As I waste my Saturday away in front of my TV, I am left listless and at the same time clueless as to what to do. It seems that my days can be quite boring and my nights? Well, I tire out too fast :S. So what the hell right?

On the ride home from work, I had a couple of thoughts about knowledge. Remember that stupid kids show about knowing it all, yeah, I can hardly remember the name of the show but what I do remember is their tagline- "Knowledge is power!" I couldn't agree more. The lack of it could only mean the lack of power.

So, while sinking in the sea of boredomness, I shall share a teeny weeny bit about how to ride a bike. Bike as in motorbike not a bicycle(already, I can hear all the environmentalist going "Nooooooo!! Well, you are using your computer to reading this jackass! So that makes you a hypocritical environmentalist! Ha!).

Firstly, having the right type of bike is essential. If yours is in the under 200CC category, act like it. No point having a real nice design if it makes your bike unnecessarily heavy. It just makes it slow, unstable and idiotically expensive (all thanks to extra body parts. Should you washout, if it lands on you, it's going to hamper your recovery. Plus when you send it for repairs, the bulk of your money goes into fixing out the cosmetic damages despite it having no effect on the performance of your bike.

Secondly, having the right kind of tire affects the way you ride too. I can only recommend Battlax Bridgestone tires. That sonofabitch sticks to the road like glue. I can make corners at speeds in excess of 80km/h. At that speed, cornering really scares the shit out of you. I'm lucky I've never soiled my pants before. Having it at the right pressure helps too. Too deflated and your turns will be all floppy and unstable. Too inflated and your stability on a straight would be just as bad. So it's really a game of trial and error.

That said, the bike only makes up for less than 40% for its performance. The other 60-80% comes from the rider itself. The pillion only makes up for less than 1% of how the bike performs. It's about choosing the right line. Nothing should be done abruptly. Like drifting, its connecting a series of banking that helps you get out alive. But if you have a really big head, nothing is going to help.

A conversation with a new friend whom I've made at a bike shop truly enlightened me as to how I should ride and all. He taught me everything that I needed to know more. Getting my bike fixed up has never been so entertaining. Hehs.

Again, what seems like a good thing to write about has faltered halfway through. Damn..

SOMETIMES ITS THE SMALLEST DECISION THAT CAN CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOREVER