Monday, January 30, 2006

Delhi Avengers - Took a break!

It'd been more than 3 months since I rode with Orkut Delhi Avengers community fellows. I missed a couple of their other meeting, and tried to refrain as much as possible from being a contributor.

In the mean time, at a highly embarrasing meet of BCMT which i clubbed with The Delhi Avengers, history repeated itself. Similar to what happened 3 months back, was happening in the City now, much to my personal disappointment and a sorry face to Yogesh for trying to club the meet.

Anyways, since then, i'd pretty much tried to stay away from the group. In the meantime a couple of guys, whom I introduced to BCMT/BN were banned for their actions (stunting/speeding).

My worst fears came true a couple of days back, when the Delhi Avenger Group (who by now had named themselves Avenger Rangers, got their stickers made and are also planning T's) met again. Three of them while ripping together on the Noida - G.Noida Expressway hit each other @ 100 kph and left themselves and their bikes in a mess. No broken bones or serious injuries to them, but the three Avengers would be needing a lot of repairs. Something i was always afraid of since the first time I met them. As I also mentioned in one of my earlier entries about the adrenaline rush and the kicks they got by being a part of a Biker Group and just to excite and entice themselves further, they went and got the stickers made. They just cooked disaster for themselves.

Anyways my best wishes to them for a speedy recovery, and hopefully some sense in their heads to be more careful on the roads.

Sunday, January 15, 2006

Friday has Arrived

In January 2006, I decided to get myself a bike. It was to be a Bajaj Avenger. The reason for buying this bike was that this one looked good, was pretty much affordable and a Bajaj make. The good thing about the Bajaj Bikes is their reliability and are very rugged as well. Most of the people around that time had the Pulsar as their first choice city bike, but somehow i've never quite like the Pulsar.
Although Avenger shares the same engine as the Pulsar 180 DTSi, some slight variations are there...plus the overall chassis and the design of the bike has been changed from a city bike to a cruiser for the relaxed and chill people, like me.
I decided to name my bike Friday, after all it came on Friday the 13th.
After much speculation on which loan to take for the bike...finally narrowed it down to GE Countrywide and took the loan of Rs. 40,000 @ 8.5% for 2 years.
For more info on what Friday is like...check this : http://www.bajajauto.com/avenger/index.asp