Saturday, February 26, 2011

Motorcycle: Burnt Out!


First of all, I'd like to say: Yes, I suck at blog maintenance. Hence, the lack of posts. And since I'm temporarily bike-less, I thought I'd take the time to write about stuff.

Why am I bike-less, you ask? It's because my infamous side-box, the kick start rod, the LCD speedometer, the accelerator meter, the needle inside it and the left rear-view mirror- ALL need to be replaced.
Yes, yes.. When I said "Motorcycle Burnal", I did imply some amount of burning.

You see, I was there, minding my own riding, not reacting to the slight drizzle last Thursday evening, going down my usual route in Tilaknagar, when I saw some person fall off his bike in front of me and the auto stopping right next to him. I was just being sensible and lowered my gears and applied my breaks, at the very MODEST speed of 20 or 25 kmph. But WHAT happens to me? I skid and fall and hurt myself! And my bike gets bent outta shape! There was bloody oil on the road!

Now, you tell me something- what is it that Indian roads lack? Don't we have enough number of potholes? Enough piles of green, fly riddled piles of wet cow dung? Big, red paan stains? Dog poop? HUMAN poop? An abundance of saliva from various genetic pools? Sand? Gravel? Thick walls of "zero-visibility" smoke? Do we need oil? Come on!

I blame these extra oil spills for the loss of our limited natural resources. *FROWN*
Bloody road!