April 17th | Prep Day

If being tired of all de frolic on campus was not enough, we had a tough day ahead. After a night that lasted till 5:30AM, we had to reach the Royal Enfield workshop by 10AM! We managed!

We started with a basic gyaan session on how to deal with few of the most basic breakdown reasons; the break, klutch wire, accelerator wire, spark plug, fuse, chain links etc. He tried giving us a little about ‘dos’ in case of a puncture, we realized if this actually happens, we are f^@ked! But anyway, after that, we started with what took the rest of the day. We needed brackets that would hold our bags, in biker lingo, these are called ‘Ladakh Carriers’. We visited/called every major accessory shop in Hyd, not just us, but a whole lot of people called on our behalf, we are sure we created an artificial demand for Ladakh Carriers in Hyd. At the end, it was a very helpful fellow Bullet rider (Shyamal) who led us to the end of that day. He gave us his bike’s carrier! When we tried telling him that help us buy one, all he had to say was “Dude, you ride is more important than my bike’s carrier, aur ban jayenge, trip vapas nahi banega”

Now armed with a carrier loaded bike, extra spares, tools, bungy cords to hold the bags, guards for the knee, shin, arm, elbow etc and the plan, we headed back to campus for another, actually the last night on campus.

It was a good night :)

Moral: Figure carrier, accessories and other tools well in advance. Contact local Bullet clubs for help, they are always willing to help.