dsulistiyo Love Valentino Rossi

dsulistiyo Love Valentino Rossi

Jumat, 15 Agustus 2014

Thank You Valentino Rossi

August 14th is always being my day and I always having a very lovely time on that day. But to be honest on this year 2014 I really had very wonderful times as I never imagine before.

After got lot of lovely birthday wishes from my lovely SatSakShain, my wonderful #IP , my awesome family and all my friends who always care and loved me, fortunately the happiness of my birthday not stop until that. This greeting who came just 14 minute before my day over was amazingly surprising me, I don't know whether this is a coincidence or it's a destiny, exactly at 11.46 in Jakarta time I just received very incredible birthday wishes who signed by my inspiration life Valentino Rossi. (And the one make it seem as destiny is even the file name is DSC00146) And this greeting really complete my day and the person who put all the effort to made it, truly the blessed one come from God to be the most important part of my life

This photo already very special for me but with VR46 handwriting there made it more

Really today was very wonderful day for me and learn me again one more thing that "Dream only can be dream if you can't make some effort to reach it"

Many Thanks for all people surrounding me who always being here, having so much love and never leaving my side, always having smile for me even though sometime tears can coming out because of you but you also the one can cheer me and stop my tears. Thanks for being part of my life

We don't need to be hard to find the happiness because Happiness is simply, they are inside our hearts. Gratefull that the key to find the happieness

Rabu, 13 Agustus 2014

Luigi Taveri Up Close and Personal



Finding the biography of Luigi Taveri is very easy on the internet, as we know he was a Swiss former motorcycle road racer, furthermore he was one of the greatest racing motorcyclists of all the time. And here are some of his great achievements, and some stories that I got directly from him.

Luigi´s racing career started in the late 1940-ies, first as sidecar passenger of his brother Hans, and soon as a solo racer. His first world championship start was at the 1954 French GP. He became an MV Agusta factory rider in 1955. He won several GP in the 1950-ies and became vice-world champion in the 125 ccm class in 1955 and 1957 and in the 250 ccm class in 1956, but he is most remembered for his time at Honda, where he became world champion three times in 1962, 1964 and 1966. He was an important part of the legendary 1960-ies Honda factory team, and he became a lifetime friend with Hondas founder Soichiro Honda. With his small stature he was Hondas specialist for the small classes and when Honda decided to build the ultimate bike for the 125 ccm class, the engineers always kept him in mind. So he won his last world championship title on the famous five cylinder 125, for most specialist the mechanically most advanced motorcycle of all times. He stopped racing at the end of 1966, as an undefeated world champion. It was even close to being double world champion in his final year, but as Honda decided not to race at the last round of the world championship at Fuji due to arguments with the Japanese federation, he lost the 50 ccm title to Suzukis Hans Georg Anscheidt.

He finished his world championship career with 3 world titles, 5 vice-world championships, 7 3rd places in the final world championship standings, 30 GP wins, and 89 world championship podiums. But beside that he is the only man in the history of the world championship who scored world championship points in all 6 classes: in 50 ccm, 125 ccm, 250 ccm, 350 ccm, 500 ccm and sidecars!

With all his achievement and all the passion to motorsports we can say that he is deserved the title of a living legend of this sport. But it were not his sportive achievements alone, that made him a legend, but his friendly and straight nature, his love to the fans and his wife Tilde, who followed him for all his world championship career. To have a chance knowing him from very close, it was a really wonderful and unforgettable moment for me.

When I visited Switzerland at the end of May 2014, I had the chance meet him directly and we had a short touring bike trip together. At first, to be honest, I couldn’t imagine a rider who was born on 19 September 1929, which means he was almost 85 years old. But when he is sitting on the bike wearing his helmet and the engine is turned on, you will never imagine that he is that old. Especially because the way he rode on the road of the Sattelegg, a small mountain pass near his hometown of Samstagern. On this road with a lot of ups and downs and also sharp corners following the mountain side, he really showed me the talent he has.

Luigi Taveri and Me take some rest after the lovely bike trip
After we rode around for 50 Km, we arrived to a restaurant on top of the pass with a very beautiful view. And we stopped for a while and enjoy some food there with very friendly conversation. One of the questions I asked him was,

Me: “I really enjoy feeling with you, riding your bike and also I knew you from an article on the internet that you are very expert in riding. What do you think, was it more difficult and fun being a rider in your time or to be rider on today?”
Luigi: "hmmm (with very wise face) …To be honest… (smiling), we can’t compare that because in every era they are different kind of the difficulties and different kind of fun. At my time, we din’t have good safe tracks, almost all tracks we used were made of public roads what means the safety factor is very small. We also didn’t have so fast bikes with such a lot of electronics, so all we did was riding with our skills and capability to be fast and to be safe. Today as we can see safety of riders is more guaranteed because they are wearing good leather suits and ride on the safe tracks. But at present riders need to have high skills and talent to control the bikes that have higher speeds and some parts are controlled by electronics. So like I said before the difficulties and the fun are very different and all must be very special because we ride our bike with love, feel and passion” (smiles and he looks like imagining the time he rode long time ago)
Me:”Ahh...I see, I understand and thank you for explaining me very clear and in detail” (I replied amazed and with an awesome feeling)

