The Jiffy
Whatsapp messages shared at speed of light right from 4.30 am. “Has everyone got up?”, “where are you?”, “what spot do I wait?”,”should I come directly to Fountain hotel?” and many more frantic ones later we gather.
When all meet
Finally all reached the assembly point and after a short briefing, the journey started in the wee hours at about 6.30 am, the weather was cool and refreshing and every Avy opened their eyes and roared on Mumbai- Ahmedabad Highway!
All energized riders were riding on a single line formation and looked like a long shiny snake cruising on the highway turning every onlooker eyes towards them, all the bypassing vehicles, trucks, tempos, buses, cars, bikes were looking and admiring the discipline.
Pranish (paaro) was leading and Parth and gurpreet (paaji) were at their best on patrolling and Ketan (selfie king) was the tail, around 8.30 we took halt for breakfast at the Kamat Hotel near Manor, this was the time everyone really saw each other, glanced Hi’s & Hellos & check out each other’s gears with a cup of piping hot tea in their hands. Some familiar and many new and got introduced to each other. Ravish uncle distributed pamphlets and told about the noble cause he is supporting for the cancer patients. Everyone had their breakfast, tea, smoke etc and Mitul joined us at Kamath’s and were ready for the onward journey.
That Breathless moment
After a smooth ride till Charoti, we were forced to halt as an incident struck us all & took our breaths away for a moment. Patrolling is never an easy job, and it sure struck us hard when Parth suddenly crashed on to a cow who appeared from nowhere. His bike flew a few feet away while a major accident was avoided. The pillion on Parth’s bike was safe, thanks to our safety gear policy of wearing helmets, jackets & protective shoes. When things normalized after some time, we regained our momentum & rode ahead like a perfect team. One for all, All for One.
Reaching Jampore
Finally cruising through some broad and some narrow roads we reached the Jampore Beach. Everyone parked their bikes and were about to march towards the beach, some local idiots objected that the bikes being parked will block way to their shacks, although it was a parking lot, fine after a short brawl everything was ok and we entered into a shack, I could still remember the woohoo! reaction of the hotel owner on getting around 40 customers at a time and getting the whole day business done in 2-3 hours.
Everyone was now in a mood to chill, some went on the beach, some selfie enthusiasts started doing what they like the most, some just sat on the lazy chair and relaxed, some were busy in discussion about the way we came and so on....well it was around 12.45 when we reached and no one seemed to be hungry so some ordered cold drinks, some snacks, some Breezers and some went bird watching.. :D
After enjoying lunch and relaxing for a while, we had an introduction session for new members where everyone introduced themselves and shared their experience and suggestions.
Local Spare part hunting
Now Parth had to change the headlight of his bike so he went to some local shops but didn’t find it, so he along with Paaji, Sai, Tushar and Mitul decided to go to Vapi to get it done and other started their return journey, while getting ready to move, many people were inquiring about the group and were appreciating our unity and ofcourse BIKES..
On the way back
Returning Home
Return journey started after a photo session. and Pranish led the way again with same enthusiasm. Rajeev (myself) and Chetan were patrolling and Ketan was tailing. While returning the ride was smooth and we took a short halt at Charoti for tea and snacks and after short fun session everyone was again headed to the finish point and finally we reached Fountain Hotel at about 7.30 pm where the amazing ride was concluded, with smiling fresh faces & nostalgic heart. Every rider went home with loads of memories to cherish with their new found family called BAC-Mumbai
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Hope to see you all in the next BAC Ride.
Cheers,
Rajeev Telang
