Not always you hit the dirt and get to breeze past cold mountain wind
Not everytime a tired body is nourished by soothing calm water
Not always a tired soul is cheered by nature

But with a comparatively cold January end of 2010, and with the roaring bikes over the silky smooth roads; The above always tends to be true.

Bhandardara

Jan 30, 2010
The wait is over, I could barely sleep with all the excitement of filling my Unicorn to the brim for the day's ride to Bhandardara. Rajo too couldn't keep with the excitement, he was already @ Khar station while I was having my bath. I took off with my now 'heavy' bike with Rajo to Mulund Check naka where I was to meet Danny (Dinesh) and another of his friend.

Danny was late, he was treading through Aarey colony while we were already closing in on Godrej Soaps near Vikhroli. I decided to use the extra time to start off with my Canon PowerShot S3IS. A few snaps of the bike, the riders and the Vikhroli sun rising over the Vikhroli mangroves and we were moving. At the checknaka a few minutes of wait and another biker on a new Red Pulsar 180 came in.

तुम लोग दिनेश के लिए रुके हो क्या?

A bike ride makes you feel something that is not imaginable. It makes u know, feel, the love between the road and the tyres, the affection between the suspension and the forks, the life-like hum of a cruising engine, the kiss between the piston ring and cylinder lining, and so much more. And its this feeling that makes u ride, makes u vrrooom.

I'm yet another bike lover, and its impossible to separate this addiction from any biker. I'm not the only one, there are many others as well. Vijay (Vj), Ankush, Sudeep, Hemant to name a few who were dying to get a Road trip organized. It did finally, on 3^rd Feb 2007, and the destination was Lonavala. Lonavala being the closest to Mumbai and linked with exceptionally good roads.