More Superbikes for Traffic police and Ammo as well

Three of the current superbikes in the police traffic fleet, Yamaha, Honda, and Kawasaki were used for protection and escort duties for the 2024 Le Tour De Langkawi bike race. PDRM picture.

SHAH ALAM: The procurement division of the Home Ministry has issued a tender for the supply and delivery of two hundred high-powered motorcycles for the traffic police. The 40-day tender was published on November 22 and closes on December 31.

The indicative cost for the two-hundred superbikes is RM30 million. It is interesting to note that the Army is leasing 40 superbikes for RM13.76 million. The same company had also supplied similar bikes to the police under a leasing programme in 2020.

Traffic police Kawaasakit GTR 1300 superbike. PDRM picture

The Home Ministry earlier this year also published a tender for the leasing of 146 superbikes for the police to escort VVIPs and 35 more machines for security operations. The tender with an indicative cost of RM64.074 million, was subsequently cancelled.
UTK BMW Touring bike used for security operations. PDRM

It must be noted that the traffic police operate an unknown number of superbikes of different manufacturers from Honda, Kawasaki, BMW and Yamaha. In 2021, some 200 Yamaha FJR 1300 superbikes were delivered to the traffic police.
Some of the forty BMW R1250 RT superbikes leased by the Army for the MPs or KPTD. BTDM

Based on the public specifications, the traffic police are looking for similar superbikes for this tender. Some of the specifications:

1. SPESIFIKASI KEUPAYAAN Motosikal berkuasa tinggi yang
ditawarkan adalah jenis Touring.
1.1 ENJIN 1.1.1 Enjin petrol, 4 lejang (four stroke).
1.1.2 Sistem bahanapi (fuel system) adalah sekurang-kurang dari
jenis suntikan terus elektronik (electronic fuel injection – EFI).
1.1.3 Sesaran enjin adalah 1200 cc ke atas.
1.1.4 Sistem penyejuk menggunakan cecair (liquid cooled).
1.1.5 Kuasa keluaran maksimum tidak kurang dari 100 kW pada
kadar pusingan enjin antara 7,500 rpm hingga 9,000 rpm.
1.1.6 Daya kilas maksimum tidak kurang dari 135 Nm pada kadar
pusingan enjin antara 6,000 rpm hingga 7,000 rpm.
1.1.7 Motosikal mesti dilengkapi dengan penghidup enjin
menggunakan elektrik (electric starter)

A traffic policeman on a Honda VFR superbike at the recent Le Tour de Langkawi bike race in October 2024.

Apart from the superbikes, the bidder must also supply two hundred full face helmets and training for two hundred riders and fifty mechanics.
A PGA patrol near the Sarawak-Kalimantan border in a picture taken in 2022. They are wearing bullet-proof vests, without armour plates and ballistic helmets. Note the second to last trooper on the right, he is carrying an HK11E, the heavy barrel, bipod equipped 7.62mm light support weapon. The rest are using M16A1 rifles with one armed with an HK MP5 sub-machine gun. PDRM

Meanwhile, a tender for the supply and delivery of 1.8 million 7.62mm ball and 1.9 million 7.62mm linked, belted ammo was published today. The 62-day tender closes on January 23, 2025. The 7.62mm ball ammo is meant for rifles with magazines like the HK11E light machine gun. It can also be used on the SCAR Heavy if it’s used as a general-purpose rifle. For the designated marksman role, .308 match ammo is the preferred choice.
The FN MAG on the Marine Police Rigid Hull Assault Boat (RHAB). It uses belted 7.62mm ammunition and this example is fitted with a spade grip to allow firing while standing. PDRM

The belted 7.62mm are for the FN MAG, mostly used on marine police boats and armoured cars of the General Operations Force. The indicative cost for the tender is RM17.515 million.
Nine-millimetre calibre ball ammunition. Malaysian Defence picture.

On November 23, a tender for the supply and delivery of six million rounds of 9mm 115 grain ball ammo, 6.5 million 5.56mm (M193) and one million 5.56mm blank ammunition was published. The indicative cost for the tender is RM31.430 million.

— Malaysian Defence

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6 Comments

  1. Expensive bikes just for escort duties as if the vehicles they are escorting going to go at 200km per hour.

    By right a 600cc motorbike will do.

  2. apart from superbike, PDRM should also consider supply 250cc bike for regular traffic duty. felt a little bit unprofessional seeing traffic officers using personal bike for official duty.

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