Happy 15th Anniversary WARPIGS MC!

WARPIGS MC is one of the earliest MC that i rode with when i started my riding during the 90's. I remember that almost every Wednesday we will meet & used to hang out with dC, Danny Muru and Danny in JB town.  Apart from the weekly ride we had the best momment was when we were in Phuket in year 2000 and during that time i met more members like Nasir, Joop, Lionel, Boy, Bob, the late Raimy and few more members which i have forgotten their names...

This bunch of young & highly spirit guys have teach me a lot especially when it comes to understanding the meaning of "Brotherhood" in the motorcycle world. From them, I learned what true friendship are, i learned  how proud and commited they are with their colors & their brothers, i learned how they respect each others & their leaders but at the same time having fun together neither during high or sobber. I always envy them when they were around and at that time, i wish i could be one of them.....

This year, they have turn 15th years... from far, i've seen throughout the years that many more youngsters have become one of them, flying their colors high, with proud and respect. They have cross borders, not only in Singapore but also in Malaysia and Fukuoka - Japan

To Nasir & Old No. 7 Brothers, Sanny Salem, Jap, Kunglat, Ronnie, Ann, Arab, Jack, Carlos and the rest of WARPIGS MC members - Happy 15th Anniversary !! Congrats & wishing you guys all the best for this year, ride SAFE & may GOD bless you!!  oink!! oink!!

Gallery 2010 - KLBW, behind the scene - Day 0

Hi Pepels, just wanna share some shots i took a day before the KLBW 2010.... enjoy ;-)

Center Tent

Exhibition Tents

Main Stage

Parking Area

Me being interview by Dira (RG Team) due to tresspassing ;-)

KLBW BIG Boss @ work!

This Month..!! - UltraKing Ride 2011

2011 Harley scene in Malaysia will start with a BIG bang event - the UltraKing Ride this month 22nd Jan. After it was successfully organized for the past 3 years (start off with Kings Ride in 2008) the event will become even bigger with more participation from Harley Owners especially touring model within Malaysia. It's expected more than 100 Harley-Davidson motorcycles from touring model namely Road King, Street Glide, Ultra Glide, Road Glide & Ultra Trike will be participating in this coming event. So for all touring owners, mark your calendar, register to this program as this time we will be riding to Malacca the historical state of Malaysia. Full details as below:

Date : 22nd January 2011 (Saturday)

Time : 8.00am - 5.00pm

Meet up Point : TBC - stay tune for latest update

Destination : KL ~ Malacca ~ KL

Registration Fee : TBC (inclusive of Lunch + T-Shirt)

Program : Ride | Lunch | Lucky Draw | 

* This is not HOG Malaysia Chapter event.

2011 - The Plan

 

It's New Year 2011...!! And it's the time to plan for a ride this year so i would not miss any event when the exact time comes. The most important thing is that once you have the plan, it will be much easier for you to plan your ride & holidays.

Perhaps, not much will be happening in January 2011 as most friends will be busy with the new year job planning & family stuff. However, I've proposed a short 2D1N Camp Fire Ride for the HOG Malaysia Chapter members end of this month. 

In February, the biggest bike event will happen at Pattaya Thailand, the Burapa Bike Week. I went to this event last 2 years (here) and it's about time to revisit the event in 2011.

In March, we gonna have the AGM for HOG Malaysia Chapter and during the AGM this year there will be an election for the new office bearer. I've been a Safety Officer for the past two years and what gonna happen this year, we'll have to wait & see. ;-)

April is the month that most biker being waiting for as Phuket Bike Week will be happening on 9 & 10 Feb at Phuket Island Thailand. There's a plan to ride to Phuket this year, however we may miss the Songkran festival due to day different between both event.

Coming back from Phuket, i may need to conduct the Harley Riders Orientation Program in May, or perhaps the Advance level course or better still the Marshal Course. Read here for info on the Riders Orientation Program.

However, can't really decide on this yet as i've to wait for the HOG new committee line up before confirming with any HOG event.

June is the targeted month to organized our 8th Malaysian National HOG Rally as we have long school holidays. I've sent my proposal to the current committee on this program for their approval however, as i mentioned we have to wait till the new office bearer line up to advise before we can proceed. Should the plan change, i still can plan for my trip to Bali for the 2nd Bali International Bike Meeting.

In July we'll be having the Hatyai bike week and it's gonna be the last month before we settle down in August & September for the holy Ramadhan month & Eid.

So far there's no plan for the last quarter in 2011 except there' s plan to ride to Hua Hin for the Hua Hin Bike week in December. 

Perhaps, as time goes i may add something into my riding plan this year. In addition, besides attending the Bike Week event, i'll continue to write more about Harley motorcycle review & ride rally stories into WTR magazine. And definitly this year i'm looking forward too, to participate in any HOG Rally organized by any Asian country as such Taiwan, Korea, Indonesia, etc.

So if you know any HOG or Harley event happening at your place this year, do let me know and i love to attend to it!

Good Bye 2010...Welcome 2011...!!

Time flies...and i realised it flies faster lately ;-) Baru saja nak merasainya, tahun 2010 begitu cepat berlalu meninggalkan kita. Namun alhamdullilah, thank God that last year was an interesting year i had with so many things happenings in my life especially to what i love most.... my experience and life with Harley-Davidson.

