Monichum wanted to pick up a jacket from Tristar since it is getting hot these days and I remembered they had some good Dainese Air Jackets available. We headed over there checking out all the machines, gear, helmet, and accessories, that is when I found out that they will be having 50% of a lot of items and big discounts on bikes. It would be a good time to pick up what you wanted at that time.
It was nice of them to give the discounted price for the Jacket at the normal since, and a lot of these items are for this season. There is an interesting selection of machines available, but they have sold the Ducati Pearl White 848. The 848 is a beautiful machine and especially in that color, then there are all the accessories available for it. I just can’t wait until they get the KTM RC8, I’m not sure how many they will be bring and the one thing I know is that I would want to get my hands on one.
Woke up with a things in mind to do, I saw a missed call from Monichum which meant that he probably wanted to go riding. I had a few things I wanted to do, so I called him up to see when we would meet up. I went to Thuraya Complex which I haven’t went to in over 8 years to go to shop to get my watch fixed, for some reason a waterproof watch got water inside of it and I’m surprised that there was a dealer for it in Kuwait. Then I went to Salhiya to drop another thing off and I haven’t been there in a while, it was funny seeing all the moms and daughters who were there early in the morning. I was in and out in 10 minutes before meeting up with Monichum at Tristar.
It didn’t take long to get to Tristar from Salheya, I just took Al Soor Street all the way down. We had a few things to pick up, I wanted some chain lube and he wanted some gear. I was driving there since I was running those errands earlier, and it was fun driving in the empty streets. After finishing up at Tristar I was following Monichum and snapping away, it is different since this is the first time I am not the one riding. I managed to barely keep up with him, motorcycles are extremely faster then any vehicle made. I wanted to get more action shots, but its difficult to drive and snap pictures, but I managed a few. It was a fun start to the morning before heading home for lunch. Continue Reading…
While I was in Infinity Motorcycles snapping away I couldn’t resist picking up a few things that I was looking for. Its nice that they always have a wide selection and they could probably get whatever your looking for very quickly. There were so many helmets but I was going to order a few online, then there were all the jackets and I held off on that as well, but I picked up the items that I usually don’t find so quickly.
- Draggin Jeans
- Oxford Maximizer 360T
- Forcefield CE 2.0 Knee and Shin Armor (Very nice)
- Optix Muck Off
It seems that this machine is causing waves right now since it has been the most anticipated machine for the past year. It has been in development for four years now, KTM has managed to perfect every part of it. An extremely light machine producing 155 bhp with all the newest technology integrated into it. It has a lot of development put into it, and KTM have been the most successful in motorcross machines so they have taken their understanding and applied it to road machines, if the SuperDuke is any indication this this is going to be one hell of a machine. I would love to try this machine on the open roads, what a beautiful work of art.
KTM Rules: “Everything is Permitted Except Losing”
This youtube video could have given a glimpse of what this machine is capable of in the right hands.
Link: Youtube
Link: KTM-RC8.Net
Wide awake at 6:05 am on a Friday morning the first thing that comes to mind is riding, but I wasn’t sure after the dust storm from the other day. I thought it was going to be horrible, I crawled out of bed and saw that it was sunny and clear outside. I called Monichum until he picked up the phone to tell him we are going to ride. We both took our lazy time to get up, but by 7:20 am we were both at Starbucks Bid’a, and I was surprised they were open that early in the morning.
We spotted two riders at Miseela gas station, and as we were sitting at Starbucks two more motorcycles showed up. We said hello and headed off to KPC on our usual route, there were a few cars on the streets but it was mostly empty. You could see all the different groups of motorcycles as we were riding, its funny it seems all the motorcyclists decided to get up early that day to go riding.
The cool breeze from the sea side, the empty roads, we were compelled to push our luck on the bikes that day. I could feel the growl that was coming from the Italian machine. At each corner I was going lower, I could feel that I was tuned to the machine, I was pushing on the bar as well as sliding off to get faster on the curves on the Gulfroad. It just felt exhilarating with the cool breeze, rumble of the machine, and music in my ears.
We took a different route then usual on this trip, we stopped at KPC but since it was still 8:30 am we decided to continue to Entertainment City. Neither I nor Monichum knew the way to Entertainment City, but I remember a bit of the route from the GulfRun drive back in November. So we tried our luck and we were enjoying the ride, there is a good stretch in towards Doha without any lights which was great but we weren’t pushing our luck since the roads weren’t familiar to us, we kept cruising at 100 to 120 kph. We got to Entertainment City, but the parking was closed to our luck. It was the first time in over 15 years since I have even come this close to Entertainment city, it was one hell of a fun trip and we were reminiscing about our times there when we were kids. I think the last time I went was in 1993, hopefully next time the gates will be open so we could get a little closer. When we were heading back, we wanted to go the GulfRoad bu around 9:30 am the dust came back with a vengeance, we were caught in the bad weather. We decided to head home from the Malik Faisal Highway, luckily for us it wasn’t too far.
Towards the last couple of days I managed to pass by Infinity Motorcycle on Great Portland Road which is about a 10 minute drive or 20 minute walk away from home. I really do love going there, there is so much gear to take a look at and so many people to talk to about motorcycles.
