Creativity unleashed.
1. And as I contemplate the options, the sun explodes through the clouds with sun beams pointing to the door; the Universe whispers "Enough talk child. Let's ride." - Alankar Misra (When about to get Leh'd).
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2. You launch a 1000 CC bike that looks like Eva Longoria on two wheels, with 100 BHp of raw power and 100KM/l mileage(Ok, 95, take it or leave it) and price it at Rs 50,000, I shall WORSHIP you and drink the water that washes your feet.
- Letter to Bike Manufacturers by Sandeep Murali
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3. For the past several years I perceived my life as headed in reverse. For every step I took forwards, the clock struck backwards. For every footprint I made, the sands of time erased - eradicating every evidence of progress.
But that day, at that time, as the three of us rode out of Fountain, the clock did something unexpected. It struck clockwise...
- Alankar Misra (When about to get Leh'd).
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4. I have my own superhero moments. It starts at the exact time I put on my helmet to be astride my bike and initiate the definitive sound of the engine coming alive. I am happiest when I ride and the world around transforms into a conjured up fantasy, with me as the single protagonist.
- Chandan J Patir
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5. When in doubt, resort to logic... If I rule out those before me, those after me and those that never will, it leaves me with me. I write this for myself. I write this as a retirement plan. For in my final days when the body is less than ideal, when the mind is fickle, when those around me lie in wait for my convenient demise, I will have no better company than the memories I create here and now. And while the arrow of time will force my brain to flush out details to make way for new information, as the memories fade quickly and the details become sparse - ripe for nostalgic rewriting - it is this digital ink that will help me travel back in time, relive the moments, stay true to the experience, remember/realize that my life was not wasted, that I spent it with friends, with family, with faithful machines that braved the toughest terrains to allow me to live life instead of getting through it, to forge friendships that would stand the test of time, to forget those that betrayed me, to remember those I lost, to the Universe that came together to make me...me."
- Alankar Misra - The Leh Diaries
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6. She’s my baby. She’s going to stick with me, and stand by me, in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, till rust do us apart.
- Sherman Serrao - Description of his "Baby"
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2. You launch a 1000 CC bike that looks like Eva Longoria on two wheels, with 100 BHp of raw power and 100KM/l mileage(Ok, 95, take it or leave it) and price it at Rs 50,000, I shall WORSHIP you and drink the water that washes your feet.
- Letter to Bike Manufacturers by Sandeep Murali
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3. For the past several years I perceived my life as headed in reverse. For every step I took forwards, the clock struck backwards. For every footprint I made, the sands of time erased - eradicating every evidence of progress.
But that day, at that time, as the three of us rode out of Fountain, the clock did something unexpected. It struck clockwise...
- Alankar Misra (When about to get Leh'd).
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4. I have my own superhero moments. It starts at the exact time I put on my helmet to be astride my bike and initiate the definitive sound of the engine coming alive. I am happiest when I ride and the world around transforms into a conjured up fantasy, with me as the single protagonist.
- Chandan J Patir
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5. When in doubt, resort to logic... If I rule out those before me, those after me and those that never will, it leaves me with me. I write this for myself. I write this as a retirement plan. For in my final days when the body is less than ideal, when the mind is fickle, when those around me lie in wait for my convenient demise, I will have no better company than the memories I create here and now. And while the arrow of time will force my brain to flush out details to make way for new information, as the memories fade quickly and the details become sparse - ripe for nostalgic rewriting - it is this digital ink that will help me travel back in time, relive the moments, stay true to the experience, remember/realize that my life was not wasted, that I spent it with friends, with family, with faithful machines that braved the toughest terrains to allow me to live life instead of getting through it, to forge friendships that would stand the test of time, to forget those that betrayed me, to remember those I lost, to the Universe that came together to make me...me."
- Alankar Misra - The Leh Diaries
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6. She’s my baby. She’s going to stick with me, and stand by me, in good times and in bad, in sickness and in health, till rust do us apart.
- Sherman Serrao - Description of his "Baby"