Saturday, September 30, 2006

Go Ubi Traffic Police Headquarters. But not kena summon.

30 September, Saturday.

This morning, I go to the place that most motorists hate or fear to go: the Singapore Traffic Police Headquarters at Ubi.















You see this building, leg sure shiver.


You get to go there if you kena serious traffic offences and you want to tolong tolong.
You get to go there also if you get involved in accidents and kena investigated.
So this is the last place people will be happy to go.

But today, I go there as a happy man. Because I was invited, not kena summoned there.

And because I was a good citizen, not because I am a bad citizen.

I go there to meet Traffic Police's Road Safety Branch, to help improve road safety for motorcyclists in Singapore.

How come TP so eng and want to meet Endless me?

Because of complaint king, MrLau.

MrLau is a very good and kind man. He very concerned for the safety of Singapore motorcyclists. So he always write complain email and send to TP, to give them "feedback" and suggestions.

I think the day come that the TP buay tah han MrLau. So want to turn this complaint king to become something useful. Ask him come and work with the TP Road Safety Branch. Not a bad idea right? Kill two birds with one stone. Our TP got brains hor?

So MrLau (Honda CB1300) also invited Spectrum (Honda Hornet900), who then jio me along. With us is also boofeng (Kawasaki Concors) and quizesilver (Honda Super4).















MrLau entering the TP Lair.

We met at the canteen in the TP HQ.

After a while, a young man and a woman came and sit with us. Both of them are not wearing police clothes.

The young man is Dua Liap TP Mah Tak, I tell you. His name is Simon.
His rank is Deputy Superintendent of Police siah. CO of Road Safety Branch ah.
All the crappy road safety TV commercials and all those banners hanging on the lamposts on the road come from this man. His name is Simon. The woman is his assistant, SSG Nora.

Simon sit down with us and first thing he do is offered to buy us all coffee.

We all hear that, but no one dare to accept his offer.

Who ever in his life get offer kopi from TP?

Simon repeat his offer again and tell us don't scared. We cautiously accepted his offer.

But after a while, we realised this Simon is a very nice friendly man.
I find him very normal. Actually, I quite like him.
Although his rank very high, he is not those jenghu people who only like to talk jenghu wuay (language) and got jenghu sey (airs).

Simon not hao lian and is a motorcycle man like us. He currently rides a Honda Wave. So he understands first hand, all our problems of us motorcyclists on the road. Nora also used to ride motorcycle. So we all understand and speak the same language and same frequency.

We tell him some of our problems as motorcyclists on the road that threatens our safety and give suggestions. He understands our problem. We also discussed about organising an event to invite more motorcyclists to the TP HQ to learn about road safety.

Simon want to reach out to the motorcycle and car clubs. I think in the past, the Road Safety CO just sit behind their desks. Simon could be the first to actually come down, meet and talk to us actual motorcyclists. When tua liap jeng hu people come and meet us commoners, is this call doing Grassroot work?

Anyhow, we really enjoyed chatting with Simon and it appears to me that he genuinely cares about safety of motorcycle and car owners.

We told him about our Street Smart thread at Singaporebikeforums.com.
It contains many proven safety tips and techniques that can help motorcyclists survive on the road. It is at:

http://www.singaporebikes.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=67876

He says he will go and read and even print out and post on his Branch notice board.

He also showed us some photographs of motorcyclists who met accidents and kiout kiout.
Sibei gross siah. Can see brain matter, can see eyeball come out socket, can see exposed teeth through face. Confirm lose appetite one.

But very effective. After that I ride extra extra safely.

Next, he brought us downstairs to see the TP car park.

Wah seh. I see rows and rows of TP motorcycles!

Most of them are the Yamaha Diversions. I also see a few of the new TP Honda VFR800 (pre-Vtec version).

I eagerly go and hop onto the VFR800. It is very compact compared to the Diversion. Must be much more agile and better at handling.

The handle bar is raised so now the TP rider can ride upright. I like this setup. The seat padding is also very soft. If they sell outside this setup, I sure go and buy!

Then I go and examine the Yamaha Diversions.

Have you ever wondered, like so many of us out there, is our TP Diversion motorcyclists equipped with radar to clock your speed when you are speeding?

Sure don't have right? TP motorcycle not very big what, where to put radar?

Today, I finally see for myself the answer.

The answer is YES. The TP bike has radar. Not only one radar. But two. One forward facing. The other rear.

Next time you see a Diversion, you see carefully. On its right crash bar, there is a small little cylinder thing. The front is a white plastic cover, the body is black. It looks like a small search light. But it is not. It is a radar.

Next, you see the rear mounting, just after the rear seat and above the rear tail light. You will see a similar object but face rearward.

To further confirm, below the TP motorcycle dashboard, there is an xtra big rectangular dashboard for reading and operating the two radars.

According to them, the TP radar can clock your speed when the TP bike is stationary as well as when it is moving.

Hopefully with this knowledge, I can help save you write useless appeal letter to plead that the TP anyhow clock your speed using human eyeball.

Then, it is time to say goodbye to Simon and Nora. We really had a lot of fun and we enjoyed meeting them. We spent almost 3 hours there talking! I never imagined I could talk so much to a TP.

The bike safety event is planned on 14 October Saturday. So stay tunned. I think places are limited. Only 40.

When we are about to leave the TP HQ, it was raining.

Then Simon so nice. Go and get umbrellas for us so that we can walk to go and makan without getting wet. This TP really know how to score points.

This Simon tell us, actually most of the TP officers are very nice people. So we should go up and talk to them. Ya, right.





Never bluff you.
I really was at the Ubi TP HQ.
Somemore TP Superintendent really offered me umbrella (see TP logo all over on umbrella).
















