For these bikers, fun comes with responsibility

INDORE: Seven young bikers have come together to enjoy the thrills of bike-riding and encourage helmet wearing while driving. Anuraag Saxena, Rameez Khan, Arpit Shrimal, Aman Makhija, Sandeep, Kuttabuddin Kazi and Shashi all coming from different fields to sally forth a bikers club in Indore named “Malwa Royal Riders”.
The group, formed three years ago with the purpose of exploring new places and stressing importance of safe riding on roads promotes helmet wearing with proper riding gear.“We have done almost twenty major events in three years. We organise these events once in month or if it’s a touring trip then the trip extends to three to four days. There are two types of trip we organise; one is touring trip and another is off roading ride”.
These bunch of guys got inspired by the bikers club in the metro city, gave a thought to try out something new in Indore. In the beginning, they used to hang around every Sunday and looked for some adventure. “Our favourite off road trip was at Kunjalpur village, which is few km away from the city, where we have done river crossing, crossed tough terrains with our bikes in the forest, and it was one of a kind of adventure sport for us. Now, many students and people from other profession are also getting influenced with the club, because these days everyone likes to try something which has an element of adventure.”
There are about more than 100 to 200 members in the club, where among them only 25 to 30 members are regular in the activities organised by them. The group has made its own policy for the members that helmet wearing is a must; their Enfield should be registered and insured. No speeding, no stunts and no noise on roads are allowed in the group and one always carries safety gears with them.
“We meet on a weekly or sometimes monthly basis and discuss our thought process on the biking culture along with carrying out various expedition and adventure tours on motorbikes. We predominantly ride almost all models of Royal Enfield motorcycles because we all have a big love for these bikes. Our passion is hyped in this club, as it is a good stress buster. We also get a chance to make new comrades in the club and meet them. One gets a good break from the boredom of life.”
In order to maintain the passion for motorcycles, they have opened gates for all bike lovers who love riding tough terrains and long distance riding. Another similar club holds adventurous activities for all bike lovers. According to Vedansh Soni, a member of another bikers’ club, “Other members of the club and I have travelled to almost all the nearby places like Punasa dam, Nachen More, where we have done off ride biking with our bullets, which has been adventurous. On every alternate Sunday, we move in groups of 30 to 40 bikes, where through our rides we try to educate people on how to maintain traffic a congested road. In future, we plan road trip to Ladakh, where the bikes will be transported to Delhi and from there we’ll start off our trip.”