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I wasted no time in deciding that I was just leaving my bike here and moving back to the tent of the people I had just met. It was not may be just a bit more than couple of kilometers away and I could walk. I took my sleeping bag, water bottle, medicines, rain coat [...]
Continue reading...9 July 2012
Its drizzling very slightly. I look at the sky above and see dark clouds. I pray that this real slight drizzle does not turn into something nasty. My bike had stalled just after I negotiated a steeply upward rising hairpin bend. But just a few meters after my successful turn on a road which was [...]
Continue reading...5 March 2012
In 2007, I made a decision to buy a motorbike. What bearing the two-wheeler would have on my life I couldn’t fathom then. It was a completely childish decision. My friends had been owning a bike for almost half a decade in those days. PEER PRESSURE — Even I wanted to possess one. Of course, [...]
Continue reading...20 February 2012
I have already talked about various aspects of long distance motorcycle journeys, what to do when riding solo and what to do when riding as a group. Today I am going to cover another important topic – Packing for a long ride. Depending on what you pack and how you pack, your trip can be [...]
Continue reading...7 February 2012
Although I am riding solo across India now, I have not always been a solo rider. In fact when I started going on my motorbike trips I was always a pillion because I did not know how to ride. And although I bought a bike in 2007 until early 2009 I was not confident in [...]
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16 July 2012
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