Chapter 4: “Looking for Delhi Biker?”
My '95 Enfield's handle bars going the Israeli way. En route to Pushkar. A Delhi Biker is usually found roaming around his second home, that is, Karol Bagh. What Nehru Place is for video game junkies and hackers, Karol Bagh is for bikers. Anything you want fabricated, replicated, restored or resurrected, there is always someone who knows someone who can 'help'. You can’t possibly go on an epic bike trip and not visit its glorious gali’s (streets) to stock up on more metal and chrome you logically need. One of my regular hangouts back in the day used to be Khajanchi . It was a treasure house of assorted bike accessories. That is, before it turned into a religion and split into denominations. The irony is that these shop owners must have kitted out hundreds of bikers to head out on trips, but have seldom left Delhi. In 2002-03 outside Khajanchi you would find Israeli’s who spent hours harassing Jeetu to get them a higher handle ba...