Riding my friend’s dream… literally…. last to last weekend i was in Gurgaon… just to catch up with old friends… yes old… the reference is to their age :)Why am i writing about something that happened a fortnight ago right now… well coz the picture proofs of that meeting came yesterday… hang in there you will know what am i talking about !!!

so i meet aro.. at his apartment… yeah.. thats wat they call in in the firangland.. an apartment… where he treated me to a chilled mug of LASSI 🙂 and i had it in a huge BEER MUG… well why.. just to get the feel of having beer 😉 anyway… and after some usual and unusual stupid and not so stupid convos about life, and the extra terrestrial ( that would be him) and shuffling the settings of his deck and the TV, we decided to go to Hughes….

Narang was there in the evening shift.. and it was great to meet him as usual… he listened to the new amp and the tube in my car.. and was happy and satisfied with the output though agreed that it needed some minor tweaking for a better performance…

so the time came.. and i was excited to see what i really was there to see… his new old bike… well new coz he bought it recently.. and old coz its a 1987 model… is he crazy… yes he is.. and the bike is crazier… its a Yamaha RD 350…. hearing it growl when he kick started it was amazing.. and i had no clye what it was capable of until narang asked me to sit at the back seat and hold on to him… i heard that our loved Abhijit Hati freaked out after 5 mintues on that bike and i was advised to be careful….. so i was… and trust me i was holding narang for good… i almost fell when he accelerated the bike… what else do you expect from a raw insane power pack which can go from 0 to 100 kmph in 9 seconds flat….

what followed next was a long short drive… long thanks to the kilometres we covered.. and short thanks to the time it took…. the bike was roared like a lion and get respect automatically on the road… phew what a ride that was….

thinking about the kinda bike enthusiast narang is.. it would not be long that this baby is going to shine and move like a brand new one… enough of words…

time for some fotos now….

and for those who want some tech details.. here is what you might like to read about the bike….
1987 Rajdoot RD350 LT
– 0.5 Bore running Genuine ART pistons.
– Stock Mikuni Carbs with 165 Main Jets.
– Original Jap Points
– Stock Pipes
– Wire Mesh Filter
– Genuine Yamaha Chain Set with 17 teeth Front Sprocket.
– Stock Seat.
– Paint and decals are intact.
– Tops out at 140 ( Speedo ) (* trust me this happens with this bike*)

this would be worth another foto shoot.. in day light and when narang is back in India after his trip from Mexico with the parts and accessories he needs to get this baby burning the road !!!