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Hi everyone, a small intro about myself. I have been crazy about bikes ever since I saw a blazing red superbike whizz past me. I was too small to note the model or the make, but damn, it was fast all right.
Ever since then I decided to ride a bike. However, my parents, however loving they may be, outrightly refused to buy me a bike. My teenage passed without a bike, just dreams and fantasies. Nevertheless I was gifted a car, an ALTO when I was in college, but even that did not go anywhere near extinguishing my desire of riding a bike.
I remember I had a chance to drive my cousin bro's bike. I had just finished my 12th. But I did not know the A-B-C of bike or its handling. The image is still very clear in my mind, like a film screen that keeps running, everytime you close your eyes. I pressed the clutch, put the bike in first gear. How did I know what throttle to give? I raised the accelerator to its fullest possible, left clutch in a second, and there I was doing a wheelie, not know how to stop. I did not intend to do a wheelie, it happened. The next two seconds went too fast for me to remember or notice. The bike slipped and fell to its side, still sliding on the leg guard. I somewhere down the line left the bike, but then I closed my eyes. Opened them, to see my brother coming to pick me up, people crowding around me and the bike. Everyone lifted me up. With GOD's grace, I only had a few minor bruises and a Armani jeans torn at the knee. I still carry that jeans as a reminder. My mobile was done for, completely eroded to road.
This incident, big or small taught me what a bike was. I respected it ever since. I left the bike riding urge then and there. Promised never to touch a bike again. Also my parents and my girlfriend, spell-bounded as they were, immediately shunned and snubbed my biking dreams.
Now I am 23. Never rode a bike after that incident. I have a job, am a software engineer. Saved enough money. So what do I do with the bucks?
Bought myself a Pulsar 150 DTSI 2007 model, a second hand one. Lovely bike. Started riding. But no racing, no stunts. Just decent cruising. And I checked out this forum. Amazing stuff here. Every info that you need is here. So eager to know one and all. I hope I am welcome into the family, though I entered late.
Some of my dreams now include:
1. Buy an R15 after I have ridden.
2. A road trip to Simla, Nanital, Leh, Ladakh, Goa.
I know these dreams seem too far stretched for me, but hey, I never gave up my dream of riding a bike. So I am sure I can achieve this goal too.
Just one query to all, my friends say that to become a good rider, you will have to encounter crashes. I am totally new to bike riding. Is it true, will you actually fall and injure and only then you learn? I do not ride above 70kmph even on flyover, I ride less than 50kmph in city limits. Please advice.
Also any pieces of advice that you can give for a amateur, please do post.
Hoping to be a rider for life,
Ajay Manohar
Presently at Bangalore
P.S: I have posted the pics of my ride on 2nd page... do have a look...
Ever since then I decided to ride a bike. However, my parents, however loving they may be, outrightly refused to buy me a bike. My teenage passed without a bike, just dreams and fantasies. Nevertheless I was gifted a car, an ALTO when I was in college, but even that did not go anywhere near extinguishing my desire of riding a bike.
I remember I had a chance to drive my cousin bro's bike. I had just finished my 12th. But I did not know the A-B-C of bike or its handling. The image is still very clear in my mind, like a film screen that keeps running, everytime you close your eyes. I pressed the clutch, put the bike in first gear. How did I know what throttle to give? I raised the accelerator to its fullest possible, left clutch in a second, and there I was doing a wheelie, not know how to stop. I did not intend to do a wheelie, it happened. The next two seconds went too fast for me to remember or notice. The bike slipped and fell to its side, still sliding on the leg guard. I somewhere down the line left the bike, but then I closed my eyes. Opened them, to see my brother coming to pick me up, people crowding around me and the bike. Everyone lifted me up. With GOD's grace, I only had a few minor bruises and a Armani jeans torn at the knee. I still carry that jeans as a reminder. My mobile was done for, completely eroded to road.
This incident, big or small taught me what a bike was. I respected it ever since. I left the bike riding urge then and there. Promised never to touch a bike again. Also my parents and my girlfriend, spell-bounded as they were, immediately shunned and snubbed my biking dreams.
Now I am 23. Never rode a bike after that incident. I have a job, am a software engineer. Saved enough money. So what do I do with the bucks?
Bought myself a Pulsar 150 DTSI 2007 model, a second hand one. Lovely bike. Started riding. But no racing, no stunts. Just decent cruising. And I checked out this forum. Amazing stuff here. Every info that you need is here. So eager to know one and all. I hope I am welcome into the family, though I entered late.
Some of my dreams now include:
1. Buy an R15 after I have ridden.
2. A road trip to Simla, Nanital, Leh, Ladakh, Goa.
I know these dreams seem too far stretched for me, but hey, I never gave up my dream of riding a bike. So I am sure I can achieve this goal too.
Just one query to all, my friends say that to become a good rider, you will have to encounter crashes. I am totally new to bike riding. Is it true, will you actually fall and injure and only then you learn? I do not ride above 70kmph even on flyover, I ride less than 50kmph in city limits. Please advice.
Also any pieces of advice that you can give for a amateur, please do post.
Hoping to be a rider for life,
Ajay Manohar
Presently at Bangalore
P.S: I have posted the pics of my ride on 2nd page... do have a look...
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