Category: Motorcycling
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Long way round to Goa on Superbikes
Beautiful countryside roads, delicious food, endless motorcycle conversations, serene beaches – experienced on the best superbikes on the planet. Our 4-day ride to Goa was charted to take the longer, non-touristy, scenic route across Karnataka to the rendezvous – stunning coastal roads, vast fields of sugarcane and sunflowers, majestic national parks, beautiful beaches and breathtaking…
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A Day with the 2024 KTM 390 Duke | Ride Review
It’s outlandish. It’s a corner rocket and It’s unashamedly Orange! The 2024 KTM 390 Duke, now in its third generation, harmoniously combines the ‘unabashedly raw performance of the first generation’ with the ‘superior features and sophistication of the second generation’, all while exuding an air of ‘sinister-elegance’. At times, a truly exceptional motorcycle emerges, one…
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A Day with the 2024 Kawasaki ZX-4R | Ride Review
The 2024 Kawasaki ZX-4R is a ‘ UNICORN🦄 ’ – a motorcycle that shouldn’t exist in the age of dying sportbikes. I am ecstatic, that it does! Kawasaki have been ‘super-daring’ and deserve ‘utmost respect’ to produce such an unusual motorcycle in the current times – it’s the only 400cc inline-4 supersport on the market…
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Denkanikottai Forest Circuit | Short rides from Bengaluru
Lush forest terrain, fantastic twisty roads, stunning panoramic viewpoints of Cauvery North Wildlife Sanctuary and delicious breakfast makes the Denkanikottai forest circuit, a delight to ride on a motorcycle 💯❤️ Best and the nearest forest road to ride out of Bengaluru – the Denkanikottai forest circuit, a 290 kms ride loop – takes one through…
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Touring the Western Ghats of Karnataka on Superbikes
Long winding roads, pleasant, sweet aroma of coffee flower blooms, delicious food, endless motorcycle conversations and the best superbikes on the planet cherished with great friends elevates a motorcycle trip into an exquisite experience.❤️ Our 3-day ride across the Western Ghats of Karnataka took us through beautiful coffee estates, gurgling streams, majestic national parks, gorgeous…
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A Day with the 2024 Royal Enfield Himalayan 450 | Ride Review
The 2024 Royal Enfield Himalayan 450 is a quantum leap from its 1st avatar – the Himalayan 411 in every aspect – motorcycle design, technology and even the riding mannerism, baring the same name-tag. Replacing the Himalayan 411, RE’s 1st foray into building and selling an entry-level adventure motorcycle – this new Himalayan 450 makes…
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A Day with the 2013 Yamaha YZF-R1 WGP Edition | Ride Review
It’s raw. It’s intuitive. It’s the last of the “all-rounder” R1 model before it morphed into the pure track-focussed generation that arrived in 2015. With radical looks and a phenomenal engine that sounds like a rhythmic V4, the 2013 Yamaha R1 in the WGP 50th anniversary livery is the most rideable and easy to live-with…
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Penukonda Sunrise Circuit with a Korean Supermarket | Short rides from Bengaluru
Racetrack-level twisties, a beautiful sunrise view point, a historical fort in ruins and a Korean supermarket with authentic, delicious Korean snacks makes the Penukonda sunrise circuit, a delight to ride on a motorcycle. 💯❤️ The Penukonda sunrise circuit, a 280 kms ride loop – takes one through the dual-carriage straight NH-44 till Penukonda, onto the racetrack-finish curves leading to…
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A Day with the 2022 Ducati Panigale V2 Bayliss Edition | Ride Review
It’s gorgeous. It’s vivacious. It’s unassuming and I am amused by the Ducati Panigale V2.❤️ The 2022 Ducati Panigale V2 Bayliss Edition is an elegant, compact motorcycle that is so easy to ride on the street than the older smaller Panigales and its always-angry elder sibling, the Panigale V4. The current gen Panigale V2 has…
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Motorcycle friendly cafés with delicious food and coffee in Bengaluru
I love looking at motorcycles – on the street, inside a motorcycle dealership, garage, at a parking lot or any such venue – combine this with great coffee and food and I can sit all day looking at motorcycles while devouring good food.🥰 So here are my favourite cafes in Bengaluru that serve delicious food,…