My Experiments with Bikes

I have Dystychiphobia.thanks to google i could find the word for "Fear of Traffic".Right from my childhood i have been uneasy whenever i travel in busy traffic.Though i had some formal cycle training session from my dad when was in class 6,i never preferred to cycle even in Vallioor(A small town in Tamilnadu-my native place).To be honest i started cycling with confidence only after coming to IISc.So till now driving a bike has been something which i could only dream of.The sad part of the story is kutty (my younger brother ) had started driving bikes and it was really embarassing to me whenver this topic comes at home.So i started of with the venture of learning bike driving in my BE holidays.I got one of my old school friends who was staying in vallioor and had a deal with him.I tuaght hime some Random process for one his tests and he promised to teach me driving.Our driving session started one fine afternoon when we took his dad's bike to "Rajapudhur road" a traffic free road(read no guys on the road).He took a lot of pain to explain me the system of clutch and gear.I was thinking"oh.this is damn simple man.hold the clutch ,up or down the gear".But as everyone else i couldnt start the bike and it was getting switched off in first gear whenever i tried to start.At the end of the first day the only thing i learnt about a bike was that it has a first gear which is really troublesome.
The training session continued for a few more days.But somehow i couldnt get the trick of starting a bike.So we both gave up and he commented "kannan..nee B.techlaya konjam konjam vandi oota padichirukkalam".
Then i came to IISc.first sem full of padips.In second sem i got relatively free and also got some close friends who owned bikes.Ramesh,my pal at IISc promised to make me a bike expert when i told him my previos bike experiences.So one afternoon myself and Ramesh took his AP29 B 9312, to IISc cricket ground and started the driving session.In less than 10 minutes a security guy came shouting that we are not allowed to drive bikes in the sports ground.So Ramesh decided that i should start driving directly on IISc roads.So we continued our driving session on IIsc roads.Once i was comfortable with starting the bike,Ramesh suggested me to use his bike whenever i goto my lab at nights(Only Nights to make sure that i dont play with the life of poor IISc junta).This night driving continued for almost a semester.
In third semester Kiran also brought his bike to IISc.Getting one more bike to experiment with,I started driving inside IISc in day times also.So now that i was able to drive decently,Ramesh suggested that i should drive outside IISc.But i was scared at the idea of driving in Bangalore traffic(Bagaloreans know why).Atlast last week a desperate situation demanded me to go outside IISc in bike.So i took Rakesh anna's bike,wore a helmet drove till Malleshwaram( a place close to IISc).Thus SAK,the Dystychiphobian started driving on Bangalore roads.Thanks to all my Bike tutors and bike donors(Surendar,Ramesh,Kiran,Guru,KBP,rakesh n many).Im indebted to them forever:)