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As we all know that after 15th December 2019, FASTag will be mandatory at all the highway tolls to pay your toll fees. FASTags are obviously for people's convenience but still many of us are having some queries and trouble for the installation and execution of FASTag. National Highway Authority of India has initiated this program which is called Electronic Toll Collection. FASTag is a device that uses Radio frequency identification technology which enables it to directly make a payment from the prepaid account linked with your FASTag.  Now there are plenty of benefits of using FASTag like: - There will be no need to carry cash, which also saves you from the hassle of getting change at toll booths. - You will not have to stand in the long queue waiting for your turn to pay the toll. - You can recharge your FASTag from all the different platforms like Debit card, Credit card, Net Banking, NEFT, RTGS, anything. - You will receive SMS alerts for each transact...

A few days back, I had to change the rear tire of my motorcycle. And a thought popped up in my mind. How about if I put a wider tire on it? Wouldn't it look cool? Probably... But hey wait...!!! Wider tires are always better? Let's find out... There is a trend in the whole world that a wider rear tire on a motorcycle looks cooler and there's a belief that it enhances the performance. But, is it so? So, when it comes to a wider or thinner tire, we better understand the tire specification first. 130/70  R 17 The first number of three digits is the width of the tire in millimeters. So, the bigger this number is, the wider your tire will be. Hence for this case, 130 mm is the width of our tire. The second two digits after a slash are known as "Aspect Ratio". It indicates the height of the tire in the percentage of tire width. Here, tire height will be 70% (aspect ratio) of 130 mm (tire width), which is 91 mm. So, for this case, tire height ...

The Green Hell -  Nürburgring The track which has witnessed 100 years of history, started to establish its foundation from 1920 in the town of Nurberg, Germany. The north loop is approximately 22 km long, with around 154 turns and it has more than 1000 feet of elevation change from its lowest to highest point. Former F1 racing driver Jackie Stewart nicknamed this track as "The Green Hell". He used to say this about the Nürburgring: "When I left home for the German Grand Prix I always used to pause at the end of the driveway and take a long look back. I was never sure I'd come home again." The Nürburgring is known as the most dangerous track in the world. It was made to take and test the vehicle to its extreme condition. These days the track is lot safer but, back in the days it was something more than dangerous, it was made by craving the woods of the Eiffel mountains, every corners with extreme bends and slopes, trees blocking the view ahead ...

If you are the person who enjoys the distance more than a destination, then a road trip is the best thing for you to do in life. There are different types of roamers exists in this world. Some like to travel by public transport, some by cars but traveling by motorcycle is the best way to experience and explore the world around you. So with the heart full of enthusiasm and filled with love for the automobile, we decided to experience our first ever road trip on our motorcycles. The thought of a motorcycle road trip only is enough to make me excited. But this road trip was not the usual road trip for me, we three persons were going on two motorcycles and I was about to be a pillion. Then you must be wondering that what would be the reason behind my excitement of being a pillion. The reason was, something was waiting for me on the other end. It was a chilled Sunday morning of December and we were ready to hit the road with our winter wears on at around 7:30 in the morning...

Hello friends, This is my first attempt to make and post the video on my new youtube channel. Please let me know if you like or dislike the video and please comment down your thoughts. In this video, I have tried to take some cinematic shots of this new Royal Enfield stealth black edition. And in the future, planning to post more like this....stay tuned!!!

If anyone in India says the name "Bullet", the only thing comes to one's mind is the ballistic thumping sound of the Royal Enfield and it also reflects in their tagline "Made like a Gun". It all started back in 1901 at the west midland county of England named Worcestershire under the company named "The Enfield Cycle Company Limited". They were the seller and manufacturer of motorcycles, bicycles, lawnmowers and stationary engines. They built the first Royal Enfield motorcycle Bullet in 1901, which is the longest-lived design in motorcycle history. In 1955, the Indian government was looking for a suitable motorcycle for its police and army. And as a result, this British company partnered with Madras Motors in India and started manufacturing of a 350 cc Royal Enfield Bullet and since then you can watch them in our Republican day parade. Time has passed but still, the classic design of Royal Enfield has remained unchanged over the decades. In 2018...

