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Offline SteelD

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« on: August 23, 2007, 09:19:19 AM »
And I bet you thought that this was about those wonderful V-twins.  :wink:

No, I'm in India right now and the biking scene is amazing. No big bikes, all 125cc commuter bikes with the odd Enfield 350. In fact, there are more bikes than cars. Helmets are rare. Women ride side-saddle on the pillion wearing their traditional dresses and mixing it with the heavy lorries and suicidal motorised rickshaws. Often, a mother will be holding a child as well! Sometimes the whole family could be on one bike and there could be two adults and three children on a bike in a country where traffic rules are almost non-existent and the roads are often littled more than pot-holed dirt tracks with goats, dogs and cows wandering freely.



And how about this for novel luggage!



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Offline Barbarian

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« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2007, 10:27:07 AM »
I'm saving that first picture to my desktop for the next time someone thinks motorcycling is risky.

I wonder what the accident/fatality rate is in India?
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Offline Red01

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« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2007, 12:20:13 PM »
Maybe it's part of national policy to help curb their exploding population?  :lol:
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Offline mademiriam

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« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2007, 04:02:03 PM »
cool pictures, thats the beauty of travel
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