ritwik23

It was a different day; not the usual and most definitely a special one. It was the day when I would be united with my love. I arrived at the place where we were supposed to meet, my heartbeat almost skipping with the very thought of me with her. I glanced across the floor. From a distance and from amongst the entire crowd, there she was. Her eyes gleaming with joy, looking at me, I could almost hear her say “Hello there”. This does sound like a typical romantic novel but in fact it is a description of event that led to me being introduced to my long standing partner; my pride, glory and joy, my Silver Pulsar 200 DTS-i.

All of us share a mystical bond with our machines which, to a certain extent cannot be explained. To a layman and an ordinary biker, a motorcycle is nothing more than a means to get him from point A to B but to the few unusual creatures like me, it is more than just a tool for commuting. It’s more than that, and then some. They say, “You miss something when it is not around”, and so, after spending a week at my uncle’s place in Ahmadabad; I was thoroughly missing her. As I spent more time there, I remembered all the fun times that I’ve had with her. The innumerable trips to my favourite set of roads, the Mutha and Lavasa ghats, all the official rides with my biking club Rubber Ripperz, all of the Sunday morning rides with Xbhp where I have literally explored her to the fullest of our potential.

In the two years that I have been with her, not once has she let me down. She never deserted me or left me standing despite my hooliganism. She always makes sure that come what may, I get home safely and in one piece. She has tolerated all my amateur antics when I was first learning to ride. She taught me the fine art of going around corners fast. I have learned the virtue of being patient when riding and not being a hooligan all the time. The list is endless.


Remembering all these times makes me wonder, what would have life been like without her? Not every interesting I guess. Remembering all of these things makes me love her even more. But just like a lover, she too has her fair share of mood swings, literally! Her voice in the morning conveys her mood for the rest of the day. When not in the mood, she does not perform the way she should. There have been days when I’ve felt like the power delivery was not smooth enough or that she is underperforming. Then there have been days when she just flew like a bat out of hell. Some people say that it is impossible that something like this can happen but after knowing my bike so intimately I can gauge within a second if she’s fine or not.
Coming to the performance, till date she has clocked a speedometer indicated 139kmph on a slight incline. The fuel efficiency figure stays anywhere between 30 to 40kmpl depending on the way I ride. I have not faced any major problems with the engine excluding excessive vibrations which got sorted out after getting in touch with the service engineer from Bajaj. One surprising thing about my bike is that the chain sprocket set which is notoriously known for wearing out very quickly has lasted for 27,000kms! I guess regular maintenance does make a world of difference. Same goes for my clutch. The effort that needs to be exerted on the lever has gone up by a little bit but apart from that it is in perfect condition. I have been using Motul 5100 15w50 Semi Synthetic oil after she clocked 10,000kms. I also put in NGK Iridium spark plugs and the difference after the engine gets hot is noticeable. About 8 months back, I installed a 6000k HID kit on my bike. Apart from battery drain after 5 months, I have not faced any problems whatsoever with it. I recently upgraded to a Bosch gel based battery and with it the battery drain problem has also vanished. I changed both the front and rear tyres at around 25,000kms with the same stock MRF Zapper C brand of tyres that came factory fitted with the bike. I was planning to get a soft compound tyre for her but refrained from it because of the short life they have. I found that the stock tyres provide ample grip in the dry as well as wet conditions and hence went for these. Apart from these small upgrades, my bike is in total stock condition.


As I write this, I can see her through the window, sitting in the porch, still the same bright look and I envision many more happy miles to go as I continue my love affair with her. For sure she will be my first love no matter where life takes us.
Now…where is the next ride?!? I can barely wait!

Aryan

Topic Approved.

Wonderfully expressed and penned down feelings there Ritwik, loved reading through it.

P.S: I would really appreciate if you can size down the pictures to 800x600 resolution, please. These are HUGE at the moment.

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augusta

Super cool
Liked the way the feelings are expressed

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Shivanshu

Ritwick your emotions are clearly visible in your words and its magnificently written great bro....and yes we the riders always have an eternal connection with our steeds

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jeyessh

emotions well expressed bro...
bikes share a place in heart for many including me!

dcs

Is it a First Review?? Is it Motorcycle Ownership Experience??

Nah, it is a biker, writing his emotions wonderfully.

It was a pleasure reading a short and crisp write up from someone who knows how to say what he wants to.

Wonder how incomplete we would have been if we would have not been what we are.

Still sitting in front of a Computer, googling and downloading Music. And a few wall papers of Katrina Kaif or Megan Fox. and then there wont have been the Sundays' offline meets, sitting with a cup of hot tea and sharing the knowledge with mates. No more would have we been so social, yet so out of the society, no more would have we been Caring, yet so Loud.

Ritwik said wonderfully what we all have felt in the past, still feeling the same.

True love for something/someone never dies, it just matures with the time.

Kudos to Ritwik for saying it so wonderfully, and amazing pictures, though a bit too large, had to scroll from left and right to read the text, but cant complain it more.

Mates, how about writing on the same lines and letting the world know that deep inside, in a biker, there is a Dormant Wordswoth, ready to unleash this power with the Pen.

Keep Pouring, all Cheers

dcs

mav1234

Wonderfully expressed feelings, from the core of your heart..

This is what i called a passionate and true biker..

Kudos to you Ritwik.. and ya nice pics btw..

ritwik23

thnx aryan for the appriciation...but it did take a lot of time for u to approve this one .about the pics...srry but i dnt knw hw 2 convert them to 800x600.would like it if u could help in that matter.

thnak you.

we do indeed.

thanks mate.

thanks bro...exactly...i cant even imagine wht i'd be doing if not riding on sundays lol.

thank you.

gamer.nfsmw

Nice post bro
like the way u expressed ur feelings

abhifusion

Nicely expressed feelings ...