Ride Repo #4: Exploring snippets of Perak

The group organised another ride and this time it is to Perak. I have always wanted to visit other states on the bike so I jumped at the chance to join the ride. The itinerary was to depart at Caltex Egate at 0730 hrs and meet the other riders in the mainland at Shell Juru.

 

Plan of the ride of the day

 

At Shell Juru after those who require refueling and tyre pressure check, the group had a pre-ride briefing from the organiser, William before departing to Canning Garden, Ipoh for breakfast.

A pre-ride briefing before taking off

Tiger GT Pro: First Ride Impression

After riding the Rally Pro, the next bike I tested was the GT Pro. The GT Pro has a lower seat height compared to the Rally Pro. For vertically challenged riders, there is also the low seat height option available like in the previous XrX version. The GT Pro has 18" rim compared to Rally Pro which is 21".

 

Another plus side of the GT Pro is that it has electronic suspension and there are four types of settings: Rider, Rider with passenger, Rider with baggage and Rider with passenger with baggage. The settings was set at rider with passenger as I was riding 2 up.

 

Triumph Tiger Rally Pro: First Ride Impression

Triumph Malaysia finally has the demo bike for the Tiger 900. I have been waiting in anticipation to test ride this bike since their announcement release in December 2019 and the press test ride and articles in March 2020. The demo bikes was supposed to be available in March but it was delayed due to the Covid-19 pandemic and lockdown. I was over the moon when Triumph informed that they have the demo bikes available for the weekend. Made the necessary arrangement and went for the test ride.

There were four demo bikes available: Rally, Rally Pro, GT and GT Pro. I booked the Rally Pro and GT Pro demo bike. Figured if I want to test ride the bikes I might as well go for the highest spec. The first bike I test rode was the Rally Pro. There are 3 colors available for the Rally and Rally Pro: Black, White and Green. They only brought in the Green and Black color. I was hoping the Rally Pro came in red but since it is only available for the GT version, I would go for the black.