Hi! We are a German couple riding around the world for allmost 2.5 years now. In mid october we´ll ship our bikes to East Timor. Might take us roughly two month to get to Malaysia (app. mid December?). We haven´t yet decided, if we´ll stick to West Malaysia or if we´ll do a detour to the east (Borneo), too. The most important and enjoyable thing about our journey is to meet fellow minded local bike riders/travellers! If you are interested to meet us, just drop us a message. We would love to stay with you for a night or two and swap some traveller´s stories or talk about bikes or what ever! Furthermore we are very interested in the motorcycle club scene. I work as a freelancer for the german MC-magazine (bikers news) and I plan to write an articel about the MC/biker-scene in south-east-asia. Therefore we would welcome any chance to get an idea of malaysian motorcycle club life or to attend motorcycle meetings. By the way: how do I have to imagine a malaysian motorcycle rally? Is it like in Europe, where many riders gather somewhere in the nature and camp there? At night there´s usually some entertainment programm. How about Malaysia? Or is it more a ride-out and a party in bar, like it is done in some other countries. Cheers Panny
Hello from New Zealand My friend Oscar and I will be coming up to Sepang MotoGP 12/13 October this year. We will be departing from Singapore 18 Oct at the end of the week following the GP. This means we have about three days to travel from Sepang to Singapore. Flights are the only concrete plans at this stage and we need to plan the 3 day trip south. This may or may involve riding motorcycles. We would love to hear from some locals with touring suggestions, places to visit, accommodation ideas and travel tips. Rental car and train are the other possibilities I guess. Cheers, Johnny Wellington NZ
Dear Bikers Malaysia, Saya Dinar, pengendara Honda GL200 di Indonesia (Jakarta, Indonesia). Saya bersama rekan rekan berencana untuk touring riding lintas Kalimantan (Borneo) menuju Kota Kuching, Malaysia. Berencana untuk pergi ke Kuching di bulan Desember 2013. Riding melalui Pontianak dan lintas batas di Entikong Indonesia menuju Kuching. Saya membutuhkan informasi: 1. Proses lintas batas di Entikong, dari Indonesia menuju Malaysia 2. Apakah perlu sponsor dari pihak Biker Malaysia untuk melintas lintas batas tersebut 3. Apakah kami harus menggunakan SIM / Driving Licences International atau kah cukup menggunakan Driving Licences Indonesia 4. Apakah ada dari teman teman Malaysia bisa memperkenalkan ke kami Bikers Club Malaysia (di Kuching) untuk kami dapat melakukan korespodensi. Apabila berkenan dapat membalas di forum ini, atau melalui email ke: dia.dinar@gmail.com Terima kasih banyak
Hi, planning to ride Thailand and Malaysia. I jus wada check if BMW motorrad malaysia service bikes not register in malaysia?
Hey fellow Malaysians, nice to see the enthusiasm in this thread. Hope to meet and get to know you guys sometime. Cheers!
I'm researching my return trip from Europe to Australia and I'm looking at avoiding sea border crossings as much as possible, ideally only Timor Leste to Australia. Is it possible to catch a ferry from mainland Malaysia to Sarawak and cross the land border into Kalimantan? Regards, Mark
Mark, unfortunately there is none at the moment. The old ferry operator went bankrupt due to poor management. But if you do make the hard decision to call over, you may want to include Sabah and Labuan as well. Historically these states have long ties with Australia and Britain since WWII. Also the adventure will make it up big time. The scenes have strong contrast once you leave the cities. All the best on your journey!
Hi Watchman64 Thanks for your post, I certainly will visit Sabah and Labuan if I can find convenient sea freight to Borneo. Looking at your photos, they remind me of Sumbawa, Flores and Timor, islands of fond memories. I've just sent off some emails to freight companies so we will see. Regards, Mark
I just received an email from Trinergy Worldwide Shipping confirming that they operate a RORO service between Port Klang and Kuching.
That's good to hear. I was away last week in Singapore and met up with a couple of friends who are exploring shipping their bikes to Kuching for a 10 day adventure.
Hello all, I'm a small cc thumper noobie advrider from Malaysia Hope this thread could be ressurected for our Malaysian friends and friends from the world to drop by. My first 1K+ ride will be in July for 4 days and I'll post a RR. Maybe next year we could have a rally in the east coast, camping by the beach, bbq and such hahaha
You may want to reconsider posting pix as your links don't seem to be working. Please resolve these issues before your next post. Thanks.
Watercat, that post was in 2012... I doubt the poster is still active (I hope he is though). This is (or was) a dead thread until I resurrected it in hopes of finding other Malaysian ADVers.
I would be interested in meeting up with Malaysian ADV's to say hi. My wife and I will be in Malaysia in November.
Not there yet, not rtw but around S.E. Asia, will arrive around 10th of November. Fly to Singapore and ship bike to Kuala Lumpur, train up to bike then ride, Malaysia,Myanmar, Thailand,Laos,Vietnam,Cambodia back to Malaysia and ship bike home.
Sounds nice! Any specific route u r looking at in Malaysia? I'm based in northern peninsula. If u want, I can suggest some nice routes. I'll be chcking up some in August. Ps: salam meor. Hang dari area mn?