Our Team :
☺Jason & Jean Busa
☺Charlie & Avril Busa
☺Andrew Busa
☺Alan & Carine Fazer
☺Damien & Sarah (Picanto)
☺Maverik Busa (joined us halfway just before Yong Peng)
Our 3NCR plans
Day 1 : Ride off to KL, Collect 3NCR Goodies, some shopping some dinner, party at Hard Rock.
Day 2: Eat breakfast and find "mua chee", do some shopping, Visit Asia Bike expo, Do some more shopping, Gala dinner, try to find famous Claypot Rice.
Day 3: Wake up very early, meet main convoy at KL Tower and flag off to Sepang, watch Sepang Moto GP '07, go Ayer Keroh eat A & W, Go Home.
The long wait for the 3 Nation Charity Ride 2007 KL is finally here. We decided not to follow the S'pore Conveoy from team, TEAM27. We were afraid the convoy will be moving very slowly and most of the time not cutting traffic, making the entire journey slow and tiring....
We gather at GP Petronas, moved off at 7AM, so we will not to get stuck at with the main SG convoy which is meeting here around 9-10am. The other reason why we are leaving so early is not to get caught in KL jam and the last reason why we are leaving so early.... so the girls could make some shopping before the Hard Rock cafe party!!!!!
Meeting at the usual point, GP Petronas.
Maverik called to said he will be late and told us its ok not to wait for him, we did a quick pump and had a short briefing and off we go, our plan was to make 1 stop at Pagoh so we could ensure our tanks are still wet before we touch KL. The riding off was fun as everyone is very eager to ride at high speed with their big bikes, within 5-10 minutes of riding, we were touring approx 200km/hr.
The first disaster struck when Alan's Fazer suddenly lost power, Realising something is wrong with Alan's riding style as he slowed down, I slowed down with him to the shoulder lane while Andrew from behind me zoom pass us to signal Charlie that sometime is not right. When we stopped, Alan told me that his bike suddenly has lost power, we check for a while and realise his ignition wiring is working intermittently, there is no way to start his bike despite the starter motor is cranking... Removing the spark plug and crank confirms that his spark plugs are not sparking too, we gave up as there is no way to trace wires without approbate tools and wiring digram, and the best thing is Alan took out his "owner's Manual" and told me it is the "Servicing Manual"... BEST!
Soon Damien, Sarah, Charlie, Andrew arrived, after some discussion and phone calls, we decided to bring Alan's bike to the nearest petrol station. Just as we were about to discuss the operation, Maverik came along solo and joined us with the operations. In the end, the riders left for Pagoh while Andrew sacrifice his macho falcon to pull/tow Alan's sparrow with Damien's car behind.
When everyone arrived at Pagoh, all the guys made calls for information on towing services in Mysia & S'pore. We finally settle down on the cheapest of RM$400. While waiting for the tow truck, many bikes soon arrived heading for the 3NCR event, we were already feeling demoralized, but its ok, for its to make sure our friend is ok and his bike will be in good hands....
Approx 2 hrs passed and the tow truck finally arrived, rejoiced and happily assisting in loading up Alan's bike, soon we realise everyone at the Petrol station were watching us, many even took pictures,,, OMG, please dont hit the news again like the way we were accidentally caught in GP Illegal race. Anyway once everything is settled, we quickly got ready and leave for KL.
Alan arriving shortly after us, he claims the Falcon tower towed him at 150KM/hr OMG!!
No wonder he keep searching for his balls if there were still there hahah...
Tow truck came, everyone assist in loading Alan's bike,
while others riders were busy snapping pictures of this "wonderful" scene.
Spotted busa fitted with a stable bracket for 3 boxes.
Drool Alan, ya sell ur fazer and get a busa, since u seen the Busa with 3 box!!
No long after riding towards KL, it started to rain, we slowed down for precautions, when suddenly I notice something rolling across the road into the Road shoulder in front of a big lorry, thinking something is wrong at the same time, I saw Charlie and Maverik soon slowed down while changing lane to the road shoulder. I guess I was right, an accident just happened, someone had skidded. We all came to a stop and ran to help the poor guy, some helped to bring the victim's bike to the road shoulder. It was a blue super4 rider, he said he braked to hard and skidded, fortunately no vehicle ran into him. Charlie & Avril applied some medical aid on him. Soon ensuring that the poor guy is in a stable condition and is able to ride, we touch the road once more......
Reaching Seramban Tol and made our way to a nearby Petronas,
didnt know they sell Dunkin' Donuts! We make a grab for some!
Finally reached KL safe n sound, but the next boring thing is the KL Traffic JAM. Luckily I had installed a fan switch earlier to cool my engine earlier before reaching the "hot" level. I didn't had time and didn't want to install the second fan to cool the engine faster, time is short and its costly to get the materials/items too. I turned on the fan earlier but it seems useless in the end... the temperature still climbed slowly but the heating duration is shorter that it should have been.
Our plan was to collect out 3NCR goodies at Concorde Hotel then check into our Swiss Inn hotel and have a short rest before going to shopping, dinner and, Hard Rock for the 3NCR party!!!!
KL Tower and the twin tower!!
Jean took a quick snap while traffic is RED!
The Roads has banners to welcome announce 3NCR event!
Another Banner that says the road is only for Riding, not driving for a certain time.
Finally Arriving at KL Concorde, quickly took our 3NCR goodie bags and ride off haha...
Some more traffic be4 reaching our Hotel,
parked our bikes right in front of the Hotel for the security to keep their eyes on them
We are really tired as usual after long rides.
Jean & I had delux room to ourselves, so were Alan & Carine, but Avril & Sarah, same for Damien, Charlie & Andrew had to share among themselves 2 rooms because there is a rider without a partner. Maverik didnt booked the hotel rooms with us so he checked into a small hotel beside ours and it cost almost RM$30 per night, almost 10 time lesser than ours ... :~~~( but the toilet is shared commonly while the aircon is not turned on most of the time in the afternoon. I wont want to stay there with my Wife, unless I'm alone, then its not a problem :)
Goodie Bags!!
We were not traditionally married, so mama says cannot sleep together!!
Our room and beds...
Everyone had their wonderful rest & shower, we went shopping !! Everyone bought something for themselves except for Jean & I. I didnt find anything interesteing and she didnt buy her shoe because there isn't any size for her left. The next destination is to din at a restaurant Charlie & Avril highly recommend for first comers. The opening drink was a surpirse, it was "Chilli Paddie Vodka" No one knew what it was until we drank it.... some of us felt nothing, some felt it was diffiult to drink, others cant take it, hahaha. The dishes were very tasty and non that I usually had, it was different from S'pore dishes and it was really great. After dinner, everyone soon felt tired n sleepy, result of the days' stress and riding. We didnt join the Hard Rock party, Jean, Avril and Carin looked abit sad..... Anyway, We left for out hotels.
Telawi Stree Bristo Restaurant, Unique Vodka and very tasty food.
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