What i did last weekend?

What i did last weekend will be series of my entries now, at least to push myself to write more and share some stories with u guys about how i spent my weekends....  :-)

Last Weekend was 20th & 21st November 2010....

It has been almost 2 years since i became Safety Officer for HOG Malaysia Chapter and few months from now we'll be having our Annual General Meeting to select the new office bearers. The Basic Riders program was remodel and structure into a new formal session since i took over the role. With some training backgroud & safety knowledge that i have, the program now have training material & notes to refer with trainer's manual as reference & guidance.

Time flies and last week with some help from Bro Ghufran & Bro Oja, we managed to organized the Riders Orientation Program for Harley-Davidson new owners. Riders Orientation program was formerly known as Basic Riders Course however due to some feedback i received from members, some new owners are quite reluctant to participate due to the BASIC words. Hence last weekend we changed the program name and the last batch was the 8th batch since i start conducted it last year 2009.

Perhaps the feeback was right about BASIC as once we changed the name, last  week  group was among the biggest group of participation from the new owners compares those earlier batch i had. Roughly about  14 new owners were in my class and 5 of it were ladies rider.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank Mazli (Sportster Iron '10) and his good friend, Norman Storm Riders ( Street Glide '10), & his motorcross friend who riding Heritage Springger  '97, Bro Mustafa, (Sportster '10) Pravin (Dyna Superglide '10), Abg Fuad (Fat Boy '10) who came all the way from Seremban and Yunus (Sportster '10), Rossham (Streetglide CVO '10) and Nik (Fat Boy Special '10) for joining my class. Not to forget our ladies riders namely Putri (Sportster Iron '10), Rose (Dyna '10), Azizah a.k.a. Ibu (Dyna Low '10), Pinay & Hua - both Thailand babes ( Dyna Street Bob '10) and Aishah, Nik's wife.

Rose on his Superglide during the riding skill drill

In this group too i had one special participant - Akil age 13 (Ghufran & Azizah's son) whom i knew that this boy is not an ordinary boy but he have lots of knowledge, passion & enthusiasm toward Harley-Davidson bike & lifestyle. I remember i did mentioned in the class that if anyone would like to ask anything about Harley-Davidson bike, ask Akil as he know most of things about it.

In general, the class went well with some introduction to Harley-Davidson history, some snap shot about HOG Malaysia Chapter, some theory session on risk awareness & management, Pre inspection ride, and preparation to ride. Later they had the demostration about pre riding inspection, dealer tour, maintenance & service parts. After lunch, we had some practical excercise or riding skill drill till late afternoon. We end the day one with some info on riding in groups as on Sunday we were on the road riding together to experience it.

Nik is riding his Fat Boy Special '10 - unregistered.... :-)

Overall, the participation level was great, i had good time with them and learn some new things too. Hope those who attended the program last week will benefits something for themselves and had a great time enjoying the session.

Mirza taking slalom drill like flying....cool dude!!

Best thing i remember as one of them mention that " I thought i can buy the bike, start the engine and just ride, but once i joined this session.... there are lots of things which i don't know and i learn now"....... and i just smile at him as this is not the first time i heard such comment.....

Last weekend was a great weekend spending times with some new friends in Harley-Davidson Kuala Lumpur..... hope to see more new owner joining this session next year!

So.... u think you can ride?........ :-)