The Old and the New

Deja Vu and it's all about coming one full circle.

This weekend we went for a day ride to Mersing town in Johor, just for a saddletime and wanting to get away from it all. And that was when the old and the new came together.

And it came together on three levels!
In 1997, we went to Mersing with our riding buddies, people like Bryan, Francis, Terence & Vincent. We would frequent the conveniently located Restaurant Ee Lo, located at one of the two circuses in town. Today, we went there with new friends like John, Donny & Roger. and we went to the newly renovated Ee Lo, in the same familiar location!

The old and the new also came in the form of riding Aron's former CBR600F4, now serving us faithfully since the last three years. The F4 was doggedly pursued by Roger's F4, Donny's 15 year old Zephyr 750 and John on the spanking new Guzzi Griso 1100. Bringing up the rear was the heavyweight GSX1200 Inazuma ridden by Ros. The Griso and the Inazuma are also interesting bikes as they are modern takes on the old air-cooled engine concept.

So, it was a fantastic day, old friends in a new location on a couple of retro bikes!

Dainese - Riding Gear for Safety!

It's been a couple of months in the discussion, and finally Peter from JR Pte Ltd had come into the support for Enduro Africa! They have gladly given us Dainese riding apparels for the trip and being bikers, we had a good chat about biking and how to make it a lifelong passion!

Apart from the legendary Dainese safety armour built into the jacket's shoulders and elbows, each jacket also features D-Dry fabric and thermal liners for riding in 15-20 degree weather! (D-Dry keeps you dry while keeping the rain outside!)

Peter owns a limited edition R1 with Ohlins & Marchesini goodies! A FAR cry from the 10 year old CBR600 that we have!!! So now you know WHO'S THE DADDY!

The Camera!

Well, it's been some time since we got the Canon G9. We picked it simply because it was one of the few pro-sumer cameras with kick ass image quality, combined with hard core build quality in the form of the aluminum body & housing.

Looking back at the photos in the sections below, many of our friends had commented on the excellent sharpness and vibrant colors! Even was able to take the night shots of the F650GS when tripod mounted :)

http://www.dpreview.com/reviews/canong9/
Anyone want to buy a used SLR? heh heh heh...

Vaccinations Vaccinations Vaccinations

6 weeks to go before Enduro Africa.

Last bits of stuff to do, includes our travel vaccinations before we head to South Africa. Visited Tan Tock Seng hospital for that last week & was given a menu of jabs :

Typhoid
Tetanus
Influenza
Hepatitus A & B
Cholera
Polio (oral)

Got to get our Malaria tablets to take before the trip too. :(

Whirlwind Weekend!

How does it happen? That Singaporeans could have 4 biking events over the same weekend???

SHEriders preview of BMWF650GS & F800GS
Long time friend Kelly Ho invited us to join the SHEriders for the preview of the latest BMWF650GS. This bike is using the newest engine design from BMW, able to produce 71hp to 90hp, depending on the state of tune. It probably also sets the record for the best hp : fuel economy ratio, with an amazing 25 - 30km per litre economy!

Harley-Davidson 105th Aniversary at Singapore Flyer
Rosalind helped out at this event, manning the event booth, while Seung spent the evening catching up with old friends like Kin, Ju Len & Rod over scrumptious burger & dogs supplied by the good folk of HD!

Krankin @ Kent Ridge
Reprising his old role of biking & emceeing, Seung spent a good part of Sunday at our premier mountain biking event in Singapore! Besides being the announcer at this event, he also took part in Men's Senior A category and came in 6th position in the race :) a good mountain bike race is always useful in feeling young again! Adding to the good old feeling was meeting old friend Ng Mong Heng (aka Ah Boon)


MotoGP Sepang
Tourism Malaysia had put together a publicity event to bring motorbikers to Sepang for the coming GP. To achieve this, they paid for a barbecue dinner for local bikers and people we met (again) people from the previous evening, coming together for a good time. The good folk of Moto V were there, and so were the SHEriders and Team27. Rosalind scored a lucky draw prize : a free air ticket to KL, as part of the lucky draw prizes! Joining us for dinner were our friends Shannon & Jerry, together with Siew Yen & Maverick!