HORE #1/2014 - HDKL PJ. Mission Accomplished...!!

Shukur Alhamdullilah, Thank to Allah for once again giving me the opportunity to conduct the HORE session last weekend at HDKL PJ. I'm glad that for this first session in 2014, i got the chance of meeting and knowing Ravi, Jocelyn, Nora, Abang Zul, Han, Fauzi, Nat, Thomas, Andrew, Shiham for the first time as they are among the participants for the course....

It was quite a good turn up and a great session we had despite the hot weather especially in the afternoon during the riding skill session. Some were good at handling their bikes especially for the Sportsters owners while some may have to practice more and ride more from time to time to improve their skill. 

The issue with new riders on holding much to their clutch are normal issue and hope that they could move on to better riding habits in future. Abang Zul, Ravi, Nora and Andrew had those problem the most during the riding skill session perhaps they are struggling in ensuring their bike didn't stall in the middle of exercise. Jocelyn was quite nervous during the first day perhaps too much pressure upon looking at the training field and people around. It's okay Jocelyn, we will do more session this week moving forward.

And for the first time this year, i had the chance to test the Softail Breakout 2014. it was a sexy bike and look cool to ride, got some similarity to v-rod feelin but i've to agree with Ravi that the handlebar was quite long and straight which not easy to handle especially during taking close turn or slow corners....

On second day session which was riding in group exercise, we had experienced few more findings.... Nat was quite hesitate during taking corners, perhaps one way to help her is to go for more rides especially on the zig zac road condition to build her confidence and later enjoy more character of her bike... Nora who used to ride within 80km/h, managed to ride till 110km/h during the session... the riding pace within the group improved especially during our way back to the dealership from Cyberjaya....

Well, basically those are some observations i had for the past 2 days during the session. i hope that most of the participants could benefit and enjoy the session as much as i did. i wish that we will be given more chances to ride again together in future. as for now, i'm preparing and focusing myself for this coming weekend Road Captain Development Program with the Lady Bikers Malaysia in Port Dickson.... see u guys soon...! Ride SAFE!!

Roi

*p/s - ThankYou to HDKL, Jimmy Othman and Jim for helping me during the course.

Harley Owners Riding Experience (HORE) is back for 2014

Dulu when it was introduced back in 2009 it was known as Basic Rider Course.... tapi program tak dapat sambutan... maybe the course name "basic" doesn't attract the riders to join.... a year later, the program name has been changed to Riders Orientation Program.... great turn up especially from the new Harley owners sekitar KL. but still low participation versus the numbers of bike being sold via HDKL. So last year, we have decided to revamp the module, slides and content so it has be given a new name to which is Harley Owners Riding Experience....

learning has 2 methods... self learning and structured learning. self learning mostly via own experience, reading, browsing Google or watching YouTube. meanwhile structured learning is about classroom based, have learning material to refer too and course content that been developed to assist the learner....

kat Malaysia nie memang jarang ada structured class especially dedicated for Harley bikes.... luckily, HD KL has initiated one and continued supporting the event. it's not about teaching the new owners but getting them in a proper platform to share ideas, knowledge and information about owning the Harley motorcycles, understanding the lifestyle, aware about the risk in motorcycling, so on and so forth.....

so for those who interested to join this course, please give a shout and we will meet at the program soon.....

in addition, i would like to take this opportunity to thank Harley-Davidson of Kuala Lumpur, the Dealer Principal En. Azian & Bro Jimmy for giving me the opportunity to lead the course again. Your continuous support in promoting safety riding program are highly appreciated and should be followed by other automotive players in the market.

Malaysia Harley Owners Riding Experience (H.O.R.E.) Course #01/2013

HORE #01/2013
*photo courtesy of Sir Joe Labu

in the beginning it was known as Basic Riding Course (BRC) when it was first launched in 2009. back then when i developed the module of this course i was the Safety Officer for HOG Malaysia Chapter. the main objectives of this course was to provide a platform for the Harley owners in Malaysia to share good practices in riding Harley-Davidson bikes besides creating safe riding awareness among all. In addition, this program was introduced by HDKL as one of their value added services to the customers.

not like in US and Europe that they have Riders Edge program, there was no such structured program being conducted or organized before BRC. for the Harley owners in Malaysia most of us especially those coming since from the HD Dealer 222 PJ and HD Dealer Sunway were self thought and based from our year to year riding experience. some learn from the hard way which is falling off from the bike.... 

so in 2009, 4 courses were organized and conducted with some help from TJ (HOG Activities Officer '09), Kamil (HOG Secretary '09) and Nawi (ex Safety Officer '08). it's not easy to get the "buy in" from the Harley owners to participate to this program during those years. we been challenged by many bikers on our capability in conducting the course... some even question on how we could certified the riders where's we were not being certified by any certified organization i.e. JPJ, PDRM, etc. let alone on the course name it self (BASIC Riders Course) as some Harley owners were reluctant to join as they didn't see why they should come for a basic session where's they have been riding for many years.... in total, 35 Harley owners mainly new owners attended the course for the whole year of 2009. not bad isn't it..... ;-)

