Scribble 10:09 AM 3/10/2008 - After the bike trip

The weekend is over. And yes, I went ahead with my adventure on bike. Went all the way to Palakkad from Mangalore. It was an awsome experience, and I want to do it again! So powerful and reassuring has been this experience. Powerful because it was a good confidence booster and it gave me a sense of achievement. Reassuring because it gave me the realization that my youth isn't lost yet. I did not have a back problem after 9 hours on the bike. Ok, my bum ached a bit on the last leg (Malappuram - Palakkad), but that too was temporary. Once I was off the bike, it was gone. God I have it left in me still!

This experience has rekindled in me the desire to go for a Bullet. I have this special liking for the Royal Enfield Bullet, an emotional soft corner to be more precise. I learned biking on it, though I had taken my first lessons on Hero Honda CD100 and Yamaha RX 100. It's an expensive bike now, I will have to shell out almost a lakh for a new piece.