Biker Radio Rodcast
By Soundboard Media
These are portraits in audio of the people who ride, fix and build motorcycles; their journey and their enlightening learnings from the road they have travelled on.
Awarded The Whickers in the UK and with a BBC Sounds audio documentary to boot, the RODcast (Radio On Demand) is a proven example in "narrowcasting", a 'community' domain expertise of Soundboard Media
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Biker Radio RodcastFeb 19, 2021
BRR Ep 99 Preetam Bora on the Long Way Home
Behind the stories that auto journalists write lies their own story. The story of a boy from small town India and the wheels that have kept turning for him, taking him places.
His love for touring is perhaps only matched by his love for the six string. Preetam Bora is a senior auto journalist from Car&Bike, one of India's leading auto jourmals
Honest, candid and very refreshingly real, our 99th milestone awaits you.
Now grab a good pair of headphones and dive it.
BRR Ep 98 Malkiat Singh Hoonjan on the Long Way Home
Malkiat Singh Hoonjan is the road captain and a mentor with the Legendary Sikh Riders of Canada, a unique motorcycling club in the world.
Their flaming kesri turbans and long flowing beards make them stand out as they establish the pride of their Sikh identity amongst other formidable motorcycling icons in the west.
Whether it's mechanised heavy machinery, fabricating a palki for the Gurughar or working with vulnerable youth, he's a workhorse and does it as part of his sewa.
We've been waiting for over 6 years to bring to you the story of 'The flying Sikh of Canada' who's let the road teach him everything that he's learnt.
listen...connect...ride on...
BRR Ep 97 Long Way Home forNanda
It’s international women’s day as we remain engulfed in a quiet riot of emotions in India today. Our silence through the shameful act of a violent episode against a woman is best shattered as we dedicate out 97th milestone to Nanda; our heads hung in the sound of silence…
Music : Nouela - Sound of silence
BRR Ep 96 Gul Panag on the Long Way Home Part 2
We asked Gul Panag if it was the sense of apathy with the polity or was it youthful adrenaline that ever so mainlines our emotions growing up, that made Gul throw in her hat into the political ring?
And then there's a bunch of questions about her marriage on wheels, the pilot in her heart and Magucho where she now also wearing the entreprenuer's hat.
BRR Ep 95 Gul Panag on the Long Way Home Part 1
We’ve always had Gul Panag on our guest wishlist; not because she’s been a top model, a Miss India, a famous film and TV actress; but for being an outdoorsy motor heady kind of person… and that despite her stardom.
She’s a daughter, a sister, a wife, a mother, a pilot, a runner, a fitness buff, a dog lover, an entrepreneur, a conscious citizen and so much more as we’re going to learn over the next two milestones on the Long Way Home with Gul Panag.
Let's begin with the Boyevaya Mashina Pekhotys.
Whadoyouknow ?
BRR Ep 94 Rey Dhillon on the Long Way Home
If dirt were Dollars, Ravit Singh Dhillon would be the king
of Wall St. At the 94th milestone on the Biker Radio Rodcast we
feature Frisco kid, champion motocross and dirt bike rider and now Reise Motorsport’s lynch pin for the CEAT Indian Supercross Racing League, Rey Dhillon.
Rey’s been flirting with dirt since he was a kid growing up in Dansville, California. A Lakers fan boy, he’s been a champion skateboarder, has had a clothing line to his name and has grabbed all the silver the Indian motocross races had to offer since he moved back to India around 15 ish years back.
Old school, classic rock fan, Rey reveals that Biker Radio Rodcast shares space with the Lakers and the 49ers on his Spotify podcast playlist.
He’s been listening; have you ?
BRR Ep 93 Adil S Nargolwala on the Long Way Home - Part 2
Till now we've heard of the amazing person in Adil S Nargolwala. This time we get to understand the competetive animal that he is and what fuels this extreme athelete to keep on climb his personal peaks. This seminal identity creator has always been at the core of our enquiry and Adil did not dissapoint us as he motored his way through the sallies.
A truly fascinating listen that could help you to discover the Adil in you as we walk out of 2023 and into 2024.
Happy New EAR!
BRR Ep 92 Adil S Nargolwala on the Long Way Home - Part 1
For every Everest that looms large, the trio of belief, discipline and prep shall enable one to conquer it. But to be playful while at it; that’s something worth digging in to… Adil S Nargolwala is Head Talent Acquisition at WNS Global Services. A biker, a rally racer, an FMSCI certified rally marshal, an entrepreneur, an active farmer, a marathon runner having run the World Majors; London, New York, Boston, Chicago, Berlin, Tokyo, the 7 continent runs, the Kilimanjaro, Umlingla, Antarctica and a dozen more, this extreme athelete ran the 'Ultraman triathlon swimming 10 kms, cycling for 424 kms and then runnning a 42.6 km marathon. We tried to get under his skin asking him why? His default answer…because it’s there!
