As part of my pre-exam psyching-myself-to-mug plans, i went on a solo trip to kuantan this morning.. it’s been a good one, and surely it deserves a good blogpost..but for now, presenting the trip… in numbers..
1 rider
10am setoff
0 riding buddies
1 gortex jacket
1 pair gortex boots
1 digicam
5 stops - Johor Bahru, Mersing, Kuantan, Segamat, Gelang Patah
4 WW2 pillboxes on the way to mersing
1 lane per direction most of the way
20 corners to mersing n kuantan, @ least
4 full tanks of petrol
4 pm is lunch time
1 pizza for lunch @ Swiss Inn, ate half, remainer packed for dinner
1 sundae for lunch
20 mins walk on the beach
150 metres: distance from beach edge to water edge (low tide)
10 dead monkeys, @ least. Roadkill
1 dead monkey in the middle of the road, which i nearly ran over
~3 crushed dogs
~4 dead n stiff dogs
~5 dead cats
~10 dead rats @ least
2 accidents, none for me
4 victims
0 dead
1 broken foot
1 stuck under car
1 missing ALOT of flesh on right foot
1 stop to help out (1st accident)
2 calls for ambulance
1 LED torch as beacon to direct away traffic
0 assistance for other accident…too mortified by 1st one to stop for 2nd one..plus already alot of ppl
1 talkative kopi uncle @ GP
1 burger ayam special
1 teh
1 ice cream
170 : top speed of the day in km/h on NSH
11000rpm, max rev of the day
100%: percentage of journey planned to be covered on mostly single lane trunk roads
14.5% percentage of journey on north-south highway cos too tired to take any more trunk roads
132km: dist from JB to Mersing
200km: Mersing to Kuantan
~180km: Kuantan to Segamat
~206km: Segamat to GP
718km: Total distance
230km: Part of journey where it wasnt raining
150km: Torrential rain
11.30pm end time
2 sore knees
2 sore hands
1 sore neck
1 sore butt
2 sore shoulders
2 sore ankles
1.5 lost balls
0: percentage of body not affected in anyway
1 busted boot
1 pair of wet jeans
1 pair of wet gloves,
1 pair of hands, stained by black leather
Infinity: Satisfaction level of rider
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