motobiking.com Bums on Bikes for Breast Cancer Ride
30 Nov 2008
It was
a honourable event co-organised by HOG Malaysian Chapter and the Pink
Challengers from the Breast Cancer Welfare Association to promote breast
cancer awareness in Melaka. HOG would pitch rides to some 20 odd pink
challengers from Menara Hap Seng, Kuala Lumpur to Dataran Pahlawan Melaka
Megamal.
Sadly, the much hyped HOG failed to lived it up to the day when rally
coordinator Lim failed to persuade enough HOGs to volunteer enough rides for
the gusty ladies.
Our good Rashid on his spanking new yellow 1200GS ended up giving the Pink
Challengers' president Ranjit Kaur a ride to the historical city of Melaka,
a newly appointed UNESCO World Heritage site. Meanwhile, Sam on his borrowed
GTR1400, Batman and Robin (his brother Kamarul), new found biker friends,
Peter and Sonia on a KLR and yours truly rode with the non cruisers to Sg
Besi Toll rest stop to meet up with the rest of bikers.
It was one of the days when the weather was in its full glory with little
hint of rain. Perhaps, God, in a way to grant the pink ladies, some riding
for the very first time on motorcycles, a smooth ride to destination to
distribute flyers and educating people about breast cancer. Sam was having a
blast on his GTR to the expressway with Peter and Sonia on pillion following
behind enthusiastically. Sonia gave me one of the rare shots of myself
riding my bike. We slipped to the Air Keroh R&R for a brief break while
waiting for the Harley convoy to arrive. Typical of Bagsters' habits, we
rested our bums too long and we soon found ourselves left behind by the main
convoy. The convoy apparently left early at the toll instead of 1230pm as
scheduled. Never less, we managed to re-join the main group at
Dataran
Pahlawan.
The Pink Ladies wasted no time to set up booths and main station at the
mall's entrance. The idea was to use the bikes as magnets to attract the
weekend shoppers and to show to the general public that there's life after
contracting breast cancer. Whatever it is, prevention is better than cure.
Our Rashid made the Bagsters proud by helping out with the awareness
campaign. He even wore a pink-motive bra to show his commitment to the Pink
Ladies.
We bade farewell
to the ladies and made our final stop at the Dutch Square for some iced
chendol before riding back to KL. Fellow GS biker and Pink Ladies ride
volunteer, Ezam joined us for the ride home
God Bless the Pink Ladies
