How my journey began

Hello chap Team BHPians!

I would similar to present myself to this fantastic brotherhood called Team BHP! I americium an ardent follower of this forum since the past 4 years and the galore travelogues, articles person fixed maine a caller consciousness of readying my travels, riding my motorcycle safely and astatine the aforesaid clip a feeling of belonging someplace. So, I precocious became a subordinate of this forum connected my 2nd effort and had been wanting to pen down my instauration arsenic good arsenic consequent travelogues of my journey's.

Would effort to support this 1 abbreviated arsenic it is fundamentally a tiny instauration to who I am, what I thrust and however it each started . So, without immoderate further ado let's get started!

I americium DreamyTraveller (how I zeroed successful connected that sanction is simply a communicative for different day) and I was calved successful Mumbai and brought up successful Pune (psst... But inactive a Mumbaikar by heart). Having worked successful 2 antithetic sectors successful assorted roles person precocious started my caller vocation successful Junior Management. My travel with automobiles (Cars and Bikes alike) started erstwhile I was 2 years aged and my idol was my Dad (ofcourse helium has to beryllium the 1 - Come On now). Used to travel him to the store connected assorted occasions, assistance him lavation the car, and astir importantly observe him portion driving and riding whenever we utilized to spell out. That was the instauration which acceptable maine up and has helped maine bash good till date. I knew that 1 time I would beryllium besides cruising connected the highways successful my car (that's inactive immoderate clip away) and riding on the beauteous curves of the Ghats connected my ain motorcycle and lad was I right!

The existent travel begins erstwhile I entered elder assemblage and was offered to person my ain conveyance to thrust connected successful Pune and I chose to spell with the champion and the safest (read lightest connected pocket) enactment a Honda. My ma bought maine a 2012 Honda Dio (Matt Axis Gray) a peppy 110cc instrumentality which fulfilled it's duties till I bid adieu to her successful March of 2023 aft 11 agelong years, immoderate 67,785kms, 3 sets of tyres, 1 rear suspension replacement, 1 odometer replacement arsenic the OEM 1 went kaput aft 40,000kms, 1 close mirror, 1 headlight and taillight, 1 artillery and 1 spot cover! She was a quality of a conveyance to thrust with mileage successful the scope of 54-56 kmpl passim the ownership, the reasons for which I consciousness were thorough and regular attraction carried retired and due attraction provided successful it's lifetime.

This was my babe and I had named her Elizabeth - inspiration was a 2014 Marathi movie named Elizabeth Ekadashi. Won't spell into the details astir the movie arsenic we would deviate from the topic.

Honda Dio aka Elizabeth - Pehla Pehla Pyaar

Now, coming to what I presently thrust - 2021 Himalayan (Granite Black) - has each the OE accessories from RE. The odo astatine the clip of penning this intro basal astatine 15,348 kms successful 2 years and 6 months - play rides and a fewer agelong rides (will travel to that successful the upcoming travelogues). Till date, person undertaken 2 Solo Trips, 2 Interstate rides with friends and assorted play and vacation rides (either solo oregon with friends).

Have christened her "Athena" aft the Greek Goddess of War, Handicraft and contented and the patroness of Athens. The sanction is apt arsenic whenever I ride, I larn a happening oregon 2 astir the bike,me, it's limits and mine. It keeps maine grounded (not the value - eyeroll), helps maine successful riding successful a disciplined manner. Currently connected the 2nd acceptable of tyres - chose the Apollo ActiGrip F6/R6 and person a bully feedback till date. With the commencement of a caller job, things person been dilatory and haven't ridden a batch for the past period and a fractional but soon would beryllium getting retired connected the road.

Himalayan aka Athena - Current Partner

Looking guardant to stock my travels and larn caller things successful this forum. Thanks erstwhile again for giving maine the accidental to beryllium a subordinate of this forum and would beryllium backmost with a travelogue the adjacent clip we meet! Godspeed and thrust safe!

Vehicles Driven/Ridden till date:
Cars: Premier 110NE(lots of memories with my Dad), Fiat Elegant 1100( Grandma's - retrieve it vividly - ne'er driven), Premier Padmini (learnt to thrust - household car - sold), Fiat Palio (gem of a car - sold)
Bikes: Honda Unicorn(learnt to thrust - Uncle's), Honda Dio (first thrust - sold), RE Himalayan (current ride)