+1 bro. Knowledge 1% & comments 100%, is not the way to go.

So, who's planning to visit their metro city's motorcycle showrooms and talk to dealers regarding educating Sbk's new owners? You guys could have a session each Sunday with the new owners, educate them with your experience, and even give them printouts of the info you give. Like: don't use rear brakes too hard, beware of cemented roads, speed according to the roads, avoid mud, replace tyres on time, etc. etc.

Suddenly, when it comes to doing something about the situation, all silent... How I wish I was in some Metro City to do something about it...

iam sick of these media guys' and other peoples' attitude. Whenever a superbike or a supercar is involved in an accident, they assume it is because of high speeds and keep spreading rumours without any details of the incident... Lets all pray for the recovery of the kid

Actually, Samarth, I like the way you think. But SBKs are not the only one thing which are fatal. A CT100 can also touch nearly 100kph and end anyone's life up. Remember, a SBK feels stable at 100kph but a CT100 at 100 is at the very limt. So, if we want to give lessons, it should not only be confined to the riches and sbk owners. It should be given to one and all. Every life is valuable.

Other thing is, I go about educating each and everyone in my batch about the importance of a good ISI approved helmet, forget high-speeds or riding gears; only the basic riding gear i.e a helmet. But, do they listen?

You can go anywhere, people suffer from ego-problems or their nonsensical beliefs on fortune/destiny. They just won't listen. Some might but most of them won't. Give as many lectures on safe riding to anyone, but once he/she hits the redline; when the adrenaline rush takes over the fear of death, do you think them to recall y-/ours lectures? I read every single piece on safety riding that's been discussed here. But then, I know what speeds I do during my college commutes. I know everything about safety but I implement very little of it. That's just me, can't help.

My single point is, unless and until I know the value of my own head/life or that of my organs, do whatever you do, it'd be hard for me to understand to your lectures. Shouldn't this thing come from within? Your lessons do no good if I am not interested in them. Also,nobody is that fool to to not to know the value of his/her life. You don't have to say it everytime 'Wear Helmet,pleaseeeeeeeee' or 'Ride safe'! to your friends. They know Helmet is important but they haven't tasted the tarmac yet and that's the problem.

So, if you want every SBK owner to behave properly on public roads and minimize the chances of road-accidents, you would have to run behind each of them daily like a sales person, preaching them about the values of their and others lives. That's too much of an ask, don't you think?

In simple words: Feel bad for the bike,for the rider,may he recover and ride again and play good cricket!

Get Well Soon...

Today's population and increasing amount of automobiles and battered conditions of road also jay walking idiots with all of them, you could die in luna also as I have seen by myself a guy falling down in luna and seriously injured in SH7 and the reason is: a auto wala took 'U' turn suddenly with out looking and this guy broke his head and most of his bones. So it not only depends on how you ride and what you are riding but the environment around you also depends significantly. but never the less i wish him a speeedy recovery and get back to his cricketing career which he is really good at.

guys recently we also had few major bike accidents in kolkata.
maximum of the guys riding the bikes were in schools or coleges
i posted sometime back in kolkata offline thread about visiting few schools and colege campuses and giving a training on safe biking habits we can also take print outs of the safe riding threads on xbhp make them into a booklet and distribute it to schools and coleges.

i planned a lot of things but i was not able to accomplish it as everyone told a lot of things but no one actually came for the help and the execution of the plan

i will highly appreciate if kolkata members can pm me if they are interested in the campaign and also other cities can carry this too.

its highly important guys

Azhar's son is still in critical situation - on vital supports. Doctors removed his left kidney which was the source of bleeding. Earlier, internal bleeding was 1 liter per hour, but has dropped to 250 ml till nephrectomy yesterday. He is still unconscious and doctors have doubts on his neurological functions.

Gist of all is riding without wearing required gears can lead to serious trauma. One mistake and these monsters (Superbikes) can kill you within seconds. A serious kind of riding awareness is quite necessary for our younger rider filled with high level of adrenaline.

I agree with most of your comments but I don't agree that parents can't understand the potential dangers of handing an SBK to a young kid who doesn't have enough knowledge about the bike either.

I have seen many parents who would not allow their kids to ride bikes above 100-125cc category and in some cases, parents don't allow their kids to ride the bikes at all. This is not because they don't have the "dough" to buy one for their kids but because they know their kids well. They know that their kids are not mature enough to handle a powerful bike. I know that this is not the right thing to do but can you say that the parents have complete knowledge about the bike and hence they do not allow their kids to ride them? I would say NO.

Haven't any of you heard "150cc se jyada ki bike mere Dad lene nahi denge" ??

very well said....even i will not allow my son to go for anything more then 150cc in the Future

If the R15 v6.0 comes with the same 150cc engine as today, it will still produce 17bhp and will have better handling, better aerodynamics, better brakes, better looks and what not...

So it's okay to gift your son the R15 v6.0 !!

Exactly my point. There is no harm in handing an AK47 to a person 'trained' 19 year old Jawaan of the Indian Army. But, not to the untrained 23/30/40/50 year old grocery shop owner next to your colony.

@Samarth619 I can teach only if I know about it. What we need is professional help. Alongwith a basic infrastructure which ensures basic training to all.

Why Honda is the only manufacturer concerned about people's safety? Why should Honda be the only manufacturer who includes the compulsary training program before sale of all new bikes?

O.T.: I am all respect for Honda as a manufacturer since the day I realized that 'ALL' cars Honda sells come with standard ABS, Dual Airbags, AND seatbelt per-tensioners STANDARD(not optional) even on BASE MODELS of their cars. No other mass market Indian auto manufacturer is as serious about passenger safety as Honda. This is besides the fact that they were the first to pioneer ABS on bikes in India ('Blade and Baby CBR) AND they do not sell superbikes without proper compulsary safety training at 'their' training facility.

That's really sad for a 19yr and 16yr old.
They have not even started a life.
Pitty they have irresponsible parents. that's all I can say.
Or could be they were unaware of what a 1000cc on 2 wheels can do.
How much will a 19yr old be trained to take on a super bike that too on Indian roads.
Complete slack of attitude towards these machines is all I have to say.

Stricter DL rules are needed

I agree with Tibby,


We need stricter rules as far as issuing Driving Licenses is concerned, as for the displacement, I think anything over 250 CC should have different License norms and anything over 1000 Should have special licenses.

Training and test should be accordingly setup.

I hope members are aware that in many European and American states you need to have a 250 CC driving licens for atleast 2 years before you can apply for a higher displacement License, similar thing is needed in India

Firstly life starts when you are born where this kid was 19 year old. Not only in India but all over world its not a new thing that young people fool their parents, before they have legal licenses and go for useless stuff without the parents knowledge and it was same when i was 18 same applies with you also and all xbhpian here, and will be there after my and your kids reaches 18, which we cant stop but we can keep an eye or train them. And again before training the kid on super bike first train the kid to wear safety gears and how to use them as that's what saves them in crash. In case of this kid if the parents would have taught him how to use safety gears and he could have wore protectors he would be safe. Blaming him a slack of attitude applies for all the people here who have never rode a SBK or a 1000cc machine.