...Andrew James is the Biker of the Year 2011 - xBhp.com : The Global Indian Biking Community

sunilg · 08-07-2011, 10:33 PM

Andrew James receiving the Biker of the Year 2011 Trophy

What started with thousands of passionate and committed motorcyclists from across the country submitting their profiles on-line to the Biker of the Year web portal CEAT presents Biker of the Year 2011 culminated in the biking brotherhood crowning two of its brothers as the Biker of the Yaer 2011 and the runner’s up for that title. Of the thousands who added their profiles on-line, post-screening, a select 195 of these were put up for public voting for 3 weeks. Of the high vote grossers, the choice was whittled down to the top 20 by a panel of xBhp judges. These select 20 again put up their video-profiles on-line for another round of voting and the top 6 were selected for the final round that was held today, on the 7th of August 2011, at the Big Wheels Motoring Café near Lonavla.

xBhp has been evolving as a universal platform for the ‘real’ biker, for motorcyclists sans celebrity status or exceptionally spectacular portfolios. It is a microcosm of the true spirit of motorcycling that resides, flourishes and evolves within both the ordinary and extra-ordinary among the bikers. The forum, the on-line and off-line bonding and sharing of ideas and knowledge, the magazine and those global level road-trips are all facets of motorcycling that reach out and inspire the everyday biker as much as it does the specialist. The Biker of the Year contest is one such facet that was aimed at inspiring and inviting the passionate and committed bikers amongst us, to give them a reason and an opportunity to share and highlight the meaning motorcycling has for them and the influence it holds over their lives and those of others close to them. It was aimed as a canvas that each rider could paint in his/her own way and share it with the world. And they did it all with a gusto. The response was overwhelming and the personae that came forth from the profile evoked respect, inspired the soul and highlighted the passion that riding two-wheels gave birth to. It was a momentous day that culminated with Andrew James and Jean Daniel being crowned the winner and runner-up respectively for the Biker of the ear 2011 title. The response that this maiden effort has evoked encourages us to make this a bigger and better event each coming year and for many more that will follow.

The contestants started arriving a day before at the venue which also had boarding and lodging facilities for them. All six finalists were in by late evening and so were the xBhp team and members of the jury. It was truly a biker’s dinner on the 6th August night at Big Wheels Motoring Café.

The big day dawned to overcast skies and a light drizzle. Monsoon was in full swing in the area and the verdant greenery was a testimony to the abundant liquid sunshine that the region had been blessed with over the past few weeks. We were expecting a good turnout of bikers from both Mumbai and Pune but began to have doubts as the rain seemed incessant. But the were glad to be proven wrong when riders started arriving in numbers and soon the huge hall and arena of BWMC was full of jacket-clad and helmet totting homo-sapiens, a universality in purpose and passion without regard for gender, age or other differentiating factors.

The six finalists made life really difficult for the jury, each one being as talented and unique as the next. And even though the judges did pick out 2 from the six, they were left with the universal feeling that the real choice would have been an amalgam of the qualities displayed by all six of them put together. The award ceremony was not the end of a momentous day but the beginning of a new epoch run that promises to encourage and inspire more and more hidden gems amongst the considerable motorcycling community in this country to come forward in the limelight and spread the message of positive and safe motorcycling as far and wide as the skies and earth lay spread out.

Jean Daniel (JDan) the first runner up

The Winners with the prizes...

The Jury

The Ceat xBhp Pulsar 220

the audience

Mr. Harjeet Singh Makkad, Bunty, from Dream Sporting Gear

Dr. Arun Thareja

Mr. Kaleem,

words of wisdom

tense moments, even for the jury

Group discussion

Zig-zag slow ride on planks

Chithra during her stage presentation

Abhinai, the PPT man

audience

Merwyn Coutinho lost in thoughts

Mr. Evergreen, Ashok Naidu

The bench

Andrew James

Our emcee for the event, Kalyan....

vineeth aredath · 08-07-2011, 10:49 PM

Congrats to all winners

bikerharis · 08-07-2011, 10:51 PM

Hearty congrats to Andrew James.

