Tuesday, March 20, 2012

The mongoose...

I always loved 2 wheeler, right from my childhood, maybe because of the thrill that you get riding on 2 unbalanced wheels...or maybe because 2 wheeler's are easier to disassemble and tinker with....or simply because 4 wheeler is out of my budget.!!.

My first bicycle was a BSA mongoose that my mom had bought for me, a very revered bike at that time. After a couple of accidents I finally mastered the art of balancing myself on 2 wheels. After some more accidents I mastered the art of doing a 'wheelie'.......well not really, just tried once and almost fractured my spine. Anyways, the point is that I was fascinated by 2 wheeler's. I used to disassemble my bicycle almost every week with my best buddy(Justin...or James as we call him). That habit still persist, almost every week we have to disassemble my Royal Enfield(Suzzane, that what I've named her), some unforeseen problem crops up and we get a chance to open her up. Sometimes she just refuses to start, its like Suzzane has a  mind of her own, starting only when she wants to. Once a girl from our building clicked a pic of me and my friend trying to start Suzzane and posted it on fb with a caption saying 'Suzzane phus ho gayi'. One of my friend (Wilson...he still cant ride a bike :P) is damn scared of Suzzane, bcoz everytime he sits on it, she stalls on the road and I make him push the bike.

Lately, I have been making my younger brother(Ritesh) do all the hard work of opening up jammed parts, or calling him to push the bike when it stops anywhere in our area. That reminds me, I still don't have a driving license. Had a learner's once, but never got the time to go and get a permanent one. I have also noticed that traffic police never stops a person on a Royal Enfield, so I don't really need a license!!! :)..



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