[Hard Torque]: The Pleasures of Motorcycling - Page 2 - xBhp.com : The Global Indian Biking Community

psycho28 · 06-11-2009, 05:24 PM

awesome article and very true, i have felt most of them

i found this article so interesting that i have printed and glued it in my office cubicle

TomSawyer · 06-11-2009, 09:54 PM

Thanks Sachin, & L.P. Struck a chord, touched my heart, made my eyes moist. Motorcycling is catharsis. We motorcyclists are sissies at times

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The pleasure is in watching a row of several single headlights trailing in your mirrors, the group on the move.
The pleasure is in watching a bunch of gleaming bikes knifing together through fast highway traffic.

^+1..... our G2G Rides

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The pleasure is in knowing a split second before the car in front panic-brakes. You were more focussed than the driver of that car. You survive and smile!!

^+1..... & pat the tank.

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The pleasure is in tooting a salute to truckers who safely wave you past on a blind mountain curve.

^+1..... Long distance truckers are more disciplined than the local veggie & milk runners.

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The pleasure is in glancing up at the cloud-darkened sky for a moment and guessing correctly how far ahead the rain will catch up with you.

^+1..... The Hogennakal G2G.

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The pleasure is in knowing that your wife loves riding as much as you do, even as a pillion!!!
The pleasure is in the easy companionship of a riding group.

^+1..... with motorcyclists who were strangers a day ago.

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The pleasure is in smelling spilled diesel on the road before your tyre hits it.

^+1.....

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The pleasure is when you finish your day’s ride, and reach in one piece. You’re the smallest vehicle on the road, and you’ve survived.

^+1.....

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The pleasure is when you sing to yourself on an empty road. You’re the world’s best rock star.

^+1..... Turbo Lover, Born to be wild, Ride to live, Jeena isi ka naam hai ... Best summed up by "I took a heavenly ride through our silence..." Pink Floyd- Coming back to life.

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The pleasure is when your rear wheel slides, and you bring it back, when the front wheel lifts, and you take your time bringing it back.

^+1..... at 10.00 pm , leaning over and then the front wheel catching a oil slick, ..& pat the tank, again.

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The pleasure is when you fight the wind, and win.

^+1..... & when you chase the rain clouds & win. ... You lose & you still smile in the rain.

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The pleasure is when you take off your wristwatch, and see a band of untanned skin.

^+1..... when your wristwatch is HMT Janata, and your steed is Jawa, & you are riding to Mysore, the home of Jawa.
Adding few of mine:

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The pleasure is when you stop from triple digit speeds, remove that heavy block of stone & other debri, left by a trucker after a breakdown.
The pleasure is when you spot that tiny loose bolt on the surface, swerve, & smile.
The pleasure is when you do Sunday grocery runs in full riding gear

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The pleasure is when you are the only soul on the road in a torrential downpour, when even the cagers have taken cover. You continue to ride 'cos you have to reach a destination. And then, you stop on a long bridge to experience nature's fury.
The pleasure is when you realise that the contact patch of your throne with the Earth is lesser than the surface area of the sole of a pair of shoes.

Got this printed, and glued to the inside of my front door. Makes my day, before I step out.
Long live motoryclists, long live motorcycling. May our tribe increase.

tibby · 06-27-2009, 06:06 PM

Phenomenal stuff! Couldn't have agreed more with the pleasures mentioned by the original author!
I wasn't on the old xBhp..

@L.P.: Thanks a ton for the re-post..

thaker1985 · 07-14-2009, 09:45 PM

Pleasure is when you ride for 10 hours straight, and u cant feel your butt when finally stopping

Jithu · 07-15-2009, 09:34 PM

Awsome dude ... really nice

nitrosatya · 07-20-2009, 09:22 PM

Very nice article.

I might add.
The pleasure is when you are riding on the highway feeling warm in leathers on a winter dawn when it is still dark and the city is million twinkling lights.

niranjanvaidya · 07-20-2009, 09:36 PM

every single statement is a reflection of a million memories and I thank the original and the new author for having penned it so perfectly...

A lifestyle called biking...complete nirvana...

manubhat · 07-25-2009, 11:11 AM

those lines really touched my heart.... thnx for posting em...
keep up ur good work.............

vinoob · 07-26-2009, 06:34 PM

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Originally Posted by L.P.

