One mor 2B kaki

My childhood friend have obtained his 2B and finally riding his Pulsar after purchasing it and letting it sleep at the car park for so long. He's another touring and safety conscious guy, probably will have more in common than those 'modder' and comestic 'zenger' who do everything nice yet everything inside 'chui'.

Finally ride after about 2 weeks since the ignition incident, wooot! Never forgotten how to ride, the feeling of control and freedom is unmistakenly familar. I'm really looking forward to my bigger CC ride so I can actually bring it out to highways without too much worries.

REMEMBER TO DUPLICATE KEYS OK!

Sorry for not updating much. I haven't been riding much due to work.. I don't like to ride with less than a 5 hours of sleep or if I can't leave my home at 6am. It's a Ybr and I don't like to lane-split.

I lost my bunch of vehicle keys recently, car and top box keys have duplicate but not the bike's. I have been putting off duplicating it because not every shop can do it, most neighbourhood shops don't give a hoot about bike keys and only have blanks for car or keys around your household.

I had to arrange for a tow and to change ignition for just a freaking key. Surprised and suaku that the tow was only $20. I've been driving for 6 years and tow is automatically $40 onwards to me. Don't like the stain left on my white fuel tank though.... can't wash away... knn...

Had managed to spot Pplater's exit message from hov gang due to conflict of principles, but on the bright site, managed to know about a www.moto-v.sg from him. It's exactly the group of people I need to talk to... touring up north..

Currently.. awaiting the new instalment of Race to Dakar video on youtube.. the Long Way Round song still stuck in my head. I FREAKIN WANT TO RIDE A BIGGER CC!

Stupid Instruction by Stupid People

Haven't be really riding for a while. Only used the bike for nearby NTUC and punggol trips. My sqn suspended riding again.

Anyway, in the midst, I have made a definite decision and will now move towards it. I've decided to get a CB400 Bol D'or. It's the fairing version of S4. Still comtemplating to keep it in original or all white with side boxes.

Had my first pillon training recently, I think I faired pretty well with my 80kg friend. This pave the way to zai cha bor who are surely way lighter. HAHAHA!

Decision

I have decided to get a 2nd hand s4 considering the fact I may be interested in a eventual Fazer. Even not, it makes more sense to lay a commitment to a permanent bike when all classes of bike are opened up at the obtainment of Class 2.

$$$

Just did my sums... I got to offload my car by August, if not, I may not be able to get a 2A bike this year. Still have other expenses to handle, dang... Hope the bonus in July will be at least average. I don't want to eat grass just to support a machine. No worries, the tour will still go on, it's just a matter of time. I will still continue to research and collect information about it.

I fucking hate cars.

First Post!!!!

Heya people, thanks for even bothering to come and take a look. haha! This blog will depict the preparations for a long distance ride and other biking stuffs will come in here.

I ride a motorcycle not to commute, because I love to ride. I don't see myself selling off a bike and getting a car when I got a family some do. I don't see why people would quit riding, such an expression of freedom and returning to the stupidity of being caged. I was pondering a trip up north for some time, but due to the limitations of my Class 2B (<201cc), I just simply toyed with the idea and that's about it.

I chanced upon a thread by "drrags" and was impressed by how he was willing to just plan a long trip down South America from the States with a friend, straight after been retrenched. Here's the thread which kicked my senses. He had a mishap in the trip, but after recuperating, he went down again, and stayed there for a bit in a spanish school, to brush up his spanish. haha.. what a life...

This is his personal blog apart from his updates on the forum. It's super long, I spent 3 hours glued to it, page by page... admiring their landscape, their land, their humour.

Back to myself, my trip is just a humble road trip when compared. What I'm worried about is the languages. You can't speak english in too much of SE Asia, in fact I should say Asia. It kinda irked me at times, what progress can they make keeping to their turtle shells.

I will keep a note of logistics and procedures to prepare in here. Now there's just a few I can think of. Please advice me of more if you can. Do email me at ops1tour@gmail.com if you know what I must add and procedures like border crossing between the 'developing' countries I'll be in.

Things to have:
Bike, WP GPS, Camera, Riding gears, Spare Batteries for every electronic equipments, universal travel adaptor, MONEY, credit/debit card, phone, air pump?, tire repair kit, (please add if you know).

Signing off here, I hope I will get my licence by Oct 2010, else the trip's screwed. Haha!