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Mountain biking

Sponsored feature: For their 8th ride, the Wanderers head up into the mountains in Himachal Pradesh.
1 min read2 Sep '15
Staff Writer

Hero Karizma ZMR Wanderers is an ongoing monthly online contest. All participants are asked to answer some very simple questions and at the end of the contest every month, three winners are chosen. These lucky bike enthusiasts win an all-expenses-paid 2N/3D ride on three Hero Karizma ZMRs. Rides are planned well in advance and cover several beautiful locations across the country. Those interested in participating can enter the contest on Autocar India’s and Hero MotoCorp’s facebook pages. The contest and rides are organised and conducted by Autocar India and Hero MotoCorp.

There’s no road for the last 5km to the top of Jalori Pass. The muddy trail has always been littered with rocks and works as a perfect spot to check how the Hero Karizma ZMRs will perform when they’re deep within the Himalayas. After a couple of rides in Sikkim, the Wanderers were now in Himachal Pradesh. The passes were open and the time to wander in this magnificent state could not have been better.

Mountain biking

After picking up the bikes from Chandigarh, our Wanderers, Prakhar Rastogi, Ejaz Takey, Yajnadutt Bhutia along with Autocar’s Vir Nakai headed off to Shimla. The two-lane road with its sweeeping curves and smooth tarmac, when the traffic is light, is a biker’s delight. The Wanderers were riding on long, winding stretches through a dense pine forest. The air was cool and fresh. The open road, perfect.

A close look at the Hi-tech Police Motorcycle prototype

We hitch a ride on a motorcycle prototype specially customised for Mumbai's traffic police.
2 min read15 May '15
Pradeb Biswas

This prototype is based on a 350cc Royal Enfield Electra Twinspark.

Gabriel interacted with traffic police officers to understand their needs before starting work on this prototype.

This is a dual purpose siren and speaker system.

The switches let the rider access the siren or speaker system and the LED lights.

The fire extinguisher has been attached to the right side of the leg guard.

There are additional charging points so that cops can recharge their mobile phones and walkie talkies.

The front fairing houses a night-vision enabled high-definition CCTV camera.

The removable first aid box is positioned under the rider's seat, where the original battery box used to be located.

The rear also gets a night-vision enabled high-definition CCTV camera and LED blinkers.

Traffic cops can issue a challan to offenders on the spot.

Tork Motorcycles electric FZ

We ride Tork Motorcycles’ all-electric Yamaha FZ and come back mighty impressed. The future is electric!
2 min read15 May '15
Pradeb Biswas

The roads less ridden

Sponsored feature: The Wanderers return to Rajasthan. This time it’s a little offbeat.
1 min read12 May '15
Staff Writer

Bikers gung ho on fuel saving tech

Here's a look at how the Indian bike industry is going green.
1 min read22 Apr '15
Staff Writer

Coming clean: Express bike wash

We put to test India’s first automatic motorcycle washing system that claims to clean up a dirty two-wheeler in just two minutes.
2 min read22 Apr '15
Pradeb Biswas