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Prepare Yourself for Raining Season

Raining season is coming in Malaysia and you as riders should prepare yourself for it if your motorcycle is the only option for your daily use. If not, you can just easily drive a car.
Here are my tips on driving on wet condition:
1. Change your tyre to a medium-hard compound with aqua channel tread pattern to disperse the water away from the rubber.
2. Test the slipperiness of your tyre by giving it a good hard brake so that you have better understanding of your tyre grip. If you are not sure, just drive slow and don’t take the risk.
3. Anticipate danger in front of you so that you are aware to pull the brake sooner since disc brake have lower grip in wet. Also, try to pull the brake few times before really apply the braking force to dissipate the water on the disc plate.
4. Prepare a full rain suit. Jacket and pants.
5. The more grip the tyre is on the tarmac, the more slippery it is on cement or tiles (mosaic) pathway. So, be careful.
6. Avoid riding on the road lines and markings since it is very slippery in wet condition. If you need to brake, stay away from it, then you brake.

That is just a little info based on my riding experience, hope it can give benefit to you.

2012 Petronas AAM Malaysian Cub Prix Championship Season Launch

2012 Petronas AAM Malaysian Cub Prix Championship will kick this weekend on 31st March 2012 at Batu Kawan, Penang which will features the best rider battle for the glory. Here we can see two new bikes from Petronas Syntium Moto AHM Yamaha which comes in recognizable Petronas green colour with white accent. The bike on the right features a green colour all the way to the wheel! In this recent years, I can see that the livery of the team participation in the Petronas AAM Malaysian Cub Prix championship are getting better and more beautiful. It could be transferred to your bike with pride.

Check out the schedule inside the gallery below:

2012 Yamaha TTX 115i and Nouvo SX125 Launched in Thailand – Supermoto Scooter

Yamaha Thailand has officially launched the much awaited TTX 115i which have the styling of a supermoto. The design has a lot of edgy lines that adds cyber looks and big headlamp on the front fairing that looks masculine enough. I personally like this TTX 115i very much and willing to plonk money on it if it is arrived in Malaysia. It got fuel injection system named YM-Jet. FI system can adds fuel efficiency to the bike and this mean lower CO2 and waste fuel since the FI system metering is accurately measured to the combustion chamber. (more…)

2012 Maju Motor Racing Yamaha Lagenda Cub Prix Race Bike – Leo Vince Exhaust Equipped!

This is one of the nicest livery I have ever seen for a Cub Prix racing bike. This time, Maju Motor Racing has obtained the number 46 for their race plate number. The colour blue and minimalism livery design really gives the bike proper race looks. Many parts of the bikes comes from Racing Boy. We can see the use of the new wide SP522 5-spoke wheel that looks great on it. (more…)

Apple Racing Gasket – No Engine Sealant Needed and Non-Asbestos

The popular gasket for many bike tuners in Malaysia, Apple Gasket (not to be confused with Apple Computer) has been around for many years and has equipped us with lots of gasket size for our tuning needs. One of the gasket made by Apple is this racing 60mm complete gasket set for Yamaha 135LC. Usually the tuners need to custom made the gasket by themselves since there are no replacement gasket for bigger bore engine. Even if it is available, it would be very hard to find but this, Apple Gasket is easily available in many workshop in Malaysia based on my observation. Apple Gasket is made by NP Gasket and it is good to know that they listen to tuner needs. (more…)

2012 AGV Pista GP helmet

Pista in Italy means track. So this AGV Pista GP is a helmet specially made for track rider. Previously, this helmet has been codenamed ‘Project 46’ with Valentino Rossi involved in the development of the helmet. This new helmet from AGV is extremely good. Here is what Rossi said about it:

“I am very happy with the interior shell”
“Great aerodynamics, it feels like I am not wearing a helmet”
“Excellent ventilation, it is really noticeable”
“Exaggerated visibility, like switching from the TV to the cinema”.

It features lots of improvement from the previous flagship helmet from AGV, that is the GP Tech. The shell for this state-of-the-art helmet is from carbon fiber which provides lightweight construction and high strength properties. The helmet is made in a process called ‘reverse engineering’, whereby the helmet is designed around the head contours of the rider. In this case, it was Rossi’s head. The visor has been improved with +15 degree opening that helps the rider to view the track better when flat out on the tank. All this without compromising the safety.

One of the concern of a rider like us is about the price. I think this one will not come cheap, maybe you need to save a lot money in long time before you can buy this. Or you can sell your bike to buy this helmet.

AGV PISTA GP TECHNICAL DATA SHEET (more…)