This year's Pune Off Road Expedition was tougher than last year. Last year the route was much longer, but was largely flat with a few climbs and descends since we were essentially going around the Panshet

If you have a Hero Impulse are aren't happy with the power that the 150cc engine outputs, an easy way to fix the problem is to simply let more air into the engine. Hero has set up the engine for better

The simplicity of this old school motorcycle is extremely refreshing. I can work on it using my very limited knowledge and toolkit and sort out a few things myself. Anything that I can't fix will most

A Highway Moment

Mother Nature Always Finds A Way

Yesterday as I was getting Stallion's rear tyre swapped at the tyre shop, this aged man walked up to me started a conversation. I learned that he was a biker and had owned a number of Triumph, BSA, Norton

A Cattle Crossing In Mongolia

Evening Ride With Raptor

Evening Drive With Thor

Evening Ride With Blackbird

The Metzeler Tourance Next front tyre on Stallion started showing weird looking bulges at places around 6 inches apart. It seemed like the tyre was getting ready to burst, although there was some tread

One of my blog readers asked me why I use two GPS devices - the Garmin GPS device and Google Maps on my iPhone. In India Garmin's maps are accurate mainly in cities. In fact, the map that Garmin sells

The saga of Royal Enfield pathetic part quality continues. The coil of Altaf Khalifa's Himalayan burned for the second time. The first time this happened just after we entered India from Nepal. We jump

The nut you see at the center of the picture is what I believe to be a major potential screw up in the Royal Enfield Himalayan. I say this because it needs to be torqued to a right value so that it doesn't

The Goa-Mumbai coastal route has all the elements of an excellent motorcycle road. Apart from the scenic beauty, the curves make it a joy to ride. Lots of shade as well, in case you need it. Somewhere

While touring in India I often get asked the usual questions about my motorcycles - cost, mileage, etc. But today an old chap asked me, "Dicky ka cost kitna hai?" (what's the cost of the dicky?).

If I had to pick one word to describe the Goa-Mumbai coastal route in the monsoons, it would be "green". Glorious weather at this time of the year. Its hard to keep your eyes on the road.

I didn't realize how well the Triumph Tiger 800 XRx glides over broken tarmac until I started chasing Altaf Khalifa on his Royal Enfield Himalayan. The key is to not fight the weight of the 200+ kg motorcycle.

Happiness Is...

This dude was extremely overjoyed to see me today. :-)