Woman surprises husband with motorbike for his birthday: 'Should I buy one for you?'

A woman pulled off the ultimate birthday surprise when her husband thought he was simply checking out a parked motorcycle — until she revealed it was his present.

In a series of four videos shared by TikTok user @wantheone on that platform on Saturday (July 11), 37-year-old Shereen Shazlina decided to surprise her husband, Riduan, 44, with a shiny blue ride.

The first video begins with the couple riding a multi-storey carpark lift to level 4A. 

After exiting, Shazlina, a senior staff nurse, pretends to notice the bike, a Yamaha YZF-R3, and asks her husband if it's the same model he had mentioned previously. 

She approaches the stationary bike while asking Riduan, "This one what bike ah?"

She then adds, "This is actually your birthday present, you know?" before quickly playing it off with: "Do you like it? Should I buy one like this for you?"

Trying to keep the surprise under wraps, she tells him she's filming the interaction so she can remember what kind of motorcycle he likes.

Riduan appears unconvinced and while still processing what she's saying, he responds with a bewildered, "Huh?" 

As he continues to inspect the bike, Shazlina takes out the keys and reveals that she has already bought it for him.

Riduan freezes in shock, seemingly unable to process the surprise. His wife then encourages him to turn on the ignition and test out the bike. 

The 44-year-old appears overjoyed as the motorcycle starts up and he tests the throttle. The clip ends with him walking over to his wife to embrace her in a hug.

In response to AsiaOne's queries, Riduan said that the motorcycle is a used YZF-R3 and costs about $8,800. 

"(I had) very mixed emotions at first, as I thought she was joking. I was also overwhelmed by the gift," said the relationship consultant, adding that he was "definitely" caught off guard by the surprise. 

Riduan said he had ridden a few motorbikes when he was in his 20s but later switched to driving cars and has been doing so ever since. 

He added that he had been thinking of getting a bike to commute to and from work so he could get home faster and see his family earlier. 

However, he did not follow through as he felt it was "a waste of money" and that the money would be better spent on the family. 

Checks by AsiaOne show that a new bike retails for about $22,800 with COE, while a second-hand model is listed on Carousell for around $6,800 with about two years of COE left.

One of the videos has garnered over 154,000 views and more than 4,600 likes as of Monday afternoon. 

Many netizens took the comments to wish the man a happy birthday while others responded in envy. 

One netizen told the man to treat his wife well, to which the man quipped: "My wife is actually my greatest present." 

A few netizens wondered whether the motorcycle had been fully paid or if the man's birthday present was "to start paying installments". In response, the man clarified that his wife had already paid for the bike in full.

"Congratulations! I'm envious.. On my birthday, my wife bought herself a car and a driver — I'm currently driving it and I am the driver assigned by my wife," joked another netizen. 

AsiaOne has reached out to TikTok user @wantheone for comment. 

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esther.lam@asiaone.com