Modern History : My not so small introduction!!

Hi Folks,

This is my first post. 

I will be sharing my experience of riding and the joy that comes complementary with it while seeing the world or I should say particularly India on 2 wheels.

Just to give you a back drop my history with 2 wheeler vehicles till date.

Contrary to what everyone says about me that I am very quick at picking up new things, I was a very late learner when it comes to my familiarity with 2 wheels.

I started learning how to ride a bicycle from the age of 9 (class IV). And finally I learnt it when I was 14 (class IX), and that too with great deal of fear. 

When I rode it for the first time on road I immediately switched my way from main road to the service road behind the stalls of vegetable vendors and other small shops.

Thanks to the pressure from home that I was to join my coaching classes which were a bit far from my home. So the ultimate option was to ride from home to the coaching classes.

But then there was no stopping. Soon the fear was gone the fun begin.

I loved the feeling when the fresh air hits me in the face.

I believe it pressed me too enjoy riding a lot more.

By the time I was 16, I was handed over a TVS scooty for commuting to competitive coaching classes. Me and my 6 months elder cousin sister were preparing for the ultimate goal of all the Mathematics student across the country, JEE.

But since I have never put my hands on to a motor vehicle earlier before. And it was only bicycle which I was familiar with.

All out parents were a bit scared that I may screw up as the bicycles were ridden at a much slower speed than the pace a scooty can go at. But they were not aware that I was already almost every time racing with my friends on my way to the coaching classes. So I was just too hungry for more speed.

And when I was first time handed over the scooty and instructed by my sister to not panic and just rev it lightly to drive it.

I just vroomed it on my very first time that too with utmost ease.

Well that was the reason we were accompanied with one of our relatives to see we don't go too fast and for help if something happens. But that was of no help as we reach home 10 minutes before him in a 30-minute drive.

We use to cruise at 50-60 and at times 75 which was the top speed. Whereas we were instructed to drive at 30-40. But riding at 30-40 makes me feel like I was back on my bicycle but just with no pedaling.

And those were the times when I rode 2 wheeler for 2 continuous years. In summers, in winters and in rains. In day time, evening and in nights. On smooth roads, broken roads, footpaths and even no roads.

I was enjoying it.

Soon after completing my XII. I moved to my college in Mathura.

Well just to give you a feel of how good or bad we did in our competitive exams. I never screwed up riding but I screwed my competitive exams. LOL!!

That was some not so good time.... K

Then I moved to college for 4 years and nothing worth mentioning happened during the college (I don't intend to share all my stories in just one topic. LOL!).

As soon as I completed my college in 2012, I moved to Delhi waiting for the joining call for my college placement offer.

It was supposed to be after a couple of months.

But after a couple of months later I was informed that it was going to happen in late 2013, I started looking for some job and then I joined an organization in late 2012.

My office was in Noida and I was staying in Delhi with my brother.

So my brother handed over his Yamaha SS125 to commute to office. And the music begins playing soon after.

It was a 25KM ride from home to office. And the ride super smooth.

So in around 15 months of travelling from home to office I clocked around 25,000KM and counting.

But then I was sent to Onshore from my office for 6 months.

And on my return from Onshore, I decided to stay near office.

So I shifted to a flat near office with an old Bajaj XCD135 at my disposal for daily commute.

Soon a couple of friends shifted with me to my flat. One of them was having a Hero Glamour 125. Since my friend works in shifts so he was availing cab service provided by the company and I got a new bike to ride on to.

So I returned back the XCD to its rightful owner. And my ride changed from that dying XCD to young Glamour. 

In a course of 8 months my friends shifted to other locations and I was living alone again.

So I decided to bring to the town my father's Honda Eterno which was kept at my home town with no one to look at it. And hence I have a new ride.

Then soon, one of my office colleague joined me with his TVS APACHE 160. And I got another ride to try my hands on.

It was a ride filled with UPs and DOWNs.

And in last February, I got married to the love of my life (this time literally).

As people say, a lot changes after marriage. So does my life. It became more pattern based and monotonous.

So, to kill this monotony I decided to get a new ride.

I zeroed to Suzuki Gixxer SF. And booked a date for test drive and then buying it if everything goes well. As I was planning to buy a sports tourer bike. So was randomly going through a lot of bike reviews from old to new, from 150CC to 1000CC.

I was reading and reading like I was to get a PHD on bikes their specs and reviews. And then something unexpected happened. 

 I came across Honda CBR250R. 

I read a lot about it and the more I read the more it attracted me towards itself.

The attraction was so strong that I booked a test ride for Saturday on Thursday and then I started reading. And on Friday evening I was trying to convince my brother that it would be a nice idea to get a CBR250R instead of Gixxer SF. Soon everything was settled and everyone was on my side.

Then it hit me that it would cost me around 2 Gixxers. And the budget was always a constraint. But nevertheless, I stared looking for used bikes. Because I know a 2-3-year-old bike will surely get into my budget. And yes, it did. Finally, after seeing a couple of CBRs, I finalized one.

Finally I brought it home. I was loving it so much that it was hard to believe that I am owning one.

My own Honda CBR-250R.

Every time I ride it I start loving it a lot more.

I have taken many rides and travelled to a lot of places. And I am planning to travel a lot more in near future.
So in the course of this blog I will be sharing my rides done in past and will be doing in future.

I will create a time line for you to easily understand the timing of the ride.

I will be sharing the details of preparation done before the ride, the ride experience, the challenges, the expenses, the places, the photos and other minor details with you in coming blogs.

I hope I can motivate you to take your bike out and enjoy the ride.