Life as i know it...

  Most of us dream of riding across the country and exploring a new place. Many go back to the same location to relive their previous experience and maybe better their riding skills. Many break downs and bad calls later I am finally living out of a motorcycle. I started small and after many short distance or weekend rides, I gained confidence. Understanding of motorcycles, the route and a bit of people skills have come a long way. It’s been 10 plus years and every road trip is as exciting as the very first one It exciting to see someone just load up the bike and ride out into sunrise, but if he isn’t prepared well, the ride will turn into agony in no time. Thankfully the new age motorcycles have ensured lesser breakdowns and eliminated that bulk of spares we had to carry earlier. I am breaking down the preparation into five major parts,   Comfort zone -     Before you go exploring the lesser-known roads, stat with smaller trips. A day or a weekend trip will g...

                  I have this habit of running away from civilization and do what I like, Not sure if I am scared of being let down or if its coz I love to ride, Whatever it may be, I have managed to ride out on every single birthday of mine. let it be the initial days where in Nandi, kolar and Kerala, or the mighty "Wetness ride" that took me from Bangalore to Malpe to Kanyakumari and then to the beautiful Danushkodi and back home. All in heavy crazy rain. and while at that, I grew homesick towards end of wetness ride and took a detour back home via Ooty (Just another reason to kill those curves. tcchh tcchh) I knew I was late and the gate would be closed t masinagudi, I paid some 50 Rs to the guards from Tamilnadu side and knocked doors of the boys from the Karnataka side. And the fun begin there. They shooed me away and said nalle banni, literally they did. I was accompanied with a bunch of drunk mallu boys who couldn’t talk kan...