IT is said that “The wild is suited in the wilderness & infants in the lap of their mothers.” Likewise, to a biker, the open highways, the gusting winds and the roar of the engine is their natural habitat rather than being imprisoned within the four walls of a house! The ongoing pandemic has jolted the entire world and sent us all back indoors with the lockdown, which has lasted for three months straight.
Now that the ‘Unlock’ has begun, many have started to venture out, mainly for essential activities. Some of us who are used to riding our two-wheeler for leisure, have been longing to return to the saddle. The ‘Unlock 3.0’ had me wondering, “Why shouldn’t I also have a piece of the pie?”
I got myself back on the saddle of my beast which had been waiting to be unleashed for the past 5 months in my garage. As always, thanks to xBhp and team for yet another ride. While I have tried quite a few set of tyres on my KTM RC 390, I went with CEAT ZOOM RAD X1 radial tyres this time as I had heard quite a lot about their all-round performance
Bike Prep – Optimus was already at the service centre after 5 longs months and Optimus was waiting to be uncaged to rule the roads with the CEAT ZOOM RAD X1 tyres on it.
Total Distance Covered – ~1,000kms
Day 1: Kolkata – Chandipur – Talsari - Mandarmani
Esta historia es de la edición October - November 2020 de xBhp.
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Esta historia es de la edición October - November 2020 de xBhp.
Comience su prueba gratuita de Magzter GOLD de 7 días para acceder a miles de historias premium seleccionadas y a más de 8500 revistas y periódicos.
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