You can link this blog to the blog which I wrote approximately three months ago about my test rides of KTM beasts. After the test rides and research, a friend of mine end up buying an orange KTM Duke 250. The motorcycle has completed more than 10000 km on ODO. This seems like a right time to review the motorcycle about its pros and niggles over the period of ownership. Since the possession, the bike has been taken on the short city rides, daily commute rides and also on a few long highway trips. The day bike was purchased it was completely different than the test ride we did. The gear shifts were notchy and the engine was completely unsmooth. The reason might be because the bike was completely new. We were expecting it to get roused after a few hundred kilometers or after the first service because in that condition it was totally unpleasant to ride. Also due to the short gearing setup, it is extremely difficult to ride at a lower speed in higher gears. You'll hav...

When it comes to a road trip, self-driving rental cars are turn out to be the best option available. You can take it wherever you want, you can listen to the music you want and you can save yourself from your cab driver's stories. So, to experience the road trip to Lavasa which is located around 60 kilometers away from Pune, I decided to rent a self-driving car from an application called Zoomcar. Zoomcar is very famous and the only one I knew, which provides a self-driving car rental service. I was using it for the first time, so I downloaded the app and logged in. The first time, it was showing "no cars available in your area". I tried again and got my luck, it showed a Tata Tiago, Ford Ecosport and Mahindra KUV 100, I wanted to rent Ecosport but it was parked around 25 Kms away from the place where I was staying. So I decided to go for Mahindra KUV 100. The process of renting a car in Zoomcar was completely unprecedented for me. First, you have to select th...

When it comes to superbikes, we normally think about Japanese motorcycles like Hayabusa, R1, and CBRs. But there is a new Italian contender in the superbike market from Ducati, which has raised the bar so high that I would call it hyperbike, not a superbike. This new hyperbike from Ducati is called Superleggera 1299, which is a translation for "super light" in the Italian language. As its name implies, it really is super light. It weighs only 156 kgs...!!! And do not forget, it is a 1300 cc motorcycle. Some of the Indian quarter litre motorcycles like Pulsar RS 200, KTM RC 200 and Honda CBR 250R weighs more than 150 kg. This motorcycle is a complete replica of the technology and aids which Ducati is using in MotoGP. Ducati has planned to make only 500 units of this motorcycle and all units are already sold out even before the production. Let me tell you India also owns one of this Superleggera. But for all this the price you'll have to pay, is enormous. It costs Rs....

The concept of automatic transmission car is not much acceptable by an average Indian consumer, as it is famous in US and European market. Due to the same reason, I was apart from driving and experiencing automatic transmission cars. The first time when I got chance to get a ride in an automatic transmission vehicle, it was the 5-Series BMW. Just put the transmission in "D" mode and gears changes by itself. You just have to put your foot down on peddle and sit back, RPM rises and needle falls down as gears get shifted. It was always fascinating for me to see formula one drivers changing gears by their hands with paddle shift. I was desperate to get my hands on these automatic transmission cars. In September 2017, Toyota launched all-new version of its well known SUV, the Fortuner. It was the first major update after 2016. This new fortuner was completely transformed from its previous models. The old version was simple and roundish in shape, but this new one is more ed...

Different people have different special days in their life, for some, it is their birthday or for some, it is their anniversary or something. But for me (at least for now) it was the day, I got my hands on the Orange Beasts. I was already a huge fan of this Austrian motorcycle brand from the day it came to India under the roof of Bajaj (that's the reason why it shares some switchgear with pulsars). Following are the teasers I saw before the launch of this beast in India. The sharp edgy styling of this naked bike is a real beauty. I had never seen any naked bike that looks such handsome and sturdy. I remember it was a summer evening. I and a friend of mine went to the nearest KTM Showroom for a test drive as he was planning to buy one. I like the theme of KTM showroom. Orange background with black fonts on it. Orange always reminds me of something related to racing. We went in, the sales guy was really an enthusiast. He showed us the fully faired RC and the new naked Duke...