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Damn... I should get an enfield then. Enfield is more like jewelary for men anyways.

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There is this colleague of mine who liked calling herself a biker for a span of time. Used to ride a Pulsar 150 then. One day she asks me whether Royal Enfield manufactures the R15. :-p
Nowadays girls think the only cool bike out there is a Royal Enfield

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Another one on the fairer sex...

Me getting 220's tank filled at a bunk. A kinda cute girl with a hefty friend at the rear seat pull up near me. The front wheel of her scooty pep stopped square on my right foot. Girl didnt even realize it. I kept looking at smiling at her. Paid the bill and still kept smiling. The ftiend got down and started scolding me asked me to move out of the way, I very politely asked how. She said dont try to be smart. I pointed to the front wheel and both were red faced.. Then the sorries began. I just smiled and pulled away.

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I recently bought a Pulsar 200 NS. After taking the delivery I went directly to the temple with my mother. There the Panditji (Priest) started enquiring about my bike.
He asked how much cc and what mileage etc etc..
Then he went towards the front of the bike for making the Satiya and he said "Are ye to chidiya lag rhi hai bilkul"
(This seems like a bird)

I burst into laughter. And thought in mind that i thought of the bike as a Bull but others see it like a bird.

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I'll still differ on this opinion. Even aunties are unreliable. But yes, there are exceptions to both sides. There are college students who ride responsibly too.

I'd say, this is only a mental block. Internationally, female riders as short as 5'3" ride the CB500X and even the CRF series which has a massive 38" seat height. So yes, an average Indian girl can definitely ride a the average motorcycle - most of the bikes here are barely taller than 30" at the seating level. And don't we have our own group of RE riding girls in Bangalore?

I will endorse this view. But I'd add that that in return, the ladies should also respect the space given to them by bringing themselves up to the minimum expected etiquette.

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You mixed college going girls and office going men!

Most office going girls ride in a decent manner. Yes, they don't indicate and few don't even wear a helmet. They're happy being talibanis!
The thing is bikes are never positioned for a female in our country. Else, its always an Avenger for them. Why?

I'm not taking sides for their rash riding and unruly lane changes and blaming-you-despite-their-fault attitude, all I'm saying is that an average Indian male must accept the fact that a lady can drive/ride whatever he can and hence, he must respectfully share the space.

Ettiquette needs to be imparted to both parties.

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I wasn't even on the move...I was stationary, warming up my engine and putting on my gloves when I got hit Time to get DRLs for the rear too!!!!

I beg to differ slightly here. Most rash riding by ladies takes place because they consider their puny scooters EQUAL to the motorcycles that men ride. Yes, their scooters can accelerate as fast as a motorcycle, but neither can it brake as quick, nor is it as stable. So yeah, a college going girl gets her first Activa, she sees people around her going twice as fast, she tries to speed up and her bike is capable enough of doing that - and then she forgets all else. This speed becomes a habit, but other etiquette are never taught or followed. (eg. safe, steady lane changes with proper indication is something I very rarely see in an average lady rider. They always go in a panicky, zigzag manner, and you can never predict where they will swerve next). This is the most usual scenario.

In my opinion, they need to be educated about the limitations of their little machines and the style of riding it is designed to support. They need to be educated on road etiquette. I can confidently say that the average office-going male commuter in Bangalore is decent enough to indicate lane changes and carry out smooth lane transitions. Why can't we say the female riders come to that level at the very least? We do have lady bikers going on long rides on REs and Avengers and FZs. If a female has a love for speed, let her enjoy it on a machine which is designed to be fast, and on a road where it is safe to go fast. On my part I'd say it's irksome when you are commuting at 60 and a lady buzzes ahead of you and suddenly steps into your lane without warning.

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-1. If we want to change the bizarre "Indian traffic" as you mentioned, only way is the inclusion of women. They are more organized than men any day.

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It doesn't have disk brakes boss, Always keep an eye on RVMs.

