Today it rains all day long in shah alam.
its kinda sync with how much i’m feeling down these past few days. I can hardly smile and laugh with friends and collegues..its painful i tell ya.
i always liked when its raining however..kan ke org kate hujan rahmat..terase la rahmat tu kot..haha
ok, sissy talk aside,
Though i love when its rains, i truly..truly, deeply..from the bottom of my heart, right to the very core, hates it to be racing in the wets. History showed that in the wets, i’m either super slow, or very fast but ends up crashing.
Its hard, in wet condition i ride with my eyes, not from the feedback from the bike. Riding like that, i don’t have any idea about how much grip i have. Donno how much to brake, how much to lean, how much wide the throttle should be. Haih!
Here is one, back in 2006…tegak je amik korner…maluuu
Ade sesiku L bolehlah ukur kat gambar ni..aku dead sure moto ni perpendicular dengan tarmac
And this one from 2007. The qualifying session is raining cats and dogs. I end up qualified last on the grid! Member bagi umbrella girl ntah dari mana…funny, last position, tapi siap umbrella girl bagai..poyo
Org kate budak ni comel..mintak no la bagai..adepun aku ini tak kenal langsung dengan beliau ye..harap maklong
But that was one of the best race weekend of all time. From last, 22nd position i manage to race through the field and was 6th at the chequered flag. Not bad huh? bangge pulak…haha
But it didn’t last long..on the very same day, it rains at Race 2, i was at 3rd position when it rains, and i finished at 8th. Missed the 3rd spot that day.
Then came in 2009. I qualified 2nd..my first front row start ever and all excited! The rain then decided to visits the soil of earth on the morning of race 1. menerima segala-galanya dengan redhaaa(nyanyi macam anuar zain) i went out the pits and took up my grid position.
On race start i fall to 5th from 2nd. But to my suprise, i was riding very confident and was slowly moving up the field. i passed one rider to take 4th place. Tamak pun menguasai diri, i manage to tailgate the 3rd position rider by the time we’re approaching Sepang Turn 1. Achieving top speed of about 200km/h at 200m braking mark, both of us starts to braked for the turn, with me braking harder trying to outbrake him and take that 3rd pos. Well, the physics don’t give any mercy. The front locks at that instant and both bike and me was sliding. The bike made quite nice sparks.
Terbaring terkulai di situ...what you can't see here is that i'm still sliding towards the bike
yeah..kekanda datang wahai puteri kesayangan beta..
sile credit kepada marshal yang bersungguh sungguh lari datang memberi bantuan itu
Off i go..without knowing the brake levers are gone..moron
As you can see, i get the bike up and resume the race without knowing i lost both of brakes. It was approaching Turn 4 then i realized i have no brake levers..yikes! the gravel then stops me from hitting the barrier..nasib baik tk tergolek lagi sekali.
Because i didn’t finish the race, i started race 2 from last grid again, at 30th spot. Race 2 it was dry, so i manage to climbs up to the 6th spot at finish line. i was ok, but the bike got beat up pretty badly. It lost both front and rear brakes, fairings were mashed, subframes bent, footpegs gone etc etc.
Understand why i hate racing in the wets? however, i find it very enjoyable commuting on a bike during the rain. Dah besar-besar ni main hujan semata-mata orang kata buang tebiat pulak…naik moto dapat la alasan main hujan..haha
Oh, i forgot, the race that i crashed while trying to take up the 3rd position, the 3rd position guy actually became the champion of race 1. The 1st and 2nd pos rider crashed out giving the first spot to him. Which means if i were to use my head that time and even if i cant get pass him, i will actually finished at 2nd spot.
‘Kalau’ la kan…’kalau’ indeed is a magic word..
outsss….
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