Rear cylinder on the H-D Street Rod generates a lot of heat.

The Street Rod's exhaust creates awkward foot position.

Street Rod gets rather basic instrumentation.

Low rider seat on the Street Rod is comfortable but tiny pillion perch is unnerving.

Round foot peg edge on the Benelli is very slippery.

The TNT 600i has clean-looking dials; lacks a gear position indicator.

Underseat exhausts on the TNT 600i sound great and use good heat insulation.

Pre-load and rebound-adjustable shock on the Benelli TNT 600i.

Adjustable levers on both sides of the Kawasaki Z650.

The Z650's underslung exhaust is prone to scraping.

Chunky tank on the Z650 adds big-bike feel but a wider handlebar would be nice.

The Kawasaki's funky-looking dials are informative, easy to read.

Rally marshals scrutinize bikes and riding gear before the rally actually begins.

Participating teams were flagged off one by one.

That’s me helping Janak out of a particularly deep bit of sand patch.

Less riding more pushing!

Again, less riding more pushing!

All RE bikes are welcome at Scramble.

Unmarked time controls catch you by surprise.

Riverbed riding – tougher than it seems.

Shawn and Akash from RE thank us for not trashing their Himalayans completely.

The survivors, Royal Enfield Scramble, Punjab 2017.

The road book provides diagrammatically-represented navigation guidelines.

The speed chart provides average speeds for various sections of the TSD rally stage.