MY FIRST SOLO RIDE
A STORY OF PRAVEEN SAHU | NARRATED BY RAHUL MEHTA
HYDERABAD cafe coffee day, I ordered
cappuccino, well I was sitting on the table
going through my facebook, scrolling some
posts, sipping my cappuccino, was reading
some posts of my rider friends.. There were
so many posts and so many trips, I haven't
had many trips or riding since I started riding
few years back, thoughts of me hitting the
road SOLO were going on in my mind but
the question was where to go? I have heard
about solo riding is fun and intriguing, it's
like self meditation but I haven't had that
experience. While I was going through some
post I came across to Araku Valley, a hill
station in Andhra Pradesh.. I have heard lot
of stories regarding that when I was in
college but never got chance to visit there.
On a dark desert highway, cool wind in
my hair. Warm smell of colitas, rising
up through the air.. Up ahead in the
distance, I saw a shimmering light.. My
head grew heavy and my sight grew
dim, I had to stop for the night.
RE Classic 350, which I named it SHAURYA.
I was standing next to my bike at parking and I could feel that
Shaurya was telling me that he is ready for Araku Valley, this was
very first time I had a feeling that my bike was communicating
with me, strange isn't it?
I kicked start Shaurya, I don't know why, although it has self start
switch but my subconscious mind made me kicked started my
bike.
There she stood in the doorway; I
heard the mission bell And I was
thinking to myself 'This could be
heaven or this could be hell' Then she
lit up a candle and she showed me the
way.. There were voices down the
corridor, I thought I heard them say..
Annual day of my college fest, I was performing this song with my
guitar, crowd was cheering..
This song in CCD brought back my memories of college days
when I performed this song..
It was Hotel California song, which was
going on in the cafe, after ages I was listing
to this song, may be after my college days. I was standing at the signal with the thoughts of my college days
with this song and suddenly I could hear the honking from behind
and brought me back in to reality. I was riding and thinking "some
memories you cannot forget."
I decided then I will take a SOLO ride to
Araku Valley, I almost finished my
cappuccino and left for home on my bike I reached home, had dinner with my family, they could observe
my lost state of mind, I didn't talk much and went to bed, colsed
my eyes.