The Victory Leg
Brisbane to Sydney, Adelaide and Perth was a route that would give us about 5000 kilometers. Just after Adelaide, as we head towards Perth is a highway, the Nullabor, where there is one road which stretches about 140 Kms. Imagine a foot ruler and put it down on the ground. It’s absolutely straight. No downs, Continue Reading
London to USA and Argentina
I could see the commander and his crew walking by, and for some reason, the commander was just not able to take his eyes off the motorcycle. And as he passed me he asked me is that a Jawa? I said, it is a Yezdi but it’s made by ideal Jawa. And he said, Oh, Continue Reading
Yezdi in an airline check – in Counter
We reached Rome pretty late in the evening, got the bike cleared out of customs, started riding out on the third of November. We passed Coliseum that night. I was sure that we would not have time to come back to this place, took some pictures documented our entry into Italy, went by the Vatican Continue Reading
India to Egypt
The US visa came through and on the eighth of October, we were flagged off from Bangalore. And all the sponsors had their representatives. We had Dilip Chandak, who is now the Managing Director of Vega Helmets, Boman Irani who was the director of Ideal Jawa India Limited and Mr.Siva Subramanyam from Timex and some Continue Reading
Sponsors and Visa
I managed to get Castrol to come on board, and still the logistics were yet to fall in place. Sponsorships were a long drawn process. Moreover we were not so market savvy. The biggest question those days from sponsors was “Will you disappear with our money?”. There were many people who had taken sponsorships and Continue Reading
Yezdi Castrol Continental Raid.
This is a multi part series of my first ride on a two stroke 250cc single cylinder, air cooled Yezdi RoadKing motorcycle around the world. The Yezdi Castrol Continental Raid in 1994 Start Off This undoubtedly has redefined an adventure outlook for Indians. Having done something unthinkable on a two wheeler, two stroke, to go Continue Reading
India, Nepal fastest Cross Country Ride. Part Deux
We started the trip on 22-05-1991 at 1330 hrs and finished on 07-06-1991 at 1155 hrs. The last lap was a non stop 23 hours at speeds of 60kph-100kph. The average we rode was 19.2 hours per day. The route was along Bombay Nasik Jodhpur JaisalmerJaipur Delhi, Pathankot, Srinagar, Sonmarg, Mandi, Mirzapur, Lucknow, Gorakhpur Katmandu, Continue Reading
India, Nepal fastest Cross Country Ride.
My mother bought me a second hand B model Yezdi for about Rs.8000 and said this is the best that she could do. Absolutely no regrets at all because it was a motorcycle end of the day. I mean it may be old, it may be dated, but then it was still a motorcycle. And Continue Reading
Cycling around the world – Part Deux
I then met Mr. Shiva Shankar who was working with HMT, Nairobi who was from Karnataka. He helped buy me a ticket from Kenya and I alone flew into Cairo,Egypt. I cycled around Cairo, went to the Giza, saw the pyramids about which I had only studied in school. I was surprised to see an Continue Reading