The adventures of armstrong
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 ReadingThe 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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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A project that fell in place witin 100 days of having completed the previous ride` This time I was dressed for success with Ideal Jawa supporting me with everything, including a test bike, required amount for all incidentals and a Project prepped bike. With a clear sight on Khardung La, I felt it more prudent […]
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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 ReadingMy 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 ReadingI 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 […]
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Part 1 My first stop was back to Delhi to meet the Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi, met him on the 21st of August 1988. The last time I had met him was on the second of August 1988. I was trying to get hold of connect would take me to meet the Prime Minister for […]
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ALL INDIA CYCLING EXPEDITION India did not have the right kind of cycles in those days. The best probably was the BSA Mach5 which had five Shimano gears. This was a race bicycle which was not a comfortable bet for a long distance ride. We went to Tube Investments India that’s TI cycles in Chennai. […]
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