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Hello from NJ
Hi All,
I am a newbie with the XBHP forum. I live in New Jersey now. I started riding a Royal Enfield when I was 11 (well, I can't honestly say if it qualifies for "RIDING") With my Uncle taking care of the "balancing with the feet" part and me controlling the throttle, clutching and the occasional gear shifting...
What Can I say? I fell in love early and had 14 glorious years in India with motorcycles.
After the family Enfield, I moved on to my first "my own" bike, a rather dated YEZDI 250 that I bought from a friend when his wife was having their first baby and he was looking to buy a Chetak, the quintessential minivan on two wheels! As much as I enjoyed the torque, I couldn't afford to keep up with the routine repairs so, enter the Kawasaki Bajaj 4 Stroke KB-100 in black and streaks of Ninja Green!!
After one year and two disdainful times when the engine had to be worked on under warranty, I off loaded it and got a pre owned Bullet just so I could hear the 'thumpa - thumpa - thumpa" note again any time I wanted; It was a wonderful six month stop gap solution until I got to the US.
Eleven years and 3 sports cars (Honda S2000, Lotus Elise and now the Solara Convertible so I can ride top down with my child without getting arrested) later, I couldn't hold off any longer - It just was not the same without a Motorcycle and I ended up getting a 2008 CBR 600 RR in Pearl Orange 10 months ago...
Life has not been the same since - I look forward to going to work just so I could fire him up and hear him growl!! The last 7 weeks have been nasty with the brutal jersey winter and 20 inch snow days but I cant wait for summer!!!!
I am seriously contemplating my return to Mera Bharat on TR a couple years down the line and it is noice to know thta motorcycles have comem a long way (not long enough thou) in the lat 25 years where the only bikes used to be, Bullet, Yezdi, Mini Bullet and Rajdoot...
Cheers!!
--njexpress
I am a newbie with the XBHP forum. I live in New Jersey now. I started riding a Royal Enfield when I was 11 (well, I can't honestly say if it qualifies for "RIDING") With my Uncle taking care of the "balancing with the feet" part and me controlling the throttle, clutching and the occasional gear shifting...
What Can I say? I fell in love early and had 14 glorious years in India with motorcycles.
After the family Enfield, I moved on to my first "my own" bike, a rather dated YEZDI 250 that I bought from a friend when his wife was having their first baby and he was looking to buy a Chetak, the quintessential minivan on two wheels! As much as I enjoyed the torque, I couldn't afford to keep up with the routine repairs so, enter the Kawasaki Bajaj 4 Stroke KB-100 in black and streaks of Ninja Green!!
After one year and two disdainful times when the engine had to be worked on under warranty, I off loaded it and got a pre owned Bullet just so I could hear the 'thumpa - thumpa - thumpa" note again any time I wanted; It was a wonderful six month stop gap solution until I got to the US.
Eleven years and 3 sports cars (Honda S2000, Lotus Elise and now the Solara Convertible so I can ride top down with my child without getting arrested) later, I couldn't hold off any longer - It just was not the same without a Motorcycle and I ended up getting a 2008 CBR 600 RR in Pearl Orange 10 months ago...
Life has not been the same since - I look forward to going to work just so I could fire him up and hear him growl!! The last 7 weeks have been nasty with the brutal jersey winter and 20 inch snow days but I cant wait for summer!!!!
I am seriously contemplating my return to Mera Bharat on TR a couple years down the line and it is noice to know thta motorcycles have comem a long way (not long enough thou) in the lat 25 years where the only bikes used to be, Bullet, Yezdi, Mini Bullet and Rajdoot...
Cheers!!
--njexpress
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