Similajau National Park

Similajau located about only 30KM from Bintulu town itself, a national park it is. 

Riding in this empty road with beautiful sight of nature, hearing nothing but only the sound of the motorbike engine, the crickets and birds whistling. A peace sight and silence place indeed, I will be back here for hiking and more pictures of the beach.

Pantai Telekom (TM Building)

we even found this place, so I check it out. Its belong to Telekom Malaysia (TM). I watch too much movie so I guess this is a secret hide out for the server room. Check the video out. 

One last photo before proceed my way to Miri. Yes after that we rode back to Miri. 

Personal Review : Kawasaki ZX 636 R 2016

The 2016 Kawasaki ZX-6R (636) it's a great sport bike. I mean you obviously can’t go out riding long on them, and in the city the roads are too crammed for the ZXR to unleash their full potential. So we took it out to remoted area in samalaju industrial zone.

The Kawasaki ZX-6R 2016 (ZX 636 R)  

The seat and the rear frame offer good contact with the bike for enhanced rider feedback. Personally I feels bit annoying while riding normal (I'm 180 cm tall) and I'm used with touring seating position. But after awhile with the 6R my body start to get used with the racing style of position, it is design that way. The bike looked small when I'm on it. 

The suspension however better than what you get on most other sports bikes. Whenever I rode over some obstacle, I realized the impact wasn’t nearly as severe as I thought it would be, with a selectable full and low engine power modes, three-mode of traction control and the Intelligent ABS.   

I got a taste of the 6R enormous power as I started on the fast bending lane. The 6R gave out a loud roar before plunging ahead into the zone. At the weight around 192 kg it's so easy to corner and doing a perfect sharp u-turn.

With the assist and slipper functions, it offer light clutch pull to minimise wheel chatter caused by aggressive downshifting. I finally able to unleash the power at 237KM/h (which can go more) on the empty straight stretch in samalaju road, even in sixth gear, and feels powerful through the entire rpm range. It does vibrate a bit above the 8000 rpm, but pulls really strong up into the peak. Hitting 0 to 100kph in just 3 seconds, on the 3km stretch, the 6R could hit its top speed of 270kph, and I was actually able to keep up at that speed, but my suits are not suitable for it.

The Green and black colour is very striking! 

Everything is great about this bike, but with 17 litre fuel tank, it doesn't come with fuel indicator which I have to calculate/estimate or open the tank to see the gas, but it worked out.

Engine type -

Liquid-cooled, 4-stroke In-Line Four, DOHC, 16 valves

Front Tyre -

120/70ZR17M/C (58W)

Rear Tyre -

180/55ZR17M/C (73W)

101 kW {137 PS} / 13,500 rpm

Transmission -

6-speed, return, cassette

Final Drive –

Sealed chain

Clutch –

Wet multi-disc, manual

Front Brakes –

Dual radial-mount, monobloc, opposed 4-piston, Nissin.

Rear Brakes –

Single 220 mm (x t5 mm) petal disc. Caliper: Single-bore pin-slide, aluminium piston, Nissin.

Front Suspension –

41 mm inverted fork with top-out springs. Compression damping: Stepless. Rebound damping: Stepless. Spring preload: Fully adjustable.

Rear Suspension

Bottom-Link Uni-Trak with gas-charged shock. Compression damping: Stepless. Rebound damping: 25-way. Spring preload: Fully adjustable.

Fuel capacity –

17 litres

Dry Wet –

192 kg /194 kg (ABS)

Credit Bike and Photos : Skipper Noor Iskandar (the.lefthanded)

Journey from Bintulu to Samalaju Industrial Zone

Samalaju located about 75 KM off from Bintulu town itself, Samalaju is well known as an Industrial zone here in Borneo. Nothing much to see around here but only the factories and more gravel stone and sand on the road.

Bintulu to Samalaju Port Via Coastal road.

