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Motor bike Ride preparation and Packing your Stuff:

In Long Distance Motor Bike Ride first and foremost 2 things are important i.e. Rider and Motorbike.

Rider:

1.     Physical Health: You must be in a good physical condition more specifically from riding point of view especially your back, knee, Neck, Shoulder. Beside if you are riding through High Mountain passes then your respiration system should be good enough. Check your Blood Pressure levels.

2.     Mental Health: Motor Bike ride comes with unpredictable situation leading to mental stress. At times you fill that it was a wrong decision to come for a ride. So you need to have a strong mental state to complete the ride.

3.     Financial Health: You should plan your ride properly after checking the bank statements. It can’t be a cut to cut budget. It cannot be. You may have a broad budget in your mind and you should strive to be around that. But you need to have free play to match the unpredicted situations.

4.     Disaster Management Skills: Riding bike is not only sufficient for a long bike ride. You travel through cold deserts, high mountain passes, dense forests, crowded cities, crossing rivers and so on. Disaster is an event, natural or man-made, sudden or progressive, which impacts with such severity that the affected community has to respond by taking exceptional measures. I was lucky to complete my Basic Disaster Management Course free of cost at http://www.aniruddhasadm.com/ . Aniruddha's Academy of Disaster Management's mission is to prepare every individual of our country, irrespective of nationality, caste, creed, or religion, in the management of disasters, natural or man-made. Focus of training is preparing and equipping the participants in:

·        Rescue Methods (Application of Rope / Knots, bands and hitches)

·        Primary First aid

·         Cardio Pulmonary Cerebral Resuscitation (CPCR) until medical help arrives.

This not only curtails the damage caused by the disaster but also goes a long way in saving life. Nowadays the institute also impart the corporate course.

Motorbike: 

Thorough check-up need to be done through a good mechanic.

1.     Engine:  Check for Engine sound. There should not be any sound which not familiar to you.

2.     Clutch:  Check clutch plates and pressure plates.

3.     Tyre:  Always check the rubber… Grip should be good enough to take on any road condition. Tyre Tubes should be of butyl quality only.

4.     Chain sprocket:  Always check the tension of chain, teeth of sprocket, lubrication.

5.     Battery, Lights and wiring:  Check for headlight bulb, all indicators, Switches, Fuse etc. most importantly the wiring. Get your battery checked before you ride on…

Packing your Stuff:

It is most confusing but very crucial to know what should be taken with during ride. Use a good quality Saddle Bag. Again let’s have 2 parts (Rider and Motorbike) for this section as well.

Rider:

1.     Apparels: You must carry proper rainwear, winter wear. Do use skin inners as it dry very fast easily so you can reduce numbers of T-shirts you have to carry.

2.     Footwear: Riding or Tracking Shoes (as an alternate)/ Gumboots, spare slippers or floaters.

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2.     Other: Torch, Whistle, Swiss Knife, Regular Medicine

Bike:

1.     General Tool kit:

2.     Puncture Kit (along with Tube): 

3.     Electrical kit: Extra headlight bulb, fuse, small wire and Electric wire tape to stick.

4.     Other: Clutch cable, throttle cable, spark plug, Chain lock, Bungee cord, fevistick, M-seal, Footpump.