This blog is an online expression of my thoughts, about my country and how my life revolves around her. The dream to live here forever and involve myself to make a change about things which matter to me. My love for motorcycles and touring my country on them. My passion for being in the midst of people who make up our country.

Friday, December 15, 2006

New Year Resolution - I

”On Sundays, Catholics go to the Church, motorcyclists go to the track, and thats why all motorcycle shops are closed on Sunday.” Well this is my brain’s feeble memory department delivering a popular motorcycle quote.
I have owned motorcycles for years…ok, not even two years if you insist, but since the time I have owned them, I have used them for only one specific purpose, that is touring. Now thats a nice way of using a motorcycle if you ask me. While Ivy got to roam J&K, HP, Uttaranchal and Rajasthan, Emily have had her share of homebound TLC as she was restored. As I look back and look ahead, could I have used my bikes in any other way ? Or could there be any other purpose of me riding a motorcycle other than touring on her ? The answer is a resounding YES !
India, our great country boasts of having two race tracks, Kari Memorial Speedway, Coimbatore and MMST, Chennai, which is sad ’cause the population of the seventh largest nation in the world is above one billion. But still auto-enthusiasts for far flung areas pay a visit to these tracks to test their riding and driving skills. There are boy racers, grownup-but-still-idiot street racers and there are the “real racers”. You can find the later breed on the tracks. All over the world, its a known fact that if you want to prove that you can ride fast, you got to prove it on the tracks and India just cannot be any exception to this rule. Now being a motorcycle lover and a guy who loves riding them fast, its a shame that I have still not attended any track days so far. Do I have the oppurtunity, do I want to ? Hell yes..when ? In 2007, before March, period.
Online automotive forums like RDDreams have made it a part of their yearly schedule, magazines like Business Standard Motoring are publishing track events like never before. I have had my part cribbing that there aint any powerful motorcycles in the market, but what the heck, I think I will first ride the wheels off my Unicorn on a track first, before I upgrade my four-stroke harem. So time to pull in the clutch, sneak into first and wait for the lights to go red ..and guess what ?
”Why are motorcycle dealers closed on Sundays? Because Sunday is for worship… Catholics go to church, Motorcyclists go to the track.” I got the quotation right, even the brains back to business with the right ideas emerging strongly.
See ya soon at the chicanes .

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