MrLau's rare Honda CB1300 Bold'Or (meaning Gold in French).
It is a new bike but with retro styling. I like.
















Boofeng's 1,000cc Kawasaki Concors.





My Frost at Ubi Traffic Police Headquarters.
Got invitation then get park inside one, ok.
Today is a very special and fun day for me.
Glad that there are people like Simon at TP.

Thursday, September 21, 2006

Hornet, Blackbird, SV Clubs, She Riders: Many Many Anniversary and Birthday ah

Today is many people's birthday celebration. Most lao one first:

1. Honda Blackbird celebrates it's 3rd anniversary.

2. Honda Hornet Nest celebrates it's 2nd anniversary.

3. Suzuki SV celebrate it's 1st anniversary.


They have one whole day of fun lined up.

First, they go to Clark Quay to join in the Singapore Bike Forum funfare.
Then at night, they convoy to the Hornet Nest's indian chief's condo call Cote D'Azur Condo (how to pronounce ah?), next to Parkway Parade.

Singapore Bike Forum Funfare

I never go. Now I bang balls man.

Because I missed this:


Biker Babe Contest

I thought the girls look not bad what.
But later on I hear from one biker guy tell me:
"Endless, lucky you never go and see the Biker Babe Contest.
The girls there all so skinny. The neir all so small."

Wah lau. Thin girls also don't like ah.
This shows that one size can't fit all.

Give him Olinda Cho lah.
















There are some cool bikes being displayed there at Clark Quay for the Singapore Bike Forum event.

But who cares about them when you got Biker Babe Contest right?


There is also supposed to convoy rides to the event. Then it got cancelled because the IMF circus is in town.

Actually scared what? The IMF go and do their IMF thing lah. We only ride together what. We don't convoy means Singapore no motorcycle meh?

Si bei kia si to the max siah.


BBQ at Cote D'Azur Condo

I only went for the BBQ niah. Can eat mah.

This Spectrum has one unit at this cheem cheem name condo next to Parkway Parade. Then as in all other condos in Singapore, this one also got those useless and pesky security guards.

I don't like these security guards because got one time I got invited to go to my friend's place at another condo. I ride there but the security guard refused to let me in. That condo cannot allow bike to go in and park. Only cars. Asked me to park outside at the pavement and walk in.

Lucky that security guard quite old liao. If not I would have given him a piece of my mind.

So I am not very sure this time round can get past this Cote Azur condo security guard or not.
Spectrum say, just give the password to the security guard.
But the password is not like Mission Impossible or James Bond that kind.
It goes by the rather unimaginative:

"Spectrum BBQ Pit No 3".


OK, I ride up to the security post at the condo. Security guard come out and challenged me.
I give password. Wait for response. Don't know password correct or not. Or security guard is going to ask me to park outside again.

Wah, passed!

I met the nicest security guard to a biker in my life.
The security guard says just ride to the basement carpark and once you get there, you will know where to park.

What does he mean by that?

I ride to basement.

Carpark is very big wor. Where to park to go up to the BBQ pit?

















Wah, now I understand what the security guard mean.
So many bikes. Got Hornet, got Super 4, got Blackbird, got SVs. Also got other type of bikes like Ninja, Hayabusa, scooter.

I go unstairs. The BBQ already started quite some time and people are enjoying themselves there.
















There are many people there. They are all bikers.















Spectrum, my touring buddy and I take one photo together.

She Riders Club

Then I see my friend, a lady rider called Tweety. I say hi to her and noticed that she was with several ladies.

She introduced that they are all from She Riders Club.

Wah, She Riders. I never hear before ah. Singapore got such club?

I immeidately think like they like some SheWolves like that.
All the cha bor gang up together and suck men's blood.
Wah, scary siah.












The nice and pretty ladies from She Riders Club.


I Met Elvis

Tweety introduced this lady called Kelly.
I think this Kelly is as famous as the other Kelly: the Superstar Kelly Poon.

This Kelly is the legendary lady rider that rides a white ST, and who has rode to China.
China!!!
I plane also never take go there before and she got ride there!!!

Plus somemore....Myanmar!!!!!

Wah lau eh!!!!

I see her I immediately feel like I have to bow down and pay respect to this super duper lady rider.

After I recovered from my star-giddiness, I realised this Kelly is actually very friendly, very sociable and very bubbly. Before long, I got comfortable and sat down to chat with her on touring.

Then around the table also got other She Riders.

After a while, I realised that got so many girls talked to me one guy, at their centre of attention.
Wah, I never in mind life got so many girls looking at me.

Except one time when I accidentally walked into the woman's toilet.

Then my face start to have a burning sensation.
I was getting a little embarressed with so many girls talking to me.
Lucky my face very black. They can't tell I am turning red, haha.

Actually, they are all very friendly girls. They wouldn't eat you up one.

They keep asking me to go with them to this coming Three-Nation-Ride in November.
I would like to go. But I cannot immediately say yes because:

1. Don't know my touring buddy Spectrum got go or not.

2. How to apply so many days of leave?
Wait I come back cannot find my desk in the office anymore how?

But the thought of so many girls together and possibly sex-orgy makes the trip very tempting...



Anyhow, I was really pleased to meet the ladies at She Rider Club.
They are all very friendly and nice people. I am very happy got more and more girls learnt to appreciate the joys of riding.


Cut Birtday Cakes



It turns out that it is also She Rider--Tweety's birthday.
From left, there is Adek, Kelly and Tweety.
Happy birthday Tweety!
















The 3 birthday cakes to celebrate the anniversaries of Blackbird, Hornet and SV.













Happy birthday to you all!!!

May the spirit of riding live strong in all of you!!!

Cheers!