We got up quite early and geared up since we couldn’t sleep much anyway. Even at 5 AM, it was pretty warm. We woke Sachi Uncle, who came down to the parking with us to bid us goodbye. We loaded the bike, confirmed with our uncle about the directions we had to take to get onto the Jaipur road, and headed out from Delhi to Bikaner.
And, the ride had begun!
Tickets – Check; Identity – Check; Gear – Check; Clothes – Check; Camera – Check; oh and, Abhi – Check đ
We are getting started on the first day of our motorcycle ride this year.
Continue reading The Big 2009 Ride – Day 0: Bangalore – DelhiRiding solo at midnight, with only the moon for company. Tonight, I have nothing more to say. Fantastic.
We had planned to ride during the long Ugaadi weekend, from 5th to 7th April, a month earlier. Abhi and I took a day off from office, on the 4th of April hoping for a peaceful ride out of the city before the holiday and weekend crowd started to choke the highway. A cousinâs wedding reception that ended late and the last minute packing left us only with three hours of sleep. Managed to drag ourselves out of the bed, and within a hour we hit the road. Continue reading Ushering in the Kannada New Year
Started quite late in the morning because of last-minute packing for the Christmas weekend. This time, the bike was more considerate and broke down just as we got to Banashankari on the ring road! đ Abhi checked the clutch cable and found that to be working fine. The problem seemed to be a broken clutch cam that had to be purchased to replace.
Continue reading 2007 Christmas weekend – Ride out