Roar Baby Roar

March 7, 2010 by · 20 Comments
 

All the photos i took were bad because of the weather so i decided to use a stock photo

Early morning on Saturday  i started getting the usual SMSs’ form the guys asking me to wake up and join them for a ride, they knew i had the RSV4 Factory and they wanted to see how it performs and properly take it for a spin….i wasn’t interested in waking up early because i thought its still dusty outside, but i took a peak from behind the curtains and the next thing you know am doing +200km/h on the first curve that came my way… -it’s only when the curve ended i realized how fast i was going!- Read more

Reviewing the RSV4 Factory

March 4, 2010 by · 8 Comments
 

Bike World brought in a demo RSV4 Factory, and i got it to test ride it over the weekend…..hope the weather gets better.

The next big thing

January 27, 2010 by · 6 Comments
 

Apple just launched the iPad, the device is just a bigger iPhone but without the phone, but with 3G connection that we can use to place VOIP calls, a lot of people my have been disappointed or was expecting something much more interesting than just a bigger iPodiPhone, but i was expecting this since the day i got addicted to my iPhone, the damn thing dosn’t leave my hand..it goes to all the places i go to especially the toilet in the morning, either to listen to music while showering or to check and answer emails while….

I can conduct around 70% of my office work communication using my iPhone but at so many occasions i wished it had a bigger screen, faster processor, better battery life, and the ability to save files and openplay different media formats, the same goes for my laptop i always wanted a faster, lighter 12 inch Mac with better battery life -am still using my 12″ PB G4-.

With the new iPad i believe i can do it all, and i very much belive its going to be the next and only businessentertainment gadget one will ever need…come to think of it at the office most of us use their computers for email, internet, and socializing, at home we use our laptops for the same plus watching movie, listing to music, and gaming, the iPad will do all that and maybe more, so i guess we’ll soon say goodbye to our laptops or we’ll just use them edit home movies.

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A Master Piece

January 20, 2010 by · 9 Comments
 

I visited Bike World showroom today to check if they got any newinteresting bikes, and i wasn’t disappointed…they had the new spacial edition Griso, the  GRISO 8V SE.

The bike comes only in a matte green finish with race stripes that gives it a sporty look, a brown leather saddle with classic stitching, and to top up the classic looks it also comes with Alpina spoked wheels, these wheels are the best tubeless spoked wheels on the market and are race ready, i even upgraded my Duc with a set of their Tattoo line.. what surprised me even more is the use of floating discs breaks and calipers, a race technology that you don’t usually see on a production bike.

This bike needs someone  with a very spacial taste to appreciate the name and the history of Moto Guzzi, someone that appreciate the good looks, someone with a character, someone that will look like the cherry on the cake when riding this master piece.

I hate the Italians, because all their creation constantly reminds me that i am not Jay Leno and i can’t afford a grage like Jay Leno’s Garage , and to own every bike you like would be like getting married to every beautiful women you meet….its never ending.

l think this Guzzi was born a classic, so if you like classic bikes then this one must be among your collection and you have got to see it in person to know what i am talking about.

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The Aging Busa

January 16, 2010 by · 8 Comments
 

A couple of my friends are hard core Hayabusa fans, they have ridden almost all kind of bikes but they swear by the Hayabusa, the other day we were having coffee at TriStar and they were asking me about my K1300R and if it really performs like a 1300cc machine..they were like: we know it has good breaks and traction -a couple of things the Haybusa lacks- but is it as fast as Busa ?

