Starting Line.

Sidewall.

Today's Activity.

Been practising this few days so that I regain my stamina for this Sunday endurance race. Will be representing the workshop, so gotta go for it so that the workshop will not be dissapointed. Yesterday went alone to the trail, around 30mins taken to complete the course. Today I was joined by a friend. Its his first time by the way.

Stopping to help him. Didnt know he was snapping my photo.

By the way, I was wearing a foreman suit/jump suit which I bought it a long time ago when I was with Rolla. Never knew that I'll use it for offroad. Its comfortable. Body can move freely. Plus I am saving the offroad suit for this Sunday.

Finally got back my Neo after a month at the service centre. It was leaking at the door panel, water seeping through to the floor pan. The engine bay was rusted due to power steering fluid messing with the paint job. Others like not working indicators, cap ayam gear knob faded out, fog light not working, and the list goes on. Very cap ayam quality by Proton. Very poor.

Went back home after going to the Proton HQ, decided to remove the elephant trunk for the competition. So that it wont break if I fall down.

Usual routine after an offroad session will be the cleaning session so that the plastic parts wont fade out, and also less chance of the body to get rusted out. As good as new now.

Time to rest.

Kawasaki KLX.

Oh, never mentioned that I bought this Kawasaki KLX150S while I was in JB. Bought it two days before I got back to KL. Posted the bike with train.

For daily only this one. Nothing much had been done except been used when the Suzi is in the workshop. Decent power, low stance, better than Demak honestly. Best buy for 150cc bike.

Anyway, today she decided to pose with the bike. She's in good mood :P

By the way, my helmet is smelly since it is use for offroad use only.

Cak!

By the way, I cant afford to buy a new full set of yellow color suit and helmet and goggle and all that, so Im gonna keep wearing green eventhough my bike is yellow. Maybe the next new suit will be in yellow. If I got spare money of course. Shots taken at the Kajang RTM MX track. Urgh this Suzi is very powerful BUT very heavy too. Its an enduro bike, of course it is heavy.

Jump.

Last day with the KX..

Mashup.

Some new stuffs for the bike. Since the fork boots already torn, bought a new Acerbis fork gaiters to replace it.

2litre water bag for easy drinking during trail.

A new gear lever. The old one really need to be replaced after a few fall down.

 

A complete set of Demak DTM cover set. Kawasaki bike with Demak cover set?

 

Fitting time. Should be done in a few weeks. Ken said its possible with some bracket welding. Since I cannot source out the original complete cover set I might opt for this one. Of course I am not gonna keep the original stickers.

Most of the Kajang Dirt Bike Team riders send their bikes here. Also some of them keep their bikes here. That include me also. Never keep it at home now.  Young owner, Mr Ken. Very friendly and will listen to their customers. We all get along with him and his wife. Also an ex-scram rider. So a good place for us to hangout and repair/source items for our bikes. Here's the shop's direction if you are nearby.

My KX125.

Cant be more happy today coz its time to take it home! Will do some detailed writing soon bout the bike. In the mean time, really enjoyed riding the 2-stroke + light bike.

JDM?

Bike's gonna be in the workshop for another week for all around check up. Its okay. Better one shot rather than few times problem.

Custom chain guard from Kriss.

Used timing belt as the 'bullet' for second chain guard.

And just noticed that the rims are made in Japan yawww. DID yawww. No Taiwan or China bullshit yawww. And the rim's feature a tube-lock to hold the tube if it is punctured. And I still can get out of the woods with a punctured tube with the lock. And Kenda tire; which is one of the premium brand for off-road tire and cost a bomb too.

Radiator's been painted. Looks nice. Also the head had been skimmed and all gasket and oil seal had been replaced. No major damage luckily. Frame gonna be sprayed too. Gonna need to replace the rear absorber too. Oh, the handle bar comes from Renthal. Another original stuff yawww.

KX125.

Same year model like my KX, and I am hoping the bike gonna be ready by this weekend. Hope so.

Kiwisaki III.

Some pose during Raya with my dear. Everyone went back to kampung except me and my brother. And did you know the bike is freakingly tall? Almost 3/4 my height.

Sporting enough to dirty up a bit her dress to pose with the bike.

New handguard that gonna be fitted on the bike.

And also finally after keeping some money, I bought an off-road pants to complete up my collection. Gosh, why must the pants be that expensive.

Well, that's that. Enough rants for now.

Kiwisaki II.

So, on the Raya Aidiladha, decided to test the bike on our usual trail route. Sg. Long-Semenyih route. Bike is powerful, and I noticed some stuffs that need to be taken care such as the need for me to top up water in the radiator and also leakage on some of the engine parts.

Only finished some route due to two bikes that had trouble with their chain. So we decided to went back coz its only two of us left. Another problem with the bike is that there's no stand to hold the bike (Its a race bike), and also the idling is not consistent.

The next day I decided to have another shot again with them Kajang Dirt Bike Team.

It has the power and the light chassis is very very fun. Easily can pull up the bike whenever I want. And not to mention, it has a very good fuel consumption too despite being a two stroke bike. From Bandar Teknologi to Connaught (20km approx), it only cost me RM3 of fuel.

Pose with the bike.

Take five in the woods.

No stand mean I had to put it on other's bike. Tumpang Kasih Sayang as in our term. Noticed that I had not removed the plastic that wrap up the seat.

Steeeeeeep downhill. Not only it is steep, also slippery due to the rainy weather.

Downhill.

Last rest point before we hit back the civilization.

And I went straight to Bandar Teknologi again to the bike shop. Its time to rebuild the bike. From the cover set, to the engine, and also replacing the bushes and bearings.

Strip up!

10 minutes later. Foreman told me that the bike is using an aftermarket exhaust system. Must cost a fortune to buy it if it is new. Something from Kawasaki Racing Team, oh I forgot the name of it.

Kiwisaki.

So, as you all knew, I sold off my Demak for a used Kawasaki KX125. Believed to be the 1984 model, the bike is now going a restoration process. Much like my previous KE70 had been through. Restored and abused.

Power is there, suspension is good. The exterior is not good. So thus the leaking and whatsoever.

Got all my necessary stuffs for the restoration of the bike at my friend's shop. Custom cover set with a fuel tank and also a seat. Since I cannot source out the NOS of the 1984 cover set, I decided to go with this set.

A new helmet and goggle to match up the bike's color. Only LS2 brand. Only bought what I could afford no?

All my stuffs. Some of it had been sold to fund up the new bike. One Industry jersey, and also a MHR racing glove to live up the new bike's spirit!

Replaced the front bearing, brake pads, serviced the front fork and also serviced the carburetor as it was always overflow due to empty fuel tank.

Adjusted the KIPS system so that the power valve open a bit early. Leaking here and there from the o-ring and gaskets. Gonna replaced all of em!

Brought the bike to the bike's ex-owner who have a welding shop to fit custom brackets for the new cover set. The chassis is very simple and easy to removed.

Unfortunately I cannot use the fuel tank because the fuel tank is meant for delta-box chassis and mine is not delta-box (Outside frame). So force fit the seat with the old tank and the rear side cover and its tail. The mudguard, the front plate and side tank cover had not been fitted yet. Will do it together with the engine restoration.