With Yamaha having launched its R1 and MT-01 in India, bikers have a lot to rejoice. The slow and mundane Indian biking scene seems to be picking up speed. Going further Honda and Suzuki also plan to bring their flagship models to India. Even the Italians…yes the Italians will start selling dreams in India in a few years. MV Agusta has already confirmed that and Ducati is in the planning stages.
With so many developments happening bikers in India surely have many reasons to celebrate. But, and for me its a very loud BUT….is everything really going in the right direction? I don’t think so. Now one may wonder why a bike afficionado like me would think like that. Hell most of you would think I have lost it completely like the Chinese. But how many of us have tried to look beyond the rosy picture of all these machines coming in here?
The first and the biggest problem I see is safety which is and will continue to be compromised due to the Govt officials. People need to understand that “Riding a superbike is nowhere similar to riding a Splendor, Discover or even the bigger Pulsars or Karizma”. But Indians since we are, so we are conditioned to believe that if one can ride a Splendor, he can ride a Ducati as well. 6 out 10 riders on the road think themselves to be better than anyone else and the remanining 3 think themselves to be better than Valentino Rossi. The problem starts when such people start buying superbikes.
With the Indian economy booming and the real estate market overshooting the Earth’s ozone layer, many illiterate and ignorant people have become millionaires. Many such live examples can be found in and around Delhi. The problem I have with these guys…Well here they are
1) These guys have no sense of riding any bike, be it a Yamaha R1 or a Pulsar. All that maters to them is racing on the streets.
2) They are the ones who spoil the image of bikers by getting aggressive on the streets and trouble innocent people in the process.
3) They wear kurta pyajamas and sandals while riding a Yamaha R6 as I saw the other day. Helmets are an inconvinience to them as they think the girls will be impressed by their looks.
These people are not bikers but simply imposters who don’t have an identity of their own. They don’t ride motorcycles to enjoy the connection between man and machine but just to flaunt to the people that they have got sacks filled in their home with black money. These ignorant fools are not only a risk to themselves but to others on the streets as well. The streets are not meant to check whether a bike can cross 250 or 300 kmph. However the sole motive of these people is to test the top speed from the very moment the bike leaves the showroom.
Spoiled brats from rich families also pose the same problems to the society. Getting a license is one of the easiest things to manage in India when it comes to getting your work done in a Govt department. When such fools falter on high-capacity machine it’s game over in most cases. Such an incident occurred recently on the DND flyover in Noida where the rider and the pillion died on the spot when their litre bike went out of control and hit the side-walls.
The licensing authority of India should install a system for such machines where a rider would be required to pass theoretical and practical tests before being able to ride these bikes. If it were only these fools to die, it was ok but why should innocent people who drive properly become a victim of these idiots’ acts. I don’t see any reason for their family mourning over their beloved’s death because of some moron rich bloke on a superbike.
As the saying goes that social service starts at your home first, everything cannot be left to the Govt. Parents of rich kids and ignorant fools who became rich by selling lands should think over it that are they really ready to handle a machine which does a power wheelie even at speeds of 150 kmph if the throttle is opened instantaneously.
I have always said and still maintain that 90 out of 100 riders in India don’t know a cent about riding motorcycles. Till date there are morons who think that only the rear brake should be used for stopping the bike coz if the front brake is used the bike will toppple over. Superbikes will continue to come in India and the companies can’t be blamed for it as they do all that they can. But if these machines continue to get into the hands of such fools then our roads are at the mercy of God only.
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