My answer was: yes it is very powerful but it can’t compete with thr Hayabusa when it comes to top end speed becuase its a naked bike and lacks the wind tunnel aerodynamics the Busa has….we had a long debate then decided to put both machines to the test, so we went to a place were we can test them, we did a couple of test runs then 2 final runs to crown a winner. Read more

A bike with a Guardian Angel

January 11, 2010 by · 5 Comments
 

Tristar gave me the new BMW S1000RR to ride on the weekend, i had to promise not to rev it to more than 9,000 rpm – a promise i broke at the first red traffic light turned green-, i don’t know where to start in describing the double RR, the bike is the size of 600cc but with a 1000cc engine, it has a very nice seating position…and all the technology that BMW is famous for -Race ABS, Race Traction Control, Shift Assist, 4 riding modes..etc -.

It took me some time to build trust in the technology and put it to the test, when i say putting it to the test i mean taking the bike to the limits…and frankly i couldn’t take it to the limit – i guess am getting old -. Read more

دريول وحمال

November 30, 2009 by · 2 Comments
 

“This post took three days to complete, as am not able to use more than three fingers”

For the past week i have in and out of hospitals quit a few times, most of them in an ambulance…now the funny thing is the ambulance crew – at least the couple i’v been to- are from different nationalities…you would find an Arab with a Philippino or Indian, the Arab can do little english hardly enough to order combo meal from Macdonalds…the Philippino and the Indian can also do little Arabic much better than the Arab english…so i leave u to imagine the kind of communication between them..how long would it take to convey massage.

The other day my nose started bleeding, at first i thought it will stop in a minute or two, but the bleeding became worse and so much like water fountain -not joking- and since am all wrapped up and not very mobile my mom -who happened to be next to me at the time- called the ambulance…after 30min and a 100 calls to 777 telling them that i started to lose conscious they arrive and tried to stop the bleeding by using ice but after some time they realized it can’t be stopped and they need to take me to a hospital, so they take me to Al-Amiri and am in the emergency room bleeding, vomiting clotted blood, and suffocating waiting for a doctor to take a look at me, and all the nurses could do is push the trash-with their foot- closer to my bed and ask to to aim right and not mess up the floor!!!!!

15 min later an Indian doctor shows up with yellow smile asks the nurse for some gauze, stuffted it in my nose and asked why was i brought here…i should have been taken directly to the Ear, Nose and Throat hospital !!!

While he was saying that a guy comes in and ask them to clear the room and get ready for a critical condition on the way, i was pushed quickly to the next room and a couple of minutes later comes the critical condition a 103 years age man who was already dead !!!

So if you think what you see at ER episodes -medical drama series- on TV happens here then am sorry to disappoint you…and as my friend descried the ambulance crew are no more than “دريول وحمال”  and a former taxi dispatcher at other end of the radio.

To be continued…

Race Ready

November 1, 2009 by · 21 Comments
 

Race ready

Yesterday was Masoud’s 3rd day on the track with the S1000RR, below is his update.

“Where do I begin…Its 5 hours later and I’m still on that adrenaline fix (no pun intended). This wont be a full update…I’ll leave that till I get back home and get my bearings balanced again.
I started off riding in the Red group (the medium to fast group). I was riding up so hard on the instructor that he later put in me in the black group (fast group). Keep in mind that this was my first ever ride on a race track with full leather kit! The only faster group was the double black group and that consisted only of 3 guys that race in the IDM championship. The bike I was riding had a lot to do with that. It was EASY to ride fast! Read more

Smoking The Competition

October 30, 2009 by · 10 Comments
 

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Masoud is having an exciting time in Spain, this is his second day at the launch of the S1000RR, and this is what he has to say:

“This is pretty intense. I never in my wildest dreams expected this from the Bavarian giants. We went through some intensive training today about the S1000RR (or as they like to call it here…the RrrrRrrr). Read more

A Bat From Hell

October 29, 2009 by · 5 Comments
 

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Our fellow rider and blog contributer Masoud is in Spain for the launch of the new BMW super bike, he just sent us this update:

” Landing in Barcelona, I was wisked away to a secret location. It seemed like I was headed to a Nucluer Reactor’s location. The driver wouldn’t tell me where we were headed to (or he just didnt understand a word of english)… Read more

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