Saturday, June 16, 2012

Bullet Vengeance


She took it and she took it in force, in might. I should have known. I should have seen it coming. How could I assume her as just a machine? I paid.

Scorching summers this time - that too at a stretch, with no respite in sight. My work being to keep people’s thermometer in control, there’s a lot of push and pull in my daily 12 hour shift. Last evening I had a lucky escape – where I could sneak past at 7. The day was still young and what was I to do sitting at home this early. So, I decided to take her out for a spin – just around the city thing. But what did I know!

Initial 30 kms was nice calm smooth dug-dug-dug and then..... she stopped. Stopped right in the middle with no sign, no nothing. Kick her couple of times and back on line we are - then stop again after 2 kms - and again - and again. Situation became bad to the extent that once she would start, I would give her full throttle so that we cover at least half a km and then again she would pretend dead. The fuel was there, the fuel valve was open, choke was disengaged, electronics were up – yet she went dead - as and when she fancied. I rolled her at my sister’s place in Mohali – deciding to get the mistri in morning.

In all probability it’s a carburettor issue. But point is not that – point is I should have seen it coming. Both the ladies are parked side by side at my place. While HD has her cover - she don’t. While I take HD out for weekend rides – she don’t. For a while now, HD has been on my mind – she don’t.

How could I miss her attitude? How could I rule out the “J” factor between the two? How could I just assume her?

I foul up – I pay. Rules are simple. 

I get it.

2 comments:

Unknown said...

nice one plz given some to bullet ride...........it's bullet je bullet na hunda, punjab da ki banda...............

Capt Suresh Sharma said...

I remember, that machine ...your first love had shown some `attitude' as the `chill-pill-awesome' generation calls it, right at the start itself.I remember, I was there for its delivery ... I mean .. when she was delivered to you.She is like a true `Jatti' ... all that attitude for nothing. Just needs all that what Jatti needs ... pull push and poking.

I have never trusted this brand ...though its sound has fascinated many like that of Madhubala ....