Some bloke pat my shoulders and ask me about my bike the other day at campus parking lot:

Bloke: Hey dude nice ride.

Me: Thanks mate.

Bloke: How much you bought the bike?

Me: I think around 15k.. can’t remember the figure exactly.

Bloke: Wow.. so whats the deal exactly? Downpayment? Monthly?

Me: I paid 7k for the downpayment, and monthly was 320 for 3 years sumthing.

Bloke: Hey with that kind of deal u can get a car rite? Just need to add few more years of repayment. Why don’t you get a car then? Kelisa maybe? At least you’ll be safe if its raining.

Me: Well I’m not really into cars. Plus hell yeah I’ll get soaked in rain but I’m doing it with style.

Hehehe.. what do you think guys? =P

This is a true story. Actual name of the “victim” and specific info’s which lead to his/her true identity has been altered to respect his/her privacy and confidentiality.

Sunday, March 14 2010 10.30 am. Lovely sunday morning and I was having my good “night” sleep. *My phone rings*

Me: Hello?

A: Wei.. tgh buat apa tido ke?

Me: Yes… apsal?

A: Tolong aku weh. Kereta aku ada problem… xboleh nak engaged any gear.

Me: Adoi… dah try stop and start balik engine?

A: Dah.. xboleh jugak.. tolong la datang… aku dekat *censored* ni.

Me: Okla okla… tunggu kejap. I’m coming. Isk.

I washed my face, grab the helmet and ran off strait to help “A”. Upon arriving the place:

Me: Tunggu jap. Let me try the car.

I restart the car engine. Step on the clutch and shift to reverse gear. Car seems normal. Hmm… maybe the gear slips? So I step the gas and the car moves naturally.

Me: Ok je? Takde problem pun?

A: Try la lagi. Tadi masuk gear pun tak boleh.

Me: Ok, I’ll drive around. Tunggu kejap.

I shift to first gear, then drove off the parking area, straight to the open road. Engaged to second gear. And third, forth.. and so on. Hey there’s nothing wiered with the car. What the hell is “A” thinking? Then I get back straight to “A”.

Me: Apa kes? Ok je? Kacau aku tido je la.

A: Tadi tak boleh masuk gear langsung. Takpela.. meh aku try pulak.

Me: Ok.

Grab my helmet and get on the bike, with my mind thinks nothing but getting back to me bed.

A: *yelled to me* Wei ijam… tak boleh pun?

Me: *get off from the bike, pissed and went back to the car* Apa yang tak boleh?

A: Tak boleh masuk gear la…

Me: Did you step on the clutch properly?

A: Yerla.. tekan clutch la ni.

Me: *looked to where she stepped* WOI! Ko ni betul ke tak? Yang ko step tu clutch ke brake??????!!!!

A: Eh?

Me: ……… *then burst my laughter to tears*

So kids, please please please.. make sure you distinguished between the clutch and brake pedal properly before you called someone on “early” sunday morning and claimed that you are having issues with the car. Period.

Zam “painkiller” Hizami

while I was browsing for job vacancies earlier today I stumble upon this advert:

looks normal from a undisclosed company right? well, take a look again:

when i browse through the URL it redirects me to the company page:

so much for confidentiality. Might as well they write “STUPIDITY” on the company name. LOL

Zam “painkiller” Hizami

hey guys!

sorry for the long disappearance but I’m back today with one great news. my baby’s back! and i have to say personally she’s a looker and I think I fall in love again! <3

3 weeks is such a long time and it took me much of my patience and obviously moolah (money) to restore her. whats up with my bike anyway? well approx. 4 weeks ago, it failed to start when I was trying to fire her for work. so after some consultancies from bro’s from bladers and zul oren, I decided to take her for repair, and at the same time to pimp her up since she was pretty much in a bad shape.

one of the many dents on my bike

ini juga…

overall look of the bike before the “pimpin’ scene”

so what I (we) did was to first of all change her look by giving her a new paint job. its purely aspirated from 2010 ducati monster color scheme so I wont be surprised if anyone told me she looked like ducati monster! XD *perasan*

this is where the inspiration came from…

and here’s the result of the paint job to my bike:

side view of my babe <3

the tank design. the stripe is stickers, and finished with clear paint to give its glossy effect.

the front fender…

…and the back stripe.

paint job on the rim and swing arm.

front look of the bike…

…and here’s the rear view.

so that’s pretty much sums up on the paint job. some of my friends asks “why red? its like the original color!”. my answer is hell yeah, I stick to red because I do not want to take risk on the end result coz some colors might look good, but its actually ugly when you apply it to the bike paint. So I’m playin safe here.

Apart of the paint job, there’s some changes and upgrades that I made to the bike. the most obvious one is I think the tyre and suspension. If you noticed, my bike look higher than it is before. thats because I changed the suspension to 650’s monoshock. It gives me more stability and durability while I ride my bike everyday to work and for my weekend ride.

The tyre changed to Battlax BT45 for rear:

Bridgestone Battlax BT45

Battlax BT45 is good for me because unlike other Battlax tyres, BT45 is actually made with dual compound; soft for the sides and hard on the center. So, it gives me balance between tyre durability and performance in corner. I’m more a into sports touring rater than sportsbiking so this tyre suits my needs.

And for the front tyre I’m using my fav, the Bridgestone Cyrox. Pure hard compund tyre on the front to give stability to the bike.

I didn’t touch anything on the engine, but I (we) did however dissemble the carb and retuned it. The reason for this is because the bike ’s tank was actually kaput (it was badly corroded) hence affected my whole carb. and the bike.  So we have to clean it up, otherwise the bike wont start. I would like to thank naza for giving me such a crappy tank that I have to change in 4 years.

There’s more changes, I wont go into details…. but the bike is not done yet. It’s only 80% done, there’s more changes to go especially on the exterior. This changes will gives my babe a new concept of my overall bike look. Stay tune for more, and I would like to thank my friends and family for supporting me especially during the time where I don’t have any ride and have to rely on public transport and friends and family  to take me here and there. Thanks guys!

The journey continues… on part II. Stay tuned!

Zam “painkiller” Hizami