To Live... Is... To Ride...

As far as I can remember...I have always loved two wheelers...there no feeling like it. Sure it rains, and there is the potential danger of falling down and such, but... the feeling of freedom and the rushing air in your face... there is nothing like it...

Let take a trip down memory lane shall we...

• 1992 - 10 years old, my first motorcycle ride. My uncle's honda Cub C70. Rid it into a drain hehe
• 1993 - 13 years old, suzuki best 110R, short joyride on Uncle Zaibo's bike
• 1998 - My very first bike - The kawasaki K1 115R - This bike was superb, fast and very stable
• 1999 - Yamaha RX-Z 135cc - One one best bikes I have ever owned, Malaysia's favourite bike at the time.
• 2002 - My RX-Z was stolen :( - used the insurance money to buy a second hand RX-Z (very bad and not in good condition)
• 2004 - Yamaha TZM 150 - Veryyyy fast... veryyy powerful but a bitch to maintain...power valve oli seals always leaked (poor engine design)
• 2006 - My first SBK - Naza Blade 250N or Hyosung Comet 250, Red in colour, quite a looker. Really robust V-twin DOHC engine. A pleasure to own and ride. Many memories... many dudets had a ride. Met the missus too hehe :D. Had to let go of it coz expecting my first son.
• 2011 - Kawasaki Ninja 250R - after 3 years of non riding... final I'm back on a two wheeler. been using this baby for almost 2 months now. and I'm loving it... speed is good, mid RPM peak torque means that all I have to do to overtake while cruising at 110km/h is just pulll the throttle and it'll go to 130km/h in a jiffy. more on this bike after I have used it for a while...

To live....IS....To RIDE!!!!!


*note these pictures are not the actual pictures but the exact same model and colours huhu :P

Basstamasta....

Finally after a long wait, I finally got my bass guitar...well lets hope I'll have more time to practice...well whatever it is... I am getting ever closer to having my own jamming room hehe. Currently my set up is :

• One vintage Ibanez Musician Guitar
• One Yamaha DDS-55 Digital Drum (small but OK for practice)
• One Laney Hardcore 15 watt Bass Amp
• One Yamaha RBX 270J 4 string Bass Guitar

Well if my kids ever develop a keen interest in music... at least Abah will be ready to jam...

Nice and blue with no annoying pick guard :D

Deftones...rocking good time!!!

Once in like 2-3 years some of my favourite rock bands make it to our humble shores for a concert and this time it was Deftones!!!! Yeah!!! Thanks to my pal Mahfiz a.k.a Toge (who bought the tickets for us) Toge, Syed and myself made our way to Deftones first ever live concert in Kuala Lumpur. (sure wished Bob could join us)

Syed having taken the day off, myself on half day and togeh (he is his own boss), we made our way to KL far earlier in the afternoon and decided to take a stroll down the old Sungai Wang Plaza while waiting for concert time. Sure enough some things have changed.

Afterwards we parked behind Istana hotel and walked ti the concert venue : KL Live or better known as Life Centre as the oldskool dudes used to call it.


Tune, the main sponsor and the organizers had much to be desired of. The theme for a rock concert was a bit "Gay"ed up. I mean seriously whats with the rose petals, red ballons and the faggot cupids???!?!? Valentines day was Yesterday!!!! Get over it!!! Eff that!! I'm here for a head banging good time!!!!

Once we got in we proceeded to the "Balcony". The concert hall wasnt that big, but that was actually a nice thing because the fans were very close to the band and made the whole concert feel abit like a personal private gig.

Deftones rocked the place hard and was really energetic!!! I think the dude had like a one minute break to greet the fans and then went rocking straight on for like another 5-6 songs.

All in all it was a great performance by deftones and satisfied us oldskoolers by playing their songs from "Adrenaline", "Around the Fur" and "White Poney"

The next concert that I would kill to get tickets for are perhaps Red Hot, Foo Fighters...and System...(bit of a long shot there). If these guys dont make it to KL...at least I can count on our friendly neighbourhood island if Singapore.

Rock on....

Pictures courtesy of Toges FB page