Motomax, known for its auto care range of products, recently launched the new Motomax Insta Shine and Shiner, by Pidilite Industries. [Read more…]
Archives for November 2015
November 2015
For the last eight years I have been writing about how the traffic situation in our country is getting from bad to worse. The total disregard for traffic rules finally caught up with me. This is the first time I am writing my editorial from my bed at home. On 28 September 2015, I was riding a motorcycle and going through a crossroads with a traffic signal, which was green for my side of the traffic when I arrived at the junction. As I carried on, a car coming from the right jumped the signal. After hard braking and swerving to the right I hit the rear of the Swift. At the time of impact my speed must not have been more than 10 km/h as I did not have a single scratch or a burn mark apart from a broken tibia and fibula.
Things got even more interesting in the evening when I was lying in the hospital bed waiting for the surgery the next day when a policeman came to take my statement. The first thing he said was that it was my fault because I had hit the rear of the car regardless of the traffic signal. Once you hit the rear of a vehicle, it is your fault. According to him, I should have stopped. Then he also went on to say that you should not stop on red as somebody might hit you from the back. During the time the statement was being taken by the policeman, a friend of mine, Meher Pudumjee, who is the chairperson of Thermax, was present and was in a state of shock on hearing what the policeman had to say.
Aspi Bhathena
Editor
Turbocharged: Value
Some things happen so fast, it’s scary. Are you afraid that a bike your really like might lose its value soon after you’ve bought it? [Read more…]
Top of the World: TVS Scooty Zest 110 and Anam Hashim atop Khardung La Feature
KTM RC16 MotoGP project enters a new stage
The Austrian motorcycle manufacturer has already made a mark in the Moto2 races. The company now takes a step towards the big league – MotoGP with the KTM RC16. [Read more…]
The Motoplex: Piaggio Concept Store
Piaggio India opened their first Motoplex concept store in Pune [Read more…]
#10Kin10days: 10,000km around India in 10 days
10,000 km is always a big deal, especially in a country with Indian road conditions. But doing it in 10 consecutive days? Now that’s something isn’t it? Here’s what it was like from the saddle… [Read more…]
Don’t drink and ride, man
So I recently attended the HRR festival in Mumbai, and it was an absolute blast. The fact that I’m a huge metalhead and got to watch one of the four pillars of the thrash metal genre in Megadeth, live, with my very own eyes, was pinch-yourself-because-you-must-be-sleeping surreal. [Read more…]
Harley Rock Riders completes successful 6th edition
Season VI of the Harley Rock Riders (HRR) has drawn to a close, and saw Thrash Metal legends Megadeth and Reggae royalty The Wailers bring down the house. [Read more…]
KTM organise stunt day in Pune
The Austrian motorcycle company KTM organised a stunt show at the Chonde Patil Sports Complex in Pune on the 1st of November 2015.