8 years ago on this very day in April 2002, I bought my motorcycle, a Bajaj Pulsar 180 Classic. Initially I had booked a purple colored Pulsar 150 ES; however by the time we reached the showroom to take delivery of the motorcycle, there weren’t any 150s left. Since I was already somewhat regretting my [...]

With the advent of BS III emission norms in India, Royal Enfield has had to retire its older engines and switch to the new lean burn engine with integrated clutch and gear box i.e. UCE. Now all the new Enfields in India come with engines which are newer than that of Hero Honda Karizma and [...]

Starting a new way of documenting the maintenance of my motorcycle. Well she has now clocked 71078kms on odometer and today I got the engine oil changed to Sprinta 4T 2000 and also got the tappets adjusted, brake light (front one) and clutch leaver switch changed. Also got the air filter cleaned and con set [...]

Let me be quite frank, I have never been a big fan of Harley-Davidson, apart from that of the Fat Boy. But boy do these guys know how to launch themselves in to a new market! Not only did Harley-Davidson organize some nice events for its existing customers in India and for media, last year. [...]

Auto Expo 2010 is all set to begin tomorrow in New Delhi and for a person running several automotive blogs and sites; it is going to be one hell of a hectic week. While today was not really hectic with only one press conference to attend to, I did have to do a lot of [...]