Motorcycles. One of the best man made invention I'd say. For what purpose it has been designed & developed?? For travelling from point A to B right??? But is it the real purpose? Or it is more than that? For me, it's not even like that. In this short article, let's see how the term motorcycling dragged me towards it and how it helped me to follow my passion.
The year was 2013. GTA 5 was selling as hot as hell and Trevor's mission created a controversy. JFF... No YouTube shorts, no Reels, no video platforms and less number of social media users. Not everyone had smartphones on those days. I was in my 9th standard and I remember creating my Google account. In a short period of time I started to explore YouTube which changed my life I'd say. From my childhood itself, I was more into machines and mechanisms. I remember myself watching the welders fabricating the front grill of our house with bare eyes. I too remember those days where my father tune the carburetor of the TVS moped he had for munching extra miles and both of us met an accident in which my left hand got fractured when I was driving his TVS Victor. I think I was in my 2nd standard at that time.
After that, India's fastest motorbike just stepped in which changed the game. 220F, 180, 200 oil cooled pulsar and so on... It was just all my dream. After partnering with the KTM, Bajaj has introduced the NS200.. .Yeah that yellow beast. I just can't think about any other bike after this bike's launch. It had a 200cc liquid cooled triple spark 4V motor. It was way too ahead for that time and I don't know anything about those parameters. All we know at that time was going to school, coming back, watching BEN10, cycling around the block, playing GTA. That's it. Good old days..... I barely loved the NS200 because of its looks. I don't know anything about the engine parameters at that time.
In 2013, announcement trailer of the game "The Crew" was released. After watching that trailer, I was amazed like anything in which a Chevy Camaro assembles itself and tearing the tarmac. I just started to watch that trailer multiple times daily and addicted to it. This video added some extra spark to the fumes in my heart and ended me in picking up Automobile Engineering as my career. Coming back, 1 year later, in 2014, first time I saw a KTM's Duke200 on the street. I was like, what was that.... Because of it had a different headlamp design, because of it had a different bodywork, because of it had a different exhaust note, it grabbed our ears and eyeballs like anything and me & my friends started to research about this model on the internet and searched for the showroom after finishing the school hours.
After finishing my 10th grade(2015), Bajaj has discontinued the NS200 to promote the sales of AS200 and my dream of swinging my leg around a yellow beast just flew away. Then I started my higher secondary education and years have passed. It was 2017 starting and I heard a news NS200 is back. Yeah.. Bajaj has reintroduced the same bike with new color options in the month of March, 2017. I just can't wait and I got one. It was the same year I stepped onto Automobile Engineering and started to learn about more things practically which I learned in the theoretical sessions.
I had no driving license at that time so I rarely took my bike for the long rides. But I took it for short rides more often. Mine is a carbureted one. The engine is ready for spitting out ponies according to my throttle response at all RPM bands. No electronics... No bullshit... It was a pure mechanism of throttle linkage and bond between the vacuum lift & jets in the carb. I lived in a area where 6 out of 10 were squids. There's no doubt that I was surrounded by squids. By watching their driving style, my parents became afraid and worried much every time when I turned on the Ignition. But I was not like them, even I had the patient to move the bike in 2nd gear.
After I got my license, I started to roam more often. You may think that I roamed with my friends, unwantedly spent much for petrol bla bla bla... But it's not like that. It was just a matter of riding alone. Daily evening after returning from college, I go to a road. It will be dark and empty. No one will be there behind and beyond me. Just me and my machine. What do you want more. Thank god. NS200 has a good beam throw. My eyes was on the road but my mind was onto something. Thinking about something else. Thinking about solution for the problems. If speed drops, my left hand and leg pull the clutch lever and downshifts automatically. Its not about the consciousness or awareness. Its about the feel and bonding over the engine and mind. That bond helps in syncing our mind with the machine and every parameters of it.
To be frank, my machine helped me much. It helped me to stay away from everyone. To stay away from all the problems. It was there for me while every time I struggled, every time I was sick. Here I'd like to add a line from the movie "The Fast and The Furious" from 2001 where Jesse and Brian was discussing about the MKII Supra 2JZ build. "Everything else I failed. Dropped out of school. I don't know. It's just something about engines that calms me down, you know". Only few will understand those lines and yeah... That's it. For me, the machine is not only a thing which helps in traveling between two points. Its a form of meditation. Its a act of freedom. The more you twist the throttle, the more thrill you'll get. Now a days I see more kids revving R15s and Pulsars only to showoff. Only to get popular on social medias by uploading short videos. Rash driving is not only the way you can ride your bike. Try to enjoy the machine in medium revs at higher gear. You'll start to see things in different perspective which leads to solution for many problems in the life.
