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the owner of these two beautiful do the talking, belting down winding hell-wrecking two-stroke. Over
machines. Basic etiquette. roads and dancing to the melodic a decade, to be precise, back
Tanked up and ready to head two-stroke roars. Well, amidst all the when I had the patience to spend
to one of the mountain roads near enthusiasm, our lad did manage to countless hours trying to get both
Pune, it was a long way through flood the poor RX a couple of times, the cylinders firing, and the endless
crowded roads before we could while I sat there patiently throttling pursuit of perfectly tuning the twin
experience the true-blue two-stroke the RD on idle watching Aadil make carburettors of an RD, one that I’d
symphony. Through city streets, I let furious-yet-futile attempts to kick managed to leech off a friend who
Aadil be ahead and watched him zip the RX to life. And then he threw was moving abroad. So this time
past traffic, leaving a cloud of thick occasional embarrassed glances at when I got myself a properly running
blue smoke and choking everyone me, expecting help. Such fun! Pure RD with both cylinders working and
behind him. At one point, I saw this evil, you say? Nah. Just letting the letting out a magical lilt through its
lovely elderly couple at a traffic light millennial get a taste of what ’80s twin pipes, I was going to revel in it
hurriedly covering their faces with motorcycling comprised. till the end.
a scarf and a handkerchief to avoid After a while, I could see Aadil Despite Aadil’s countless tries,
the smoke. Cute. secretly wanting to swap to the it was evident to him that he had a
Once out on an open stretch RD, but I wasn’t going to let that long way to go up Indian two-stroke
of road and away from traffic, we happen. It’s been a long time since hierarchy before landing on the big
couldn’t help but let our right wrists I found myself on a blue-smoking daddy of them all. The millennials

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