My world is a bullet
Not those dime-sized metal things that you shoot from a gun. My bullet is an awe-inspiring lion-hearted road-eating work of art. A full blooded 500 cc motorbike from the stables of Royal Enfield, the only bike in production today in India that can take you as close to Nirvana than any other contrived contraption on wheels. I have fallen in love, yet again! And every chance I get to unleash the beast within, i shall grab.
My first bike was a Yamaha RXZ, bought it in the second semester of my undergrad. And that was a ripper if i ever knew one. Thats as much as i am going to say about my first bike cos there is a whole lot more about that bike and what i did to it and what it did to me in return that someday i shall blog about. Right now, my past flames are a distant memory and my heart throbs for my 178kg sweetheart.
The Enfield bullet is in a true league of its own. Most bikers are daunted by its sheer size and weight but those who cross over to the other side have always been on a one way road. There is no turning back again ever. When i was working in Trichy, my boss lent me his 1972 model 350 cc bullet, which i fondly nicknamed black beauty for it was all black - even the mudguards and the tail-lamps panel. And man was i able to show the latest kids on the block a thing or two. You should know one thing here, that i am not much of a speed freak now. In my heydays on Yam, I dabbled in rips and wheelies but those seem to me now as just adolescent desires that i was fulfilling. Now i have a Zen approach to biking, at peace with the knowledge that my baby can unleash 22 bhp at my command, and eat the road for breakfast should i choose to do so. Never will you come across a more stable Indian bike that at 100kph, just purrs like a contended kitty with no sign of any stress whatsoever.
My love story will continue ... and you will read more about it here. Fellow bullet owners / lovers, i really look forward to hearing from you - need to plan a decent road trip sometime soon.
1 Comments:
Hey dhiren,
I have a 500 cc dude - thats why the 22 bhp. I know that a 350 cc is only 18 bhp man - when have i said that you get 22bhp from a 350 cc? About bullets for sale, i dont have any leads right now but can find out. I do know there is a Yamaha RD-350 for sale - engine newly done going for around 25k-30k. Let me know if that interests you. If i had the money, the RD would have been my second bike now!
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