BigBore · 08-07-2011, 10:55 PM

Congratulations to Andrew and all the other winners!!

vineshp · 08-07-2011, 11:02 PM

Congrats first to xBhp for conceiving this idea to honor the Biker! Wishing this event to grow bigger and stronger in the coming years..

Andrew James will be ever remembered as the 1st Biker of the Year winner. All the participants should be thanked for making this a huge event.

Suggestion:
In xBhp forum, the winner,runner-up, top 6 finalists and the Top 20 finalists can be given special tag/handle beneath their name so that all members will know their achievement whenever they post.

MG · 08-07-2011, 11:08 PM

Heartiest congratulation to Andrew, Devilboy and all other finalists

payeng · 08-07-2011, 11:09 PM

Congrats to JDan (xBhian from Shilliong) for winning the Runner's up prize.

baz6255 · 08-07-2011, 11:12 PM

Hearty congrats Andrew James... Real credit goes to Xbhp team@jury for this wonderful platform for Indian bikers..

kushal09 · 08-07-2011, 11:15 PM

Congratulations to winners...
You all were deserving..

Great Competition.. \m/

rajeshmushtang · 08-08-2011, 12:52 AM

CONGRATZ!!!! Jean Daniel (JDan) & Andrew James

08-07-2011, 10:33 PM	#1 (permalink)
sunilg Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Ghaziabad, UP, India. Posts: 5,075	...Andrew James is the Biker of the Year 2011 Andrew James receiving the Biker of the Year 2011 Trophy What started with thousands of passionate and committed motorcyclists from across the country submitting their profiles on-line to the Biker of the Year web portal CEAT presents Biker of the Year 2011 culminated in the biking brotherhood crowning two of its brothers as the Biker of the Yaer 2011 and the runner’s up for that title. Of the thousands who added their profiles on-line, post-screening, a select 195 of these were put up for public voting for 3 weeks. Of the high vote grossers, the choice was whittled down to the top 20 by a panel of xBhp judges. These select 20 again put up their video-profiles on-line for another round of voting and the top 6 were selected for the final round that was held today, on the 7th of August 2011, at the Big Wheels Motoring Café near Lonavla. xBhp has been evolving as a universal platform for the ‘real’ biker, for motorcyclists sans celebrity status or exceptionally spectacular portfolios. It is a microcosm of the true spirit of motorcycling that resides, flourishes and evolves within both the ordinary and extra-ordinary among the bikers. The forum, the on-line and off-line bonding and sharing of ideas and knowledge, the magazine and those global level road-trips are all facets of motorcycling that reach out and inspire the everyday biker as much as it does the specialist. The Biker of the Year contest is one such facet that was aimed at inspiring and inviting the passionate and committed bikers amongst us, to give them a reason and an opportunity to share and highlight the meaning motorcycling has for them and the influence it holds over their lives and those of others close to them. It was aimed as a canvas that each rider could paint in his/her own way and share it with the world. And they did it all with a gusto. The response was overwhelming and the personae that came forth from the profile evoked respect, inspired the soul and highlighted the passion that riding two-wheels gave birth to. It was a momentous day that culminated with Andrew James and Jean Daniel being crowned the winner and runner-up respectively for the Biker of the ear 2011 title. The response that this maiden effort has evoked encourages us to make this a bigger and better event each coming year and for many more that will follow. The contestants started arriving a day before at the venue which also had boarding and lodging facilities for them. All six finalists were in by late evening and so were the xBhp team and members of the jury. It was truly a biker’s dinner on the 6th August night at Big Wheels Motoring Café. The big day dawned to overcast skies and a light drizzle. Monsoon was in full swing in the area and the verdant greenery was a testimony to the abundant liquid sunshine that the region had been blessed with over the past few weeks. We were expecting a good turnout of bikers from both Mumbai and Pune but began to have doubts as the rain seemed incessant. But the were glad to be proven wrong when riders started arriving in numbers and soon the huge hall and arena of BWMC was full of jacket-clad and helmet totting homo-sapiens, a universality in purpose and passion without regard for gender, age or other differentiating factors. The six finalists made life really difficult for the jury, each one being as talented and unique as the next. And even though the judges did pick out 2 from the six, they were left with the universal feeling that the real choice would have been an amalgam of the qualities displayed by all six of them put together. The award ceremony was not the end of a momentous day but the beginning of a new epoch run that promises to encourage and inspire more and more hidden gems amongst the considerable motorcycling community in this country to come forward in the limelight and spread the message of positive and safe motorcycling as far and wide as the skies and earth lay spread out. Jean Daniel (JDan) the first runner up The Winners with the prizes... The Jury The Ceat xBhp Pulsar 220 the audience Mr. Harjeet Singh Makkad, Bunty, from Dream Sporting Gear Dr. Arun Thareja Mr. Kaleem, words of wisdom tense moments, even for the jury Group discussion Zig-zag slow ride on planks Chithra during her stage presentation Abhinai, the PPT man audience Merwyn Coutinho lost in thoughts Mr. Evergreen, Ashok Naidu The bench Andrew James Our emcee for the event, Kalyan.... __________________ (Been There Done That) x 3.25 Join xBhp On Last edited by sunilg; 08-07-2011 at 10:47 PM.

