Motorcycles, our lives are richer for them.
Our lives are brighter because of them, we live to ride.
We ride for our sanity, we ride alone and with friends.
We ride to places and sometimes we ride because where we are heading is far less important
than the fact that we are outside with the motorcycle.
How did you get here?
I didn't see you on the mountain road coming up.
I found a brilliant trail that goes the other side of the mountain, you should totally try it once.
Let me ask you something, why do we ride, Varun?
Oh, if asked this question so many times and and the answer is always personal, I mean
I do it for the thrill.
I'm the happiest when the throttle's open, the wheels are rolling, the sceneries going
by in a blur, I love it.
I mean, where I ride to is not important, but the fact is that I'm riding,
that's what's important.
I mean, this is why I started riding, this is why I ride today and I
cannot imagine a day without motorcycles.
What about you?
I think I love the corners, that's what I live for.
The racetrack, it's my muse, it's my mistress.
Taking a motorcycle to the limit at the track, riding up a fast mountain road like this one,
these are the things that make me leap out of bed every morning. I ride motorcycles because
there's literally nothing else I would rather be doing.
You see the other reason why I ride motorcycles is because of beautiful people who ride motorcycles,
people who like leaning into corners, people who're excited about motorcycles,
people like you and me.
The other reason I ride motorcycles is because I think of them as the world's most beautiful
connectivity option.
Not between places, between riders, motorcycles are the thread from which the rich fabric
of our lives is woven.
Sounds so complex, but, a motorcycle is such a simple thing, no?
Is it?
Isn't it? I mean, two wheels, an engine and some bits and bobs...
And yet the physics, the feel, the skills, they're all so advanced and so unique
and there's nothing else in the world that's quite like it, no?
The way we ride is so dynamic and the challenges we overcome, no?
I mean, one minute you're on a trail, tyre's in line, everything's hooked up perfectly
and then the very next moment, traction goes off, the rear starts to step out and
then I have the challenge of managing a beautiful slide or a scary moment.
And fear is the sizzle of motorcycle you know, to know that you're riding the razor's edge
on this side is the thrill, the feel, the sensation, probably a great memory and on
the other side at the moment where things go pear shaped, for all you know, you are
going to have to dust yourself off and carry on again.
While that is common between us, our flavours of motorcycling are still different, right?
And that's part of the beauty of it, Varun.
Today, my job on this mountain road, the challenge was to place the motorcycle at the right place
at the right time, when I got it right, amazing feel, when I got it wrong, it's an opportunity
to remember that there is more to learn, you need to practice and the idea that I will
always be able to learn to ride better than I am right now is a huge part of the experience for me.
It's not like riding off-road isn't a precise sport, but the traction that you rely on is
not precise, even when the lean angles are smaller, it is a challenge.
To be able to open the throttle at the right moment of time, to not panic when the rear
starts to step out, but when I get it right, slowing from corner to corner, from slides,
to jumps, to straights, in that moment of flow, a mistake seems impossible and finding
those moments, those moments, those moments, that's what the experience is for me.
So what do we do now?
The plan is always the same man.
We ride?
We ride.
Doesn't matter what you ride or where you ride it, when we are on the motorcycle, we
are more than human, we are closer to god, closer to reality, closer to our idea of life,
closer to each other, motorcycles, there for the joy of riding and that joy makes life
worth living.