Road to Superbiking dengan budget RM30k

Opss, jangan salah paham gambar kat atas sebagai mukadimah sahaja. Nak dijadikan cerita, masa TTS haritu.. kawan aku ada bertanya motor apa yang best dengan budget RM30k maka terpikirlah idea untuk membuat research untuk posting today. Aku stay dalam range motor baru 250cc above yang ada clutch sahaja in no particular order supaya dapat pinpoint ke arah topic dengan lebih mudah dan tak buyers terhadap mana-mana brand. Secondhand dalam posting lain. 

Aku mulakan dengan keluarga Honda CB 500 series yang mengunakan enjin parallel twin. Ada 3 jenis konsep :

 CB500F = RM 28,288 

CBR500R = RM 28,588

CB500X = RM 28,688 

  

Next kita tengok CBR250R. Single silinder enjin 

CBR250R trico = RM 19,999 / CBR250R Repsol ABS = RM 23,499  / No abs RM 20,499 

Selesai dengan Honda kita ke Kawasaki pulak. Ninja 250R twin parallel enjin

Ninja 250R = RM 22.589 / Ninja 250R SE = RM 24,289

Satu lagi model Kawasaki yang terbaru yang sekarang mendapat perhatian ramai Z250 juga twin parallel enjin yang rupanya ala-ala Z800.

 Z250 = RM 21,589

Beralih arah pulak pada satu-satunya motor 4 dapur yang aku jumpa bawah RM30K dalam Malaysia iaitu Benelli TNT 600.

Benelli TNT 600 = RM 29,990

Kemudian kita ke Hyosung atau lebih dikenali di Malaysia Naza Blade yang menggunakan enjin V-twin.

Naza Blade 250 GTR = RM 13,888

Naza Blade 250 SE TBR = RM 16,088

 

Naza Blade 250 N = RM12,899 

Naza Blade 650 GTR = RM 22,600

Naza Blade 650R TBR = RM 22,988

Juga tak ketinggalan SYM T2 250 I yang menggunakan enjin single silinder 

SYM T2 250 I = RM 16,800

Megelli juga menawar 3 konsep motor yang mengunakan enjin single silinder 

Megelli 250RR version 2.0 = RM 15,800

Megelli 250SR = RM 14,880

Megelli 250MR = RM 14,580

Yang terakhir skali dari KTM, Duke 390 ABS yang menggunakan enjin single silinder

Duke 390 ABS = RM 26,500

Ok setakat itulah list motor bawah RM30k yang aku jumpe dalam Malaysia. Brand seperti Yamaha, Suzuki dan lain-lain belum ada kepastian lagi. Mana yang terkurang, korang boleh update kat dalam komen, kita sama-sama share. Bab performance aku rasa korang boleh la rujuk kat dalam group-group yang banyak dalam FB tue.. Aku tak mau komen bab tue.. Senarai harga may vary sikit sebab tak semua bagi price on the road so faham-faham je la. Nasihat pada yang nak beli motor, beli ikut kemampuan jangan ikut rasa nanti badan binasa. Fikir-fikirkan lah maintenance bulanan tapi kalau dah minat apadehal! Layankan je.. 

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Sejarah Dunia Superbike : 2013 lookback

Sedar tak sedar dah bulan Disember, the ending of 2013, so sebelum masuk 2014 aku nak recap balik sejarah dunia superbike.  Enjoy..

