Basically I am not an Indian Biker per se, but the Castrol Power1 Blogging Contest on Indiblogger i couldn't resist and though i do not have many first-hand experiences to share. I do have enjoyed many of those trips with my crazy friends some of whom can well be categorized as those with Biking as their first love. and i have seen the jealousy that their fair sex lovers have for their bikes probably for the same reason.
Anyways coming back to the point, When i was working in Mumbai some 3 years ago, I had made great bonding with a colleague of mine Pratik, he was basically from Gujrat and would love to go biking anytime you please even if does not suit her wife, he being a married man and the other restriction that a married life per se has.
I was not well aquainted with Biking then and it's with him i learnt Biking on Indian roads. Biking and Biking on Indian Roads sounds to me two particularly different things. I specially remember one trip we took to Ahmedabad. It was fun riding through unfamiliar, beautiful landscape and experiencing the place unknown together.
In many ways it was as fantastic as one can imagine, but there always are two sides of a coin. Beautiful sky, awesome weather and then site of killed dogs on the roads, industrial smoke-filled atmosphere not always feels soothing to anybody. Then the rash drivers driving as they like and feeling at home pedestrians. and to top these all, when you are on a long journey, Motorcycle seat becomes pain in the ass and even a not-so-hygienic place to stop feels like a good idea to take rest. To travel across India, one fairly needs to be well-aquainted with how Indian roadways, truck drivers make sense out of anything and once you get a habit, like everything else bike-riding becomes as fun on the busy roads as on the countryside.
I feel that's all i am gonna write right now, i need much more experience to become an Indian Biker.
Anyways coming back to the point, When i was working in Mumbai some 3 years ago, I had made great bonding with a colleague of mine Pratik, he was basically from Gujrat and would love to go biking anytime you please even if does not suit her wife, he being a married man and the other restriction that a married life per se has.
I was not well aquainted with Biking then and it's with him i learnt Biking on Indian roads. Biking and Biking on Indian Roads sounds to me two particularly different things. I specially remember one trip we took to Ahmedabad. It was fun riding through unfamiliar, beautiful landscape and experiencing the place unknown together.
In many ways it was as fantastic as one can imagine, but there always are two sides of a coin. Beautiful sky, awesome weather and then site of killed dogs on the roads, industrial smoke-filled atmosphere not always feels soothing to anybody. Then the rash drivers driving as they like and feeling at home pedestrians. and to top these all, when you are on a long journey, Motorcycle seat becomes pain in the ass and even a not-so-hygienic place to stop feels like a good idea to take rest. To travel across India, one fairly needs to be well-aquainted with how Indian roadways, truck drivers make sense out of anything and once you get a habit, like everything else bike-riding becomes as fun on the busy roads as on the countryside.
I feel that's all i am gonna write right now, i need much more experience to become an Indian Biker.