You'll tide over the Yule Tide but first; grab a pair of headphones and raise a toast! Merry Christmas
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BRR Ep 91 Rongom Tagore Mukerji on the Long Way Home
If dopamine was the currency, a drag race would be THE casino on overdrive. A place to claim everything that the mind craves for. Glory, fame, belief, power and above all an identity to match your swag.
The Valley Run is India’s casino of Elite Octane where Rongom Tagore Mukerji plays Bugsy. He’s built the event from the ground up and today, in its 11th year, the Valley Run kicks off at the Aamby Valley airstrip to a delirious crowd of motorheads.
Like a moth to a flame, TVR attracts racing enthusiasts from across the country who are more than eager to exhibit their proud builds and push the pedal to the metal to earn the glory of the Valley Run quarter mile.
There is an artist of a different kind in Rongom, a quiet riot of adrenaline racing in his blood.
So put on your headphones and GET SET GO!
BRR Ep 90 Shardul Shas Sharma on the Long Way Home
Shardul shot into fame when he nonchalantly walked into the Red Bull Romaniacs, what can be considered as the toughest motorcycle race known to boyhood and into the category that’s reserved for none lesser than warriors – THE IRON CLASS. That’s the class where adrenaline becomes haemoglobin. If you win, you are Thor. If you complete the race, you are man. Shardul is the first boy from India to complete the race and that’s the nut he wears in his helmet. Below his soft spoken demeanor flows liquid lava, its energy tamable only by a power that is equally raging. Meet fear, vulnerability, threat, challenge and insecurity. That’s what he thrives on. That’s his automatic trigger, he hates them.
No task is unsurmountable, bring it on and therefore I am.
That in a crank case is Shardul Sharma aka Shas.
BRR Ep 89 Anand Dharmaraj on the Long Way Home
Another momentous milestone with a man whose enthusiasm for life is infectious. Anand Dharmaraj's quest and wanderlust outpace the adversities that are served an eager middle finger.
The presiding deity of three enterprises; Indimotard Adventures, which is a curated international ride experience, Greasehouse Garage, which is somewhere between an ICU and a spa for Bengaluru's papmpered motorcycles and T.W.O. or Throttle wide open, India's first and only track riding school, Anand Dharmaraj gets his highs from motorcycles and fast lanes. This is an audio portrait of a person who has petrol in his veins, grease in his nails and grit in his gut.
A son, a father, a husband, a teacher, a biker, a tech head, a motor head and certainly a comrade; Anand as his name suggests believes in the moment because nothing else matters.
Anand Dharmaraj is a motorcycling legend of our times and a story we have been wanting to tell for a very long time.
Served along with a gust of fresh mountain air from Kerala with Ouseph Chacko on MyWay and Thaikkundum Bridge melodies, this is the delectable Saadya to relish.
Grab your headphones if you want to hear the papad crackle.
Cheers
BRR Ep 88 Jaspreet Bhatia Carberry India on the Long Way Home
The Carberry is a 1000cc British V Twin designed in its days by Paul Carberry and Ian Drysdale, coupling two 500 cc Royal Enfield engines with a custom built crank and mounted to a Royal Enfield frame. A firestarter of a motorcycle, this rocket is being built to comply with BS6 norms in India by Dream Engine Manufacturers a pet project of Jaspreet Singh Bhatia, a greenhorn but with the 'junoon' that is the leitmotif of the 'never say die' biker.
The IBW is a Kumbh Mela of motorcyling in this country and surprisingly, that's where BRR found him, as a true brother in arms. Time will tell what comes of this litre class project but the comitment to kick the can along the road against all odds is a story Biker Radio Rodcast has been dying to tell.
All ears ?
BRR Ep 87 Gaurav Gill on the Long Way Home
Believe it or not, ace national rally car driver, Arjuna awardee, Gaurav Gill arrived on the rally circuit and took it by storm on a motorcycle. He beat the best sending seismic shocks across the country. But what still defines this lad is the hunger, to win; period.
We met on the sidelines of the 2nd Outback festival in Leh and chatting up Gaurav sure added to the proverbial high. This podcast is also available in video premiering later this week.
Let's GO...!
BRR ep 86 Gursaurabh Singh on the Long Way Home Part 2
This is the story of faith, of friendship, the highs and the abysmal lows. It is about looking at fact in the eye and learning to live with it. It is the story of the coming of age. The Long Way Home story with Gursaurabh Singh is carried forward from our 85th episode and culminates at this emotional 86th milestone even as the road beckons.
We’ve got the story; do you have the time?
BRR Ep 85 Gursaurabh Singh on the Long Way Home Part 1
Maverick creator and entrepreneur, he's a man for all seasons. always there for the pack both on and off the saddle.