[Archived Thread]

The Pleasures of Motorcycling

The pleasure is in doing three-digit speeds for hours on end when most consider 60 as dangerous and 80 as fatal!!
The pleasure is starting your bike's engine for a long-distance ride on a cold morning and listening to its steady comforting idle while you prepare for the ride.
The pleasure is in racing a train speeding along parallel to the road and beating it, at beyond a 100 kmph!!
The pleasure is in knowing a split second before the car in front panic-brakes. You were more focussed than the driver of that car. You survive and smile!!
The pleasure is when your upshifts and downshifts are so smooth that the Bike feels auto-geared.

The pleasure is in entering a road-tunnel on a bright day with your sunglasses on and remembering the fear of riding blind for even a few moments.

The pleasure is in having just the right tool and spares at hand when something goes wrong with the Bike in the middle of nowhere.
The pleasure is when you almost, almost fall. But don’t.
The pleasure is when you can see the petrol after a top-up.
The pleasure is when you jump a speedbreaker.
The pleasure is when you stop at the smallest of towns, and somebody asks you deep technical questions about your bike.
The pleasure is when you leave four-wheeler traffic standing in a jam.

Text: Sundeep Goswami [Old Fox]

awesum dude..
And here goes my quote-
Pleasure is when you throttle up to race everyone after the traffic signal ....
Pleasure is when your bike is been watched by many in traffic signal.
Pleasure is when people enquire about your bikes mileage
Pleasure is when u pass by ladies college
Pleasure is when ur bike met with an accident and hardly no scratches.

saaki · 07-27-2009, 02:18 PM

@ L.P - Thanks for sharing this...mesmerizing is all i can say, this shows a lot of emotions we feel and essentially shows us the meaning of being a Biker by choice thing.

Very touching...

@ AniMeher - Thanks for Sharing Sachin's original article..

Beautifully penned...

My Personal favourate

You and you best buddies riding along a nice empty road..with almost no traffic and singing " ye dosti...."

100 bucks of petrol and open road...

06-11-2009, 05:24 PM	#11 (permalink)
psycho28 Exception Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Kolkata Posts: 345	awesome article and very true, i have felt most of them i found this article so interesting that i have printed and glued it in my office cubicle __________________

06-27-2009, 06:06 PM	#13 (permalink)
tibby R15 Commuter :P Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 994	Phenomenal stuff! Couldn't have agreed more with the pleasures mentioned by the original author! I wasn't on the old xBhp.. @L.P.: Thanks a ton for the re-post.. __________________ => If you can dream it, you can do it- Walt Disney => Never to fall isn’t great, but to rise after every fall. – Confucius => Experience teaches slowly, and at the cost of mistakes- James A Froude Group Riding Techniques: http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/art-safe...up-riding.html

07-15-2009, 09:34 PM	#15 (permalink)
Jithu Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Chennai/Kerala Posts: 172	Awsome dude ... really nice __________________

07-20-2009, 09:36 PM	#17 (permalink)
niranjanvaidya NV Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Pune Posts: 850	every single statement is a reflection of a million memories and I thank the original and the new author for having penned it so perfectly... A lifestyle called biking...complete nirvana... __________________ Never argue with an idiot. He will drag you down to his level and then beat you with experience.

07-27-2009, 02:18 PM	#20 (permalink)
saaki Travelling the edgy path called life Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Noida Posts: 98	@ L.P - Thanks for sharing this...mesmerizing is all i can say, this shows a lot of emotions we feel and essentially shows us the meaning of being a Biker by choice thing. Very touching... @ AniMeher - Thanks for Sharing Sachin's original article.. Beautifully penned... My Personal favourate You and you best buddies riding along a nice empty road..with almost no traffic and singing " ye dosti...." 100 bucks of petrol and open road... __________________ Life is a Lesson....you Learn it once you're through

07-14-2009, 09:45 PM	#14 (permalink)
thaker1985 Bodies wear out, spirits don't.... tourer at heart Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Bangalore - Chennai Posts: 123	Pleasure is when you ride for 10 hours straight, and u cant feel your butt when finally stopping

07-20-2009, 09:22 PM	#16 (permalink)
nitrosatya Living the superbike pain Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Versailles, France Posts: 1,099	Very nice article. I might add. The pleasure is when you are riding on the highway feeling warm in leathers on a winter dawn when it is still dark and the city is million twinkling lights.

07-25-2009, 11:11 AM	#18 (permalink)
manubhat beast rider Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: bangalore Posts: 145	those lines really touched my heart.... thnx for posting em... keep up ur good work.............

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