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(The following is full of pun)
"Aishwarya
Rai" it is called by his mom and he calls it Our Sex, others call
it Yamaha R6. But a name doesnt change what it really is. A 600cc, 123
HP throwing crotch rocket.
Mani
has long wanted to photo shoot a sports machine doing high speed fly-bys.
Thanks to Nitin (the owner and a good friend) we had our chance. March
12, 2006 was the day when after a weeks full of planning and hoping, we
actually got to photoshoot Nitin's yamaha R6. Me, Nitin and are new friend
Vikas gathered in the morning at Mani's place. Its nearly impossible to
do such high speed run on delhi raods. Leave out the traffic; you still
have those potholes, the metro digups and the holy cows (jai gao mata)
to worry about. So we got out of delhi and headed for a state-of-the-art
greater noida expressway. Me and mani tagged along with Vikas in his Honda
Accord and Nitin riding up on his R6.
Getting there was so much fun coz you'd catch that awe jaw dropping moments
on the peoples faces. I still cant forget that lady who kept drolling
over the bike that she forgot some one in the next car, is taking her
pics. Though that same thing happened to me as well when i first saw that
beauty (in the car ;) ). There we knew, we had reached the expressway
and already touching 180 Kmph while trying to catch up aishwarya, who
was doing 200+. I dont know how she manages that, may be its the big intake
system :P. I noticed all this when she was flying by us every now and
then, just like playing cat and mouse with us. Vikas may have just remember
that so famous Confucious quote "Yo, R6 is a fast machine and will
kick Accords ass" because he slowed down, parked alongside the breakdown
lane and decided to do some slow speed photography, which turned out to
be a very good idea. Nitin would ride fly by us again and again till we
got that excellent shot. And trust me, when i hold a camera, the next
shot is an excellent shot. Though Mani and Vikas had to click many times
:P
Every
one has a role, so did we. Mani and Vikas were to click pictures. Nitin
was to ride the bike......fast. And i had to guide them though all this
:P. After an hour of clicking we mani rode the R6 and did 158 something.
Then i got to ride it. Lets not talk how fast though. I dont have enough
nos. on my keyboard :P. Decided to get back as it was getting too hot
and after some good little time with friends, i headed back home on my
ducati 749 Dark. :P
Pictures
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