Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Scene 1 : The Begining of the Begining....
After 30 odd months of doing " Tea Coffee" and "Veg Non Veg" (cabin crew lingo)i needed a miracle to bring me out of my rut. Dont get me wrong, i had lot of respect for my job, where else would a 23 year old hotel management diploma holder earn 25 g's a month and be chauffer driven to work and back. Plus i was doing alright, being one of the youngest flight supervises at the time and being appreciated for the blood and sweat i was putting in.( i cut my finger once pulling a food cart out). The miracle came in the sweetest forms. My bike, my Love!
Lets go back a few decades to say 1980's (hindi movie style black and white n all....) i dont remember anything that interested me as much as two wheels....put together of course.
My first cycle(tricycle): age 18 months
My first Bicycle(with training wheels): age 24 months
My first BMX: age 12
My first Racer cycle: age 14
My first Motorcycle(The RD 350cc) : age 16
Now when you have a RD 350 at the age of 16, you are king.
Riding it to Xavier's early in the morining(once in a while petrol costs in 1995: Rs 25/lt) was a feeling i will never forget. That was my entry into the big bad world of motorcycling.
Coming back to my jet days, i had saved up enough to buy a 2nd hand royal enfield which by now i had been craving for atleast 2 years. since i had to sell my RD to pay off some foolish debts i had'nt owned a bike for a while, which by my standards was a lacking in my manhood.
So I put all my savings and bought this old 1974 royal enfield that had an engine to die for. Actually all it had was an engine. I begged, borrowed and stole(literally) to get all the stuff required to put the rest of her together. Dont be confused i was'nt customising her, just restoring her to her original condition.
So that boys and girls is the begining of the begining......come back to find out how this modest beauty turned in to a spectacular hottie!
Lets go back a few decades to say 1980's (hindi movie style black and white n all....) i dont remember anything that interested me as much as two wheels....put together of course.
My first cycle(tricycle): age 18 months
My first Bicycle(with training wheels): age 24 months
My first BMX: age 12
My first Racer cycle: age 14
My first Motorcycle(The RD 350cc) : age 16
Now when you have a RD 350 at the age of 16, you are king.
Riding it to Xavier's early in the morining(once in a while petrol costs in 1995: Rs 25/lt) was a feeling i will never forget. That was my entry into the big bad world of motorcycling.
Coming back to my jet days, i had saved up enough to buy a 2nd hand royal enfield which by now i had been craving for atleast 2 years. since i had to sell my RD to pay off some foolish debts i had'nt owned a bike for a while, which by my standards was a lacking in my manhood.
So I put all my savings and bought this old 1974 royal enfield that had an engine to die for. Actually all it had was an engine. I begged, borrowed and stole(literally) to get all the stuff required to put the rest of her together. Dont be confused i was'nt customising her, just restoring her to her original condition.
So that boys and girls is the begining of the begining......come back to find out how this modest beauty turned in to a spectacular hottie!
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