This incident dates back to my graduation days. My friend Pawan used to stay near sector 10 market, here in Ghaziabad. I told him to teach me how to drive a scooter. So brought out his vintage Bajaj scooter and asked me to mount it, and I did so.
Now he taught me the procedure.
1. Hold the brake and the clutch and kick start the scooter while rotating the accelerator.
2. Once the scooter's engine start release the brakes and slowly release the clutch.
3. As you release the clutch slowly increase race and then off you go.
4. And ya not to forget I was supposed to put the scooter in the first gear before releasing the clutch. So that means step 4 was supposed to take place before step 3.
With this enlightening knowledge I kick started the scooter and off I went. Well sort off. The moment I released the clutch the scooter stopped with a hitch.
But I was not one to give up so easily. So I tried again. And again and yet again ....... on my 23rd attempt the scooter finally started to crawl. First gear, 10 km/hr and I was driving a scooter. Wow!!!!!
But this wow!!! was short lived. I turned right around the first corner off the park and 3-4dogs started to chase me barking. I couldn't figure out why they were chasing my scooter which was hardly crawling. But I kept my cool. Then came the second turn and it went smoothly. Another 50 meters later came the third turn and the moment I turned I saw the beast heading for me. Well the beast was a car heading straight to me and that unnerved me.
For the first time in my life I was driving a scooter and then on that narrow road I was face to face with a car. My previous experience with cycles had been pretty disastrous and those things went through my mind. In a bid to avoid crossing the car I sped up to around 15 kmph. As I neared the turn I saw that the car would cross me before I can make the turn so I took a detour. Instead of turning through the road I went straight through the dirt track. Unknown to me there was a pot hole on the dirt track which I was in no position to avoid. So went in my scooter's front tyre and then the rear one as the front one emerged out. So I had avoided crossing the speeding car.
Now I gave some race to the scooter but it won't move on. Rather after revving up my scooters engine the scooter just won't go forward. I couldn't figure out what went wrong.
Pawan came running only to find the reason why the scooter stopped suddenly. When the scooter's front tyre went into the pothole my extended palm was not only holding on to the scooter's handle but also the clutch. So unknowingly I clutched the clutch and the gear turned to neutral. So when I cam back to the road the scooter was in a neutral gear and hence won't go forward.
That was the first and last time I drove a scooter. So much for driving a scooter.
Now he taught me the procedure.
1. Hold the brake and the clutch and kick start the scooter while rotating the accelerator.
2. Once the scooter's engine start release the brakes and slowly release the clutch.
3. As you release the clutch slowly increase race and then off you go.
4. And ya not to forget I was supposed to put the scooter in the first gear before releasing the clutch. So that means step 4 was supposed to take place before step 3.
With this enlightening knowledge I kick started the scooter and off I went. Well sort off. The moment I released the clutch the scooter stopped with a hitch.
But I was not one to give up so easily. So I tried again. And again and yet again ....... on my 23rd attempt the scooter finally started to crawl. First gear, 10 km/hr and I was driving a scooter. Wow!!!!!
But this wow!!! was short lived. I turned right around the first corner off the park and 3-4dogs started to chase me barking. I couldn't figure out why they were chasing my scooter which was hardly crawling. But I kept my cool. Then came the second turn and it went smoothly. Another 50 meters later came the third turn and the moment I turned I saw the beast heading for me. Well the beast was a car heading straight to me and that unnerved me.
For the first time in my life I was driving a scooter and then on that narrow road I was face to face with a car. My previous experience with cycles had been pretty disastrous and those things went through my mind. In a bid to avoid crossing the car I sped up to around 15 kmph. As I neared the turn I saw that the car would cross me before I can make the turn so I took a detour. Instead of turning through the road I went straight through the dirt track. Unknown to me there was a pot hole on the dirt track which I was in no position to avoid. So went in my scooter's front tyre and then the rear one as the front one emerged out. So I had avoided crossing the speeding car.
Now I gave some race to the scooter but it won't move on. Rather after revving up my scooters engine the scooter just won't go forward. I couldn't figure out what went wrong.
Pawan came running only to find the reason why the scooter stopped suddenly. When the scooter's front tyre went into the pothole my extended palm was not only holding on to the scooter's handle but also the clutch. So unknowingly I clutched the clutch and the gear turned to neutral. So when I cam back to the road the scooter was in a neutral gear and hence won't go forward.
That was the first and last time I drove a scooter. So much for driving a scooter.
