Ramadhan and biking

Normally, I dont go for any ride. This year pun sama. A couple of invitations I declined. Always, imagine of extreme thirst and passing out easily in case of accidents.

However, short of 2 weeks ago I have to cover 270km back and forth from Kulim to Jitra while accidentally skipping Sahur on that very day. To make it worse, have to go in the afternoon at 1.15pm to make it back on time for berbuka. No lunch, so no time wasted to depart.

I started easy... following BKE-Baling road into jalan lama right before Padang Serai, then into Sidam Kiri (or was it Kanan?) then into Sg Petani. Riding bike tak sama cam driving car. When it comes to overtaking in single lane 2 way streets, didnt have to tail gate any vehicle even once - yeay. Each sun burst from the clouds worried me. Scared peluh mencurah2 while tangki tak fill up sebab tertinggal sahur :-). Psycho..

Once on the highway, its bye2 birdie. All the way >90mph (or 144kmh) I cruised 100mph most of the time. My daughter might have fallen asleep..:-). It rained a bit. It cools me up actually. To cut it short, it felt like any other day. Concentration was at the same level. It actually helps a little when u lean the tummy on to the tank - compress the baloon a bit here. It helps to soak bumps with loosen elbow.

After saying bye2 to my grown up baby, on the way back, I hit 140mph or 200+kmh just out of the light sensation after carrying penumpang tadi, only to release throttle when u realized, u tak pakai jaket langsung but just long sleeve t-shirt.

Sampai rumah, sempat zohor lagi dan tersungkur sampai iftar. Good thing is, after passenger kat belakang, going back feels much lighter and much faster. Even with pillion, this bike still fast, sampai cargo tercicir pun tak rasa (but that story's for another day)

I think riding when fasting is not that bad afterall. Still tak dehydrate too much. Biking is still fun...even in Ramadhan, even without Sahur! But this is not enuff to knock my fear of dehydrating going riding too early ie, from the morning :-)

Next year, I will try further...south, further north is out of bound :-), but not without Sahur again.