Motorcycle Sport & Leisure

SOUTH INDIA BY HARLEY

Never in our wildest dreams did we imagine we would be touring India on a couple of Harleys, the new Street 750 and an 883 Sportster. Nor, after Sheonagh's last trip (Rajdoot 350 in 1987) did she envisage cruising easily and comfortably on excellent highways at 75mph and more. In Europe, Sheonagh normally rides a Suzuki Bandit 600 and Pat a CBR600, so our rides are very different, but when HD India and Bike India magazine offered us two new bikes, we jumped at the chance.

Indian traffic is somewhat challenging to say the least, and we started out nervously in the late December morning rush through Pune on to Highway 4. We took the tunnel that carved through the first ghat, surprised by totally unlit

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