Thursday, July 8, 2010

The enthusiasm

We meet very few people who are like us in our entire life span. I had always been a solo rider myself. I was never able to find another fellow rider in my circle who was passionate towards biking. I often come across people who call themselves bikers. But the minute you ask them to join in for a ride, the first thing they'll say is that have you gone crazy!!! We are not going to ride so far, that to on a bike & at that very moment a hot chick happens to pass by they will start doing circus with their bikes.
So this is how it all started. I was always a solo rider & whenever felt like riding I used to arrange some cash for fuel & for food & ask a friend to join me as a pillion for the ride. As a beginner I was & I bet infact everyone must have been a concious biker when you were to ride solo.
I often use to ride on the outskirts of Mumbai & I always had influence of moto gp on me. I'm not a die hard moto gp fan but like to watch it & also get to learn a lot from the riders. Watching them ride developed interest in me for banking on corners. In a way I was gifted being born in Mumbai. There are some really crazy turns outside Mumbai where you can lean & lean & more lean. Like my rider friend always says "take it to the next level" & hopefully the higway had to offer a lot of space and freedom to ride. Though been through worse accidents in life. But like they say "the spirit never dies, its just the memory that fades."
Then I set off for the rides. In the beginning it was not that much fun though riding solo & top of it to carry a pillion behind increases your responsibility as a rider. Here was the time when i got to learn how to work with patience & the true meaning of teamwork. But now after few rides I started getting use to solo rides & it was also not much painful as before. I had many friends in my college who had come from distant palces of India to get good education. Many of them were my classmate. We were good friends on weekends or holidays I used to ride them home & spend weekends with them at their native place. It had become a joyfull activity for me now & riding had become much more fun.
My ass doesn't ache now.

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