Event date : 2005, September 10 and 11
Venue: Kari Motor Speedway, Coimbatore
Write up coming soon!
Thanks to Poncho and Sundar for making the weekend possible and Killa dude for some good entertainment!
Click on the image below to get to the album from the weekend at the national road racing championships.
Track day weekend was fast approaching. Just one day more to start our journey to the Kari Motor Speedway Track at Coimbatore, a good 350kms from Bangalore. So, the bike was finally built , to a certain level, which if a dear old man I know were to describe would call it “good to go, some things are never satisfactorily perfect!” Next the bikes had to reach Anand’s house at daybreak or earlier to get onto the transporters that were to transport the 8-9 bikes. So, in the morning I took to the outer ring road for what would be a test of the bike at high speed. Continue reading India’s first track days.
Destination: Horsely Hills, ~ 300kms
On a Jawa 350 (Twin cylinder 2 Stroke)
Rider Mania (RM) has always been an event that has held a kind of weird fascination for me. This is because I had, a couple of years ago, gone to send off a few friends when they were on their way to the first RM. Whether I would be able to attend RM 05 at all was in limbo till the last minute due to issues at the office. Another factor that didn’t make me all that enthusiastic was the fact that RM would be held this year at a place called Panvel about 60kms from Mumbai. Argh! Why not Goa! Continue reading Rider Mania 2005
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