Son, father, husband, biker, scientist, founder, enterpreneur, inventor, explorer, foodie, friend and most loveably; a comedian at heart, we give you Gursaurabh Singh.
BRR Ep 84 The Big Forkers on the Long Way Home
Chefs who are bankers who are foodies who are bikers !
The new face(s) of 'food for thunk' on the Indian horizon, we dig in with The Big Forkers duo of Shashank Jayakumar and Sid Mewara; fan boys of Anthony Bourdain's culinary ecapades who now have a TV show of their own on Discovery dropping Sep 11th 2023 called I should have STAYED HOME.
"Take it all" says Sumeet Narang, President Probiking Bajaj Auto on the sidelines of the Triumph Speed 400 launch and Anita Krishnan sledges Ozzie food but delights on her Triumph 1200 GTX from Australia on MyWay.
Stay calm and listen...connect...ride on...
Ep 83 Maral Yazarloo on the Long Way Home Part 03
In episodes 81 and 82, you’ve heard the first and the second part of the Maral Yazarloo trilogy that meanders through her childhood, her formative years and her epic ride around the world, travelling across continents.
Her co-rider, Pankaj Trivedi had, due to medical reasons, drop out in South America leaving Maral to accomplish the rest of the ride by herself.
We pick up the story right at the cusp of when, born in a new avatar our thoroughbred ice maiden takes on the frozen dessert landscape of the Antarctic and discovers a new meaning of the word ego.
Road can teach what you are willing to unlearn...
BRR Ep 82 Maral Yazarloo on the Long Way Home Part 2
Picking up from where we left it on episode 81, Maral Yazarloo is accomplished rider, world traveler, artist, business owner, animal lover, tattoo lover, a hopeless jewel junkie, beyond cure unless we’re talking manicure.
Maral Yazarloo is a fashion designer and the owner of the House of Maral Yazarloo brand. She’s a wife a mother and a strong and opinionated woman, who always demands more from herself, And so she decided to go around the world on a motorcycle to all the continents barring the Arctic, leaving behind a successful career in retail and instead taking 18 months to make a therapeutic ride, soul searching, healing before finally acknowledging love and onwards to motherhood. In pursuit of happiness...
BRR Ep 81 Maral Yazarloo on the Long Way Home Part 1
A 'chashme baddoor' daughter of Iran, a world traveler, who’s gone on a worldwide ride from India to Iran taking the Long Way Home across over 64 countries, spanning 18 months and even riding thru Africa and Europe all by herself, despite being 6 months pregnant riding a BMW 800 GS.
She is a daughter, a sister, a mother and a a wife. She’s got an MBA and Phd. in marketing, she’s had a corporate career in retail, she’s a designer & owns her own fashion brand called MAYA, a tattoo lover, a biker, an artist and one who’ll never be a brand ambassador for St. Gobain mirrors, because they would instantly shatter...
But looks aside, there is an honesty lurking in the wisdom that she’s gained over the years from being on the road and we’re delighted to start our season with this Iranian born but at heart & home; an Indian lady rider. Biker Radio Rodcast presents Dr. Maral Yazarloo Patrick.
BRR Ep 80 Koka Rahul Rao on the Long Way Home
A 'Bonafide Saint' albeit charged a sinner, Wg. Cdr. Retd. Koka Rahul Rao is a son, a husband and a father.
He's been a fighter pilot, a racer, a national level rallyist, a navigator, a mechanic, a dog lover, a farmer, a golfer, a chef and a bonsai specialist.
Tall, dark and handsome, it would be unfair to fault him for his affinity for wine, women and song; we bring to you the charmer who's re discovered motorcycling in his late 60s.
This is also the story of a soldier’s run in with the state as he battles to protect his name and stature from being sullied as he prays for justice to be done. Freedom, a liberty extra special for a motorcyclist, becomes perhaps even more prized in the face of captivity.
In Koka Rao's rediscovery of motorcycling, he has found a sanctuary, letting the road provide the much needed path for the journey inwards.
#KTM390adventure #adventure #touring #advtouring #motorcycles #motorcyclling #IndianAirForce #biker #rider #bikersofinstagram
BRR Ep 79 Ganesh Shinde on the Long Way Home
Starry, starry night
Paint your palette blue and gray
Look out on a summer's day
With eyes that know the darkness in my soul...
An associate creative director at Ogilvy Mumbai, the painter at heart who’s discovered a penchant for riding; Ganesh Shinde’s evocative story is that of a man who far from being born with a silver spoon in his mouth was dealt a wooden spoon instead like millions of others in our country.
He’s a son, a husband, a friend, a painter, an artist, an explorer, a humanitarian, an eager cook, but primarily, and a truly gentle soul. This story actually is a tribute not only to his proud and courageous mother and father but the profound transformation that public social responsibility brings.