This mentality isn't going to help anyone. We must drop this alpha male ego of ours. If there is one bad lady driver/rider on the road, at the same time there are 100s of moron males in the same space! Proper culture can come only when both co-operate and rate themselves EQUAL to the other!

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I'm not saying female gender cannot drive. Its just that our Indian traffic sense is soo much complex, complicated and shitty that they cannot adjust themselves with it as we do, because we put a 10-50 Times no of miles than them. There will be always exceptional cases, but I don't let my mom and my gf ride even a pep , and neither will let any female person in my family in future, except only if we Indians somehow gain traffic sense.you may Call me a patriarchal type person.

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U talking about ladies on scooters? Guess what? Today morning, as I was warming up outside my gate, I was rear ended by a lady. And guess what was her mahaan vahaan (great vehicle?)
Hold your breath - it was a vegetable cart, of all things on earth.

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Its no girl bro. Just append anything with a @ and you get a profile. Try out [MENTION=7278]moron[/MENTION].

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OT: Has anyone noticed that people are mentioning [MENTION=41586]Divya Sharan[/MENTION] as [MENTION=47074]Divya[/MENTION].. Apparently its some girl out there who is recieving all these mentions..just checked her profile..no posts nothing..but profile visitors are all of us

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Oh! sure will some day visit you, in fact last sunday had gone to Cuttack as my uncle resides there in sector -6 of CDA. That uncle has an rx100 made in japan model which is lying for 4 years. My uncle after meeting with an accident in auto rickshaw he couldn't ride that. I have expressed the desire to restore it to factory specs and my uncle and aunt(they love me a lot) are ready to give me the bike as they know the bike cannot be in better hands than me. The bike is a very good specimen as it is of my uncle and he has all the documents. Second thing is that the engine is unopened and still on original bore. Only work required is cosmetic, painting, rims and all that. And may be a new rings and bearings and oil seals. Will bug you a lot while restoring the RX100, more on that in 2 strokes section.

And those morons trying to race you are more in number than trees on highways. I have numerous such incidents:-

1. usually on saturdays while i return, i cruise at 85-90 kph on my extreme. A moron on a CD-DELUXE comes and tries to overtake me. He overtakes me and continues but since his engine is small he couldn't maintain that and again gets back as i am steady in my speed. He does that three to four times then was lost as i rarely deviate from my cruising speed.

2. Another moron near Khurda, college was getting over and as you know how those idiots coming out of college ride back. So i had decreased my speed to 65 kph on the highway, when an Activa comes with three guys loaded on it. Of course no helmets and all. They overtook me. Man i was really saddened by the sound of the engine of the activa as three people on a summer day that activa was groaning. They overtook me and looked back and smiled at me. I let them pass, and after the toll gate when roads clear i was back to my cruising speed and left them for worse.

3. This one i had told to [MENTION=47074]Divya[/MENTION]saran already.Last monday while i was going to my work place near balugaon the road is perfectly laid so most vehicles cruise and high speed. Their was this long haul truck carrying vehicles which was most probably doing 65-70 kph. I just looked at his mirror without honking or flashing and he gave me way for passing. I have to mention here that long haul truck driver are really disciplined on highways, as i have never honked and they have given me way.
So as soon as he gave way i climbed to 80 kph and started passing him, since it was a long truck was taking some time. Then an XUV 500 approached from back, i could see him from mirror and also could hear the turbocharger whistling. I signalled him to wait as i will let him pass after overtaking. he was quite impatient and again honked and flashed light. So i downshifted to fourth and twisted the throttle, bike immediately climbed to 100 kph, so that i could overtake the truck sooner. The idiot also downshifted to lower gear as i could hear the turbo whistling increasing suddenly. I was real pissed of and how i wished that had i been on Ninja 300 or 650, would have shown who was the baap- bike or car.



And regarding that small wheel i jokingly resort to it as " same size wheel as the roti we bake in home".



Ya! they ride as the roads are theres, and why will they not feel as our system is such that even they cause an accident they will not be easily framed. But all are not like that. My sister rides so beautifully that sometimes you think that she has learnt ridden from some other country.