FLOWER OF INTELLIGENCE

Cuaca akhir-akhir ini sedang ekstrim. Selain hujan, angin juga sering menyapa kita saat berkendara. Gak tanggung-tanggung, hembusannya bisa menggoyang motor! hehe jadi, harus tetap waspada ya kalo di jalan.

Nah, supaya motor tetap stabil saat angin menerjang kita bisa nunduk ala pembalap gini nih! hehe

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Terkejut! ya itu reaksi saya...bisa-bisanya ada peraturan yang terlihat begitu menyepelekan perihal keselamatan berkendara apalagi katanya mengkuti syariat. Syariat mana yang mengabaikan keselamatan??? :(

Boncengan menyamping jelas beresiko, tingkat kontrol pada motor menjadi sulit karena beban tidak seimbang. Lalu kaki pembonceng akan memenuhi ruang di salah satu sisi motor sehingga dapat menggangu pengendara lain apalagi jika pembonceng memakai rok, sangat mungkin terjadi rok menyangkut ke rantai. Selain itu masih ada lagi resiko lain yang menghantui jika masih ngeyel bonceng menyamping. Duduk menyamping juga dapat mengakibatkan kelainan pada tulang belakang sang pembonceng.

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Sebenarnya saya paling anti gak pake spion, selain gak bebas ntar bisa disetop pak polisi :p , Tapi akhir-akhir ini, demi menutupi fairing depan yang patah, saya melipat spion depan *yaah memang teori lebih mudah dari pada praktek *jangan ditiru. Ngejar tampilan hehe biar kamuflase sama batang spion.

Selama dipake ke kampus sih gak terlalu berpengaruh, masih bisa enjoy lah di jalan. Tapi kemarin pas main bareng temen ke taman suropati, selama perjalanan gak bebas banget sumpah...

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hanya illustrasi

Untuk kesekian kalinya saya jatuh dari motor *jangan ditiru *semoga gak terulang. Kali ini jatuh karena sopir taksi yang kurang hati-hati ditambah keterbasatan saya dalam reflek karena celana yang sempit. Ceritanya, saat ingin puter balik, ada taksi disamping kiri, sementara saya berada di posisi paling kanan. Ketika saya ingin belok, taksi malah nyelonong duluan, feeling ngerasa kalo didepan bakal kena, ban depan kehimpit dan saya bakal jatuh, so saya reflek cari celah bareng-bareng belok. Eh ternyata, karena celana yang sempit, ditambah daya jelajah belok motor berfairing yang kurang, entah bagaimana (atau karena di depan ada taksi yg lebih dulu berputar) saya kehilangan keseimbangan dan *bruk jatuh.

Sempat kesal, tapi si sopir keburu melaju. Dibantu abang-abang yang mengatur putar balik, saya berhenti sejenak memeriksa apa yang rusak.

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Musim hujan kembali menyapa bro sis, sebagai pengendara roda dua tentunya kita harus lebih waspada. Waktu turun hujan yang tidak tentu memaksa kita harus siap sedia dengan jas hujan. Nah, kalo tiba-tiba hujan turun biasanya bro sis sekalian gimana? tancap gas sebelum deras, atau behenti berteduh?

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Saat mulai mendung biker cenderung menambah  kecepatan dengan maksud agar cepat sampai tujuan (sebelum hujan turun), namun sebenarnya hal ini cukup berbahaya mengingat tingkat konsentrasi yang menurun karena khawatir akan kehujanan. So, mending tetap tenang. Apabila hujan mulai turun, segera menepi untuk kenakan jas hujan. Jika mulai deras dan dirasa tidak memungkinkan untuk melakukan perjalanan segera menepi untuk berteduh. Tempat favorit saya biasanya mesjid, atau mini market hehe

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Tanpa safety gear seorang biker bagai prajurit tanpa senjata yang berkeliaran di medan perang. Bisa anda bayangkan? ia sangat rentan terhadap resiko kecelakaan di jalan. Tanpa helm, jaket, sepatu, celana panjang, sarung tangan, ia bagai menantang maut.