Ganesh takes us from childhood through his first long road trip with a Himalayan in the Himalayas, overcoming heights that go just beyond altitude. This is the story of perseverance and a passion.
Special recognition for;
@CFI @CASPINDIA @ helmets_for_india @niels_peter_jensen @ogilvyindia
#milesoncanvas #JindagiToAisehiChaltiRahegi #motorcycles #art #painting #touring #bikersofinstagram #passion #selfdevelopment #faith #grow #gratitude
BRR Ep 78 Rishad Saam Mehta on the Long Way Home
One of India's senior travel and auto journalists who's spent over two decades exploring exotica across the Indian landscape and also all over the world. Rishad Mehta’s pieces featured across India's top magazines are insightful, well measured and delightfully original. He's also authored three travel books; Hot tea across India, Fast cars and fidgety feet and Long drive home. He is both a prolific reader as he is a tireless traveller.
A son, a brother, a doting uncle, a traveler, a travel writer, an author, an auto journalist, a photographer, a scuba diver, a trekker, a biker, a telecom engineer, a chef, a foodie an explorer, a world war history buff and an animal lover.
A member of the team that rode to the Everest Base Camp on the Tibetan side, Biker Radio Rodcast caught up with him while he was recoiling for a dash out to the Sangla valley towards the end of 2021 after a quick ride with adventurer and conservationist Clifton Shipway in the jungles around Banbasa.
This episode is old school; like the 78 rpm audio static on a favourite vinyl #iykyk
#motorcycles #travel #travelwriter #autojournalist #cars #author #oldschool #explorer #incredibleindia #bikersofinstagram #touring #adventuretravel #adventuretourer #adv #soundboardmedia #thefutureissound #listenconnectrideon
BRR Ep 77 Bobbee Singh of Old Delhi Motorcycles Part III
Friendships have defined the life of Bobbee Singh. He's valued each relationship and each of those relationships has helped Bobbee as he's made his way through his troubled years almost to a point of a self correcting being. Learning from every loss and building on them until he makes a success of it.
The trilogy with Bobbee Singh of Old Delhi Motorcycles has been a first for us spanning across three episodes. A big thank you to Veeru Lamba, Vaibhav Nijowne, Bobby Chhaggar, Noreen Van Holstein, Priyanshu Chatterjee and Akbar Khan for your help and Joshua John for sharing the mutton keema...onkaur ;)
It will not be incorrect to say that we've not had the most fun we've had in the last 4 years putting these episodes together. This one holds the nectar (if you're seeking it). Our advise is, get yourself a pair of headphones, get some solitude, kick back and
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#chai #dogs #motorcycles #restoration #vintage #sidecar #revival #biker #restorer #cohen #bukowski #bobdylan #neebkaroribaba
BRR Ep 76 Bobbee Singh of Old Delhi Motorcycles Part II
Rebellion is an infliction. Wired to rebel even against one’s self, the only peace one can derive is the proximity to the answer … why rebel?
Bobbee Singh of Old Delhi Motorcycles leads a life that is charged, intense, dramatic yet Spartan. Behind the liveries and the grandeur is a man living in his quiet riot at an ease he has winnowed. He’s an actor with the heart of the fall guy. A charmer with tales taller than flights of fancy, minds can seldom make.
But friendships are one’s true wealth and Bobbee is richer than most of us. While he enjoys the circus he stages around him, every day of his life, he always falls back on his friends who have offered him anchorage, sanctuary and shelter from the sun. Joshua John, an ex-pastor, ride master, artist and consul at large joins in to ring in the platinum milestone celebrations of the Biker Radio Rodcast and host a great friend and a brother in arms. Befitting the legendary Jai and Veeru legacy, we celebrate “Yeh Dosti”
#chai #dogs #motorcycles #vintage #restoration #heirloom #nostalgia #sidecar #revival #metalcraft #artist #designer #royalenfield #bobdylan #bukouski #leonardcohen #oldschool #olddelhimotorcycles #bobbeesingh #friends #soul #search #resilience #ListenConnectRideon #podcast #restorer #dogwhisperer #animallover #friend #human #biker #traveler #history #lover #bikkerradiorodcast #ListenConnectRideon #podcast #artist #vintage #incredibleindia #india
BRR Ep 75 Bobbee Singh of Old Delhi Motorcycles Part I
Our platinum episode features rare-earth restorer of vintage Royal Enfields, the one and only Bobbee Singh of Old Delhi Motorcycles. The side car revival man, he is India’s most sought after artist who can breathe new life to ever rare barn finds into motorcycle heirlooms. He stirs up nostalgia, celebrating the days when all good things in life, was for keeps; when metallurgy, design, form and function came together in an alchemy that vouched for life, for love and old school values.
