PRIOR to this ride, it had been quite long since the last time I went somewhere for a weekend ride. When you are a working professional, it becomes difficult to take out the time for a full-fledged ride. Even if you can, it is more like once a year or once every two years. But for a motorcyclist, it is difficult to satiate the wanderlust in that duration. So short weekend rides have become my go-to. This trip, Delhi to Varanasi, is my most recent one.
There are quite a few places around Delhi that would make for a fun weekend excursion. But most of the times, mountains are where all the motorcyclists head to and while they are sacrosanct and all, they do not have to be the destination of every ride. My friend was also willing to tag along and Varanasi was his suggestion. We also have some friends there and that was a bonus.
Varanasi, also known as Banaras or Kashi, is a city on the banks of the river Ganga in Uttar Pradesh. As most of you would know, it is a major religious hub in India and also, the holiest of the seven sacred cities in Hinduism. Varanasi has been a cultural centre of northern India for several thousand years and is closely associated with the river Ganga. The city is known worldwide for its many ghats, embankments made in steps of stone slabs along the river bank.
Varanasi is around 850 km from Delhi and so, would make for a good day’s ride. And so, we started our preparations for this trip. Another exciting aspect of this ride was that our KTM 200 Duke was shod with Blaze series of tyres from JK Tyre. Icing on the cake, the TREELCARE kit made available for them by JK Tyre which essentially turns these tyres into smart tyres.
This story is from the April - May 2020 edition of xBhp.
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