Biker Radio Rodcast is a podcast on motorcycling in India, celebrating her heroic riders, legendary mechanics and iconic builders through stories told by members of the community, one legend at a time. These are portraits in audio of the people who ride, fix and build motorcycles; their journey and their enlightening learnings from the road they have travelled on. Awarded The Whickers in the UK and with a BBC Sounds audio documentary to boot, the RODcast (Radio On Demand) is a proven example ...
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BRR Ep 100 Dr. Lakshyaraj Singh Mewar
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Ton Up ! Welcome to the 100th episode of the Biker RadioRodcast where we're celebrating not just a milestone but a journey—a road we’ve built and traversed with passion and dedication. Our love for this podcast, our steadfast steed, mirrors the legendary bond between the glorious Rajput king Maharana Pratap and his brave horse, Chetak. Their camara…
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BRR Ep 99 Preetam Bora on the Long Way Home
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Behind the stories that auto journalists write lies their own story. The story of a boy from small town India and the wheels that have kept turning for him, taking him places. His love for touring is perhaps only matched by his love for the six string. Preetam Bora is a senior auto journalist from Car&Bike, one of India's leading auto jourmals Hone…
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BRR Ep 98 Malkiat Singh Hoonjan on the Long Way Home
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Malkiat Singh Hoonjan is the road captain and a mentor with the Legendary Sikh Riders of Canada, a unique motorcycling club in the world. Their flaming kesri turbans and long flowing beards make them stand out as they establish the pride of their Sikh identity amongst other formidable motorcycling icons in the west. Whether it's mechanised heavy ma…
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It’s international women’s day as we remain engulfed in a quiet riot of emotions in India today. Our silence through the shameful act of a violent episode against a woman is best shattered as we dedicate out 97th milestone to Nanda; our heads hung in the sound of silence… Music : Nouela - Sound of silence…
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BRR Ep 96 Gul Panag on the Long Way Home Part 2
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Motorcycling has always attracted the contrarian like a moth to the flame. Independent and sometimes revolutionary ideologues like Che Guevara have used it as a vehicle to test their idea on wheels. One would have to be blind to ignore that we too now live in challenged times where around the world democracy seems to be squeezed into an ever narrow…
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BRR Ep 95 Gul Panag on the Long Way Home Part 1
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We’ve always had Gul Panag on our guest wishlist; not because she’s been a top model, a Miss India, a famous film and TV actress; but for being an outdoorsy motor heady kind of person… and that despite her stardom. She’s a daughter, a sister, a wife, a mother, a pilot, a runner, a fitness buff, a dog lover, an entrepreneur, a conscious citizen and …
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BRR Ep 94 Rey Dhillon on the Long Way Home
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If dirt were Dollars, Ravit Singh Dhillon would be the kingof Wall St. At the 94th milestone on the Biker Radio Rodcast wefeature Frisco kid, champion motocross and dirt bike rider and now Reise Motorsport’s lynch pin for the CEAT Indian Supercross Racing League, Rey Dhillon. Rey’s been flirting with dirt since he was a kid growing up in Dansville,…
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BRR Ep 93 Adil S Nargolwala on the Long Way Home - Part 2
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Till now we've heard of the amazing person in Adil S Nargolwala. This time we get to understand the competetive animal that he is and what fuels this extreme athelete to keep on climb his personal peaks. This seminal identity creator has always been at the core of our enquiry and Adil did not dissapoint us as he motored his way through the sallies.…
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BRR Ep 92 Adil S Nargolwala on the Long Way Home - Part 1
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For every Everest that looms large, the trio of belief, discipline and prep shall enable one to conquer it. But to be playful while at it; that’s something worth digging in to…Adil S Nargolwala is Head Talent Acquisition at WNS Global Services. A biker, a rally racer, an FMSCI certified rally marshal, an entrepreneur, an active farmer, a marathon r…
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BRR Ep 91 Rongom Tagore Mukerji on the Long Way Home
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If dopamine was the currency, a drag race would be THE casino on overdrive. A place to claim everything that the mind craves for. Glory, fame, belief, power and above all an identity to match your swag. The Valley Run is India’s casino of Elite Octane where Rongom Tagore Mukerji plays Bugsy. He’s built the event from the ground up and today, in…
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BRR Ep 90 Shardul Shas Sharma on the Long Way Home
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Shardulshot into fame when he nonchalantly walked into the Red Bull Romaniacs, what can be considered as the toughest motorcycle race known to boyhood and into the category that’s reserved for none lesser than warriors – THE IRON CLASS. That’s the class where adrenaline becomes haemoglobin. If you win, you are Thor. If you complete the race, you ar…
