A 'Bonafide Saint' albeit charged a sinner, Wg. Cdr. Retd.  Koka Rahul Rao is a son, a husband and a father. He's been a fighter pilot, a racer, a national level rallyist, a navigator, a mechanic, a dog lover, a farmer, a golfer, a chef and a bonsai specialist. Tall, dark and handsome, it would be unfair to fault him for his affinity for wine, women and song;  we bring to you the charmer who's re discovered motorcycling in his late 60s. This is also the story of a soldier’s run in with the state as he battles to protect his name and stature from being sullied as he prays for justice to be done. Freedom, a liberty extra special for a motorcyclist, becomes perhaps even more prized in the face of captivity. In Koka Rao's rediscovery of motorcycling, he has found a sanctuary, letting the road provide the much needed path for the journey inwards. #KTM390adventure #adventure #touring #advtouring #motorcycles #motorcyclling #IndianAirForce #biker #rider #bikersofinstagram --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bikerradiorodcast/message

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BRR Ep 80 Koka Rahul Rao on the Long Way Home

Starry, starry night Paint your palette blue and gray Look out on a summer's day With eyes that know the darkness in my soul... An associate creative director at Ogilvy Mumbai, the painter at heart who’s discovered a penchant for riding; Ganesh Shinde’s evocative story is that of a man who far from being born with a silver spoon in his mouth was dealt a wooden spoon instead like millions of others in our country. He’s a son, a husband, a friend, a painter, an artist, an explorer, a humanitarian, an eager cook, but primarily, and a truly gentle soul. This story actually is a tribute not only to his proud and courageous mother and father but the profound transformation that public social responsibility brings. Ganesh takes us from childhood through his first long road trip with a Himalayan in the Himalayas, overcoming heights that go just beyond altitude. This is the story of perseverance and a passion. Special recognition for; @CFI @CASPINDIA  @ helmets_for_india @niels_peter_jensen @ogilvyindia  #milesoncanvas #JindagiToAisehiChaltiRahegi  #motorcycles #art #painting #touring #bikersofinstagram #passion #selfdevelopment #faith #grow #gratitude  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bikerradiorodcast/message

BRR Ep 79 Ganesh Shinde on the Long Way Home

One of India's senior travel and auto journalists who's spent over two decades exploring exotica across the Indian landscape and also all over the world. Rishad Mehta’s pieces featured across India's top magazines are insightful, well measured and delightfully original. He's also authored three travel books; Hot tea across India, Fast cars and fidgety feet and Long drive home. He is both a prolific reader as he is a tireless traveller. A son, a brother, a doting uncle, a traveler, a travel writer, an author, an auto journalist, a photographer, a scuba diver, a trekker, a biker, a telecom engineer, a chef, a foodie an explorer, a world war history buff and an animal lover. A member of the team that rode to the Everest Base Camp on the Tibetan side, Biker Radio Rodcast caught up with him while he was recoiling for a dash out to the Sangla valley towards the end of 2021 after a quick ride with adventurer and conservationist Clifton Shipway in the jungles around Banbasa. This episode is old school; like the 78 rpm audio static on a favourite vinyl #iykyk #motorcycles #travel #travelwriter #autojournalist #cars #author #oldschool #explorer #incredibleindia #bikersofinstagram #touring #adventuretravel #adventuretourer #adv #soundboardmedia #thefutureissound #listenconnectrideon --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bikerradiorodcast/message

