THE pandemic brought about a slew of changes in our lives. Ever since COVID came knocking on our doors, it affected everything around the globe, including the way we travel and to some extent, where we travel as well. It was September 2020, right after the first wave of COVID that my wife and I decided to move to our hometown, Lucknow, from Bangalore. It was a temporary change but a big one still.
Since moving to Lucknow, we had mostly been riding to the usual destinations in northern India; the Himalayas, Lahaul, Spiti, Uttarakhand, Northeast, and so on. Our most recent ride was the 30-day-long Unexplored Spiti Ride. After nearly two years, we are visiting Bangalore and as happenstance would dictate, we got an opportunity to ride for xBhp and CEAT for their #CEATxPlorer project.
Opportunities like that do not come by frequently so we instantly said yes! After all, who can say no to a monsoon ride opportunity that will let you explore the wilderness of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu? So, the first weekend after we got the information, I sat down to work on the itinerary. After having stayed in Bangalore for nearly a decade, charting out a route was not a problem. The problem was arranging for a motorcycle as Bella (my G 310 GS) was in Lucknow.
After pondering over a few options, I picked up the Royal Enfield Scram 411. I have been wanting to ride one over a long distance for a while now and I finally got the chance to. Coincidentally, the Scram 411 comes fitted with the fantastic CEAT Gripp XL tyres as stock so that was sorted too. For the route, I decided that we will be riding through forest reserves, in addition to a few more of my favourite places in the Nilgiri mountains. Everything was set, we were ready to go, and so, with a cloudy skyline and a prediction for a thunderstorm, we started our ride on a fine Sunday morning!
هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة August - September 2022 من xBhp.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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هذه القصة مأخوذة من طبعة August - September 2022 من xBhp.
ابدأ النسخة التجريبية المجانية من Magzter GOLD لمدة 7 أيام للوصول إلى آلاف القصص المتميزة المنسقة وأكثر من 9,000 مجلة وصحيفة.
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CEAT XPLORER GURGAON TO DHOLPUR WITH GRIPP XL PLUS
Our CEAT xPlorer heads to Dholpur on his trusty Royal Enfield Himalayan shod with CEAT Gripp XL Plus tyres.
ZERO SR/S
We ride the Zero R/S to see what it brings to the table beyond the flurry of electric motorcycles that are around and on the horizon.
ULTRAVIOLETTE F77 MACH 2 FIRST RIDE
Ultraviolette brings in the Ultraviolette F77 Mach 2 in two variants and we head to Bengaluru to check it out!
WELCOME TO THE MOTOVILLA
Story and scenes from the very first meetup that we organized at the Motovilla.
TRAILS AND TRACK WITH VREDESTEIN
We fly to Ooty and Coimbatore to test two new tyres from Vredestein; the Pinza HT and the Ultrac Vorti.
FREESTYLING BEYOND MOTORCYCLING
The story from our time freestyling with the TVS Apache RTR 310 along with a couple of other Freestylers outside of motorcycling.
#XBHPRYNOXMEET AND DELHI HEAT
Passion for motorcycling overcomes scorching Delhi heat for the xBhpRynoxMeet.
CASTROL POWER1 PRESENTS INDIA'S ULTIMATE MOTOSTAR ON MTV
India’s biggest motorsport talent hunt in a firstof-a-Kind event, Castrol POWERI presents India’s Ultimate Motostar on MTV!
MEETUP SEASON COMMENCES WITH XBHP JK BLAZE RYDR MEET
The story from the first xBhpJKBlazeRydrMeet of the season from Pune.
WORLD DUCATI WEEK 2024
e make our way to yet another World Ducati Week and as was the case with the previous editions, it was a thrill-fest!