Topic approved and moved to General Biking Discussion.

Sachin: Nicely written Sachin. While reading it, i almost felt like sitting in front of you and talking to you.

Like you already said, its not about being a commuter or a tourer or a stunter,its about being a motorcyclist. If you so badly want it, it will come sooner or later.

To boost your confidence in your own abilities and your machine, just start taking the shorter trips (1-2 days long) and then you can move on to bigger targets as things progress and you start feeling good about it.

And forget about friends, they'll follow you and be jealous of you once you are back from your trips and show them the pictures. its just the matter of time.

Well said bro. But repeatedly you called yourself a commuter. IMO there is one difference between a commuter and a biker. A commuter goes from A to B using his bike. According to him its just a machine. A biker too goes from A to B. But according to him its not just a machine. Its more than that. I can clearly see that you are a biker my friend not a commuter. Like everybody else here. We are the biker creed. Like Sunil G said start your trips with a single day. No offence to you but i'm 20 and i've already done three long rides. All of them were 1 day trips. Just 250kms up and down. You too can do it. You can start a fine sunday morning and come back the same night. A silent countryside would be a great start. It'll help you relax. And its normal for people in a country like India(no offence to India) to stare at bikers who wear protective gear. They may think that you would race in cities, breaking laws etc. WTH, you are not gonna meet them anyway. So just ignore them. Wearing protective gear is a necessity and doing it just makes you a person who is aware of the dangers. All of us have to kiss the tarmac one day or the other. Even i did it two days back though i escaped with a few scratches in my hand. But that didn't stop me from biking(i'm already planning for the next trip). It made me more aware and its one another experience from which i learnt. So take a day for a long trip and enjoy riding. We all do and we wanna share that experience, make other experience our experience. Hoping to see your album and an article soon on xBhp with you and your bike on a highway. Happy riding my friend. Take care.

Thanks Sunil for approving

Well I did not write this with the thought "what/who is a commuter?". I just wrote it with the feeling that even though I am a biker, a long biking trip hasn't happened yet! Just thought of sharing my feelings

And yeah Sunil, I do trust my abilities as a biker but you know, bullets are quite unpredictable...yeah yeah I know they have gone to Khardungla haha