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Moto Guzzi V7 III Anniversario Unit 0001/1000 in Malaysia

Moto Guzzi Malaysia has acquired Unit 0001/1000 of the limited edition V7 III Anniversario.
Production of the model is limited to only 1000 units worldwide.
The bike is priced at RM 80,900 (incl. of 6% GST, but not on-the-road).

Moto Guzzi Malaysia has acquired Unit 0001 of the V7 III Anniversario. It’s of great significance as production of the model is limited to only 1000 units worldwide.

The V7 III Anniversario commemorates the 50^th year of the legendary Moto Guzzi V7, and is distinguished from the unlimited run V7 III by numerous exclusive details such as the gold-coloured Moto Guzzi eagle emblem on the chrome fuel tank, brand new genuine leather seat, and billet aluminium locking fuel tank cap.

The mudguards are polished aluminium, the passenger grab bar is chrome plated steel, while the wheels get exclusive polished channels and grey hubs.

Perhaps most importantly, the handlebar riser is laser inscribed with the production number XXXX/1000.

While based on the V7 III Special, the Anniversario’s engine has been tuned for a 10% power gain. The steel frame with dismountable double cradle maintains the same 46/54% front/rear weight distribution, however the front portion has been revamped and reinforced with a new steering geometry for better handling, cornering and stability.

These features produce makes the Moto Guzzi V7 III Annivesario a handcrafted work of art worthwhile for collectors.

“I am proud that we managed to acquire the 0001 unit of the III Anniversario and this would also be a pride for Moto Guzzi enthusiasts in Malaysia,” said Rewi Bugo, Chairman of Didi Resources Sdn. Bhd. Didi Resources is the official importer and distributor of Moto Guzzi motorcycles in Malaysia.

Rewi Bugo, Chairman of Didi Resources Sdn. Bhd.

The Moto Guzzi V7 III Anniversario is available for viewing at The Gasket Alley, Petaling Jaya, and priced at RM 80,900 (inclusive of 6% GST but not on-the-road).

For more information, please visit http://www.motoguzzi.com/my_EN/ or their official Facebook page.

KL Bike Week 2017 Menggegarkan Ibu Kota!

KL Bike Week 2017 telah dianjurkan dengan jayanya pada hari Jumaat dan Sabtu yang lalu di TREC Kuala Lumpur.
Ribuan penunggang motosikal telah membanjiri tapak acara berkenaan bagi meraikan segala-galanya yang berkaitan dengan motosikal beserta dengan penyertaan daripada pelbagai perniagaan.
BMW Motorrad, Indian Motorcycles, dan The Gasket Alley juga turut serta dalam memperagakan barang dagangan terbaik mereka buat para pengunjung.

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KL Bike Week 2017 thunders down the capital city

The KL Bike Week 2017 was successfully organised last Friday and Saturday at TREC Kuala Lumpur.

Thousands of bikers rumbled into the event grounds to celebrate everything motorcycling with participation from businesses.

Even BMW Motorrad, Indian Motorcycles, and The Gasket Alley came to showcased their finest goods to all those who attended.

As part of our capital city’s tradition that has been going on for almost a decade now, the Kuala Lumpur Bike 2017 saw a gathering of thousands of bikers from across the country and even attendees from neighbouring countries at TREC. (more…)

Pusat Perkhidmatan Rasmi Harley-Davidson Di Petaling Jaya Kini Dibuka!

Berita hebat buat semua pemilik Harley-Davidson di Malaysia! Pusat perkhidmatan rasmi Harley-Davidson di The Gasket Alley telah dibuka secara rasminya semalam (Sabtu, 8 Disember).

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Official Harley-Davidson Service Centre in Petaling Jaya Now Open For Business!

Great news for all Harley-Davidson owners in Malaysia! The official Harley-Davidson service centre at The Gasket Alley will officially open its doors tomorrow (Saturday 8th of December).

Built with an investment of RM1.5 million, the new service centre features unique tools and even hydraulic jacks that have been specially flown in from either Europe or the United States. These are unique equipment specially designed for Harley-Davidson motorcycles.

The technicians including the management team have all been trained at the Harley-Davidson University in Bangkok, and are certified to service any type of Harley-Davidson.

The service centre is open to ALL Harley-Davidson’s regardless of whether they were bought from the official dealer, or second hand, or from the grey market. The new service centre does not charge a “localisation” or “initilisation” fee, and will service all Harley-Davidson motorcycles.

In a recent interview with Johan Kleinsteuber (pictured above), the Managing-Director of Harley-Davidson Asia Emerging Markets, the question of aftersales service cropped up, to which Johan replied, “Personally I will encourage grey market owners to visit authorised workshops. I am a rider myself and I will always want my bike to be in the best condition possible because at the end of the day it is also about safety. Our dealership staff are all fully trained. They have gone through the whole training process and attended the Harley-Davidson university in Bangkok, so they can be assured of the highest level of service quality. Ultimately this is what we want to bring to our customers, to be part of the whole ownership experience.” (You can click here to read the full interview)

The opening of the official service centre will be followed by the launch of the all-new Harley-Davidson showroom at The Gasket Alley which is scheduled to take place next month.