The year was 2013. GTA 5 was selling as hot as hell and Trevor's mission created a controversy. JFF... No YouTube shorts, no Reels, no video platforms and less number of social media users. Not everyone had smartphones on those days. I was in my 9th standard and I remember creating my Google account. In a short period of time I started to explore YouTube which changed my life I'd say. From my childhood itself, I was more into machines and mechanisms. I remember myself watching the welders fabricating the front grill of our house with bare eyes. I too remember those days where my father tune the carburetor of the TVS moped he had for munching extra miles and both of us met an accident in which my left hand got fractured when I was driving his TVS Victor. I think I was in my 2nd standard at that time.
After that, India's fastest motorbike just stepped in which changed the game. 220F, 180, 200 oil cooled pulsar and so on... It was just all my dream. After partnering with the KTM, Bajaj has introduced the NS200.. .Yeah that yellow beast. I just can't think about any other bike after this bike's launch. It had a 200cc liquid cooled triple spark 4V motor. It was way too ahead for that time and I don't know anything about those parameters. All we know at that time was going to school, coming back, watching BEN10, cycling around the block, playing GTA. That's it. Good old days..... I barely loved the NS200 because of its looks. I don't know anything about the engine parameters at that time.
In 2013, announcement trailer of the game "The Crew" was released. After watching that trailer, I was amazed like anything in which a Chevy Camaro assembles itself and tearing the tarmac. I just started to watch that trailer multiple times daily and addicted to it. This video added some extra spark to the fumes in my heart and ended me in picking up Automobile Engineering as my career. Coming back, 1 year later, in 2014, first time I saw a KTM's Duke200 on the street. I was like, what was that.... Because of it had a different headlamp design, because of it had a different bodywork, because of it had a different exhaust note, it grabbed our ears and eyeballs like anything and me & my friends started to research about this model on the internet and searched for the showroom after finishing the school hours.
After finishing my 10th grade(2015), Bajaj has discontinued the NS200 to promote the sales of AS200 and my dream of swinging my leg around a yellow beast just flew away. Then I started my higher secondary education and years have passed. It was 2017 starting and I heard a news NS200 is back. Yeah.. Bajaj has reintroduced the same bike with new color options in the month of March, 2017. I just can't wait and I got one. It was the same year I stepped onto Automobile Engineering and started to learn about more things practically which I learned in the theoretical sessions.
I had no driving license at that time so I rarely took my bike for the long rides. But I took it for short rides more often. Mine is a carbureted one. The engine is ready for spitting out ponies according to my throttle response at all RPM bands. No electronics... No bullshit... It was a pure mechanism of throttle linkage and bond between the vacuum lift & jets in the carb. I lived in a area where 6 out of 10 were squids. There's no doubt that I was surrounded by squids. By watching their driving style, my parents became afraid and worried much every time when I turned on the Ignition. But I was not like them, even I had the patient to move the bike in 2nd gear.
After I got my license, I started to roam more often. You may think that I roamed with my friends, unwantedly spent much for petrol bla bla bla... But it's not like that. It was just a matter of riding alone. Daily evening after returning from college, I go to a road. It will be dark and empty. No one will be there behind and beyond me. Just me and my machine. What do you want more. Thank god. NS200 has a good beam throw. My eyes was on the road but my mind was onto something. Thinking about something else. Thinking about solution for the problems. If speed drops, my left hand and leg pull the clutch lever and downshifts automatically. Its not about the consciousness or awareness. Its about the feel and bonding over the engine and mind. That bond helps in syncing our mind with the machine and every parameters of it.
To be frank, my machine helped me much. It helped me to stay away from everyone. To stay away from all the problems. It was there for me while every time I struggled, every time I was sick. Here I'd like to add a line from the movie "The Fast and The Furious" from 2001 where Jesse and Brian was discussing about the MKII Supra 2JZ build. "Everything else I failed. Dropped out of school. I don't know. It's just something about engines that calms me down, you know". Only few will understand those lines and yeah... That's it. For me, the machine is not only a thing which helps in traveling between two points. Its a form of meditation. Its a act of freedom. The more you twist the throttle, the more thrill you'll get. Now a days I see more kids revving R15s and Pulsars only to showoff. Only to get popular on social medias by uploading short videos. Rash driving is not only the way you can ride your bike. Try to enjoy the machine in medium revs at higher gear. You'll start to see things in different perspective which leads to solution for many problems in the life.
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