Bullet Dairies 03-01-11

The story goes like this...

As usual, on the night of 1-1-11, I had parked my bike behind my flat in the service lane (in a gated colony)... when I came down in the morning, me and vikas discovered that my bike is missing and the clutch wire... of his bike broken. It was on hour of complete blankness... I tried unfolding thousand folds in my grey matter... nothin convincing... I parked it there, now its not there... guard had left after his night shift... mayb someone tried there hands on vikas bike also, his bike had a handle lock, mine didnt, so its gone... I did the most obvious thing nyone would do, I dailled 100 and lodged a complaint, After 20 mins I recieved a call from amar colony police station that they received the complaint. I went to the police station and after a brief talk, they asked me to check the back yard... its right there parked with a lot of other bikes. A cop pointed out that there are many other bullets too, didnt understand their intention, I was just left guessing... 'My bike is not stolen, but picked by the cops from the colony'... didnt understand the logic why they picked this, nevertheless I was happy to see it again... after 10hrs of drama and running round officials in different police stations, its back on roads now...

moral of the story: GET A HANDLE LOCK!

 

BAD co. motorcycles

Royal Enfield standard, 1984 model. I bought it last year in the month of September. It was in bad shape when I got it. I got it repaired and started riding it from  2 October 2009. Got the shockers, Rims and drum-kit replaced with new parts. After 10k kilometers in 11 months i decided in September to modify the bike. It took two and a half months for it to hit the roads as I have been monitoring the entire process with couple of friends who are as crazy as me about bikes.

I always wanted a classic look yet modified slightly. I replaced the petrol tank with a modified one which has a provision to attach map holder in long trips. the cap is off-centered complimenting the speedometer. Rear mudguard is broadened. The front mudguard was also broadened initially, which was giving a heavy look to the already heavy bike. I decided to go for a 'G2' mudguard which gave a slightly lighter appeal. Seat is made with thin cushion with springs. I was very much doubtful about the thin cushion on the seat.  Its a joy to ride as springs are functioning too good. I will be tested soon it in a long trip once the engine opens up. I had to work on the electrical part of the bike,as i didn't want to see the coil and wires under the seat. I made provision under the tank, with the chasey to hold the necessary plugs. I didn't want the coil and other wires to go into the tool box, as I'm planning to remove the tool boxes and air filter box in future.

I would like to go for a very much lighter look. Rear mudguard is also made longer to avoid the smaller mudguard which comes by default to hold the coil in old bike. removing the coil and wiring from under the seat made it much cleaner and i could avoid the use of wiring plate under the seat. The front head light is best modification in the bike. Though it was slightly expensive to change the old kit . It was worth the buy. This is the magical addition which brought the class I was looking for! I had to cut the 'kaan' and put a 'V' shaped kaan to make the head light more visible. I was completely against using crash rods and rear view mirrors initially. Its the least I can do avoid the First scratch!