URGENT ACTION REQUIRED : 9.30AM at RACELINE Meet With Press

Auds · Postmaster Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Posts: 5011

Pursuant to this article Motorcycles Suggested To Be Banned on Highways or as such announcement in our local media recently, THE STAR newspaper will make a story for the BIKERS' side of the story.

Now to do YOUR PART :

Meet up at 9.30AM tomorrow morning (THURS, 4 October) at the following venue :

Raceline Motorcycle Centre Sdn Bhd.
No. 5, Jalan Petaling Utama 1, Batu 7, Jalan Klang Lama, 46000 Petaling Jaya, Selangor. Tel:03-7785 2400

Wear your gear and get on your bike! There is a need for PHOTOSHOOT & INTERVIEWS! Story aimed to be submitted for publishing immediately!

Who can come please????? URGENT! Please send this mailer out please. SMS this out etc. please!

Thanks!

Location of Raceline (thereabouts)

madkawa · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 6:13 pm Post subject:

I am on....

superknight · Long-timer Joined: 29 Mar 2006 Posts: 191 Location: P.J

Man...............why does every time a good event comes up and it clashes with my meeting? Anyway, bikers will have my full support.........although in spirit.

silverscreamer · Posted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:23 pm Post subject:

Would love to come, but its such short notice Sad

i wish the attending bikers all the best.. see you guys and gals in the papers :)

give mr 'semi-value' an earful! Evil or Very Mad

Yahya · Long-timer Joined: 19 Jul 2003 Posts: 197

please don't take samy statement seriously... dia mabok punya kaki...

U ingat dia cukup power ka to simply ban bikes on the hiway......

ini malaysia bukan dia punya syok2 bikin apa itu mabok punya orang mau...

Busuk punya samy...

Auds · Postmaster Joined: 24 Aug 2004 Posts: 5011

I'd like to hear what experienced & seasoned bikers have to say about the suggested ban. As well as motorists' opinion too.

It'll be interesting to hear of careful & realistic comments from bike club reps and such.

Sorry for the last minute notice. Posted immediately after I got the request to call for bikers. Even the location was decided there & then.

mykrol · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 1:12 am Post subject:

im coming. see you guyz this morning......

nazirmz · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 9:53 am Post subject:

I want to come but notice was given too late. Only know this morning when I chked my email. Sorry guys...

madkawa · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:09 pm Post subject:

Relatively a small turnout today, nevertheless our voices are heard.

Today's Biker's Power

Ashroff · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:12 pm Post subject:

^Wow, that was fast Laughing

madkawa · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:14 pm Post subject:

virlinz · New Joined: 28 Jan 2007 Posts: 4

Wowwwww!!!! I'm impressed!
Cayalah braders. Though the announcement was made last minute, the response was not bad. Glad it turned out well. Can hardly wait for tmrw's The Star! Mr. Green

leslie · Regular Joined: 25 Jul 2006 Posts: 52

Being both rider and driver 1 thing for sure I never ride up till 170km\h on highways.I don't have the guts to do that but I know some did that.In my opinion if people want to commit suicide,what can we do?Even the small biker do the same what.

SeaN · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:49 pm Post subject:

FM · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 12:56 pm Post subject:

Full support from me.

madkawa · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 1:06 pm Post subject:

Nemesis · New Joined: 24 Jan 2006 Posts: 9 Location: Pulau Penang

Here's the latest article:

http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2007/10/4/nation/19070489&sec=nation

Basically what can you say, a typical knee-jerk reaction.

hondafellow · Postmaster Joined: 02 Sep 2006 Posts: 557

I was among the early birds. The turn out could have been better but at least we have made our voices heard.

Hehehe...madkawa was also the press people's "official" photographer!

Let's see how SV reacts...

razdinobusa · Postmaster Joined: 25 Jul 2005 Posts: 878

Malay Mail:
Mixed views to ban on superbikes
by By KALBANA PERIMBANAYAGAM

THE proposal to ban high- powered motorcycles on the North-South Highway by Works Minister Datuk Seri S. Samy Vellu received a mixed reaction from the public.

When The Malay Mail conducted a street poll yesterday, some supported the proposal saying that superbikes were a menace on the highways. Others said superbikes are supposed to run at high speed on the highways.

Samy Vellu was quoted as saying that the move is necessary as the motorcyclists endangered the lives of other highway users.

Here are the their views:

- Shankar Ganesh, 31, managing director and a superbiker from Kota Kemuning:

“What’s the point of us paying the road tax if we are not allowed to ride on the highways?

We can’t be using the trunk roads that are unpredictable, uneven and filled with potholes which endanger the riders.”

- Emir Ezhar Abdul Jabar, 26, assistant co-ordinator from Pantai Dalam:

“Motorcyclists are always exposed to danger. They shouldn’t be forced to use the trunk roads or alternative routes. It’s not fair, the trunk roads are not safe.”

- Shafinaz Ibrahim, 23, public relations officer from Shah Alam:

“It’s a good move since superbikes on the highways are a threat to other users. But, there must be proper enforcement.

Even on the Federal Highway, some motorcyclists do not ride on the lane provided, blatantly using the main road instead.

- Mohd Yusof Ismail, 31, technician from Bangsar:

“There is no need for such a proposal. We have traffic rules. If a biker is caught speeding, riding recklessly or breaking traffic rules, he can be charged or issued with summonses.

Besides, superbikes have more safety features than normal motorcycles, so they’re much safer than ordinary motorcycles.”

- Ronald Tan, 32, designer from Damansara Utama:

“Superbikers have been a menace on the highways. Just because their motorcycles are powerful, the bikers speed and squeeze their way through the fast lanes, endangering other motorists. They’re also less considerate of other road users while riding, especially on convoys.”

- Ahmad Sukri Hussein, 48, general worker from Bangsar:

“It’s not right to ban superbikes just because of some superbikers who have misused the highways to race. Furthermore, most of them use the emergency lane.”

- Lydia Elisa Andrew, 25, customer service executive from Brickfields:

“It’s a pity for those with a passion for big bikes and convoys.

It would be better to have enforcement officers monitor the superbikers on the highways rather than banning them. If they break the rules, issuing them with summonses is more practical.”

Mazlan Talib, 30, despatch rider from Kuala Lumpur:

“Once, a superbiker overtook me in high speed. Luckily, I could control my motorcycle. It’s a good move to ban high-powered bikes from the North-South Highway, especially during festive seasons.”

madkawa · Posted: Thu Oct 04, 2007 2:31 pm Post subject: