Kuwait Moto » Bike Dudes http://www.kuwaitmoto.com because cars are boring Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:43:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Riding on the Clouds !!http://www.kuwaitmoto.com/2012/01/06/riding-on-the-clouds/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=riding-on-the-clouds http://www.kuwaitmoto.com/2012/01/06/riding-on-the-clouds/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 14:30:19 +0000 Adrenaline http://www.kuwaitmoto.com/?p=11194

Please comment !

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Troy Bayless and Mark Webber on a 1198S.

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Yousef, thanks for sharing.

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Arab Riders racing team is Kuwait’s first motorcycle racing team, the guys has been riding motorcycles all their live…they actually don’t remeber when was the first time they rode a motorcycle but what they do remember is that back in 2008 they decided to take their hobby a bit more serious.

I have known Mohamad Al Hadad and Fahad Al Owaish – the 2 guys behind the Arab Riders – for a couple of years and over a cup of coffee we had a serious chat -for a change-, i asked them a couple of questions about the hobby and their recent participation at the Qatar International Road Racing Championship.

Q: How did it all start ?
A: We used to ride with Kuwait BMW Club but our pace was a bit quicker and we wanted to race so with the help of  TriStar we established Kuwait Ducati Club, a club for Ducati owners that like speed as much as we do. Later on we decided to take our adrenaline addiction off the public roads and into a safe environment so we started organizing track days, attending racing classes at California Superbike School and finally last moth we participated at the Qatar International Road Racing Championship. Unfortunately we do not have track in Kuwait so we are chasing track days from Qatar to Dubai to Bahrain and Abu Dhabi.

Q: How many are you?

A: We are a team of around 11 including riders and support team.

Q: How many of you are participating in the Qatar International Road Racing Championship?

A: Only 3 riders, Mohammed Al Hadad, Fahad El Owaich and Nawaf Al-Shaubi.

Q: What about the other riders, why didn’t they participate?

A: Well, different reasons… can’t take days off from work, bike not ready, and injury.

Q: What bikes are you ridding?

A: BMW, Ducati, Apprila, and Yamaha.

Q: How are you financing the sport?

A: Mainly from our pockets, but we are also getting some support from the Public Authority For Youth And Sport, I’am a pilot at the army, Fahad is an oceanologist that also works for the army..so if it wasn’t for the support from Public Authority For Youth And Sport we couldn’t have made it.

Q: Are you getting any support from local motorcycle dealers?

A: Not really.

Q: Usually motorcycle racers start at a very young age, and you guys are not that young..what are you expecting to achieve ?

A: We believe with the right support we can achieve  a lot, but now we want to build the base for an official Kuwaiti racing team..Anyone who has the passion and the skills for the sport is welcome to join.

Q: How is participating in an international championship is different from track days and local races?

A: There is a huge difference, you get to meet pro racing teams from all over the world and benefit form their experience.

Q: What are your goals?

A: Our CURRENT goals are to work on the team, find local talents and promote safe riding.

Q: Anything you like to add?

A: Ride safe icon smile Kuwaits first motorcycle racing team

 

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I was watching the Malaysian round of the MotoGP from the office today and on the 3rd lap Simoncelli slides but somehow manages a save which almost brought the bike up again and unfortunately across the track and into the path of riders Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi.

Both Edwards and Rossi crashed into Simoncelli at the same time, Simoncelli was rushed to the medical center but he succumbed to his injuries at 11:56am local time.

Marco was a great racer we all enjoyed watching him race, he was the spice of the MotoGP.

Ciao super SEC .

Crash video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax41CdbrKNQ

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu_wXExS9HU

Pay tribute to Marco.

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Reminds me of the old days when we used to skip school to ride or repair our bikes, i guess some bad habits never change icon wink Boys & Toys .

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Found it at Frankom blog.

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A small clip of a warm up lap at Losail.

Losail is a very nice and fast track, its 5.380 km in length, 12 meters width, has 10 right corners and 6 left ones with a main straight of 1,068 meters, it also has a good safe area just incase you like running out wide like me.

In 2007, the track was equipped with lighting for night races and became the largest sport venue with permanent lighting in the world, but it recently lost the title to Yas Marina Circuit in Abu Dhabi.

The first night race in MotoGP history was the Commercialbank Grand Prix of Qatar in March 2008.

There are 4 track days in April, so if you are interested in releasing some steam riding your bike or your car,check the 2011 Track day Calendar.
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