Rider Mania'05-- Part III

Day3 ---> 08-Jan-2005
Today the event was supposed to kick of at 10:00 am. Finally it did so after lunch. We seized this opportunity to get our bikes tuned and washed(all free thanks to RM of course). After lunch began our hunt for the beer. We heard that Castle Lager was one of the sponsors and a pint would set us back by only 10 Rs. This was a bloody steal if you ask me. So Samarth, Ambar and me set off hunting for this elusive stall that looked more like the Elixir fountain in this heat. Coming to the mumbai heat, it was outright oppresive. Man my shirt was stuck to my body. After giving up our search for the elusive beer stall, we guys went out of the venue looking for some watering holes. Found one soon enough and what do we see, Harsh, Vipin and sanju had already thought of this. Downed a couple of beers and headed back to the resort.
Finally the event kicked off. and the Indiethumpers showcased their concept bike. It was one cool looking bike. Just when we were planning another visit to the watering hole, we spotted the Beer stall. There was no stopping us after this. Within a half hour we were surrounded with more empty bottles than people. Sourabh and me were supposed to participate in the arm-wrestling even, but our names just did not materialise. This resulted in us downing more beers, but we were not complaining. The music was good, and the company even better. by the evening, it was time for some more events, and sadly we did not win in any of them. But we put in our best effort, backed up with lots of beer, and that should count.
Evening we had this wonderful band called Sceptre and all the metal-heads came out in numbers.Some of them were multitasking near the stage-cigaette in one hand, beer in the other, and in between and drag and a swig, they would get on with their head banging. It took a lot of skill mind you. Some of the guys, spat their sig out, thinking it was their drag, and others made the mistake of taking a drag and forgetting to retreive the cigarette, ensuring that it went flying, once they got on with their head banging.So in a nutshell this was tedious work, especially with a lot of sigs and lots more of drags already having found their way into their system.enjoyed the whole ambience, and had a lot of good discussions with some like-minded people. Diner was an extended affair, as all of us were very hungry. Hit the bed at around 1:30 or so.It was agood day, considering that we got to relax after being on the road for 2 days.
DAY 4 ---> 09-Jan-2005
This was suppossed to be the day, when all the bikes went to Mumabi for the collective ride. But as most of the people were recovering from their hangovers, this did not materialise. It was a pretty lazy day too, what with all the people happy to just hang around and reluctant to do anything more. There were alot of modified bikes on display though. It was a treat to watch them. So, most of the day was spent at Kirthi's Cramster stall ogling at these bikes, and comparing notes with others.Wanted to get a tatto, but got back after the inhibitive prices. Looked like the guy was planning to buy a few islands and retire after this tatoo gig.
Sourabh's bike chose this day to start acting up. His headlight had fizzed out and he needed to go to Panvel city to get some spare. This ensured that he missed the group riding, which eventually took off at 3:00 or so and ended back at the resort within an hour of starting.In the evening Kirthi joined us in our partying. Till then he was pretty subdued (part-wise), as he had to tend to his stall. Once he shut shop at Rider Mania, there was no looking back for all the "Caman the enjayment". We called it quits only by around 3:30 or so in the "wee hours" of the morning. We had a gala time pulling the legs of one particular Bearish character, who had this wrong notion that riding 50 kms on a bullet had made him a better bulletter than all of us.