BRR Ep 78 Rishad Saam Mehta on the Long Way Home

Yari hai imaan mera yaar meri zindagi... Friendships have defined the life of Bobbee Singh. He's valued each relationship and each of those relationships has helped Bobbee as he's made his way through his troubled years almost to a point of a self correcting being. Learning from every loss and building on them until he makes a success of it. The trilogy with Bobbee Singh of Old Delhi Motorcycles has been a first for us spanning across three episodes. A big thank you to Veeru Lamba, Vaibhav Nijowne, Bobby Chhaggar, Noreen Van Holstein, Priyanshu Chatterjee and Akbar Khan for your help and Joshua John for sharing the mutton keema...onkaur ;) It will not be incorrect to say that we've not had the most fun we've had in the last 4 years putting these episodes together. This one holds the nectar (if you're seeking it). Our advise is, get yourself a pair of headphones, get some solitude, kick back and #ListenConnectRideOn #chai #dogs #motorcycles #restoration #vintage #sidecar #revival #biker #restorer #cohen #bukowski #bobdylan #neebkaroribaba --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bikerradiorodcast/message

BRR Ep 77 Bobbee Singh of Old Delhi Motorcycles Part III

Rebellion is an infliction. Wired to rebel even against one’s self, the only peace one can derive is the proximity to the answer … why rebel? Bobbee Singh of Old Delhi Motorcycles leads a life that is charged, intense, dramatic yet Spartan. Behind the liveries and the grandeur is a man living in his quiet riot at an ease he has winnowed. He’s an actor with the heart of the fall guy. A charmer with tales taller than flights of fancy, minds can seldom make. But friendships are one’s true wealth and Bobbee is richer than most of us. While he enjoys the circus he stages around him, every day of his life, he always falls back on his friends who have offered him anchorage, sanctuary and shelter from the sun. Joshua John, an ex-pastor, ride master, artist and consul at large joins in to ring in the platinum milestone celebrations of the Biker Radio Rodcast and host a great friend and a brother in arms. Befitting the legendary Jai and Veeru legacy, we celebrate “Yeh Dosti” #chai #dogs #motorcycles #vintage #restoration #heirloom #nostalgia #sidecar #revival #metalcraft #artist #designer #royalenfield #bobdylan #bukouski #leonardcohen #oldschool #olddelhimotorcycles #bobbeesingh #friends #soul #search #resilience #ListenConnectRideon #podcast #restorer #dogwhisperer #animallover #friend #human #biker #traveler #history #lover #bikkerradiorodcast #ListenConnectRideon #podcast #artist #vintage #incredibleindia #india --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bikerradiorodcast/message

BRR Ep 76 Bobbee Singh of Old Delhi Motorcycles Part II

Our platinum episode features rare-earth restorer of vintage Royal Enfields, the one and only Bobbee Singh of Old Delhi Motorcycles. The side car revival man, he is India’s most sought after artist who can breathe new life to ever rare barn finds into motorcycle heirlooms. He stirs up nostalgia, celebrating the days when all good things in life, was for keeps; when metallurgy, design, form and function came together in an alchemy that vouched for life, for love and old school values. There is a languid charm about Bobbee’s life that borrows heavily from the impermanence around and seemingly, a gypsy blood rush, runs through his disposition with a flair and guile that is his own. Borrowing generously from geography, time and history, his creations are resplendent of grandeur, glory and celebration, choosing flourish over the ordinary yet celebrating the ordinary with a flourish. The paradox, that is Harbinder Singh aka Bobbee is arresting as his L’enfant terrible charm, swirls with the lust for good times gone by. Times that he’d rather recreate than be seduced by soulless nondescript mannequins. He bears the leitmotif of a maverick, an enigma and we’re so proud that he’s our platinum guest of honour on the Biker Radio Rodcast’s 75th episode. Caution: Strong language #love #chai #dogs #motorcycles #vintage #restoration #heirloom #nostalgia #sidecar #revival #metalcraft #artist #designer #royalenfield #bobdylan #bukouski #leonardcohen #oldschool #olddelhimotorcycles #bobbeesingh #friends #soul #search #resilience #redemption #play #of #opposites #desire #ego #psyche #character #me #I #us #friendship #family #forever #ListenConnectRideon #podcast #artist #human #biker #traveller #history #lover --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bikerradiorodcast/message