It's 10 years since..
The Foggy Petronas FP1 first entered World Superbikes

Also..
-Radial brakes first appeared on road bikes
-Ducati's Desmosedici entered its first MotoGP race
-Honda launched the CBR600RR 
-Neil Hodgson won the World Superbike title

It's 15 years since.. 
Yamaha unleashed the first YZF-R1

Also..
-Carl Fogarty and Pierfrancesco Chili clashed on the last lap at Assen
-Simon Crafar won his only 500GP at Donington on WCM Yamaha
-Honda Hornet and Yamaha Fazer transformed budget middleweights

It's 20 years since..
Kevin Schwantz won his only 500GP World Championship

Also..
-Yamaha's GTS1000 looked like the bike of the future. It wasn't
-Shinichi Itoh exceeded 200mph during the Hockenheim 500GP 
-John Britten's radical home built racer debuted at TT and set the fastest top speed of the week
-Ducati launched the Monster 900

It's 25 years since..
The world was blessed with the arrival of Honda's VFR750R RC30

Also..
-The first World Superbike race took place on April 3 at Donington Park, won by Davide Tardozzi on a Bimota YB4
-BMW K100RS became the first bike with ABS
-Suzuki launched the RGV250, Kawasaki the KR-1 and Yamaha the TDR250. Oil shares skyrocketed

It's 30 years since..
Kenny Roberts retired in style by winning his final GP at Imola

Also..
-Yamaha's YPVS two-stroke power valve debuted with the RD series
-An 18 year old Alan Carter won in his first ever GP at Le Mans
-Freddie Spencer scored the first win for a radial tyre in a 500GP

It's 40 years since.. 
Crash helmet became compulsory on a bike

Also..
-Bimota opened its first factory in Rimini
-Kawasaki's Z! landed in Britain
-Kim Newcombe won a 500GP with the boat engined Konig

It's 50 years since..
Mitsuo Itoh took the first (and still only) TT win for a Japanese rider

Also..
-The last season every 500 Grand Prix was won by a British rider
-Mike Hailwood scored points on his debut driving in F1. The same year he won races in 3 GP classes - and took the 500GP title

It's 90 years since..
BMW launched R 32, their first bike and direct ancestor of R1200GS

Also..
-The first running of the Isle Of Man TT Sidecar race
-Stanley Woods took the first of 10 TT wins in the Junior 350cc race
-Claude Temple achieved the first 100mph racing lap of Brooklands.

Mungkin ada yang familiar dengan nama-nama yang disebut dan mungkin tak, tetapi inilah sejarah dunia permotoran yang aku nak kongsi dengan korang. Harap boleh menjadi info yang berguna di masa hadapan. 

Credit: BIKE Magazine


 

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KTM Duke 390 atau RC 390 : Berbaloi ke menunggu?

Seperti yang kita tahu Malaysia akan jadi host untuk Shell Advance Asia Talent Cup tetapi yang menarik minat aku ialah RC 390 yang di katakan hampir serupa dengan Moto3. 

KTM Duke 390 telah mula dipasarkan di India pada 25 Jun dengan model ABS. Rebiu dari India mengatakan motor ini lebih mudah dikendalikan di dalam bandar. 

Didatangkan dengan 6 gear bermakna korang boleh rilek bawak 120 kmj dengan 6500rpm dan 10000rpm pada 200kmj! Terbaik. Atas highway cruising speed ialah 160kmj. Ada lagi, tayar yang digunakan ialah Metzeler Sportec M5 yang bagus untuk wet and dry condition macam kat Malaysia.

Tetapi yang menjadi persoalan macam mana pulak spec RC390. Gambar yang dikeluarkan hanya untuk Shell Advance Rookie Cup bukan untuk road use. European automaker bersedia untuk mengumumkan pengeluaran spec KTM 390 di pertunjukan autoshow ECIMA di Milan pada akhir tahun ini (November 2013) tetapi aku tidak boleh tunggu lama sangat. 

ExBhp telah membuat perubahan kepada KM 390 motosikal Cup untuk memberi kita gambaran tentang bagaimana model spec pengeluaran mungkin kelihatan. 

Harga yang dijangka dari Bajaj Auto ialah lebih kurang RM11k di India so gedebuk gedebak pusing-sini pusing sana lebih kurang RM 30k ++ rasanya dan akan ada di pasaran tahun depan.  Aku agak je harga, kalau salah aku minta maaf awal-awal. 

Aku selitkan sekali video yang aku jumpa tentang KTM Duke 390 dan RC 390. Enjoy! 

