Dirt Mania (Quad Biking in Bangalore)

In the long line of my non-happening Sundays in Bangalore, this one turned out to be a little different. And it’s understandable by the fact that I am writing a blog on it .

So this thing started with me getting a link on a website to get some sort of deal in Bangalore for some “Dirt Biking”. I thought “that sounds cool…….”. So after discussing with my adventure buddy “Pardeep” (although he turned out to be not so adventurous :P) I bought 5 tickets to this place.

Later, on Sunday 3 of us (me, pardeep and pushkar) were sitting in Pushkar’s room discussing the usual things (babes offcourse !!!). All of a sudden me and Pardeep made the plan to use our tickets that day itself and poor Pushkar was dragged into it (he had a date that evening). Our journey started after half an hour.

We started from our place at Mysore road towards Mysore- thanks to ‘google maps’ that we had some direction sense. We took a left to get on the NICE road. Now this NICE road was really very nice (lol). It has been cut out across the rocks, and the view was good, especially in the kind of weather it was.

It can turn out to be even nicer if you have a girlfriend; the place is ideal for a long drive- you just have to pay the toll-tax (Rs. 16 only) ;)

At the Kanakpura road crossing we took a right. From here it was about 11 kms. At Nelluguli village we took a right again to reach our destination.

And there it was- we were standing at the entrance, with a board saying “Dirt Mania”. We parked our bikes and approached towards the main area, but we were stopped at a barricade. A boy asked for an entrance fee of Rs 20. We were really pissed-off, we said- “Kaisi entrance fee? We have already paid on internet. Computer par, computer hota hai naa !!!”. Poor boy had no idea what we were talking about, internet and computer was French to him. He insisted on the payment of fee but we were firmly determined that if we had to pay another 20 bucks we will return back :). Finally we managed to get pass this huge hurdle of 20 bucks, and reached where the main event was. To our surprise there were some people waiting for it and we had to wait for our turn. In the mean time we watched other people driving.

While waiting we saw a hot chick coming towards us along with her parents (probably). This girl was really awesome. Specially for us poor Mysore road residents, who see only ‘Mysore road burqa cladded women’ on Sundays, if any. Slim figure, tall, fair and she was carrying herself really well. We all three were drooling over her as she approached and took a seat near us. She also had some chat with Kumar the owner.

So this guy named Kumar is running this Quad Biking track. It’s a half a kilometer track, with two bumps. There were 3-4 bikes of 300cc, 1 bike of 660cc (Yamaha Raptor) and a 700cc bike. 300cc bikes were not in good condition.

We had 5 tickets for the 660cc Yamaha Raptor. But the guy insisted that we take some experience on the 300cc bikes then go for the 660cc as its way too powerful. I said that the 300cc is not well maintained, I will go for 660cc. The look on his face told me that I offended him by insulting his bikes.

He said-“these bikes are very expensive, 660cc bike costs some 6-7 lakhs and if I break it then I have to pay fine of 1000 bucks”.

“Okkk, now you are talking, that sounds logical, we will go for 300cc first”- we said :)

It was only two of us (me and Pardeep) who went for it, Pushkar didn’t opted for the adventure, instead preferred playing the role of a cheer leader ( actually he wanted to stay in single piece for his date ).

We were cladded with all the armor to protect us from scrapping our knee. As our turn came, this guy Kumar was giving me the instructions. He was standing on the other side of the bike, with me on one side. What ever he was telling I was not paying attention to, my full focus was on the bike. There was a foot holder on the bike and I was supposed to put my leg on it to climb on the bike. He was telling me exactly this, but I was not listening, so I tried climbing it as an ordinary bike and ‘BANG’-my leg banged on the bike. I tried again in the same fashion, in the mean time he leaned forward to show me the foot holder and once again ‘BANG’- this time my helmet banged against his head.

Then the better sense prevailed, “OKKK, better I listen to the instructions”- I said to myself.

I started with first of the 3 laps we were provided with each ticket. This bike I drove didn’t had a straight handle, was difficult to manage it initially. I completed the first lap, getting the feel of it. In second lap I pressed the accelerator harder, and on a bump accelerated it even more to get a jump. I couldn’t control it and ‘whoooop ….. thudddd’ I crash landed on the tyres spread along the sideline of the track. After some minutes of struggle I managed to take out the bike and completed my remaining laps. It was fun.

Then I insisted on taking a ride on 660cc bike. This bike was really good and powerful, it was very stable also. I even tried jumping it over the bumps but the bike handled it pretty well. Drifting it on the turns was real fun. The thrust that raptor produced was awesome. And the hot babe watching us was adding to all the thrill :)

After I completed my 3 laps, this babe stood to take a ride. To our surprise she opted for the 700cc, and maaaan she was driving pretty well, much better then we did. And then we realized that she was the owner of the track with good experience of bikes and that track.With a sigh we realized-“yaha daal nahi galne wali”, and we decided to leave :(

On our way back, we took some pics, and came all the way back through the same NICE road.

In all, it was a great experience. Good place to hang out on weekends. If you love bikes then you shouldn’t miss this one.