The First Ever
RIDE SAFE Newbie Induction Ride
INTRODUCTION
xBhp recently conducted the first ride of its kind to introduce newbie/rookie riders into touring with the criteria of Safe Riding as the essential element and the liet motif of the entire exercise. This exercise was conducted on November 29th and November 30th, 2009, during which a number of aspects of Motorcycling were studied, experimented and put into practice, namely, night riding, city riding, highway riding for long hours, riding in the cold, hill riding for long hours and even off-road practice on established Rally stages! And in all of this, the underlying motif was to Ride Safe with proper riding gear. The whole idea was conceived and executed by
Aryan, Bobby ROY CHOUDHURY and
Ken, Krishnendu KES.
The selection process among new riders was a difficult and meticulous one since there were quite a few candidates. The process even included two test rides, also encompassing various aspects of motorcycling, finding your rendezvous point, being punctual, mental and bike preparedness, coordination between team members.
The team members who were finally selected and who went for the tour are as follows in alphabetical order according to their ids:
PetrO:
Gulshan NANDWANI
DOB: 29th Dec. 1987
Background: He is persuing a diploma course in Animaton;
He is driving his bike from last 4 years & done more than 60000 kms just as a commuter;
He has had done only 1 trip which is the Induction Ride in xBhp with the experienced tourers which was to the hills.
Psycho_mcCrazy:
Saurabh Agarwal
DOB: 26th February, 1984
Background:
Currently, working as an assistant manager in Maruti Suzuki India Limited, in the Engineering Research and Development Division, working six days a week with long hours, and with whatever time he gets free, he is a biker....
Over the last six and a half years of owning his bike, he has done about 25000 kms, mostly commuting, and in the plains.
Had taken that one trip with Desideep to Agra in Jan. 2008, one day, 509 kilometers. And then there was this one to the hills, for the first time.
Apart from that, he considers himself to be a very lazy person, a Mechanical Engineer and a Heavy Duty Geek. More interested in automobiles, computer hardware and cameras than is perhaps healthy. Also interested in photography, though honestly speaking, do not get enough time to actually go out and shoot some to hone his skills
Sikhbiker:
Jasmeet Singh Chopra
DOB: November 27th, 1987.
Background: Working as an analyst with HCL Technologies. He has been riding scooters and bikes since a long time. Total kilometres done would be close to 50000. He has done several short tours in the plains and as a pillion. He considers himself a simple religious guy who loves biking.
theChamp:
Abhishek TRIPATHI
DOB: November 12th, 1986,
Working as Software Engineer with TCS, biggest IT company in Asia. He has been biking for 6months and just 8000 kilometres. First bike bought, HH Glamour in May 2009, sold it in September and bought a Pulsar 180 in September.
Number of trips: 2;
Delhi – Moradabad. 350 kms, one day.
Delhi – Shimla – Delhi: 850 kms, 2 days.
Zayn:
Wasey Khan
DOB: 22 sept 1989
Short background:
1> He is doing Engineering in Mechanical Automation
2> He has done 20000km on his personal bike and around 10000km on his dad's and his friend’s bike.
3>He has done 3 trips
Noida to Nainital,(Total 700 km above)
Noida to Lansdowne,(Total 550 km)
Noida to Shimla.(Total 950km) this one with the Induction Ride.
4>Many Trips planned up for next year like
Noida Binsar Munsiyari Kausani, Noida. in feb with Manan bhai and 2 more not been decided yet.
Here I would also like to add that Sava had also qualified for this particular ride but did not participate due to personal reasons.
I must appreciate the enthusiasm of the concerned chosen riders who teamed up, organized and planned quite a few aspects of the ride on their own. Aryan and I had informed them that we would be around just to supervise and check and consult and correct. They were told to go about things in the fashion that they though fit. I was looking after bookings and logistics as well. But Aryan and I let the riding up to these guys. And what a ride they showed us. Their discipline and safety in night riding and highway riding was exemplary.
A self evaluation programme was also briefed to them with various aspects to
Safe Riding, riding skills before and after the ride. The concerned candidates will be presenting their experiences and their self evaluation notes.
More to come.
Post Ride Meet:
The stories of the participants can be read here:
Psycho
http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/341081-post27.html
Zayn
http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/341009-post23.html
the Champ
http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/340948-post18.html
Jasmeet
http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/341224-post37.html