For more information, visit The Gasket Alley’s Facebook page here.

Moto Guzzi Sunday Ride

Moto Guzzi telah menganjurkan Moto Guzzi Sunday Ride pada hujung minggu yang lalu.
Tunggangan Moto Guzzi yang pertama dianjurkan secara rasmi oleh Moto Guzzi Malaysia.
Tunggangan ini menuju ke Gohtong Raya dan Bentong.

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Moto Guzzi Sunday Ride

Moto Guzzi organized the Moto Guzzi Sunday Ride this past weekend.
First Moto Guzzi ride formally organized by Moto Guzzi Malaysia.
The ride headed to Gohtong Jaya and Bentong.

What’s the best way to build camaraderie and a family of bikers? Go on a ride, of course.

Moto Guzzi Malaysia organized their first official ride since relocating to their new home at Gasket Alley, Seksyen 13, Petaling Jaya.

Modestly called, “Moto Guzzi Sunday Ride,” the outing was planned to gather the number of Moto Guzzi owners in Malaysia for a relaxing ride to Genting Permai and onwards to Lemang To’ki 2 (the main Lemang To’ki outlet is closed) in Bentong, Pahang.

Guzzi and other motorcycles owners started gathering at 8.30am. Another great aspect of motorcycle rides is that one will get to see a pleasant mix of different bikes, and we weren’t disappointed this weekend.

There was a California, a number of V7 Racers including one which was customized into a scrambler, a V7 Anniversario 50, V9 Bobber, and a Norge tourer. There was a myriad of bikes of different makes too.

We pushed off after a safety briefing by the ride marshal and Juan Chow, riding at steady pace behind the marshal all the way to the BHP petrol station just after the Gombak toll plaza. We noticed the traffic was exceptionally heavy for a Sunday.

Everyone took a quick breather from the scorching sun while the marshals did a quick headcount.

From there it was a short ride up to the Nanyang Kopitiam Restaurant at Genting Permai. Apart from the Starbucks adjacent to it, Nanyang has now become was already packed with groups of bikers. We caught sight of celebrities Afdlin Shauki and Johan seated not far from us.

After a quick brunch, he descended back down to Karak Highway and headed to Bentong.

If traffic was heavy along the highway, it was worse when we reached the town. By now the convoy had gotten strung out as we had to navigate around other vehicles.

A traffic jam is the worst place to be for any biker, because that’s when car drivers start misbehaving out of frustration. A car cut right across this writer’s front wheel, and a 4×4 darted out of the intersection to Fraser’s Hill. Another car swung into our path, as if refusing to let us pass.

We finally reached Lemang To’ki after battling the traffic, only to realize that the marshal had mistakenly led us to the closed outlet.

We doubled back toward Bentong town but the guy in front of our group of eight bikes had lost touch with the marshal. Seeing a shaded and safe area, we pulled in and stopped. A rider in the group got in touch on the phone with someone and told us that there had been an accident.

The Yamaha T-Max ridden by a Moto Guzzi staff was T-boned by a mini SUV which charged out of an intersection the town, and both victims on the bike were taken to the Bentong Hospital. As my pillion was the other pillion’s housemate and BFF, we decided to just swing over to the hospital nearby.

The rider suffered a broken left foot. His pillion fared worse as her left knee was torn open. We feared the worst, but she suffered no broken bone after being X-rayed, thankfully.

Both are now recovering at home.

In closing, I would like to comment that it had been a relaxing ride, and it would’ve been perfect if not for impatient drivers. It was nice to see the participants getting along well, as they joked and laughed about the ride when we stopped at Gohtong Jaya. Also, a word of advice: Please be extra vigilant should you ride to Bentong on weekends and public.

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I-Moto.my Mendidik Pemilik Motosikal Mengenai Penyelenggaraan Motosikal yang Betul

I-Moto.my bersama dengan GB Workshop telah mengadakan sebuah bengkel mengenai penyelenggaraan motosikal yang betul dinamakan I-Workshop.
Diadakan di The Gasket Alley, seminar santai ini disasarkan untuk pemilik Vespa, Scomadi, Benelli, dan Aprilia memberi tunjuk ajar bagaimana untuk menyelenggara motosikal mereka dengan sewajarnya dan apa yang perlu diberi perhatian sewaktu penyelenggaraan.
Bengkel itu dengan jayanya telah berkongsi maklumat berguna serta pengalaman kendiri buat pemilik motosikal bagi memastikan yang motosikal kesayangan mereka sentiasa dalam keadaan sedia untuk ditunggang.

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I-Moto.my educates proper bike maintenance to bike owners

I-Moto.my together with GB Workshop conducted a workshop on proper bike maintenance dubbed the I-Workshop.

Held at The Gasket Alley, the laid-back seminar targeted for Vespa, Scomadi, Benelli and Aprilia owners on how to properly maintain their bikes and what to look out for when it comes to servicing.

