3 Days around Malaysian Peninsula 1,050 miles

[Stinky]

We just finished a 3 day ride around the Malaysian Peninsula. 1,700km in 3 days. The roads were mainly rural and a combination of serious mountain twisties and long sweeping turn roads. We only did about 250km on the highway. A little geography lesson on Malaysia. It is long (750km north to south ) fairly wide (350km east to west) A tall mountain range runs down the middle with the highest peak standing 2,200 meters (7,200 feet).

Day 1

We started on the north west west coast at the island of Penang. First day was north and east into the mountain roads. The final destination was the resort town of Kajail. We literally started at 20 feet above sea level, climbed to over 7,000 feet and then back down again to end at sea level. It was about 650 km on day 1. 9 riders total. The scenery in Malaysia is just awesome. You have jagged mountains, deep dense green jungles, and beautiful beaches all in the same day.

The group opted for the rural and mountain roads instead of the free way. See the first picture for the Day 1 route.

Day 2

Starting at the resort town of Kajail and finishing at Frasier Hill. The ride took us through more mountain roads with great scenery with an awesome variety of road conditions. Some of the mountain roads were wide and sweeping. Some of the mountain roads were narrow and twisty as heck. Overtaking on the twisty roads is an act of bravery/stupidity and some serious divine intervention. See the second picture. Total distance was about 575km

Day 3

We left Frasier Hill bound for home. The trip up and down Frasier hill is truly a heart acing experience. Very steep, narrow, and tight twisting road. Uphill and downhill are done on separate roads. One way baby!!! You can really see what you and your bike can do on this section. We took the scenic and challenging road home. We toured up and down the Cameron Highland roads which are tight, twisty, crowded as heck, and two way up and down. No need to go to the doctor for a check up. If your heart didn't give out passing cars and tourist buses on this road, you are going to live at least 10 more years!! More sweeping mountain roads that took us to the last stretch of highway from Ipoh back to Penang. 500km on the last day.

Thoughts

It was my first long trip on Belle. The Tracer did just awesome. I was very confident on the handling and acceleration for passing cars in tight quarters. Malaysia is just a great place to ride. We went as fast as we wanted to and in 1,700km did not see a single law enforcement car or officer. You are free to be as brave/stupid as you want to be. The roads come in two forms: Terrific and Terrible....not much in between. The major roads were a dream to ride on: smooth and well maintained. Some of the rural roads are just plain dangerous. Mainly due to the heavy agriculture based trucks that roll on these roads.

The scenery is just beautiful. You can see beautiful beaches, awesome mountain lakes and rivers, jagged 7,000 foot peaks, and deep green jungle all in the same day. You can also see wild elephants there...no kidding!!! Check out the picture of the "warning" sign! Put Malaysia on your "bucket list" to ride...it is that good.

Sorry Guys...I could not get Day 3 map to load.

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