There is a languid charm about Bobbee’s life that borrows heavily from the impermanence around and seemingly, a gypsy blood rush, runs through his disposition with a flair and guile that is his own. Borrowing generously from geography, time and history, his creations are resplendent of grandeur, glory and celebration, choosing flourish over the ordinary yet celebrating the ordinary with a flourish. The paradox, that is Harbinder Singh aka Bobbee is arresting as his L’enfant terrible charm, swirls with the lust for good times gone by. Times that he’d rather recreate than be seduced by soulless nondescript mannequins. He bears the leitmotif of a maverick, an enigma and we’re so proud that he’s our platinum guest of honour on the Biker Radio Rodcast’s 75th episode.
Caution: Strong language
#love #chai #dogs #motorcycles #vintage #restoration #heirloom #nostalgia #sidecar #revival #metalcraft #artist #designer #royalenfield #bobdylan #bukouski #leonardcohen #oldschool #olddelhimotorcycles #bobbeesingh #friends #soul #search #resilience #redemption #play #of #opposites #desire #ego #psyche #character #me #I #us #friendship #family #forever #ListenConnectRideon #podcast #artist #human #biker #traveller #history #lover
BRR Ep 74 Parakram Hazarika part II - on the Long Way Home
It perhaps all started with the cave paintings. A canvas perhaps of one’s identity. The most prized portrayal of one’s achievements. As time went by the expression found its place as the mantel piece, or the framed photo with a celeb, the Hussain in the living room, but the Yamaha RX 100 in your bedroom?
That is our guest, the enigmatic Parakram Hazarika! They say a bird in hand is worth two in bush but this man who has a weakness for the momo suffers a FOMO with his RX in bed and Jajabor and Enajori his go to town rides, in the basement.
This is part two of the intriguing story from the exciting life of Parakram Hazarika. A romantic, a dog piper, a dogged foodie, a momo devourer, a PR mercenary with a marketing battle, a traveler, a biker a beardo and thank God another weirdo. Also featuring Col. Manoj Keshwar on #MyWay from #Zanskar.
BRR Ep 73 Parakram Hazarika Part I on the Long Way Home
Parakram Hazarika's is one of the coolest beards on the circuit, he’s a #foodie, a #pogonotrophe (thanks Shashi Tharoor), an ex PR and communications man Friday, a social media marketing specialist, ex customer experience lead at Harley Davidson with the key responsibility of the Harley Owners Group or H.O.G. a vibe he liked so much, he even likes hog in his momos.
Inked, bald and bearded, in the guest seat chatting over a couple of brews is the super affable manager marketing at Suzuki Motorcycle India and biker, Parakram Hazarika on the Long Way Home..
#motorcycles #motorcycletales #meandmymotorcycle #storiesofmotorcycle #royalenfield #harleyownersgroup #ducatiscrambler #jajabor #enajori #soundboardmedia #thefutureissound #ListenConnectRideOn
BRR Ep 72 Jai Bharathi part II on the Long Way Home
56 Days, 17000 kms, 4 girls, 6 countries across #India, #Bangladesh, #Myanmar, #Laos #Thailand and #Cambodia. Jai Bharthi leads from the front and that is a brutal sport as it takes a combination of thinking on our feet and calculated belligerence to make headway.
There of course is always a price to pay and the scars you carry are for life but the stories your have can tell tales; some about you, some about the road but every one of them a valuable learning experience.
Courtesy of Telangana Tourism, Incredible India, Bajaj Dominar, the good offices of the Dir. General Tourism and a friendly member of parliament, the Jai Bharathi, Piya Bahadur, Shanthi Susan and Shilpa Balakrishnan quartet rode into the history books making themselves and the Bikernis proud.
Jai Bharathi spoke with us in candid detail helping us sequence this challenging and on occasion gruesome tale. On episode 72, JB shares her story of her Road to Mekong…over a cup of tea on the Long Way Home.
#UNESCO #GOUNESCO #MOWO #architect #design #travel #motorcycle #bikerni #IFRD #RoadToMekong #TelanganaTourism #IncredibleIndia #BajajDominar
BRR Ep 71 Jai Bharathi Part I on the Long Way Home
Self-actualisation is a hunger, un-famished, self- fueled in perpetuity powering the wheels of a spirit called Jai Bharathi. The name says it all.
Inspired by ‘Udaan’ a TV show hosted by #KiranBedi, that showcased the unprecedented achievements of less than ordinary people to positions of power and acclaim, this girl from #Hyderabad has made women’s empowerment her life’s #MOWO. MOving WOmen is a foundation that empowers women with mobility through riding skills with the aim to make them economically independent thus creating a cultural new normal!
A trained architect, she has successfully combined her wanderlust with her need to climb daunting skylines using the motorcycle to achieve her goals. Multiple expeditions later, including K2Ks, an all-woman 17k, SE Asian nation tour, a pan American tour, a book release (#RoadToMekong), she has been felicitated by PM Narendra Modi with support from #TelanganaTourism and #IncredibleIndia.