BRR Ep 75 Bobbee Singh of Old Delhi Motorcycles Part I

It perhaps all started with the cave paintings. A canvas perhaps of one’s identity. The most prized portrayal of one’s achievements. As time went by the expression found its place as the mantel piece, or the framed photo with a celeb, the Hussain in the living room, but the Yamaha RX 100 in your bedroom? That is our guest, the enigmatic Parakram Hazarika! They say a bird in hand is worth two in bush but this man who has a weakness for the momo suffers a FOMO with his RX in bed and Jajabor and Enajori his go to town rides, in the basement. This is part two of the intriguing story from the exciting life of Parakram Hazarika. A romantic, a dog piper, a dogged foodie, a momo devourer, a PR mercenary with a marketing battle, a traveler, a biker a beardo and thank God another weirdo. Also featuring Col. Manoj Keshwar on #MyWay from #Zanskar. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bikerradiorodcast/message

BRR Ep 74 Parakram Hazarika part II - on the Long Way Home

Parakram Hazarika's is one of the coolest beards on the circuit, he’s a #foodie, a #pogonotrophe (thanks Shashi Tharoor), an ex PR and communications man Friday, a social media marketing specialist, ex customer experience lead at Harley Davidson with the key responsibility of the Harley Owners Group or H.O.G. a vibe he liked so much, he even likes hog in his momos. Inked, bald and bearded, in the guest seat chatting over a couple of brews is the super affable manager marketing at Suzuki Motorcycle India and biker, Parakram Hazarika on the Long Way Home.. #motorcycles #motorcycletales #meandmymotorcycle #storiesofmotorcycle #royalenfield #harleyownersgroup #ducatiscrambler #jajabor #enajori #soundboardmedia #thefutureissound #ListenConnectRideOn --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bikerradiorodcast/message

BRR Ep 73 Parakram Hazarika Part I on the Long Way Home

56 Days, 17000 kms, 4 girls, 6 countries across #India, #Bangladesh, #Myanmar, #Laos #Thailand and #Cambodia. Jai Bharthi leads  from the front and that is a brutal sport as it takes a combination of thinking on our feet and calculated belligerence to make headway. There of course is always a price to pay and the scars you carry are for life but the stories your have can tell tales; some about you, some about the road but every one of them a valuable learning experience. Courtesy of Telangana Tourism, Incredible India,  Bajaj Dominar, the good offices of the Dir. General Tourism and a friendly member of parliament, the Jai Bharathi, Piya Bahadur, Shanthi Susan and Shilpa Balakrishnan quartet rode into the history books making themselves and the Bikernis proud. Jai Bharathi spoke with us in candid detail helping us sequence this challenging and on occasion gruesome tale. On episode 72, JB shares her story of her Road to Mekong…over a cup of tea on the Long Way Home. #UNESCO #GOUNESCO #MOWO #architect #design #travel #motorcycle #bikerni #IFRD #RoadToMekong #TelanganaTourism #IncredibleIndia #BajajDominar --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bikerradiorodcast/message

BRR Ep 72 Jai Bharathi part II on the Long Way Home

Self-actualisation is a hunger, un-famished, self- fueled in perpetuity powering the wheels of a spirit called Jai Bharathi. The name says it all. Inspired by ‘Udaan’ a TV show hosted by #KiranBedi, that showcased the unprecedented achievements of less than ordinary people to positions of power and acclaim, this girl from #Hyderabad has made women’s empowerment her life’s #MOWO. MOving WOmen is a foundation that empowers women with mobility through riding skills with the aim to make them economically independent thus creating a cultural new normal! A trained architect, she has successfully combined her wanderlust with her need to climb daunting skylines using the motorcycle to achieve her goals. Multiple expeditions later, including K2Ks, an all-woman 17k, SE Asian nation tour, a pan American tour, a book release (#RoadToMekong), she has been felicitated by PM Narendra Modi with support from #TelanganaTourism and #IncredibleIndia. #vocalforlocal Biker Radio Rodcast salutes the spirit of a resurgent #India  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bikerradiorodcast/message

