970 only

Breakfast @ Karnal

The initial plan had 8 riders on board, spanned over 4 days and covering areas till Bharatpur and back. Days into its inception, many a changes happened and the ride trickled down to the THOSE 3 riders, with one night stay. It was planned to leave early from Chandigarh on Saturday, hit Agra, return to Gurgaon the same day; followed by next day’s ride to Chandigarh.

Front to Back: Navdeep's, Melvin's & Mine

Mr. Punia was a bit skeptical, Mr. Sharma was all guns firing, whilst I had some issues of my own - which - thankfully got cleared at the 11^th hour. So it was an “about cancelled” trip which eventually happened - PRAISE THE LORD - and safely happened, just as planned.

Pertinent to mention the fact that, the rides of THOSE 3 have had an alteration lately. Navdeep has upgraded to a Fatboy 103; and fitted with his beloved Vance & Hines short shots, he showed riding skills which were not seen thus far. There was an upshift in the ride energy. Way to go Navdeep!

Yamuna Expressway

@ Gurbir's

The oldest of the tried and tested THOSE 3 – Mr. Punia – therefore had a total of 3200cc escort. His 1800cc escorted by 1600 in front and 1600 in back – I leave you to imagine the mayhem. Sans the depressing jams in Delhi and Noida enroute, things went well. At one point there was a scare of Malvinder’s bike differential leakage, but riding got the better of us and we went on doing what we had come to do. Fill up in Greater Noida and run to Agra. Fill up in Agra and run back to Greater Noida. That’s what we did, and that’s what we had come for.

Courtesy Gurbir's hospitality - shower, drinks, chow and blackout – the day ended. Today started easy and came back easy. 

The last conversation on Scala - "How much on the ODO?" came the reply, "970 ONLY".