Rempit

A Mat Rempit is a Malaysian term for 'an individual who participates in illegal street racing', usually involving underbone motorcycles (Kapcai) or scooters. Minah Rempit can refer to either the female counterpart, or a female companion of a Mat Rempit. Not all Mat Rempits involve in street racing, some of them just ride their motorcycle's dangerously on public roads. Mat Rempits usually travel in groups and race in bustling city centres on weekend nights. As of recently, Mat Rempits have been linked to gangsterism, gang robbery, fighting, vandalism, thefts and bullying. Most motorcycles used by the Mat Rempits do not meet standard specifications, or have been modified extensively. Additionally, some Mat Rempit do not have valid licenses, do not pay road taxes, and ride stolen motorcycles. More and more housing estates were turned into racing tracks.[5] It is estimated that there are about 200,000 Mat Rempits in Malaysia. The terms of Mat Rempit also used in Singapore and Indonesia for the same reason.

Lingo and Tricks

1. Wheelie: standing motorcycle on rear wheel while front wheel on the air.[7]
2. Superman : Laying on the bike with both hand still hold the handle.
3. Baring : Laying on the bike where the leg is touching the handle, the inverse way of Superman.
4. Skating : Standing on the motorcycle with a leg on the handle bar and the other on the seat.
5. Cilok : Weaving left and right between cars at high speeds.
6. Wikang: The name wikang is actually a contraction of wheelie belakang in Malay. [1]
7. Korner: Rounding a turn with enough lean to bring the side of the motorcycle in contact with the ground.
8. Pacak: Literally means standing idle like a stick in Malay, the pacak technique is the technique of lifting the motorcycle 90-degrees vertical with the front wheel raised. The pacak technique is almost as same as the wheelie, but is performed when the motorcycle is stationary with the rider standing.

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World Rank for Famous Illegal Street Racing:

1. Japan
2. Hongkong
3. Malaysia
4. USA

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Street Racing in Malaysia

Street racing in Malaysia is illegal, and watching a street race is also illegal, and these are enforced by the Malaysian police. Many streets, roads, highways and expressways in Kuala Lumpur, Johor Bahru and other cities have become sites for racing. Among them are teenagers either riding motorcycles or driving modified cars. The motorcycle street racers in Malaysia are famously known as Mat Rempit. These Mat Rempit are famous for their “Superman” stunts and other stunts performed on their motorcycles. They are also notorious for their “Cilok”, a kind of racing in which racers weave in-between moving and stationary traffic at high-speed.

On 12 July 2006, the Malaysia-Singapore Second Link in Johor became a place of illegal racing. The Johor police and the Road Transport Department, with the highway operator PLUS Expressway, have launched big operations to crack down on illegal racing. More than 100,000 people have been arrested in these operations.