BRR Ep 71 Jai Bharathi Part I on the Long Way Home

Would you ride around the #Himalayas for seven and a half weeks, then finish a five day #RaidDeHimalaya successfully and then ride across all the way from #Kashmir, right across India through #Myanmar, #Thailand, #Laos, #Vietnam, #Malaysia, #Singapore and then onwards from #Darwin to #Sydney in Australia? What if your 10 year old child and your wife joined in riding alongside? Some bucket list huh ? Listen to the story of Nosh Mistry part II and his journeys to bring up our 70th milestone on the Biker Radio Rodcast. #ListenConnectRideOn #motorcycles #bikerides #advrider #adventure #adventures #roadtrip #himalayas #fatherson #outdoors #travel #journey #soundboardmedia #thefutureissound MADTV Himalayan Motorcycle Adventure - Full movie --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bikerradiorodcast/message

BRR Ep 70 Nosh Mistry Part II on the Long Way Home

Wrap your head around this one; he’s an athlete, a keyboardist, a coder, a financial analyst, a guitarist, a hiker, a biker a national medal winning racing cycler, a father, a son, a husband a friend, a photographer, a music producer, a painter and them some. He’s walked for weeks on end among glaciers signing off on a no rescue agreement with the army. He’s ridden for 7 weeks across the Himalayas, then completed a 5 day rigorous Raid De Himalaya before embarking on a journey from Kashmir to Australia, halfway meeting up with his wife and his 10 year old  daughter who ride alongside him across South East Asia to fulfil a bucket list road trip. A professional photographer, he prefers anonymity for himself and his family and keeps himself maddeningly busy with an array of interests and sport. each more interesting than the other. Please welcome our guest from Sydney, Australia, the uniquely talented man for all seasons, Nosh Mistry. Also featuring Firoze Mistry on the #LongWayHome and Anita Krishnan on #MyWay. Music for show Imaging : Erik Borges : Oasis - To Be Where There’s Life cover Little Green – Down Under cover Thomas 75s - Black magic woman cover Hamesha : SaNj The Band Nosh Mistry Eternity to Eternity Floyd Duo – Pink Floyd covers Photos courtesy: Nosh and Firoze Mistry #motorcycles #advrider #adventuretouring #himalayas #australia #roadtrip #raiddehimalaya #floydduo #himalayas #cycling #triumph #triumphspeedtwin #nortondominator #vintagemotorcycles #lonfwayhome #soundboardmedia #thefutureissound #bikerradiorodcast #listenconnectrideon --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bikerradiorodcast/message

BRR Ep 69 Nosh Mistry Part I on the Long Way Home

Shutterbug, motor head, architect and biker, armed with a sharp wit, a sharper tongue, never bothering to measure his words; only numbers as a design implementation manager with the luxury hotel trade moving on to real estate before joining GMR’s battle room at the IGI airport in New Delhi. We're back with the concluding episode of Mihir Misra on the 68th episode of the #LongWayHome on the Biker Radio Rodcast. This episode sees him dig himself deeper into the motorsport ruts, get tired of it and wade into wildlife photography with the tiger, his current muse. He speaks of his cherished association with friends he’s made over the years his hunt behind the scenes for real stories and his keenness for the narrative often marinated in jest and mirth celebrating all of life’s goodness. Also acknowledging the #CruisingLegends Candida Louis, Ouseph Chacko, Vir Nakai and Harshman Rai for their OTT debut with the #DawnPatrol on @MXPlayer, motoring through #ArunachalPradesh, the Land of the Rising Sun. Wg. Cdr. Rahul Koka Rao from Manali, for contributing a marvelous #MyWay on his #KTM390adventure, Dr. Arun Thareja, on the Biker Radio #Soundboard, battling in the COVID 2 'Chakravyu' with an advisory for preparing for the 2nd wave of the pandemic and finally, Lakhinandan Lahon for a beautiful musical piece combining the RE thump with his flute. Episode 68 is as groovy as it gets. @bmwmotorradindia @bmwmotorrad_in @castrolbiking @GoPro @goproindia #BMWMotorrad #SpiritOfGS #G310GS #Makelifearide #NewBMW310 #BMWMotorradIndia #CastrolPOWER1ULTIMATE #GoPro #CastrolPOWER1 #GoProIndia #GoPro #GoProCruisingLegendsChallenge #MXPlayer #MXOriginalSeries #performancethatsurprises #MoreEverything #TheVibe #Quik  --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bikerradiorodcast/message

