The ‘312′ is the bike’s top speed as claimed by MV Agusta. Also, it is way better-looking than any Aprilia, I’d say (although looks are arguable from an individual to another).

Anyways, my name is Azlan and I am a Malaysian based in Petaling Jaya, Selangor. I was at Bike Asia 2008 last Sunday and I have to say that while the show itself was quite pleasant but the crowd turnout was very, very poor.

Pathetic, actually.

Why? Because the organiser - Italian-based EICMA - was either too stupid or too bigheaded in choosing the date for Bike Asia 2008.

Let’s see:

1. Forget about most of the Harley (and even most BMW) owners since a huge number of them were in Thailand, for the wild Phuket Bike Week 2008/wet-wet-wet Songkran festival (10/4 to 15/4).

You know, getting drunk, getting laid, love-you-long-time, getting drunk AND laid at the same time, those sort of things…

2. There’s the Malaysian Super Series 2008 held at the Sepang International Circuit (12/4 & 13/4). So, Bike Asia 2008 organisers can forget about many hard-core Singaporean superbikers (and car owners who also own superbikes) who were racing and partying in Kuala Lumpur.

3. There’s the Taiwan International Motorcycle Industry Show 2008 in Taipei (Apr 9-12) which explains the poor participation of bike, bike accessory & related product manufacturers at Bike Asia 2008.

I was at the Asian International Motorcycle Expo 2007 (AIME ‘07) in Kuala Lumpur last October and the crowd turnout on a week day was waaaay bigger than last Sunday at Bike Asia, although the number of exhibitors were less than Bike Asia’s.

The organiser deliberately chose the same weekend as the MotoGP in Sepang and in a huge way this helped in bringing the crowd to AIME ‘07.

I’m not sure if there’ll be Bike Asia 2009 but if there will be one, I hope the organiser will be wiser in choosing the right date(s) for it, and also be more humble and not simply assume that they can outshine and out-crowd (hehe!) the events in Thailand, Malaysia and Taiwan.

After all, an expo is only as good as the size of crowd it attracts, right? Without the crowd, ticket sale is poor and the organiser’s shareholders, investors, sponsors and more importantly, exhibitors, will not be amused by this.

Anyway, it was very pleasant to see bike appreciation from a woman’s point of view. Your take on bikes offers a fresh insight on how women perceive the culture.

I have to say that I wasn’t surprised, since being a Singaporean, you are surrounded by a lot of nice two-wheeled machines, compared to us here in Malaysia.

If you have the time, please Google this: “BRP Can-Am Spyder” and tell me what you think. I have a feeling you’ll like it.

I am in discussion with the manufacturer to import and distribute this product in Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore & Indonesia. I hope they will appoint me.

At the moment, my company was just appointed as the sole distributor for Cagiva, MV Agusta & Husqvarna motorcycles in Malaysia.

Cheers!

AZLAN.

I had a friend who learnt a technique of entering for free! Hahaha! I should have learnt that earlier … or um … you could have worn a skirt on Saturday morning! :P

6

Maybe you could try to get a test drive at the Piaggio Center? They let people try out their vehicles before consider buying the vehicles at the authorised centers :)

Gary

Cool :)

I’ll be looking forward to seeing it :)

“6″ the video was nice!

Rinaz I’ve seen some bike tricksters that did some amazing things with their bikes ( non-motorized ) !
I’ll try to round up some videos of the sport and put in the response section of one of your future posts!

freee2me2 (Gary)
04/14/2008