Kovai Thumpers Motorcycle Club

I recently signed up for the email list of KTMC, the Kovai Thumpers Motorcycle Club, based in Coimbatore. Here is the self-introduction I posted to the list.

Although I'm based in Chennai, and ride with MadBulls, my first other-club ride/meet was your 4A [fourth anniversary meet] in Nelliampathi [in April 2010], and I met many of you there.

Unfortunately, I missed your 5A [in April 2011] since I didn't hear about it until a week after it happened -- somehow the announcement didn't get posted to the MadBulls Newbies list. And I was on tour at the time, near Mysore, so I could easily have attended if only I had known about it!

I ride a TBTS [Royal Enfield Thunderbird TwinSpark] which I got in September 2009, and have done about 36K km in two and a half years, including an annual "avoid being in Chennai during the north-east monsoon" tour to Karnataka and Goa, usually October through January. In addition, I do a Spring Tour for one or two months.

So far my biking adventures have been limited to the south -- Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Karnataka, Goa, and a bit of Andhra Pradesh. I've never been Leh'd [riding to Leh in the Himalayas], and with my advancing years (I'm one of the oldest active riders in the southern clubs -- 63 next month), I just don't think I have the stamina and endurance for such a trip.

I'm holding off detailed planning for Spring Tour 2012 until you announce the date and venue for 6A, which I will definitely include in my travels. Looking forward to connecting with you all in person then.

P.S. Since most people don't pronounce the Canadian version of my name correctly (Jean-Philipe, en franc,ais), I go by J.P., Jayaprakash, or IndiaJP.