Motorcycle Breakdown while in Malaysia
We were in a group of 6 (1 Bmw Gsa + 1 Bmw RT + 2 KTM 1050 + 1 KTM Smr + 1 Tenere ) and experienced a malfunction on one of the BMWs. It just could not start. Being foreign to this wonderful land of Malaysia we did not really know any bike shops around. We were stuck along some smaller roads heading up to Genting Highlands. After an hour, we stopped four local bikers riding pass us at that time and asked for help to maybe tow our bike to the nearest shop. Without much hesitation they suggested a company by the name of Motoaid Malaysia. Well we looked them up on the web and yes they were quite famous. So we called them. Immediately a male with rather good english answered the phone. His name was Rizzal and we told him our BMW RT just could not start . He took our details at Motoaid and said that he would dispatch a bike trailer to us asap. The price was $150 Malaysian dollars and he said if it is a BMW then Motoaid would like to send it to either Sunny Cycle , Bmway or Nik Motorrad. The nearest at that time was Sunny Cycle . Asked if he knew how long it would take, he said about 45 minutes. We agreed. The next thing within 25 minutes we had a call from a Malaysian man named Shafis and he was 5kilometers away. To our amazement Motoaid Malaysia arrived with a wonderful motorcycle carrier pulled by another car. It was how it looks like when we were back in Perth. He even offered us some water and gave us free stickers of Motoaid to stick on our rented Singaporean machines. The stickers have their emergency numbers and a column for blood type to be written in cases of a serious accident. He has all the equipment needed and off we were to the workshop. Cheers ! Must say we were very pleased to have used Motoaid Malaysia and thank the people there for their excellent service. The only thing was that there weren't enough places on the trailer for all 6 bikes and had no BEER ! But nonetheless we really liked them. Well if you are travelling through Malaysia , do have their numbers. They have support vehicles in every state in peninsular malaysia including some in Thailand and Singapore. The can be contacted at +60320969101 / +60163778183 / +601126407873 . All of you bikers must travel Malaysia. Just a lovely country . Most people here speak good English and it is very easy to travel around. Unlike Thailand, here, we can read the Singnboards... CHEERS !
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