I walked in and things were moved around a bit as usual, they tend to do it from year to year. I usually deal with a guy named James over the years and it turns out he has left Infinity Motorcycles for another company, he was one hell of a funny guy. There was a new guy and we were chatting for a while about a lot of things. Turns out he loves Yamaha Motorcycles and so do, so then we were showing pictures of each other’s bikes. He was surprised I was riding a Ducati, he said he didn’t peg me for a Ducati rider.
Then he started showing me all the new gear they have, and they had a lot of new gear. I tried a few Dainese jackets on, and they were a really good fit. There was the new Hein Gericke gear which is also great and has good air circulation, protection, and good for long rides. Then there were a lot helmets from Carberg, KBC, HJC, Shoei, to Arai. The small place is like a treasure chest of items, its small but a huge selection. I picked a few things, but I wanted to spend more time there. I didn’t have a chance to take a look at everything they had but I picked up a few essential things I was looking at.
It was an interesting week with a hell of a lot of things to do, then this strange break came along. I completely forgot about this Thursday off since I had a lot of work to do before traveling and I was closing several projects over the week and dealing with a few problems. When I knew Thursday was going to be off it felt like I would get an early break from all the work.
The first thing that came to mind was an early ride, we wanted to meet up early in the morning to avoid the heat that has come early this year. We woke up around 8:30 am and met up at 9:30 am but we were supposed to meet up at 8:15 am. Both Monichum and I were too exhausted to get up that early, we met up at Miseela gas station ready to head out.
We went to Hilton Manguf since it was a fun ride and we wanted something cool to drink. We parked in our usual spot and the security guy came then went away. I think they are getting used to us parking there on the side walk. We had a couple of nice cold drinks before heading out again down the Fahaheel to the beginning of the Gulf Road starting at Miseela/Salwa.
On the way to KPC I think we saw at least 15 to 20 police cars, I had no clue why their were so many even though the road was relatively empty. I was riding like I didn’t care about the police, we pushed it but not too hard because we knew they couldn’t follow us. It was getting a bit hot and the Italian machines get a little hot under the collar if you aren’t moving. On the way back it was relatively empty so we were flying enjoying the empty roads on the way back home for some good gaming before meeting up with the guys for the BBQ.
We weren’t sure how the weather was going to be when we got up in the morning. It was only two of us in the morning, we tried getting up around 8:15 am but we didn’t meet up until 9:30 am and headed out to Misseela gas station to fill up before deciding our route. The weather was cool, a little windy but not too bad, there was no dust so that was good.
We decided to head towards Hilton Manguf for a change and get something cold to drink Starbucks, we were flying there. I think our average speed was 180 kph, the road was relatively empty and so we turned Fahaheel Highway into a damn race track between the two of us. The thrill of speed and getting the turn just right gets your blood pumping, getting my helmet down as I’m trying to follow the lines of the curve making over the bridge and into the next curve. I could see Monichum behind me about to take off from my right, the best part was the empty roads. It seems that everyone decided to stay home thinking there would be a dust storm. Ofcourse at the Hilton Manguf they gave us a little lip about parking our bikes, and they wanted us to park it in the other parking, I told them I’m not moving it and I ignored them.
After our little break in Manguf we headed towards Marina to get breakfast with some of the guys. The ride was interesting since this time were riding into the wind. Whenever we are leaning it would be against the wind or with the wind, it feels like something is pushing you as you ride. It was a fun day of riding, even though it was short but always better then not riding.
Slept in a bit this time, so we headed out around 10:05 am the weather was perfect and it was only me and one friend riding. One guy got pulled into work around 6:30 am at the bank and the other guy was indisposed. That won’t stop us from riding, even if I wasn’t there the ride has to happen. We took off after meeting at Miseela gas station, its a location where a lot of bikers meet up.
We wanted to keep the ride in the city so we went down the Gulf Road to KPC which took about 35 minutes with all the traffic lights. We were enjoying ourselves at every point. That feeling of the cool breeze hitting you while you are riding is just amazing, we were really on top of the world. The only problem was when we stopped at a light because it got a little warm.
Then we headed to Costa in Bida’a so we went all the way back to get something to drink and eat. It was such an amazing ride, the road was mostly empty except when we got close to Salmiya. Those white caps in between lanes is the most dangerous piece of equipment they have put on the road yet, they should remove them all, every car slips on them and imagine what they do to bikes. By the time we got there it was really hot so we needed something cold to drink to cool off.
I thought that the cold would last a little longer but I think I should be happy it has lasted this long. I have changed my gear back to my summer gear just to enjoy the nice cool breeze as I ride the last few weeks of cool left. It isn’t going to get scorching hot over the next couple of weeks but wearing the heavy gear won’t be too comfortable.
It was the first time to go riding on Robo in a long time, it was fun how different the ride was. I was riding a machine with immense power and you could feel it at every twist of the throttle I was loving it. It sent a thrill down my spine every time I took off, I was loving it and I could feel the difference in power and the weight of the machine, Pyro is more agile but Robo is also lite on his feet for his size.
We continued our ride before heading home to finish up the tasks we had in mind.