We hit the road somewhere to "no public access zone" to Kampung Nyalau "New route", the road is not in the map, but if you notice from the google map, you can check from Press Metal industrial and follow the long straight road more than 15 KM long it will pop out to the original route to the village.

A photo not far from the Samalaju Resort 

I’m here for the first time, so stopping was not in my list. There’s nothing here for me to stop to take photos unless I’m riding up the the village area. So I just enjoy the long straight boring roads, and watch out for small gravel stone and pot -holes not to forget tankers, truckers, and dust from the factories. 

That long straight boring road. I guess I could bring my sport-bike friends to test their speed here.

So I guess this will be my shortest article to be publish. So my next destination from this road will be the Kampung Nyalau. I might be asking few local bikers about the route there using this new road. Stay tune!  

Personal Review : Kawasaki Z 750 (CBU) 2012

The Z 750 is ready for me to test ride

This is the 2012 Kawasaki Z750, and this is the CBU (Complete Build Up) Unit. Took it out for a spin, this Zed does have a sensitive throttle control, at the weight of around 200 kg, I can easily push the bike while on it without hurting my balls.

Pushing the bike while on it, it's so easy to do so compared to my bike

This sport naked bike surprisingly easy to ride especially in town. With the handle bar easily reach, and my body position with the bike is just nice. It does make it easier to manoeuvre in traffic. With the top speed about 250km/h, I bet the wind impact and buffeting is the only problem I have to face. It does start felt that way at the speed of 120km/h.

A new cast-aluminium engine sub-frame allows the front engine mounts to be repositioned closer to the centre of gravity, behind the cylinder head rather than in front, while a combination of rigid and rubber mounts reduces engine vibration, particularly through the handlebars. The frame is narrowed below the nose of the saddle, and the fuel tank is smaller size look and the foot-peg hangers have been moved slightly inboard to create a slimmer riding position, maybe it design for enabling shorter riders to reach the ground comfortably with both feet. 

Zul Bintangor the owner for this 2012 Z750

That my friend, is a huge Durian

A beautiful corners to play with. Especially when you owned a great bike.

The bike has new, upside-down rebound and pre-load front forks, with smooth initial action giving way to firmer damping as the forks compress; the nitrogen-charged rear shock absorber also has longer travel. The new ignition mapping improves power delivery where it's most needed in the mid-range. Calls "true street performance" with its bigger brother, the Z1000 but with a different design approach: the Z1000 kicks out serious power but the 750 is more subtle.

No doubt the Z750 look a like with the Z1000, which is came from the same factory, and the same Zed Family. The Kawasaki still give a good stylish look and the power is always there to deliver. The only problem to me is long distance ride, because I might have to carry my bags or strap the luggage on the bike if I wish to travel for days or months on the road, without the windshield I might have to endure the wind impact and the bugs.

Small and compact dashboard, which is pretty cute.

One selfie before take off

I'm riding a sport tourer, but when I'm on the Zed, I do feel lighter. It's a great bike, but unfortunately the Kawasaki pull the Z750 out from the market and introduced the new Z800 in 2015. And guess what bike that replaced Z800 in 2017?

The Kawasaki Z750, great bike indeed

Engine -                              

Four stroke, transverse four cylinder, DOHC, 4 valve per cylinder.

Capacity -

748 cc / 45.6 cu-in

Cooling System -   

Liquid cooled

Clutch -                              

Multiple wet plate manual

Transmission -                   

6 Speed

Final Drive -                        

Chain

Front Suspension -          

41mm telescopic forks

Rear Suspension -            

Bottom link, Uni-Trak, 4-way rebound adjustment, 7-way preload

Front Brakes -                   

2x 300mm discs 2 piston caliper

Rear Brakes -                     

Single 200mm disc 1 piston caliper

Dry Weight -                       

207.0 kg

Fuel Capacity -                   

18.5 Litres

Credit Bike and Photos : Zul (7-five-O) Bintangor.