08-07-2011, 10:49 PM	#2 (permalink)
vineeth aredath RockET RideR Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Kannur <=> Bangalore Posts: 441	Congrats to all winners __________________ Emergency Medicine and Management My Karizma R(Rocket) YouTube FaceBook Twitter I know my imperfections, & there lies all my strength, because it's rare for human-being to know his own limitations.

08-07-2011, 10:51 PM	#3 (permalink)
bikerharis THE VOADORA Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Kollam (KL-2) Posts: 384	Hearty congrats to Andrew James. __________________ Use your brain to save your brain. WEAR A HELMET! "You live more in five minutes on a bike like this going flat out than some people live in a lifetime". Burt Munroe XBHP KLM-TVM-PTA-EKM ICE Sheet My Facebook page Check my custom painted RX100 Group riding tips

08-07-2011, 10:55 PM	#4 (permalink)
BigBore ThE GoDFatheR Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Deonar, Mumbai Posts: 611	Congratulations to Andrew and all the other winners!! __________________ ONLY GOD WILL JUDGE ME Suzuki Shogun (1994) Yamaha RX135 5-SPEED (1996) Yamaha RX135 (1997) Yamaha RXZ 5-SPEED (1997)

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vineshp Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Erode, Tamilnadu Posts: 183	Congrats first to xBhp for conceiving this idea to honor the Biker! Wishing this event to grow bigger and stronger in the coming years.. Andrew James will be ever remembered as the 1st Biker of the Year winner. All the participants should be thanked for making this a huge event. Suggestion: In xBhp forum, the winner,runner-up, top 6 finalists and the Top 20 finalists can be given special tag/handle beneath their name so that all members will know their achievement whenever they post. __________________ Grip. Twist. Ride-with Menacingly FAST Apache 180 ABS! TVS Apache 180 ABS (Sep 2011-) Yamaha Libero LX (Feb 2006-Sep 2011) *sold*

08-07-2011, 11:08 PM	#6 (permalink)
MG Super Moderator Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Maharashtra,India Posts: 5,874	Heartiest congratulation to Andrew, Devilboy and all other finalists __________________ Join xBhp On My photography page: Gourab Das Photography

08-07-2011, 11:09 PM	#7 (permalink)
payeng Biker Next Door Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 2,489	Congrats to JDan (xBhian from Shilliong) for winning the Runner's up prize. __________________ My Bike Diary: The Bike Chronicles of India

08-07-2011, 11:12 PM	#8 (permalink)
baz6255 Junior Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 14	Congrats Hearty congrats Andrew James... Real credit goes to Xbhp team@jury for this wonderful platform for Indian bikers..

08-07-2011, 11:15 PM	#9 (permalink)
kushal09 Nawab On Wheels Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Lucknow Posts: 37	Congratulations to winners... You all were deserving.. Great Competition.. \m/

08-08-2011, 12:52 AM	#10 (permalink)
rajeshmushtang menace.... Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: mumbai Posts: 207	CONGRATZ!!!! Jean Daniel (JDan) & Andrew James __________________ http://https://www.facebook.com/rajesh.mani3

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