The answer was an all India roadtrip.

This trip was supposed to be a seamless amalgamation of all these aims. There were many expectations to be met.

The GIR was different : The two – wheelers that we chose really made the trip very hard for us to complete successfully. We chose a 12 Bhp Italian scooter on one end of the spectrum and on the other it was the fierce 170 Bhp Honda FireBlade 1000RR Superbike. There were 6 two – wheelers used in total for this trip with vastly different capabilities and purpose, but all united in the GIR with singular aims. The choice of vehicles also meant maximum attention from the members and media and also something which never had been done before on this scale. Some called this plain stupid, which some called it ingeniously different and suicidal. How can you expect a 12Bhp scooter to keep up with a 170 Bhp Superbike. Well, that’s what we actually did. In the end it was about doing the same thing in a different way.

The GIR was different : A trip on such a grand scale had to require finances if it were to materialize in the real world. The groundwork on acquiring the sponsors was started more than a year before the trip actually began. All the negotiations, development of proposals, trip plan, designing of digital / physical assets was done in house by xBhp.com without paying a single iota to any event management company or a third party service provider. This is also where the club is different, we like to dream and achieve them. We managed to get eight sponsors catering to different domains, corporates who believed that we could pull this off in a grand fashion. People were stunned that how could we get so many sponsors, we told them, its not about how often can you do it, but how different can you be.

The Odds that are against us in the trip were tremendous.

• Anti Social Elements : Various insurgencies caused by groups in diferent part of India is a very real problem and danger . But we will come out unscathed. And then there are terrorists, highway robbers and not to forget our own men in the uniform. Phew that's a long list that I am sure will become longer after this experience.
  
• The Elements : Earth, Fire, Water & Wind. Add sleet, slow, black ice, sub zero temperatures and more. A definite hazard to the mechanicals in the vehicles.
  
• The emotion called envy is one of the oldest known to man. And no doubt it would reverberate in this trip. There is no doubt that xBhp managed to materialize this trip in a big way like this, and for many others who were trying, might be envious, but I hope they support us and not turn their faces away to what we are doing. For what goes around comes around. So everyone wish us good luck!
  
• The enemy within: We are most afraid of ourselves, because we know ourselves the least. Why would them someone so seemingly sane would go and kill his own brother, only because he didn't talk to him properly. The riders on this trip must safeguard everyone else & themselves, against their negative emotions, for it is very easy to give your leash to the grinning evil face of fate.
  
• Time : though we have plenty of time, time sometimes also translates to the right thing at the right place at the right moment, or for the worse, the wrong thing and the wrong time and at the wrong place - which tersely would means we are in deep shit…
  
• The beloved : I am sure all the riders in the trip will be very attached to someone back home. The every fact could weaken us if dicey situations are not handled properly. Being away from home, many times even without any phone connection for days at end could mean stretching the delicate fabric of love. Hang On is all we could say then.

Though the above odds-against were evaluated before the trip, we are proud that we completed the trip successfully despite some incidents which could have spelt the end for GIR. These incidents included two accidents, monet problems, spare problem and getting beaten up by villagers on the Bihar border. But we are past all that and here you are reading our odyssey..

A press release about GIR in the world's best gadget magazine : T3.

"The Great Indian Roadtrip aka GIR happened to prove that India is
one of the best countries to travel by road."

The Great Indian Roadtrip achieved what no previous pan India roadtrip could:

• connect hundreds of like minded biking enthusiasts offine throughout India
• connect thousands of like minded biking enthusiasts online at xBhp.com
• positive publicity for India and the concept of bikeism as a way of life through press releases
• thegreatIndianroadtrip.com : send this website link to anyone who you want get jealous of India
• created a trendsetter. Many clubs have been trying to emulate xBhp.co's success and model and we can expect trips borrowing cues from the GIR, which is good for the Indian biking scenario
• The GIR proved that any superbike can run in most of the Indian conditions and roads
• on the road blogging from many parts of the India during the GIR proved that India has a mind boggling wireless internet setup ( courtesy Reliance ).
• proved that India is one of the best countries to travel by road