BRR Ep 68 Mihir Mishra on the Long Way Home - Part 02

A father of two sons, a husband, a friend, he’s an architect, an artist, a photographer, a problem solver, a biker, a single malt lover, a catador, a carnivore, a motorsport junkie, a wild lifer, an admirer of big engines in small cars, slow cooking and  slow driving in a world that is rushing to get a speeding ticket. Please welcome our latest friend and guest on the Long Way Home , lights, camera, Mihir Misra. Soundboard : Navigation by Nikhil Balakrishna MyWay : Sailesh Sharma – Road trip to Sikkim Photo courtesy : Mihir Misra, Thar Motorsports #photography #photos #motorsports #Rallying #WRC #INRC #DessertStorm #Raiddehimalaya #Himalayanmotorsports #NorthernMotorsports #CougarMotorsports #Rajasthan #Ranthambore #Indianwildlife #tiger #picture #image #storytelling #camera #Museo Music : Kanji Bhajan Mooralala Marwada Kutch, Gujarat Sindhi Bhajan New Song by Mooralala Marwad Old Bhutia traditional dance by ladies of lachung dzumsa ScoopWhoop 20 Years Of Kishore Kumar SW Cafe Session VI Tu Maane Ya Na Maane - Wadali Brothers - Paigaam-e-Ishq..mp4 ZZ Top Sharp Dressed Man (Larkin Poe Cover) You can look but you can't touch- The Denny Moss Experiment --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bikerradiorodcast/message

BRR Ep 67 Mihir Misra on the Long Way Home - Part 1

Biker Radio Rodcast  embarks on its 66th episode of the Long Way Home featuring an iconic café that has become a sanctuary for DIYers but is essentially an overgrown man cave that doubles up as a garage, a tattoo parlour, a rescue home for pets, a kitchen for the hungry, and a hangout for motorheads as country Midwest meets the dhaba slam bang in a meteoric flash over the Aravalis. A must do in Delhi’s NCR, the Throttle Shrottle Moto Café run by its maverick founder Saurav Priyadarshi is India’s fastest growing moto café brand with Gurgaon, Kolkata and Krabi already done. While the team celebrates their latest inclusion with The Leopard Trail South of Gurgaon, they are burning the midnight oil to launch Dehradun, Manali and Goa before you can say Throttle Shrottle Moto Café. Mucho gracias to Joshua John for an blinding #Soundboard and Vikram Chaudhary for a geologically spectacular #MyWay about the #Aravalis the #oldestmountain range in the world. To think that Saurav the restaurateur, entrepreneur, designer and dog whisperer never ever intended Throttle Shrottle to be a café… well think about that… Bon Appetite. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/bikerradiorodcast/message

BRR Ep 66 Saurav Priyadarshi of Throttle Shrottle Moto Cafe

Biker Radio Rodcast is a podcast on motorcycling in India, celebrating its heroic riders, legendary mechanics and iconic builders through stories told by members of the community, one legend at a time. Each episode cradles an interview with a rider, a ride report, an expert advisory and a road safety meme that conjure up the very popular Biker Radio Rodcast. Winner of The Whickers award in the UK and with a BBC World Service audio documentary to boot, the RODcast (Radio On Demand) is a proven example in "narrowcasting", a 'community' domain expertise of Soundboard Media #ListenConnectRideon

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