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Top Ten Riders to never win a championship

Most never reach number one status, but these guys were so close to reaching top spot.

1: Randy Mamola 

Randy Mamola ended his GP career with 13 wins to his name. Some might consider that to be unlucky, but there are only a select few who have scored more wins in the big class. There’s some symmetry there, with Mamola’s career spanning 13 years too. For four of these years he ended up second – the ultimate runner up in MotoGP.

2: Dani Pedrosa 

Pedrosa may have two more wins than Mamola, but has only been on the second spot light at the end of season twice. Clearly lightening on his days, will Pedrosa ever string this season together and remove himself from this list? Apart from Marc Marquez is leading with 16 points after Laguna Seca race 2013.

3: Frankie Chili

276 races, 61 podiums. 17 wins, 0 championships. Pierfrancesco Chili was always the fan’s favorite, but the Italian couldn’t translate this into championship wins in an era of greats. He came closest when he was fourth in the series on two occasions. 

4: Aaron Slight 

13 seems to be a recurring number, as this is the number of race wins Aaron Slight scored (the same number of Max Biaggi in MotoGP). Twice runner up in WSB championship, in 1996 and 1998, he also had four times as a third place racer at the end of the year. A brain tumor cut his career short.

5: Michael Rutter

Micheal Rutter is the nearly man in BSB – but still a serious protagonist. Twice runner-up and three times third, it’s only been injury that has robbed Rutter of the domestic title. Still capable of winning BSB today.

6: Chris Walker 

Four times runner up in BSB, it was only a broken valve that stole a crown from him, in the season that saw his titanic season-long tussle with Neil Hodgson. From 1997 to 2000, Chris Walker owned that runners-up spot – poor bugger. 

7: Sete Gibernau

Had he not to deal with Valentino Rossi in his prime, Sete Gibernau would have been world champion. Twice runner – up, in 2003 and 2004, Gibernau may have won the add battle or nine, but Rossi certainly ended up winning the wars.

8: Nori Haga

Nitro Nori Haga sits third in the all time win list of the superbike world champion, with 43 champagne popping moments to his name (but only seven poles). This points scoring helped him to second in the championships three times – and third on a further four occasions. 

9: Guy Martin

We are not talking MotoGP statistics here, rather than TT wins. Guy Martin has stood on the podium 13 times so far in his eight years TT career, but that precious win still eludes him.

10: Alex Barros

Seven wins in the big boy’s class is what Brazilian Alex Barros has to show for a massive 276-race career – 17 years worth in the top class! Barros’s closest brush with the title was fourth – a position he scored five times. Hats off for trying! 

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Top Ten Biking Moments on screen

Watching bikes are the next best thing to riding them, but what should watch to let the thrill keep going up?

1- TT3D: Closer to the Edge

I can’t say enough about this documentary. Forget about the 3D bit, because the story is easily strong enough to carry the film without the whizz-bang technology – and has everyone actually bought a 3D TV? The 2010 TT will go down in history, and not all for the right reasons, and the film makers were here to record the whole lot. Amazing.

2- Faster

Fastest, by the same director Mark Neale. May be fresh out at the minute, but the original is still the best. An almost wet behind the ears Valentino Rossi gives fun and frank interviews about life on the 500s – “Mya first time ona five hundred a bit like – fak!” – with the supporting cast every bit as interesting and spectacular.

3- Top Gear

Top Gear? Yes, Top Gear. The 2008 Vietnam Christmas special was a glorious advert for bikes and where they can take you physically and spiritually. The trip from Ho Chi Minh City to Ha Long was an epic 1609.34 km journey on three of the shittest bikes you could buy  - the whole show was proof that 15m Vietnamese dong is enough to buy you the greatest adventure ever. 

