Freshman Orientation Camp 2013

NRC held its Freshmen Orientation Camp on the 20th of July 2013. The aim of this camp is to welcome new students to NTU riders community, stress the importance of safe riding and to familiarize them with the landmarks within the campus.

The day began with some simple ice breakers and introduction for the freshies to know each and everyone of us in the club and vice versa. I supposed this marked the start of our friendship. Without further a do, there was a warm welcome speech by our very own President of NRC to talk about the activities that were organised by our club such as the charity bike wash last year,  followed by a Road Safety talk to emphasize the importance of riding safely. Just like what the road slogan says " The best drivers are aware that they must beware", it is very important to ride safely while one is at anywhere or rather, everywhere. One must bear in mind that road safety is the cheapest and most effective insurance. 

Simple games like guessing the different models of the motorcycles when the sound of the engine was started and when pictures of motorcycles were shown were conducted to lighten up the atmosphere during our FOC. 

After having a quick lunch at Canteen 2, our Amazing Race began. Charades and TABOO were played among the freshies at ADM and SAC respectively. Apart from just having fun, a brief bike theory test was also carried out outside the Nanyang Auditorium to ensure that all the freshies are aware of road safety

Soon after, we hopped on our bikes to NTU Chinese Heritage Center to have a better understanding of how NTU was set up and to advance knowledge and understanding of ethnic Chinese communities in different parts of the world. We then departed from there and went to SRC to play the "Memory Game" to hype up the mood among the freshies once again. 

Last but not least, we were back at Nanyang House for our game,  " The CGPA Calculations" . This is a game where the freshies were to calculate the CGPA when different scenarios of academic performance were given to them. After spending a long day riding from Nanyang House to various locations around the school to familiarize with the campus, the FOC was wrapped up with  the distribution of goodies bags and prize presentation. Attractive prizes such as Aramusha Full-Face Helmet, GripLock, MOTORBATT and Wing Yap's Motor service vouchers were won by our freshies. 

Here are some of our highlights of the FOC!

Our club would like to thank all participants for taking the time to join our camp and we sincerely hope everyone did have lots of fun during the camp!

We would also like to thank all our sponsors namely Wing Yap Motor, JAD Global, Helmetboys and  Bike Studio for providing us with such great items to make our FOC a successful one.

See you around NTU! Vrrrrroooooooooom!

NRC Freshmen Orientation Camp 2013

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Coming to NTU on this coming August? Want to explore your new school? Make new friends and win attractive prizes?

NTU Rider's Club(NRC) is organising our Freshmen Orientation Camp on 20th July 2013.

It is a fun and exciting event whereby we will holding a tour around the school and various activities will be carried out to welcome our Freshmen who are going to be part of NTU.

Each participants are entitled an amazing Goodie Bag and stand a chance to win attractive prizes from our various sponsors.

So what are you waiting for? Come join us as a family and do not hesitate to contact any one of us if you have any enquiries :)

Singapore Ride Safe 2013

On 1st June 2013, NRC was invited to participate the Singapore Ride Safe 2013, organized by Bikers Aid International & Traffic Police Department of Singapore. In collaboration with Bukit Batok Driving Centre, Singapore Safety Driving Centre and ComfortDelgro Driving Centre, Singapore Ride Safe is an established annual event targeted at the motorcycling community in Singapore. It seeks to educate riders on road safety and to introduce them to safe riding techniques through facilitated activities.

The event kicked off with Road Safety Sharing by the guest speaker at Singapore Science Centre. Follow by some obstacles courses for participants to try on. Obstacles such as Narrow Course, 'GYMKHANA' Course and Slalom Course. Last but not least, the event ended with a Lucky Draw.

Here are some of the highlight photos :)

NTU Bike Fest 2013

On the 8 February 2013, NRC organised our annual event, the Bike Fest at Canopy K in NTU. The objectives of this event is to promote safe riding and riders awareness in the school.

For the event, we had engaged Traffic Police, Bukit Batok Driving Center and Harley-Davidson Singapore (HDS) to showcase their interactive simulator displays. Their attractive displays indeed engaged many students to try out the simulators and promoting safer road safety to our campus community. Beside that, Helmetboys and Al-De Moto Accessories was also present on that day to promote their products and merchandises.

In conclusion, Bike Fest 2013 was a success. We had notice that there were an increase number of participants who had stepped forward to try out the simulators. In addition, we had also received many positive feedback on the event and looking forward to our next NRC's events.

Here are some of the highlight photos :)

Malacca Trip: 6 - 7 January 2013

Day 1

Briefing by Teik Yong

We met up at woodlands at 7am. Headed out to checkpoint at about 8.30am.

Two customs... CLEAR!

We entered a highway for a short period of time and exited into trunk roads.

There wasn't much sceneries as we thought although we were near the coastal line. Houses and schools separated us from the beach.

On the way to Malacca, we decided to drop by a hot spring to check it out and see what's it like there. We rested and took a short break after checking the hot springs out. On the way out and back to the main road, Jun Jie experienced an unexpected problem. His chain fell off the rear sprocket and we stopped at the side of the road to fix the problem. We spent quite awhile fixing it and were back on the road shortly. Upon reaching the first bike workshop, we stopped to get a qualified mechanic to repair and fix Jun Jie's chain and sprocket.

Finally reached Malacca!

The rest of the ride was smooth and we stopped by some places of interest to take photos. After which, we checked into our hotel rooms.

We unpacked and had dinner at A&W at a nearby shopping centre as well as doing a little bit of shopping and sight-seeing. We visited the famous night market in a lane filled with shopping and food. It was quite a scene with the people and stalls there. We ended the day with a good massage at the nearby parlours and supper at a cafe.

Day 2

We got up to have chicken rice ball lunch but were disappointed that we were too early and there wasn't any rice balls at that time. There was no choice but to settle for just chicken rice instead. Nevertheless, it was a good meal before we headed back to Singapore.

All ready to hit back to Singapore!

Last group photo before leaving Malacca

On the way back, we split into 2 groups - first group was going slow and enjoying the ride while the other was speeding into the horizon and savouring the speed, power and agility of their rides. Unfortunately, another unexpected problem occurred. Bin Ming joined the speedy group and raced off with the group only to be found at the road shoulder not too far down the North-South Highway. His piston jammed and the rest of us tried to restore his bike back into riding condition. We attempted push-starts and kick-starts but to no avail. We then pushed it to the nearest city and tried to remedy the problem at a local bike workshop. He had his bike towed back to Singapore from there.

Thankfully, no one was hurt and Lester gave Bin Ming a ride back home. The rest of us took a slow ride home.

Overall, it was a great trip and we all enjoyed ourselves. Looking forward to the next one soon!

~Darren Phoon

Charity Bike Wash 2012

NTU Riders Club organised our annual Charity Bike Wash on 15th December 2012. The event was held at the Spastic Children's Association of Singapore at the Cerebral Palsy Centre in Pasir Ris. The objective of this event is to create awareness and raise donations for these children and help them out by washing bikes to raise funds.

The "Washing Zone"

NTU Riders Club would like to thank our sponsors, and those who came down to support us as well as the participants for all their efforts to make this event a meaning one. Without their support, the event would not have been a great success.

Thank you everyone for their support!

Well Done Guys!!!

Hope to see everyone again in Charity Bike Wash 2013!