Race Report: National Championship SBK 2009 Series 5 – Red Flag

It was chaos at the back straight exiting S Besar chicane. Right after the start with 28 riders storming in to turn 1 the heaven opens up with torrential downpour. I knew this was trouble. My start was OK, I managed to gain several position just before R3 but with the downpour and visibility minimized most of us started to slow down. When I reached S Besar chicane I saw several bikes on the tarmac and on the gravel, followed by red flag waved by the marshal.

More track activity…

It was pretty busy weeks, track wise. I planned to participate for the next series of Superbike/Supersport National Championship race in our local track, thus the bike need to be ready. Need more track time also to learn about the new track surface as many parts of its apex are heavily patched. Yet the preparation was not according to plan, as I crashed on the slippery S Kecil chicane while testing the bike new gearing, the bike was not heavily damaged though and I hope can be ready for the race.

The new Multistrada… love at the first sight :)

Finally it was revealed, the New Multistrada 1200. The detail is still scarce when I post this, but I must say it was Love at the first sight!

Thanks to Asphalt and Rubber, a fantastic blog I must say, for the pics. More pics bellow.