the national conglomerate NAZA Group of Companies and the sole importer and distributor for the Ducati brand in Malaysia.  (more…)

Clean and nice lime green modified Modenas Dinamik 120 2-stroke. Is that YYPang exhaust fitted there? BTW, ignore the retro bicycle on the background.

Found this on: https://www.facebook.com/groups/aceriderscommunity/

After the spyshot that we have seen earlier here, MM reader, Naqib Jo, has notified us about this ads on Mudah.my about the availability of the 2013 Kawasaki Ninja 250R Special Edition. Priced at RM24,289 which is about RM2k much higher that the non-special Ninja. Fitted with Arrow exhaust that should boost performance and also the soundtrack of your ride.

via: Naqib Jo via: http://www.mudah.my/Kawasaki+Ninja+250+SE+New+Arrival-21559542.htm

Special project by A.Product of Thailand. Notice the Deltabox frame,  rear monoshock, cobra type exhaust,  KTM style wheel and that 110cc engine from Honda. Superb!

Via: Cupcai Bangkok FB

Kawasaki is readying the special edition 2013 Ninja 250R soon. This one is in black with red and silver accent.  There is one more model in the usual lime green. 

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Michelin has provide the media ample time to test the performance of the two new tyre. They compared the Michelin Pilot Street Radial against the stock tyre that is the IRC Roadwinner which is fitted to 2013 Kawasaki Ninja 250R. First, we tested the IRC Roadwinner for 15 minutes and switched to the Michelin Pilot Street Radial. On IRC Roadwinner the bike already feels good and easy to take the straights and corners at the track. Both of the bikes tested are using the recommended tyre pressure as on bike manufacturer suggests. After changing to Michelin Pilot Street Radial, the first thing that we notice that the bike have less vibrations and handle the straight nicely. Cornering is also good and the feedback from the steering is better without the jitter from the bumpy track.   (more…)

Another variant available at the launch is this Michelin Pilot Street Radial. As the name suggests, this Pilot Street Radial is made with radial-ply type compared to the Pilot Street that is made using bias-ply. What is the difference if you might ask. Here I embed a video to explain about it and you can watch it for better understanding of the differences: (more…)

Michelin has flown us to Thailand for the launch of two of their new offerings that is the Michelin Pilot Street tyres for below 150cc bikes and Michelin Pilot Street Radial tyres for 150cc to 300cc bikes. There are media that are invited from the respective launch target country that is Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines and Malaysia. It was an interesting launch event to meet bike media and enthusiasts from other neighbouring country. All of them has passion and lots of knowledge about bikes.

I’ll be dividing this article into three posts:

Part I about Michelin Pilot Street

Part II about Michelin Pilot Street Radial

Part III about the test ride.

Part I: Michelin Pilot Street

Pilot Street are targeted 100% street use positioning. This means that it is made to be able to handle the daily commute road stress and wear.Michelin have studied about their target consumers and their expectations for the tyres. Previous model of the Michelin tyre that is the Michelin Pilot Sporty (MPS) has been a great tyre but lack of grip in wet condition. Michelin Pilot Street are set to make this tyre having great grip whether on dry or wet road.  (more…)