Ride "Balik Sebelum Zohor"....

For the unassuming, the phrase or promise to be back from a ride before Zohor seems legit given the ride route could be covered in less than half a day, including chow-time. But for the trained mind, this promise has been broken many a times before... hehehehehe…

So, it was only appropriate that Faizal, despite having deep desire to join us for this ride to Kuala Pilah, would meet up with the group at our rendezvous point - Shell RnR Dengkil.

But of course, we later learned that Faizal had other motive for turning up that morning.... hehehehe…. and that my friends is another story for another day... For today, lets focus on this "balik sebelum Zohor" ride to Kuala Pilah… Also, its a ride to celebrate "Kunci KTM dah dapat, lepas satu patah dan kunci spare hilang - komplen dari Zack"...

I had the R1 repaired at MX Motorsport (fork leaking) and has been kept at the shop for the week. When the list for this ride came up on Friday, a day before this event, the workshop was closed (normally closed on Fridays). And their operating hours normally starts after 9.30am. Thus, I had to make special arrangements with AjiKTM to pick the bike up at 8.00am that Saturday. Butttttt….. when I got there as agreed, the shop was still close.

And AjiKTM turned up about twenty minutes later exclaiming "tayar kena paku lah pulak bang!".... So that explained his tardiness. I dare not complain. The fact that he agreed to come earlier to the shop is really appreciated.

So, after handing over the GSA key to AjiKTM (left the bike there for some detailing work), I headed out from Putra Heights arriving the RV place just shy of 9:00am, half an hour later than the agreed timing. But I was not the last one to arrive. As it turned out, we still need to wait for Waq_MT09 whom got there some ten minutes later..

We still had another RV point to be at - Petronas RnR Seremban where Man Morini and PakYob would be meeting the group. Faizal rode with us from Dengkil exiting at Nilai. Faizal's son was having his graduation ceremony that day thus the reason for skipping this ride.

The usual suspects, L-R: Waq, YoursTruly, Mzac, Razz, Zack.

Apart from the regulars (Mzac, Waq, Razz @ Man Morini @ MM, PakYob & Yours Truly), three others were with us that day. Could not recall their names now. One was Zack's office mate (riding a KTM), two others were friends of PakYob & Mzac from their GSXR group (rode a BMW K1200 and Kawi Z800).

Razz giving a leg signal :-)

Two Fellow Bikers - Friends of PakYob & Mzac from their GSX-R Fraternity...

What Zack Came For - Telur Itik Masak Lomak… Originallllll !!!

PakYob giving at try pillioning on the GS... changing camp?

Lemang courtesy of PakYob - Jazakallah. It was ohsem!

The weather was a bot on the hot side today. So, we sort of took our time to head out from Warung Lomang Apak. But as the day is getting late (it was already past noontime then), Zack led the pack stopping for a refuel along the way - I think it was in Paroi. By then, we shook hands as we were going to go home through different routes.

Zack was in the lead, as he normally do in our rides together. Earlier he mentioned taking the Nilai exit, but he exited Mantin instead. And we found ourselves by a roadside stall opposite a furniture shop nowhere near Mantin town <-- a="" because="" could="" figure="" furniture="" hehehe...="" important="" in="" information="" located="" middle="" not="" nowhere...="" of="" out="" p="" shop="" the="" we="">

Well the fruits were..... not really outstanding but everyone (except PakYob and that guy riding the K1200 whom by the way had his wife pillioning) enjoyed the Durian, Manggis and Dokong. The day was still hot. But the azan was already airing for a nearby masjid, indicating its already way past our target ride period... :-)

So, we called a day. Shook hand, and continued our ride back to our respective homes.

Razz demonstrating the proper way to "finger" it... hahahaha

There you have it. A ride that had us back home around 3:00pm - so much for "balik sebelum Zohor" promise. hehehehehehe…..

Thank you yet again guys for a much needed ride after almost three months hiatus (since before Ramadhan, albeit few of us did ride solo or with other friend in between then and today...

A good ride indeed!