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BRR Ep 89 Anand Dharmaraj on the Long Way Home
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Another momentous milestone with a man whose enthusiasm for life is infectious. Anand Dharmaraj's quest and wanderlust outpace the adversities that are served an eager middle finger. The presiding deity of three enterprises; Indimotard Adventures, which is a curated international ride experience, Greasehouse Garage, which is somewhere between an IC…
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BRR Ep 88 Jaspreet Bhatia Carberry India on the Long Way Home
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The Carberry is a 1000cc British V Twin designed in its days by Paul Carberry and Ian Drysdale, coupling two 500 cc Royal Enfield engines with a custom built crank and mounted to a Royal Enfield frame. A firestarter of a motorcycle, this rocket is being built to comply with BS6 norms in India by Dream Engine Manufacturers a pet project of Jaspreet …
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BRR Ep 87 Gaurav Gill on the Long Way Home
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Believe it or not, ace national rally car driver, Arjuna awardee, Gaurav Gill arrived on the rally circuit and took it by storm on a motorcycle. He beat the best sending seismic shocks across the country. But what still defines this lad is the hunger, to win; period. We met on the sidelines of the 2nd Outback festival in Leh and chatting up Gaurav …
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BRR ep 86 Gursaurabh Singh on the Long Way Home Part 2
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Life’s battles don’t always go to the faster or stronger man, but sooner or later the man who wins is the man who thinks, he can.This is the story of faith, of friendship, the highs and the abysmal lows. It is about looking at fact in the eye and learning to live with it. It is the story of the coming of age. The Long Way Home story with Gursaurabh…
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BRR Ep 85 Gursaurabh Singh on the Long Way Home Part 1
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Maverick creator and entrepreneur, he's a man for all seasons. always there for the pack both on and off the saddle. Son, father, husband, biker, scientist, founder,enterpreneur, inventor, explorer, foodie, friend and most loveably; a comedian at heart, we give you Gursaurabh Singh.
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BRR Ep 84 The Big Forkers on the Long Way Home
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Chefs who are bankers who are foodies who are bikers ! The new face(s) of 'food for thunk' on the Indian horizon, we dig in with The Big Forkers duo of Shashank Jayakumar and Sid Mewara; fan boys of Anthony Bourdain's culinary ecapades who now have a TV show of their own on Discovery dropping Sep 11th 2023 called I should have STAYED HOME. "Take it…
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Ep 83 Maral Yazarloo on the Long Way Home Part 03
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In episodes 81 and 82, you’ve heard the first and the second part of the Maral Yazarloo trilogy that meanders through her childhood, her formative years and her epic ride around the world, travelling across continents. Her co-rider, Pankaj Trivedi had, due to medical reasons, drop out in South America leaving Maral to accomplish the rest of the rid…
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BRR Ep 82 Maral Yazarloo on the Long Way Home Part 2
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Picking up from where we left it on episode 81, Maral Yazarloo is accomplished rider, world traveler, artist, business owner, animal lover, tattoo lover, a hopeless jewel junkie, beyond cure unless we’re talking manicure. Maral Yazarloo is a fashion designer and the owner of the House of Maral Yazarloo brand. She’s a wife a mother and a strong and …
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BRR Ep 81 Maral Yazarloo on the Long Way Home Part 1
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A 'chashme baddoor' daughter of Iran, a world traveler, who’s gone on a worldwide ride from India to Iran taking the Long Way Home across over 64 countries, spanning 18 months and even riding thru Africa and Europe all by herself, despite being 6 months pregnant riding a BMW 800 GS. She is a daughter, a sister, a mother and a a wife. She’s got an M…
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BRR Ep 80 Koka Rahul Rao on the Long Way Home
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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…
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BRR Ep 79 Ganesh Shinde on the Long Way Home
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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 de…
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BRR Ep 78 Rishad Saam Mehta on the Long Way Home
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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 fidg…
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BRR Ep 77 Bobbee Singh of Old Delhi Motorcycles Part III
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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 tril…
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BRR Ep 76 Bobbee Singh of Old Delhi Motorcycles Part II
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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 ac…
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