Later we talked about the things he was doing after he announced his retirement from professional bike racing. He opened a car body repair and paint workshop that became the best address of this trade in the Zürich area. He explained that now he is retired, but he is still busy with his house and garden and he is still restoring old bikes.

Luigi, Me and Tilde, spending happy time at their home
After we finished our food we rode back to his home. I can call myself very lucky because I could visit his home and meet with the very lovely wife of Luigi. We were sitting in the TV room of Luigi, and I could feel how warm Luigi and his wife were welcoming me to talk about so many things. He also explained to me that he already thought of retiring in 1960, after MV Agusta withdrew from the small classes, but as his wife saw how unhappy he was, she wrote to Honda and asked for a bike. And this is how the most important part of his career started. It was very interesting for me when he told me the story of his five cylinder Honda, the bike he used in 1966 in a very enthusiastic way.

Honda  rc149 125cc 5 cylinder &  Mv Agusta 125 single cylinder
Luigi: “The 5 cylinder Honda was incredibly beautiful and I love the sound so much. To be honest the noise is very loud but it’s so beautiful to hear, even it has damaged my hearing and this is why I have to wear two hearing aids now (tell me with his smile). But it’s no problem regarding the fun and the happiness I got from that bike.”

Luigi and Me in front of his trophy collection
He still has that bike in his workshop and also we can find a lot of trophies in his home that he got during his career. For me, the many trophies he has in his living room are enough to make me understand what a great rider he was, but as he explained to me: “It’s only a little part, I still have more in my private museum.” But as at that moment It was already so late, so I didn’t have the chance to look at all his trophy collections.

His wife Tilde is the most lovable and humble person I ever met, she told me a lot of very happy memories of her and Luigi. And it’s really touching to hear and to realize how big the love still is between both of them. How sincere support they give to each other. Even now I still can feel very clearly how beautiful relation they have.

Sometime we wonder when we meet people who can live very happy with their love of life. And the lessons that I can take from the visit are when you love something and you do all of that sincerely and full of heart, whatever trouble you find in the middle of that, very sure you can pass it in an easy way. And when we love someone and decided to be together we don’t need to make two people be one, because it will be impossible. It is better to keep it being two persons but always support each other to find the happiness from both sides. That’s the love you can work for.



Special Thanks for #IP as his kindness to make this lovable moment happened






Minggu, 03 Agustus 2014

The journey of Cal Crutchlow for 2015

August 2014 bring shocking news about the journey of Cal Crutchlow in MotoGP championship for the next year. After the confirmed of Cal Crutchlow a week before in World Ducati Week, finally the rumor about the British rider will split with Ducati just come true. And officially Ducati Corse announced on August 2nd, that Ducati Corse and Cal Crutchlow terminate contract a head of 2015. And the two factory Ducati Team riders for 2015 will now be Andrea Dovizioso and Andrea Iannone.



We can say now the dream Italian team just made for, with the Italian Bike and also Italian riders. As we know after difficult time for the Ducati and now they can see the good light with Andrea Dovizioso there and also Iannone who we all know that he riding very good and consistent with the Pramac Ducati.

All that words above is not mean that Cal Crutchlow not riding well in Ducati but as we know Cal who always rode Japan bike and move to European bike must be need some more adapting to knowing better how the way the bike work, but sometime time go so fast and can't wait more. And the question is where Cal Crutchlow will ride for 2015 then?

Not long to wait after the official web of LCR Honda announced that the 29 years old British rider Cal Crutchlow  will ride with them for next year, so this announcement also close all the rumor than Cal Crutchlow will ride for Suzuki if finally this team will rejoin in MotoGP for 2015.


The one we need to wait is about where Stefan Bradl will ride for 2015, young rider, talented and also have a good chance for 2014 even though we knowing that he got some crashed and not have any podium yet, but he always make some close chance to podium. Need to wait for the news of this soon and also still curious where Jorge Lorenzo finally will ride even we all very sure he will stay with Yamaha.

Life is always mystery, we never know what will happen until it happen. So just thinking and smiling with what we have today and always do the best with this time we have because the next day will come without we had excepted, just go through with that and always try reach the best.




                                                                                                                    Source. motogp.com, lcrhonda.com, Ducati and internet