Riding is Meditation!

I have always wanted to share my thoughts about my Thunderbird for quite a while but never did. I have been a Royal Enfield fan since by boy days, watching my uncles riding with pride and power. I started to ride a Bullet 350 when I was 13 years old but it took me over 15 years after my first bullet ride to own a Bullet of my own. I really could not tell why I went for the Thunderbird I was having Enfield Electra in my mind for quite some time but as soon as I test rode the Thunderbird I knew this was mine and made my choice to buy a Thunderbird Magic Black.


I have named my ride Poseidon – Named after the Greek God of the Seas! I really feel like a God when I ride my steed with the slight modification I did with the help of my great mechanic, we fabricated the front seat lower by 4 inches and have stretched the gear shift and the rear break pedal about a foot to the front to have a stretched riding position though this is not quite comfortable when riding with the city limits I have learnt the tricks and really feel like flying when I ride on the highways.

I wanted to actively participate and engage with Bullet Clubs like REDS and Madras Bulls or mad Bulls I should call them, but my work keeps me off them so I have to live up with solo rides I make quite so often. Many of my friends call me crazy when I tell then the urge to go for a ride just for the heck of it, for example a few days back I was lying on my bed on a Saturday night, suddenly at around 11:30 pm something came over me and I got out of my bed dressed up and started my Thunderbird, waited patiently for a few minutes for the engine to get heated up and then just rode, rode and when I came back home it was well past 7am in the morning.

I have a few friends who are Bullet enthusiasts and we go on a ride on and off but most of my rides are solo and riding solo is real fun. Most of my travels have been centered on Chennai. I have made Chennai–Bangalore in four and half hours straight and Chennai–Pondicherry in two hours. I did make a trip to my hometown 700kms in 11 hours straight but this was quite a while ago!
I want to write more about my riding experiences but as someone said I have seen more than I remember and remember more than I have seen. We are all travelers in wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend, I did find one. My bike and I on the road in full song gives me such peace of mind and I feel like I am meditating when I ride my Thunder!

Ride Well My Friends!