#vocalforlocal Biker Radio Rodcast salutes the spirit of a resurgent #India
BRR Ep 70 Nosh Mistry Part II on the Long Way Home
Would you ride around the #Himalayas for seven and a half weeks, then finish a five day #RaidDeHimalaya successfully and then ride across all the way from #Kashmir, right across India through #Myanmar, #Thailand, #Laos, #Vietnam, #Malaysia, #Singapore and then onwards from #Darwin to #Sydney in Australia? What if your 10 year old child and your wife joined in riding alongside? Some bucket list huh ?
Listen to the story of Nosh Mistry part II and his journeys to bring up our 70th milestone on the Biker Radio Rodcast.
#ListenConnectRideOn
#motorcycles #bikerides #advrider #adventure #adventures #roadtrip #himalayas #fatherson #outdoors #travel #journey #soundboardmedia #thefutureissound
BRR Ep 69 Nosh Mistry Part I on the Long Way Home
Also featuring Firoze Mistry on the #LongWayHome and Anita Krishnan on #MyWay.
Music for show Imaging :
Erik Borges : Oasis - To Be Where There’s Life cover
Little Green – Down Under cover
Thomas 75s - Black magic woman cover
Hamesha : SaNj The Band
Nosh Mistry Eternity to Eternity
Floyd Duo – Pink Floyd covers
Photos courtesy: Nosh and Firoze Mistry
#motorcycles #advrider #adventuretouring #himalayas #australia #roadtrip #raiddehimalaya #floydduo #himalayas #cycling #triumph #triumphspeedtwin #nortondominator #vintagemotorcycles #lonfwayhome #soundboardmedia #thefutureissound #bikerradiorodcast #listenconnectrideon
BRR Ep 68 Mihir Mishra on the Long Way Home - Part 02
Shutterbug, motor head, architect and biker, armed with a sharp wit, a sharper tongue, never bothering to measure his words; only numbers as a design implementation manager with the luxury hotel trade moving on to real estate before joining GMR’s battle room at the IGI airport in New Delhi. We're back with the concluding episode of Mihir Misra on the 68th episode of the #LongWayHome on the Biker Radio Rodcast.
This episode sees him dig himself deeper into the motorsport ruts, get tired of it and wade into wildlife photography with the tiger, his current muse. He speaks of his cherished association with friends he’s made over the years his hunt behind the scenes for real stories and his keenness for the narrative often marinated in jest and mirth celebrating all of life’s goodness.
Also acknowledging the #CruisingLegends Candida Louis, Ouseph Chacko, Vir Nakai and Harshman Rai for their OTT debut with the #DawnPatrol on @MXPlayer, motoring through #ArunachalPradesh, the Land of the Rising Sun. Wg. Cdr. Rahul Koka Rao from Manali, for contributing a marvelous #MyWay on his #KTM390adventure, Dr. Arun Thareja, on the Biker Radio #Soundboard, battling in the COVID 2 'Chakravyu' with an advisory for preparing for the 2nd wave of the pandemic and finally, Lakhinandan Lahon for a beautiful musical piece combining the RE thump with his flute.
Episode 68 is as groovy as it gets.
@bmwmotorradindia @bmwmotorrad_in @castrolbiking @GoPro @goproindia #BMWMotorrad #SpiritOfGS #G310GS #Makelifearide #NewBMW310 #BMWMotorradIndia #CastrolPOWER1ULTIMATE #GoPro #CastrolPOWER1 #GoProIndia #GoPro #GoProCruisingLegendsChallenge #MXPlayer #MXOriginalSeries #performancethatsurprises #MoreEverything #TheVibe #Quik
BRR Ep 67 Mihir Misra on the Long Way Home - Part 1
Soundboard : Navigation by Nikhil Balakrishna
MyWay : Sailesh Sharma – Road trip to Sikkim
Photo courtesy : Mihir Misra, Thar Motorsports
#photography #photos #motorsports #Rallying #WRC #INRC #DessertStorm #Raiddehimalaya #Himalayanmotorsports #NorthernMotorsports #CougarMotorsports #Rajasthan #Ranthambore #Indianwildlife #tiger #picture #image #storytelling #camera #Museo
Music :
Kanji Bhajan Mooralala Marwada Kutch, Gujarat Sindhi Bhajan New Song by Mooralala Marwad
Old Bhutia traditional dance by ladies of lachung dzumsa
ScoopWhoop 20 Years Of Kishore Kumar SW Cafe Session VI
Tu Maane Ya Na Maane - Wadali Brothers - Paigaam-e-Ishq..mp4
ZZ Top Sharp Dressed Man (Larkin Poe Cover)
You can look but you can't touch- The Denny Moss Experiment
BRR Ep 66 Saurav Priyadarshi of Throttle Shrottle Moto Cafe
Biker Radio Rodcast embarks on its 66th episode of the Long Way Home featuring an iconic café that has become a sanctuary for DIYers but is essentially an overgrown man cave that doubles up as a garage, a tattoo parlour, a rescue home for pets, a kitchen for the hungry, and a hangout for motorheads as country Midwest meets the dhaba slam bang in a meteoric flash over the Aravalis.