Last year started with Ultra King Ride organized by few old friends like Jai, Hazlin, Mike Gan  & Naem.  more than 50 touring bikes of Harley-Davidson turn up for the half day event.

Late January marked another great occasion that happen to me as i was given an opportunity to participate in the HOG Rally Coordinator Training (HRCT) in Texas, United States. I spent almost 3 weeks in States attending the program that related to HOG and I met with 200 new HOG members around d world. At Texas, we learned, we see, we talked, we shared and we exchanged ideas due to one reason and interest, Harley-Davidson.

It was an eye opener to me to learn on many things, meeting new people, seeing new culture when i was in States. I was so lucky, and will remember every single experience i had on every single day when i was there and hopefully to share all this with my children one day in future.

Came back from States, i conducted the Basic Riders Course for all the new Harley owners in Malaysia. Last year in 2010 we managed to run 4 sessions of such courses and almost 30 people have attended the course. I hope for those that attended the course have learn somethings about this beautiful hobby and keep on riding and clicking millage on their odometer. 

Some that i could remember are Dr Rajhi & Dr Amba who is now ride most of their weekends, Kak Ju & hubby have ridden till East Coast & West Coast, Michelle & Ray are now enjoying their time riding together with their 48 & Fat Boy, Oja as most active guy in town has clocked 20k millage on his Street Glide. 

Rosham & Putri, Abg Mustafa, Nik & Aisha, Kak Zah, Nurul & Rose, Alex, Chua, and many more which i didn't mention in this post. I wish them to ride Safely and having lots of fun with their bikes. 

In May, we had the Sensational Saturday with Capt Nik & malaysia Airlines. In that month too we had the 7th Malaysian National HOG Rally lead by our VP Nik, to one of Malaysian National Park in Jerantut Pahang. Almost 100 bikes had joined this local event, we rode on beautiful Malaysia road with surrounded by Malaysian Rainforest scene and it was successfully organized by Nik with some helps of the committee members.

June was a busy month for most of us in HOG Malaysia Chapter as last year was the first SEA HOG Rally been organized by 5 neighboring countries. Meeting was almost every week at HDKL despite our daily job. With almost 250 participation came from Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, Thailand and Malaysia, we managed to make this BIG event a succesful event and memorable for those who joined it.

Early July i took a time off from HOG ride as most of the members were in their resting period recovering back from SEA HOG Rally. I spent time riding with my SeDARAH Brothers in conjuction to Million Mile Monday covering North Malaysia, Penang and Betong Thailand for 3 days. It was a great ride as all of us were riding our touring bike on the beautiful scenery of northern Malaysia and southern Thailand and clocked 4950km for the whole journey.

Came back from the Kepak Ride, once again i rode with few friends from other MCs to Hatyai Thailand for the Hatyai Bike Week. It was a great ride especially when seeing few MCs like Motorhead MC, Violent Storm MG, Indipendent MC (now MC) and few HOG members rode together in one group. 

Although we were in different colors but with high respect and deep passions, we enjoy every moment on the road together.

September was quiet as most friends and me were concentrating on the holy Ramadhan month. But it doesn't take long time for us to be back on our saddle because as soon as we completed the fasting month, i rode with my SeDARAH Brother Jonthrow for our first Tour of Malaya in October, covering 6 states in 4 days ride. The best ever ride experience i had and hopefully we'll do more in future.

November came fast last year and HOG organised a 3 days ride to Lanjut Pahang. About 80 bikes joined the ride and most of them are new Harley owners in Malaysia. We had great time in this ride especially seeing many Ladies rider ride along with us.

 

Came back from Lanjut, we jamm the Indipendent MC for ther anniversary party.

End of November i miss another ride organized by HOG to Kenyir lake as i was occupied with my company CSR project. 

December, HOG Malaysia Chapter members rest their bike at home but still spending time together but on the cruise sailing from Port Klang to Langkawi and Singapore. I'm not a sail fan hence i made a short trip to JB for a JB Bike Week with few SeDARAH Brothers. Came back from JB, HOG members rode to Manjung for Manjung Bike Week but i've to let it go due to my tight schedule preparing for the Harley Kids - Ride With The HEROES program.

Harley Kids - Ride With The HEROES program was another succesful program organized by HOG Malaysia Chapter and i felt greatful to see many members & their family participated in the event. Although it was a short ride from PJ to Putrajaya, but the activities we did during the event was something we will not forget.

 

 

2010 bike scene in Malaysia closed with the greatest event ever organized by Red Garage - the KL 2nd Bike Week (read my write up here).So many riders turn up during the event despite it was organized during Christmas day. I was lucky too to participate in this program especially during the sunset ride. Congrats to Red Garage for a such meaning full event last year.

So that's it! Many things happening last year.... good times, great times and memorable times. Thank you HOG Malaysia Chapter members, committee members, all Malaysian motorcycle club (MCs) , HD of Kuala Lumpur for the great support and all Harley owners in Malaysia for the great participation in most of the ride held last year.

Good bye 2010... Welcome 2011, more millage to be done this year. Till then, Ride SAFE & have Fun!!

Roi,

Safety Officer

HOG Malaysia Chapter