The workshop was successful in providing valuable knowledge and firsthand experience to the bike owners to ensure that their beloved bikes are always ready to ride.

Our dear friends from I-Moto.my conducted a very successful program earlier today dubbed the I-Workshop for a bunch of Vespa, Scomadi, Benelli and Aprilia bike owners and enthusiasts. With the goal of educating these bike owners regarding the importance of bike maintenance, the casual workshop / seminar was held at The Gasket Alley, Petaling Jaya with the help from the great folks over at GB Workshop. (more…)

Harley-Davidson Malaysia Akan Diurus Oleh Sebuah Syarikat Baru Yang Mengujakan!

Artikel oleh Keshy Dhillon

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Harley-Davidson Malaysia will be managed by an exciting new company!

So it is officially official then, Naza has lost the Harley-Davidson dealership for the Malaysian market. Naza, under its sister company Naza Prestige Bikes Sdn Bhd, has been the exclusive dealers of the HD motorcycles in Malaysia for over a decade now, but the news does not come as a surprise for many industry insiders.

I personally heard of the news over two months ago, but was urged to keep mum about it, pending an official statement. Though that humble request went against every journalistic instinct in me looking for an “exclusive story”, friendship meant more to me than the story, so I toed the line.

It is not surprising that Naza lost the deal, the fact that the company used to sell grey import HD’s side by side to brand new HD motorcycles never really made sense for many. Why would you spend over RM100,000 for a brand new HD, when you could spend about RM60,000 for a slightly used, almost new, imported bike. And Naza even had the technical expertise and aftersales know-how to back you up after you buy the bike.

It made perfect business sense for Naza, but not for HD.

The big question on everybody’s lips right now is – what’s next for the HD brand in Malaysia? Who will take up the gargantuan task of managing such a elite brand in Malaysia. The only company that would step up to the challenge is a company that has huge experience in selling and maintaining mass market brands, and one that understands aftersales and has the capacity to do so.

There is a clear answer to that, and one that our friends at dsf.my have already hinted at (you can read their report here), is the big boys at The Gasket Alley.

The Gasket Alley is a new showroom in Petaling Jaya located by Jaya 33 that serves as the headquarters for some unique brands like Moto Guzzi and the Japanese custom bike builder, Zero Engineering. They have the perfect location to house HD, and the people behind it are brighter than daylight when it comes to managing big brands like HD.

The Gasket Alley was founded by a few businessmen with some really deep pockets. I will not go into details but one of them is from a famed Malaysian automotive group with vast experience in managing automotive brands, including mass market brands, and a luxury brand. And the other is a successful bumiputra entrepreneur with interests in property development in Malaysia and abroad.

The collective experience of the company is perfect for a brand like Harley-Davidson because it already has vast experience in managing unique and luxurious brands, and has the capacity to facilitate aftersales service. In fact, the company is known for great aftersales service, and if they can manage a luxury brand which demands perfect aftersales service of all their dealers, then they can definitely do a good job at managing a brand like HD.

Other than that, The Gasket Alley also has a few key people who previously served at Naza and know a thing or two about managing a brand like Harley-Davidson. These people were key to the success of brands under Naza like HD and even Ducati, but were either let go for reasons unknown, or simply quit and moved on.

There is no official statement confirming whether or not The Gasket Alley will serve as one of the new importer and distributor of the Harley-Davidson brand in Malaysia, but you can consider it a done deal. Especially since the key person in charge of aftersales was recently spotted attending the prestigious Harley-Davidson University in Bangkok. So, it is safe to then assume that the new dealers for the HD brand in Malaysia would be – The Gasket Alley!

So Harley owners in Malaysia, worry not, you’re in good hands.

Photos courtesy of the The Gasket Alley Facebook page

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Moto Guzzi Malaysia has acquired Unit 0001/1000 of the limited edition V7 III Anniversario.

Production of the model is limited to only 1000 units worldwide.

The bike is priced at RM 80,900 (incl. of 6% GST, but not on-the-road).

The KL Bike Week 2017 was successfully organised last Friday and Saturday at TREC Kuala Lumpur.

Thousands of bikers rumbled into the event grounds to celebrate everything motorcycling with participation from businesses.

Even BMW Motorrad, Indian Motorcycles, and The Gasket Alley came to showcased their finest goods to all those who attended.

Moto Guzzi organized the Moto Guzzi Sunday Ride this past weekend.

First Moto Guzzi ride formally organized by Moto Guzzi Malaysia.

The ride headed to Gohtong Jaya and Bentong.

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I-Moto.my together with GB Workshop conducted a workshop on proper bike maintenance dubbed the I-Workshop.

Held at The Gasket Alley, the laid-back seminar targeted for Vespa, Scomadi, Benelli and Aprilia owners on how to properly maintain their bikes and what to look out for when it comes to servicing.

The workshop was successful in providing valuable knowledge and firsthand experience to the bike owners to ensure that their beloved bikes are always ready to ride.

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