My first tryst with a Gladiator...

Finally I had my dream come true on 14th March when I first learnt to ride a bike (Yamaha Gladiator). It was fun. Ofcourse, I had my bro on his nerves, because of my fear of losing control and falling down from the bike, but atleast I got to know how to ride one. Thanks to you dear Bro (if you are reading this...) I tried it for a few mins and couldnt continue because of the terrible heat but I am confident now and next time I am @ home, I can give a shot by my own. It really feels good to ride a bike. I felt very powerful .. is that how one is supposed to feel or is it just my nerves or my pleasure of finally riding one made me feel like that.. whatever.. I dont care.. I simply enjoyed learning it.

Once my friend told me that guys learn to ride cars faster than gals because they have the clutch and gear mechanism in the bikes which enables them to understand and shift focus easily and gals most of the time try with non-gear vehicles which makes it difficult to change focus and it takes time. Well I learnt that it is true... While I ride my scooter (non-geared) I always have my left hand on the brake... I did the same for the bike too only that it is the clutch there.... It would take me some while to get the hang of the mechanism between the two. Next time I go home or happen to get a bike I am sure to try it without fail so that I can learn to ride it well (enough to buy one bike some time later ...why do I realize my dreams so late in life.. well better late than never ...)

On the same day I also rode our car for almost 2-3 kms one 4th Gear (a first there too..) in Kerala highways... both my dreams came true together....