A must do in Delhi’s NCR, the Throttle Shrottle Moto Café run by its maverick founder Saurav Priyadarshi is India’s fastest growing moto café brand with Gurgaon, Kolkata and Krabi already done. While the team celebrates their latest inclusion with The Leopard Trail South of Gurgaon, they are burning the midnight oil to launch Dehradun, Manali and Goa before you can say Throttle Shrottle Moto Café.
Mucho gracias to Joshua John for an blinding #Soundboard and Vikram Chaudhary for a geologically spectacular #MyWay about the #Aravalis the #oldestmountain range in the world.
To think that Saurav the restaurateur, entrepreneur, designer and dog whisperer never ever intended Throttle Shrottle to be a café… well think about that…
Bon Appetite.
Episode 65: BRR Ep 65 Lalli Singh on the Long Way Home
Just like the Hippie movement of the early 70’s, India witnessed the rise of yet another subculture, this time of foreign tourists, back packers, Israeli army conscripts, free individual travelers and even groups from every continent who took our vintage workhorses across the length, breadth and also heights of the Indian subcontinent. India woke up to the 'Goras' on Dug Dugs.
This popularized the category and fueled a cultural transition among the youth who then revolutionized the idea and thus was born motorcycling touring as a popular category that we know it as today.
The man, who spotted the opportunity, with his army of mechanics, dispatch riders and plenty of elbow grease, created the concept of adventure motorcycling in India.
A maverick entrepreneur, a devout Sikh, a friend, a foodie, a rider, an innovator, a believer, a rock you can lean on and a humanitarian with a heart of gold; please welcome the Maharaja of Adventure Touring on motorcycles in India, and the creator of motorcycle rentals, the pied piper of Naiwala in Delhi’s Karol Bagh, Inder Mohan Rana or as most of the world popularly knows him, we give you Lalli Singh.
Episode 64: BRR Ep 64 Biswaroop Banerjee From Motoziel to Who moved my Cheese
This is a story where Biswaroop Banerjee aka BB goes from Panniers to Paneer and if you want to know who moved his cheese, you’ve picked just the right story.
Episode 63: BRR Ep 63 Biswaroop Banerjee - Scissors to Panniers - Part I
Co Founder and CEO Motoziel, a motorcycling experience zone well before its time; BB weaves a yarn that takes him from fashion tech thru motorcycles and down to Earth in farming.
He’s a son, a father, a husband, a master, a founder, a designer, a leader, an entrepreneur, an optimist, a compassionate rehabilitator, a dog lover and now a gentleman farmer.
Biswaroop Banerjee takes you thru the highs and lows of being 'BB' on episode 63 of the Biker Radio Rodcast
Episode 62: BRR Ep 62 Sukesh Viswanath on the Long Way Home
Some use the ride to think things thru and some who do it to abandon thought itself…
Sukesh Viswanath is a thinking man. A cinematographer, he’s good to go on land, in the air and underwater as well.
Born to academicians, Sukesh is well read but his penchant for adventures keeps his wild side sprightly.
From running around the jungles of the Nilgiris to riding thru hell and high mountain passes in the South American Andes, discover how life bends through his lens of sense as he captures his experience…
Lights, camera, action…
Episode 61: BRR Ep 61 Clifton Shipway on the Long Way Home
Born Australian he's spent all his adult life here since he returned to Indian shores. His family has adopted India’s destitute children, given them a home and educated them at the Maxton Strong established Good Shepard Agricultural Mission at their farm in Banbasa, Uttarakhand bordering Nepal.
An off road rally rider, a photographer, a tour operator, a disaster and rescue worker, and a ‘I can do it’ guy; speaking of India’s increasing global diversity, Clifton Shipway is that perfect vegemite sandwich for the ravenous soul.
Bon appetite!
Episode 60: BRR Ep 60 Subhashis Sarkar on the Long Way Home
A pioneer of the digital media in India, an advertising and media veteran, he’s a motorcycle rider, an excellent photographer, a whiskey lover, a music priest, a beard grower, an animal lover, a voracious reader, a movie buff, copybook TDH, a doting husband, crisis chef and a traveler in love with his wheels.… Biker Radio Rodcast is proud to present on the Long Way Home - Subhashish Sarkar aka Raju
Music credits
Jibonpurer pothik re bhai - youtu.be/tynfRRDuYEA
André Rieu - My Way - youtu.be/d1yfX6VnrSU
Kolir Cycle - youtu.be/5LPzbxeXL3A
We Wish You a Merry - E's Jammy Jams - youtu.be/TvkVKR6EFms
Episode 59: BRR Ep 59 Jobin George on the Long Way Home
On a fireside chat Jobin George, who’s made Zanskar almost his backyard, frequently riding among the inhospitable terrain, shares what seduced this hermit from Kerala to Manali.