“The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. ” ― Alvin Toffler.

in 2010, we organized 4 sessions of the same course in that year with some changes to the name of the program. Thanks to Dato S.M. Zulkifli (CEO of Naza 2 Wheels) who always being supportive to us by giving great  advise and feedback on what we have done has suggested us to reconsider the course name to pull more participation from the Harley owners. BRC course was later known as Riders Orientation Program in 2010.

course name changed but nothing much changed so far in-term of the numbers of participant registered to the program. among the Harley owners, we heard some feedback that the word ORIENTATION has hold them back from joining the program. perhaps bad experience during orientation session in college still haunted their mindset... but we stay focus and always motivated to continue organizing and conducting the course when the dates came. that year in 2010, 45 Harley owners have attended our program ..... extra 45 people from the first year ;-)

since then the course name has not being changed. we organized 4 more sessions in 2011 and 2 sessions in 2012 (low session due to bz schedule). slowly but surely, the demand for the same course came from the new Harley owners. this time we thank the HDKL and their salesperson who keep on promoting the program to their clients.

this year 2013, the course has been face-lift with some additional input of it contents, slides, excercise, material and name. it's now known as Harley Owners Riding Experience or HORE (pronounce as "HO Rey"). HORE module includes :

1. Introduction to Harley-Davidson, it's stories and legacy

2. Safety & defensive riding - road positioning & riding strategy (new)

3. Risk Awareness, Risk Accepteance and Risk Management

4. Preparing to ride and pre ride inspection

5. Basic maintenance, routine services and planning your parts & accessories (new)

6. Riding skill

7. Incident & crisis management (new)

8. 8 riding drill (new)

9. HOG Membership via hog.com (new)

10. Riding in Group 

last 2nd & 3rd Feb, 24 new Harley owners have attended the HORE course. that was the biggest ever crowd we could get in a session so far. more sessions will be organized this year and this time not only it will be organized in HDKL PJ but will be in Penang too. 

next courses dates will be announce soon and we do hope many more Harley owners will join. for those in other states i.e. Johor, Terengganu, Sabah, etc. if you interested to organized this course at your place, do let us know and we will be much happy to come and jointly organize with you.

in-addition to HORE, some good news that we would also wanted to share which are, this year we will be launching 2 more new courses to the fello bikers. 

1. Road Captain & Road Marshal course

2. Initiating and organizing riding in group

till then, ride SAFE & continuously improve our riding skill ....

Roi

group debriefing after riding skill drill

riding skill drill - circle

riding skill drill - handling bike

facilitator feedback

demonstration - 2nd gear without holding clutch

riding skill drill - slalom

riding skill - stopping

close guide by course facilitator

ride it right

LOH - Noni

riding skill drill - maneuvering 

#3rd Week | #2nd Ride | 2013

this is the 3rd week of January 2013 and the weekend ride series continues after the Camping Ride which was held the weekend before. this time, i've invited Muhammad Adzri (Adik) and Jinggo to join me for the ride. since Jinggo bike is yet to be ready, he has borrowed Yasir Fat Boy for this ride and left Yasir at home.... hehehe... sorry brah...

our ride route = 135km

meet up point - Rawang R&R

the initial plan was to ride to Malacca. it has been awhile i've not riding to the historical state via the trunk road. I was planning to take some of the old Malacca houses along the way towards the town. unfortunately, the plan was not being materialized as we change the riding plan to Tanjung Malim instead for a breakfast ride.

that morning, Jinggo came to my house before we rode to the meet up point to meet Adik at Rawang. After 20 minutes ride from Subang Jaya we arrived Rawang R&R and Adik came slightly 3 minutes after we arrived. had 1 stick of cigarette, we jump onto our bikes and ride to Tanjung Malim.

Nothing much we did at Tanjung Malim except had a Nasi Lemak for breakfast and chit chatting about the ride. Jinggo suggested we detour to Kuala Kubu and chill ourself at the Pertak Waterfall. Since it was a hot weather that weekend and no objection to Jinggo plan, we make our move to the waterfall.

 We rode from Tanjung Malim to Kuala Kubu via the trunk road. Not much to view along the way except till i saw the road signage that show Kuala Kubu Road. From that signage then only i realized that the old trunk road was known as Kuala Kubu Road once upon a time. 

Kuala Kubu town is still a small town with not much development happening since my last ride to the same place 2 years back. We didn't spent much time around the town as Adik and Jinggo would want to dip themselves into the cilling water at the waterfall. not much story to share with you guys this time, except some awesome photos we took along the way to and comin back from KKB. enjoy.... :-)

Jinggo Zatarra + Fat Boy Low 

Adik Sea Shepherd

JDU 300 in action

last posing before heading back

New Year... New Post.... New Resolutions!!

Dear Friends.....

this blog has not been updated for almost a year...!! demn how lazy am i... i'm sorry for those that used to follow the updates... or perhaps no more follower due to web "yang dah bersawang".... anyway, i'm back... like normal early years, with a new energy and "semangat"... my this year resolutions for this blog is that i'll try to be more active and keep on writing sharing updates on my riding activities and the Harley-Davidson motorcycle scene in Malaysia.....