4- On Any Sunday

Easily the most important bike the documentary up until the current crop, On Any Sunday (and its subsequent sequels) follows the lives of racers doing whatever they can to compete and win across a wide spectrum of America sport. It was even nominated for an Oscar (albeit in one of the categories no-one cares much about)

5- Easy Rider

A passage of rites for any biker, Peter Fonda and Denis Hopper’s road trip takes them across the Southwest of America in the search of freedom. 

6- The Doctor, The Tornado and the Kentucky Kid

As MotoGP returned to California in 2005, Mark Neale charted the home riders – and Mr V Rossi – as they approach the reincarnated Laguna Seca round. 

 

7- World’s Fastest Indian

Don’t get me wrong, the Indian is a bike. The story of Burt Monro, a kiwi who pushes his Indian ever faster is a great yarn, helped immeasurably by Anthony Hopkins’ portrayal.

8- Motorcycle Diaries

It turns out that one of the most important revolutionary’s in the world, Che Guavara, was into his bikes as a kid. Shame he didn’t keep it up in his later years. Anyway, a great true story, great scenery and bikes, too.

9- The Long Way Around

Inspired by Ted Simon’s book, Jupiter’s Travels, McGregor and Boorman’s original Long Way trip from London to New York, is better than the sequel – the Long Way Down. Through pampered, the trip is an entertaining and illuminating story that details the perils perfectly.

10- Fastest

Faster, Mark Neale’s latest project, isn’t quite up to the original, but who cares when sights and speed of race bikes plastered all over your 42-incher.

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Top 10 Famous Racing Numbers

Everyone craves the number one plate, but that isn't the most famous number in racing. Here's a list of the top 10 famous racing numbers:

46: Valentino Rossi

Rossi runs the 46 for one simple reason - it was the number his dad ran. Denying 9 chances to run the number 1 plate, Rossi has created a whole brand behind the digits - the most recognizable number in the world today.

7: Barry Sheene

The 7, with a French dash through it, is instantly associated as the number behind Sheene’s success. Sheene wore the 7 as a lucky charm, and through his big crashes may not suggest as such, you’d have to admit it was a pretty charmed life. 

34: Kevin Schwantz

34 was Schwantz’s uncle’s number, and it was an omen when he turned up to test Yoshimura Suzuki that the bike was sporting this number. The story would be complete if Schwantz’s uncle, Darryl Young, was a Suzuki agent – but he wasn’t, he was a Yamaha…

69: James Whitham, Nicky Hayden

The planets collided when Whitham raced for the Durex sponsored Suzuki team. Since then, Nicky Hayden has taken up the mantle of chief 69-er. The reason? It looks the same upside down as the right way up, or maybe there was another reason?

58: Marco Simoncelli

Eugene Laverty aside, Marco Simoncelli was fast making the number 58 his own, but thanks to a tragic set of circumstances on the 23rd October 2011 in Sepang, the number will forever be associated with the charismatic Italian – originally he used 37. R.I.P Sic 

111: Aaron Slight, Ruben Xaus

Aaron Slight and Ruben Xaus didn’t always run the 111 plate, but both finished their careers using the number. Origins of the use are unsure, but in Japanese legend, number 1 is the most desired number, 11 the next and 111.

27: Casey Stoner

Mick Doohan used the 27 plate early in his career, and Casey Stoner took the number when he came into GPs in 2002 – through he reverts to number one plate after he earned it.

3: Joey Dunlop, Max Biaggi

The most famous 3 must surely belong to Joey Dunlop who settled into his number as easily as he slipped into his yellow Arai. Max Biaggi has also staked a claim on the number, especially in those years when he hasn’t been world champion.

21: Troy Bayliss

Bayliss had a few numbers, eventually settling on the 21 in 2000 after a few years running on 32. Unable to use the number in MotoGP, Bayliss swapped the numbers round to 12, and then just swapped them back in WSB. 

52: James Toseland, Danny Kent

Danny Kent is running the 52 plate in honour of two-time WSB champ, James Toseland. Toseland used the number from early in his career, turning it into a British version of the number 46 – with a motif as part of the branding exercise. 

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