This year he was again part of the first civilians to ride a new road put together by the BRO from Padum in Zanskar to Leh, on the new access route through Zangla, Singila, Photoksar, Sirsila and Wanla.
Episode 58: BRR Ep 58 Rohit Subramanian on the Long Way Home Part 2
While some of us charter courses, a core magnetic resonance within him guides this young explorer to find newer grounds, challenge popular boundaries and prove that being different is not the refuge of the quirky but the need of the day, when most of us are re-imagining life, our purpose and the round hole we’ve got ourselves into.
BRR Ep 57 Rohit Subramanian on the Long Way Home
With an unconventional education from “The Ashram School” in Chennai a cultural sanctuary governed by Latha Rajnikant, and an even more progressive set of parents who preferred to reward failure, it is no wonder that Rohit takes on life with the freshness of the morning mountain dew.
Over 50 countries on a motorcycle even before turning 25, Rohith is widely travelled and is our youngest guest on The Long Way Home on the Biker Radio Rodcast.
BRR Ep 56 Ashish Raorane - The Mariner on the Long Way Home Part 02
Courtesy of this great conviction and a modicum of madness peculiar to all great ideas, it attracts the world’s toughest challengers like moths to a flame where cars, trucks, quads and motorcycles compete for glory.
Its toughest on a motor cycle and almost unwinnable if you are a privateer.
Ashish Raorane is a privateer, rookie challenger and India's new prince of the fesh-fesh. On Episode 56, this is the story of #AR2DAKAR
BRR Ep 55 Ashish Raorane - Safety Third on the Long Way Home Part 01
A marine engineer by profession, the value of the time he spends on the high seas seldom equals what it takes to fuel this expensive cross country motorsport, but then there are some for whom the challenge itself is the reward.
Presenting the new prince of India’s rally racing ambitions, from Pune, Maharashtra, Ashish Raorane.
Mucho gracias to Binil Vargese of leavetheroad.in for the #soundboard and to senor Sukesh Vishwanath for the #MyWay from the #KTM Adventure Tour 2020 that he's on with Candida Louis.
BRR Ep54 Aniket Vardhan builds the Musket V Twin (part 2)
This is the story of a little boy who stood gobsmacked in awe of a war ravaged vintage, Harley Davidson WLA 750, as it stood steady timelessly, waiting for its rider somewhere in Kingsway Camp, in Old Delhi.
That #orgasmotron seeded a lust which took this DIY enthusiast from tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, through, to one day taking molten metal and casting his dream into a rapturous 4 stroke V Twin that combined two Royal Enfield hearts, to beat as one Musket V Twin…and the rest is…well; you hear it.
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BRR Ep 53 Aniket Vardhan builds the Musket V Twin
This is the story of a little boy who stood gobsmacked in awe of a war ravaged vintage, Harley Davidson WLA 750, as it stood steady timelessly, waiting for its rider somewhere in Kingsway Camp, in Old Delhi.
That #orgasmotron seeded a lust which took this DIY enthusiast from tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor, through, to one day taking molten metal and casting his dream into a rapturous 4 stroke V Twin that combined two Royal Enfield hearts, to beat as one Musket V Twin…and the rest is…well you hear it.
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BRR Ep 52 Bharat Bhushan aka Pappu of John's Automobiles
On our journey to the next fifty, we dedicate this episode for the first time to a legendary mechanic, Bharat Bhushan a.k.a. Pappu of John’s Automobiles, an institution in itself. Pappu joined the garage in 1974 and continued the legacy of John who passed away in 1978 to retain, grow and institutionalise one of Delhi’s iconic motorcycle garage. To Pappu, a legendary motorcycle mechanic of our times…
BRR Ep 51 Adil Jal Darukhanawala
From Rajiv Bajaj, Sid Lall, Anand Mahindra to JRD, Adil has his take.
Arguably the top Indian auto journalist, Adil wears the crown choosing a light head for balance.
The concluding part of a twin episode, Ep 51 is double the fun. Giddyup !
BRR Ep 50 Adil Jal Darukhanawala
In other words we have a tri nitro toluene of an interview, just for you, in the opening episode of the New Year. Although it’s taken over 100000 hours of work to get to our 50th, all that midnight oil, the frantic networking, the phone calls, messages, mails, global tracking and all the shoveling has finally borne fruit. What was an idea once is 50 episodes old and here we are, where dreams feel real.
Happy New EAR.
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