The Man Called "Unkel"

It was a 150km round trip.
It was indeed a short ride.
Despite that, it was really a good outing!

And the best thing about today's trip has to be about making a new friend, UnkelBMW. More on this later...

So, Rik had earlier called and planned for a short ride - lunch at Sungai Sembilang's (asam pedas). Many were unable to commit as it would be a long extended weekend (agong's birthday & awal Muharram).

Four friends put up their names, but two had to withdraw due to other last minute commitments.

Of course Mzac became restless.... but Rik insisted "the ride will go on"!

Anyway, on the day, six riders showed up at our usual rv point, Sungai Buloh RnR northbound. Rik, Mzac, and Zack was already finishing their coffee when, unplanned, me and Arzeland arrived at the place at the same time. A while later, WaqMT09 arrived. It was still too early for us to move out as the makan place will only open at noon. So, we chatted until it was too noisy to hear each other (due to the loud buskers nearby).

It was around 10.30am when we made our way to Petronas to refuel before shooting off to our destination. It was here UnkelBMW greeted one of us and asked if he could join us for the ride.... to which we obliged. In fact, new friends are always welcomed.

So, there we were, seven riders now, heading towards Kuala Selangor via NSE/LEKAS. It was not that far a place - it took us less than an hour to get there. And as we expected, the food was not yet ready. We already know they start serving only at twelve noon; not a minute earlier, not a minute later.

Zack is our appointed food & beverages ordering manager - so he places order..

The ambiance was better here, without the loud music, for us to chit chat with our new friend. UnkelBMW is a knowledgeable and a well conditioned rider, with big circle of friends (especially the lady bikers.. hihihi). So, the one hour was well spent, sharing experiences, knowledge amongst other things... Before we know it, the food arrived... and we got to know Unkel better...

Rik particularly enjoyed the tumis asam pedas... slurping awayyyyy...

When the tummies are filled, other petty issues can then be addressed. In this instance, Rik was having issues to replace the visor on his helmet. Luckily it was an easy task for Arzeland :-)

So there you go. Another outing / get-together / ride that was enjoyable at so many different levels. But like all good things, it just need to end somewhere. I think it was close to 2:00pm when we moved out from the makan place, heading to our respective homes (except for Mzac whom needed to go to Melawati to pick something up).

Here are two pics (courtesy of UnkelBMW) of our "star" riders on the move :-)

"I'm OK... all good... y'all try to catch me lah..." hahahaha

Rik sizing it up at the RnR... and later gave it a spin at the makan place....

Ok, before I end this posting, this photo deserve a special mention :-) Mzac's trademark whenever he begin his ride from his home... a selfie with his steed in the background... :-)