First things first, my ride has a new color..... okay, not so new.... few months old... although the old paint was still in a good condition but the new CVO paint was so tempting till i decided to change it... and off course, with a CVO decal at both side of the tank. Yellow and Black is my favorite color for 2013 so there is it...!!

the bike now not only has new paint but new radio too.... as much i wanted to keep the original radio on my bike but due to it's setting which does not permit me to discover more frequency in Malaysia.... i've decided to replace it with Pioneer Radio... but this time i add 2 additional speakers and 2 tweeters to support the current speaker which i have... no, not Harman Kardon but Mohawk speakers are good enuf to make me entertained while riding..... thanks to Lee Bikers and my audio tech for a superb work in this "pimp my ride" project.... hehehehe

okay.... 2013 finally came. more ride to do this year which i've missed last year... furthermore it's suppose to be an active year to ride as Harley-Davidson is celebrating the 110th Anniversary this year...!! yuhoooooo...!! so apart from the weekly ride that never been plan, Pataya Bike Week, Phuket Bike Week and Hua Hin Bike Week are in plan... few rides along with other local MCs in Malaysia is great too.... but what i'm dreaming off is attending the 110th Harley-Davidson Anniversary in August this year at Milwaukee US...!! 8 months to go, i definitly desperate in saving money to go for this trip....!!

Well, seems August is quite a long way to go.... why not we start with small first as this month... i'm organizing a special ride which i called Camping Ride.... more to come and stay tune for more updates in this blog....!!

Ride Safe & Ride On...!!

Roi

Million Mile Monday 2011 - Malaysia Log 7,125 KM!!

75 bikes + 95km each + 93 members ..... 7,125KM log on Million Mile Monday 2011 

from Harley Owners Malaysia..!!

Group Photo @ KLCC - by Ganeson

Thank You to all Brothers & Sistas of Harley Owners in Malaysia for participating in this event! Despite heavy downpour we had this morning in K.L. .... you have shown the great support and living the spirit of brotherhood by riding with us tonite!!

Road Marshals - pic by Ganeson

Thank you to all Road Marshals - Rosham, Napiee, Fuad Siam, Zeff, Naem, Oja, Andy and TJ for the great work & dedications...

Thank you to TJ & Zeff for organizing this event.

LOH Malaysia - pic by Ganeson

Thank You All & Congratulations Malaysia!!

Get Ready..!! The BIGGEST Bike Week is aproaching soon!!

Get ready people, as the BIGGEST bike week happening in South East Asia is aproaching soon!! Burapa 14th Anniversary Bike Week is more or less 3 weeks from now. the date is 10 & 11 February. For those that yet to attend this bike week in Pataya, believe me..... it's worth of going. There are sooooo many bikes..... the place is soooooo huge.... and  there are sooooo many people! Demn f*#@kin AWESOME!!

KL ~ Pataya  | 1627km | One Way

So mark you calendar, prepare your bike, stay healthy, plan your ride and Pataya.... here you come...!!!!

To read my experience during Pataya Bike Week, go here #1, here#2, here#3, here#4 and here#5

Express Lane : what HDKL must have in 2011

I wish that this year 2011, Harley-Davidson Kuala Lumpur will consider to initiate something like below. Since the increasing number of motorcycles sales for the past 3 years, it's not easy now days to just drop by into the bay and do minor rectification thinggy.

please click on the photo for bigger image

I remember that we have such service or Express Lane and dedicated technician to attend to minor service during the HDM of Jalan 222 back old days and it is very convenience to the H-D owners. What Mabua Harley-Davidson is offering to their customer is something that we also like to happen in Malaysia. ;-)

ULTRAKINGs RIDE 2011 - Meet Up Place on 22nd Jan

National Stadium Bukit Jalil (VVIP Entrance) will be the meet up point this coming 22nd January for the ULTRAKINGs Ride 2011. To get clear direction, please see the photo below and click on the photo for bigger view.

National Stadium Bukit Jalil - VVIP Entrance (Meeting Point)

VVIP Entrance @ Bukit Jalil

Map to National Stadium Bukit Jalil - VVIP Entrance

Plan your ride in 2011 with HOG Malaysia Chapter!!

HOG Malaysia Chapter has published the 2011 TENTATIVE RIDE AND EVENTS CALENDAR in their website recently. Please visit HOG Malaysia Chapter link here for all the latest updates on the club matters or event happenings in 2011.

HOG Malaysia Chapter Website Page

 Or please click here if you want to view the 2011 TENTATIVE RIDE AND EVENTS CALENDAR.

2011 Tentative Calendar

Please note that not all events listed in the calendar are HOG events as it's also include other bike event for reference by the members.

So with this latest update & calendar.... we should be able to plan much earlier & spent time to ride more. Remember, "fail to plan is plan to fail"... :-)

Ride SAFE!!