A quick phone call from a friend to eat yummy masala dosas at a town called Kanakapura about 60kms from Bangalore was the reason for the first highway ride on the Thunderbird. It was a great ride early in the morning and was completed without any hitches. Just a bit of sound from the front end on the way back which was rectified the next day when the bike went in for its first service.
Looking around for those missing pictures!
Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Club (RTMC), celebrated their 3rd anniversary on 21st September this year. Though predominantly a Royal Enfield club, the RDs have ridden more than once with them. Continue reading Rolling Thunder MC’s 3rd Anniversary
The RD owners Club, Bangalore has organised a ride this weekend to Penaconda in Andhra Pradesh. 16 entries have already been confirmed and the ride promises to be a blast. More details about this ride, after the jump. Continue reading Ride to Penaconda in Andhra Pradesh with The RD Owners Club, Bangalore
This story is especially for those of you who had written in after reading the Himalayan Ride story of the RD boys from Bangalore and loved it. Some of you had expressed the desire to read more such stories direct from the riders mout..I mean pen… I mean keyboard. Go on and read about the ride in the Himalayas by a few of the Bangalore riders. They all are a part of the Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Club (RTMC) and the write up is by Prashanth, a prolific tourer on his 1969 Royal Enfield Bullet 350. (Aarrgh! Where is that bullet I’ve been promising myself for so long!! Sigh!) Continue reading In the mountains
The Himalayas are undoubtedly one of the most spectacular and impressive ranges in the world and home to the highest motor-able road. Period.
Our boys from Bangalore, Adrian, Dinesh, Madhu and Santosh, went riding up in what is obviously our favorite bike now, the Yamaha RD350. All are based in Bangalore and took a month long break from all their other commitments and went off on a very important chore, i.e. spreading some good blue smoke to keep the blue waters of the Pangong lake company. And did they do an excellent job of that or what!! They went up all the way to the Nubra Valley, Khardungla, Pangong Tso and many more such place.
Going a little back, the brat pack was to have at least two more bikes with Sanju and myself joining the above four guys. But due to reasons unmentionable we decided not to go and opted out. The most amazing thing about the whole thing was the fact that they did the whole journey with out a single mechanical failure. The only impediment to the whole tour was a single puncture. That’s amazing and hats off to the guys for preparing the bikes so neatly and nurturing the bikes through the journey whilst having their fun. Just one more thing, dont miss the snaps, there’re about 300 of the best in it.
Ok! I’ll shut up now and let Adrian take over from here. First hand news is always more reliable. 😉 Continue reading 2-stroking in the Himalayas