Yesterday i had my very first experience at any Grand Prix and i must add, i was blown away by the experience. The Australian MotoGP is held every year at Phillip Island which is around 160 kms from Melbourne. As the name suggests, it is an island and one of the most beautiful places to have a race track. My first dream has already come true and now i dream the next dream of riding through the fast sweeping corners of this amazingly beautiful track. aaah, i dream and fall asleep...

The cold wind, powering you to fall tomother earth but then the sheer determination keeping you alive and inches above the tarmac, and suddenly you see the straights out of the corner and the adrenaline rushes through the blood and you are 200kph bound, whilst repeating the same procedure, like they say, "a good turn deserves another".

Coming back to normal awake mode, i'll try my best to take you through the emotions that i felt while at the grand Prix.

Here goes the GP experience...
The race was on sunday and i finished work around 5pm on saturday, filled with excitement about the next morning. The previous day i was in a dilemma whether to ride late in the morning with another rider friend who owns a Ducati 848 (envious of him!!!) or ride with Kiran (Team TEZ Rider) which would mean leaving early morning around 6am. After a lot of thought, i decided to leave early as being my first GP, i just wanted to be there as much time as possible. So, i decided then, morning it is. Luckily this came good for me as Wilson (848 rider) forgot about the daylight savings which means the clocks go an hour ahead the sunday morning at 2:00am. He was also getting grandstand tickets from ebay but due to the time issue, he couldn't get the tickets and didn't end up coming.
The night was a real killer as i could sleep, only dreaming about the GP... the ride there, the bikes, the adrenaline, the island...


Ducati 848 at SouthBank in Melbourne

Eventually, the next morning, i woke up and was ready in a flash. i was supposed to meet Kiran along the way but as usual, i missed him and went ahead but we finally caught up and rode to the island. A few riders going on their own also joined us and the feeling was getting stronger and stronger. The joy of seeing Vale, Stoner, hayden and the greats of racing in flesh was pegging me on to go faster and faster on road but we knew the cops would be around the corner watching our every move...
nevertheless the ride was uneventful apart from chilled hands and aching bum n back! The 2008 R6 is a great bike with a radical riding position but one needs to be really fit to be able to go for long rides on the screamer, which i am not... especially my tummy which provided a good cusion between me and the tank!

As soon as we reached the island, we could bikes everywhere. It was like bike land, as if the cars have been banned and the bikes have full freedom. every single house along the way had bikes parked in the front, probably of riders coming to the island for the three day event. All in all we reached the parking and that was bit was quite tricky with mud greting us at the parking spot. The parking area was mainly grass and we were given a small wooden plank to plant the stand on, something new for me.
We quickly then grabbed the only few remaining spots at the front row of the general admission area which was only less than 100m away from the track, the first corner where Rossi and co blast past at speeds more than 200kph. i was only waiting for the sonic boom to blow past me... not one but many to count...

here is a teaser pic....


Rossi at Turn One...

Keep watching this space for more pics and the rest of the write up...