High Secutiy Motowear RIFFEL ads

Sebuah "smart ads" (Iklan cerdas) milik produsen perlengkapan keselamatan bagi pengendara roda dua asal Brazil, Riffel, menggambarkan bagaimana safety gear secara umum akan melindungi si pengedara ketika terjadi kecelakaan. Lebih jauh lagi, (karena termasuk comercial ads) iklan tersebut menggambarkan apabila kita memakai safety gear buatan Riffel, saat kecelakaan motor kita bisa saja tamat (mati) tapi kita selamat. Sebuah iklan yang unik, lucu dan sedikit berlebihan. Dan yaa itulah kelebihan iklan ini sehingga dapat menarik perhatian. Meski sebagai commercial ads, iklan ini menunjukkan betapa penting peran safety gear dalam berkendara.

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Kesadaran akan pentingnya keselamatan berkendara oleh para pengendara kendaraan bermotor di Jakarta dan sekitarnya agaknya masih kurang . Hal ini tercermin lewat tingkah polah mereka saat di jalan. Teman saya bro jamz123 mendeskripsikan kita (pengendara) sebagai berikut,

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Lalu lintas Indonsia (src: asmarantaka.wordpress)

In my opinion safety riding contains two elements. There are physics and mental side. We can easily applied the physics side by using safety gear to protect ourselves but different on mental side. On mental side, I more likely to said attitude related to our emotion. It's bit hard to control. There always something that came up in the road makes our emotions unstable. For example sometimes we ignited to follow other motorist while they go fast passing on us. It seems like a challenge but absolutely not. We can harm others by our bad attitude. There also other factors like lack of concentration caused by thinking something while riding. Over confidence is one of the trigger. Include false calculation either in taking over or in a braking. Really maturity and respects to other fellow in the road totally needed.

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We have to realize that life is priceless. We need to control our emotion while riding. It's not easy but possible. First just make yourself comfortable when begin to ride. Pray, then talk to yourself to stay patient whatever happen to you. Stop thinking other things then concentrate. It will need a process so don’t give up because actually good attitude is just a habit.

Believe that safe and comfort traffic is not a dream. That's possibility. Let's begin from ourselves then start to infect others to follow this proper attitude/safe attitude for a better traffic. Big things come from small beginning. Go! :D

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check in these points before riding

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Poskotanews reported that there will be a policy for students related to private vehicle. Students are prohibited to use private vehicle in their way to school. This policy based on the effort to emphasize the importance of public transport, reduce congestion, and the high number of accidents involving those aged under 25 years. 


Flight of ideas say:

"If we look at current conditions where public transport as we can say bad, high number of criminals, bad driver, bad vehicles, this policy seems force the students. In other words, if the facility are really good students will automatically use public transport and this policy can be applied and hopefully the congestion will be reduced. Then if the reason is about the number of accidents, another action is needed to facilitate those (student especially senior high school) who drive a car/ ride a bike. Traffic education is good choice. They (school) can cooperate with local authorities, like police or vehicle manufacturers to educate the students about safety riding. Last if this policy want to be applied please improve the quality of public transport first."

the presence one of public transportation (metro mini) which is rated still far from the words 'comfort'

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According to the Jakarta Metropolitan Police, at least 1000 accident reported in Jakarta during 2010. This fact is totally awful where some of that case caused death. Now, the traffic turned to the dangerous place in Indonesia. As soon as possible this problem must be solved to create a safety for motorist. Accident in Indonesia not only caused by careless driving but also caused by other factors like bad infrastructure and bad vehicle condition.

Some drivers are careless about their vehicle and some other just send it to bad service station for cost reason whereas a regular check for vehicle is important. The most prominent part to check regularly is tires and brake. Those parts are absolutely important for our safety. When their condition is going bad it will threat us. Bad tires will lose your control and make you easily slipped in the road as well as bad brake.

