Finally it is all over, almost. Yesterday the whole excitement almost faded for me when I heard about the mishap involving Hitesh and a very precious life. We are again reminded of wearing a helmet always. We met Hitesh in Agra and his enthusiasm was something to be witnessed. It is good to know that he is out of danger now.

Cutting things short for the moment it was great having some of the xBhp Delhi members, specially cheering for Chintoo, AnuragAshok with his wife, FreeRiders and GODS.

I also once again congratulate each and every xBhpian around the country for a job well done with us. Hopefully we will scale more heights and do things which matter rather than just being an online community. It is good to feel that we are one of the key instruments that are shaping how motorcycling will be in this country of a billion plus people.

So the trip and Passion hunt ends with the following facts:

Idea proposed: June 2008

First preparations start: September 2008

Recession hits everything goes in a tizzy, idea almost shelved but we dont give up

Preparations resume December 2008

Roadtrip flags off 1st Feb 2009 from Delhi with xBhp, FreeRiders and GODS

Event flags off on 6th feb 2009 from Mumbai with John A

First was Mumbai event

Then we covered Pune, Ahmedabad, Delhi, Lucknow, Kolkatta, Hyderabad, Chennai, Bangalore.

Roadtrip ends in Pune after a full circle. Kms done : 12,950 kms with No accidents

Online Winner chosen.

Finals held on 22nd April 2009 - Winner Decalred: Malcolm from Mumbai.Runenr up c_sbk from xBhp a very close second.

I also sincerely congratulate the core rider team comprising of one and only Old Fox (who was the youngest of us all even at 41 and counting ), Sunil G (the chocolate boy) and Shailay. It would have simply been not possible without any one of them no being a part of this.


What Next?--> Wait and See

Wow.. What an end for the Write up
Eagerly waiting

Congratulations to Malcolm Ilavia. I saw your photo at the website, and the thought which came instantly was "What a nice guy he seems..."

and who was that online winner? with 56,000 votes??

at the rate of 8000 votes/ day, 500 votes per hour (that is assuming that Delhi votes for 16 hours/ day)

Very Fair! I am still wondering was it a flaw in the website construction, that may have made possible to hack it?

.......and Sunny himself without whose initiative and management the project would'nt have been such a grand success....!!!
Thank you SunilG for your 'energetic-as-ever' support .... and thank you Sandeep Sir for your informative guidance and motivation....(though we needed the pocket dictionary at times to catch those super-technical phrases from him)

Thank you everyone....

Congrats Malcom for winning the hard fought battle.....and congratulations to Ashish for making it "the hard fought battle"...

Long live such passion for riding..

Congrats Malcom for winning the title !

Congratulations to the PH team !!
Poster that I designed to congrats the team !!! hats off to you guys !!!!


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disappointment that the passion hunt never came to chandigarh

Shailay.. it would be gr8 if any one of u could post a detailed write up on the final event...

Some initial releases:

Malcolm Ilavia is Castrol Power1 India?s Most Passionate Biker | Sindh Today
Malcolm Ilavia is Castrol Power1 India’s Most Passionate Biker
Castrol India - Malcolm Ilavia is Castrol Power1 India?s Most Passionate Biker!
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@thy: Thank you so much for the wonderful gesture.

The Passion Hunt India Roadtrip Day 71&72: Ride to nandi hills - bangalore mega event

Ride to Nandi Hills And the Bangalore Mega Event

The Passion Hunt India Roadtrip : Day 70: Apr 10: From ooty to bangalore

From Ooty to Bangalore

The Passion Hunt All India Roadtrip Day 70 Triplog Approved.

The Passion Hunt All India Roadtrip Day 71 and 72 triplog Approved.

How did Prakrit Thakkar make it? His profile has only 1278 views, as opposed to 58000 votes??

How can votes be more than page views??



I'm sure something is strange. Maybe the site was hacked??

But, anyways the event is over and there's nothing we can do now ...

sometimes botnets really work!

Yeah, it does seem like something fishy is used.

I felt bad because I woke up every friend in my city to vote for me, and this is what I get?

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@ Sunny: Any comments on this "difference" of 58,000 vs 1278? And my request is that in any such future events, The Moderators and admins should Rate Our Profiles yourself. That's it!

Don't leave any scope for such cheating... Do reply back. Thanks.