So after much coaxing and convincing, shopping trips and many, many discussions later, the day of departure finally came. I escaped from the routine office life at 5 PM. The first loading session is always the longest. It took me a whole hour to pack all the stuff on the Bullet. I was carrying one extra tent, sleeping bag and gum-boots. All the weight amounted to so much that when the engine fired up and the vehicle started to move, it was wobbling. Slowly and steadily, I reached the gathering point at the famed landfill site at the start of GT Road by 8:15 PM. Straightaway, there was a problem. Vihans was having trouble with the self start of his FZ. The emergency was the lack of a kick start option. His mechanic was attending to the bike, but did not find the cure of it.
With crossed fingers, we set off towards Panipat. The road after Alipur border has become very pleasurable to ride, even at night time. We made it to Gyan's home in just 2 hours. Gyan was his usual self, having started beer without waiting for us. Our plan was to leave from Panipat at 4 AM as the following day would see very long distance riding. Easier said than done. Its an insult to reach Gyan's home and straightaway go to sleep. You simply cannot go to bed without having 2 bottles of beer. Still, we did manage to finish everything by 1 AM and went to sleep.
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