Another aspect that supports the occurrence of accident is bad infrastructure. While small country like Singapore has good traffic facilities, Indonesia which is a big country has bad facilities. Broken traffic light, not clear road sign, and poor road just describe the condition of Indonesia’s traffic. This circumstance automatically threat motorist. They confused by terrible management which can lead an accident.

Poor road condition

The last but not least is about the driver awareness. The awareness especially in Indonesia is less both of the driver, rider, and public transport driver. There are still many motorists who disobey the law for unacceptable reason. Ran a red light, entering bus way road, against traffic flow, and other careless attitude like eat, grooming, and take a cell phone while driving will bring a nightmare; both for the pedestrians and the drivers.

It's dangerous!

To suppress the number of accident in Indonesia we must not only concern to the motorist but also the facilities as well as the officer. Road facilities improvement can be initial step for government to solve this problem. Then it can be followed by safety riding campaign to aware the public.

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You know what? fuel consumption also affected by your riding style. Bad riding style will waste a fuel. Moreover it can damaged you and your motorcycle. To prevent this you have to know how to ride correctly and safe. This method also known as Safety Riding.

With Safety Riding you will get a lot of benefit. Beside safety there is also a fuel efficiency. How it can be? let's take a look.



In Safety Riding we taught to gassing the engine slowly. In other way we have to be delicate with this control. This action will bring efficiency to the fuel and avoid any damage to your motorcycle parts.

Then we also taught to control the fronts and rear brake. We need to calculate a braking point. Don't take it too close to the stopping point. Avoid as mush as possible an engine breaking -a brake using the engine by downshift. Because an engine brake will consume a lot of fuel.

reference
http://motorcycles.about.com/od/howtostartridin1/ss/How_To_Ride_4.htm
Majalah R2

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My bike chains :D

Chains is one of the important parts in the motorcycles. Their task is to transferring power from the engine to the rear wheel. So, they need a proper maintenance to prevent a worse thing that might come to you or other motorist. Chains should be inspected for every 2000 km or twice a month.

We just need to do two simple things in this maintain. First is lubricate then the last is adjusting the tension.

For lubricating we can use SAE 80-90 oil or chain lube product. It's not recommended to use a used oil as a lubricant. It just make it chain worse and more dirty. Before lubricating we need to clean the chain. Then lubricate the chain with rotating the wheel.

After that we inspect the chains if it need an adjustment by pull it up and down. Set the tension by moving the rear axle. Recommended tension is about 2cm - 3cm. Don't forget to see rear axle position by index marks shown in the swing arm. Match it left and right.

Finish. :D


Reference:
http://motorcycles.about.com/od/motorcyclemaintenanc1/ss/Chain_Maint.htm
R2 Magazine

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Helmet is one of the important gears for riding. To keep it works well you must pay attention about the condition of your helmet.

You know what? a helmet also has a expiry date. According to INDOBIKERMAGS.com, helmets like Arai, Shoei, Nolan can be used up to 4-5 years. More than that the helmet will not work properly. From R2 magazine, most of local helmet labeled SNI -Indonesian National Standarized- just can be used up to 2 years.

Also note if your helmet ever bumped something hard. The peformance of this helmet will decline.

Look back to your helmet, is it still safe to use? :D

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At least there are four gears that you need to protect yourself when you ride a bike. First is helmet, it will protect your heads from collisions. Then jacket, it can protect your body from wind guts. Next gloves, it helps your hand to grip the bar easily. Sweaty hands it’s not a problem when you wear a gloves. And the last is a pair of boots, it will protect your foot indeed. Boots protect your foot from gravel and anything that can hit your foot in the street. These are that you need to get safety when you ride.

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Rainy season has come and inspired me. I was inspired to tell about Safety riding focused on riding in the rain. You know what? I have a bad experience when riding in the rain. I was badly slipped that time. I flown over, fell my bike. My body as well as my bike was damaged. To avoid this and get safety, there are several things that must be considered when you riding in the rain. What are they?

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