Expert Tips

Every monsoon season, the most asked question among riders is –

How to stay as dry as possible when riding a motorcycle in rain

If you want to travel from point A to point B and always stay completely dry, you should buy a car or stay home.

• If you ride a bike in the pouring rain for long enough or hard enough, you will eventually get wet….whatever expensive raingear you wear.
• Water runs off your helmet and down your neck. It will be thrown up from the road and up your jacket. It will hit your gloves and enter the sleeve. Or rise up your boot to your leg. It will find its way through zips and pockets.

The bike’s chain is probably one the most important parts on a bike for it's brand new out of showroom feel. The kind of acceleration and deceleration forces that the chain handles are immense. In the course of normal riding, the chain probably goes through the most wear and tear as compared to any engine component; remember, almost all engine components are almost always lubed by the engine oil and are encased away from the harsh surroundings (mud, dust etc) whereas the chain is mostly exposed to the elements of nature.

The chain’s exposure to natural elements make it age rapidly unless cared for. The difference in performance between a non-lubed chain and a properly maintained one is huge and can be felt almost immediately.

Why is cleaning bike chain necessary?

In most modern motorcycles, chain is not covered in full chain cover and is exposed. It gets subjected to dirt, dust, water every time you ride. Cleaning a chain and lubricating it properly will (a) mak

You must have heard stories of altitude sickness that xyz suffered at Khardung La or at Chang La and are worried whether you can actually ride at high altitude. Fear not. We explain you what AMS is all about.

The points that we will be covering are:

• What is altitude sickness?
• How high do you have to be to get altitude sickness?
• What Causes Mountain Sickness?
• Altitude sickness symptoms
• Altitude sickness Prevention

Now that you have arranged to have sufficient cash, time off and permission from your parents (GF if you are lucky) and are now planning to go on a multiple day motorcycle trip.

• But you have never done such a long ride and don’t want to be in trouble because you didn’t carry something with you.
• But what you can carry on a motorcycle is limited.

Don’t worry, we have a handy guide of what all to carry for your multi-day bike ride.

Here is a quick access index if you don’t want to read all the article. Click on the topic you want to read.

• 10 Things you must take on every ride
• Brief explanation about motorcycle luggage

First some philosophical ranting on my part…..don’t give it much attention. The first point I would make is that if you want to travel from point A to point B and always stay completely dry, you should buy a car or stay home.

If you ride a bike in the pouring rain for long enough or hard enough, you will eventually get wet….whatever expensive raingear you wear.

Water runs off your helmet and down your neck. It will be thrown up from the road and up your jacket. It will hit your gloves and enter the sleeve. Or rise up your boot to your leg. It will find its way through zips and pockets.

If the pressure of water is strong enough, and the duration of the ride is long enough, there is no garment out there that can guarantee to keep you totally dry.

Now that you have taken the plunge and bought a new superbike, you are ecstatic and nothing can match this feeling. Here are few of the tips to make sure that you remain a happy superbike owner for long time.

Respect the power:

"With great power, comes great responsibility".

Yeah, this is THE superbike that you own and boy it can go fast. I mean, real fast. But you need to learn to respect the power & speed.

Superbikes are extremely deceptive. You may feel that you are going at 80 kmph when in reality you would be doing 180 kmph. First get acquainted with the power, learn to control it & not let it control you. Only then, you would be able to enjoy this wonderful thing.

Improve riding skills:

Try and improve your riding skills. Most first time

I recently received a call from a very good friend informing me that he has bought a new bike. Not being an enthusiast, his demands from the machine were limited to regular commute to his office, market place and an occasional trip to outskirts within 100 kilometers. When I reached his place, his bike looked as new as it could. Having taken the delivery a few hours back, the bike was gleaming and sparkling with all its glory.

He started the bike and then in a display of utter neglect, revved the bike hard enough for its nuts to fall off. Not just that but he also ensured that he redlined in the lower gears while demonstrating the potential to me. Thankfully, I was only a spectator standing a few meters away. While the display of his riding prowess and that of his machine were ignorable, what is not worth ignoring is the fact that his bike might have endured some of the toughest moments of its life.

So then we decided

• Are you one of those who stops chatting with friends just to hear a superbike going from far away?
• Have you grown up hearing those amazing sounding superbikes going around and always dreamt of owning at least one superbike in your lifetime?
• Would you rather sell your body parts to own one of those beauties?

If you answered yes, then you have to read this.

Superbikes or SBKs or Dhoom bike…. Call them by whatever name you like but the aura of a superbike cannot be missed. And no, we are not talking about the small capacity sportsbike namesake; we are talking about multi-cylinder, 600cc and above motorcycles – The Real Deal.

Typically a superbike is a motorcycle having 750+ cc engine with multiple cylinders but looking at large number of middle weight motorcycles available in India, we have also considered 600+ cc models in above examples

You have identified a used superbike that you would love to own. So what would make you happier? Getting it at much lower price than what seller is quoting. Of course. But how? There are very simple steps that you can follow to get a better deal.

Here is a haggling checklist to get great deal on used superbike:

1. Be ready to walk away
2. Do your homework about finances
3. Know what you are buying
4. Points to keep in mind while buying a used superbike
5. When to call and where to meet
6. Things to watch out for
7. What