Best Pics Part-1

  Some of best pics taken last year.

 

                   The silent sea –Andmans

 

 

 

 

 

 

                        Ajanta caves

 

 

                Bibi-Ka Muqbara-A replica of Taj Mahal

Yamaha Steals The Show At 2009 Auto Awards

Yamaha India which made a return in the Indian market with two refreshingly new bikes YZF 15 and FZ-16 last year stole the show at various auto awards this year.

The stylish FZ16 which is already giving a tough competition in the premium 150cc segment ( it is believed its sales are second only to the market leader pulsar’s) won both the ‘Bike of the year’ and ‘Viewer’s choice ‘ awards at the UTVi Autocar Awards 2009.

While Yamaha’s YZF R15 with its true sports bike look won the ‘Bike of the year’ award at the CNBC-TV18 Overdrive awards 2009.

So its return for the Yamaha in awards as well.

Bajaj XCD 135 Launched

Bajaj Auto Ltd has launched a 135cc version of its XCD motorcycle.This is the first of the six bikes that Bajaj announced it will be realesing from January 2009. The bike, sporting a 10.5 brake horsepower (bhp) engine, will cost Rs 45,000 (ex-showroom). Its other features include a five-speed transmission, disc brakes, DU bush front suspension, digital speedometer etc. The XCD 135 also boast of high on-road fuel efficiency at 65-70 kmpl at par with 100cc bikes.Bajaj calls its XCD 135 DTS-Si sports commuter motorcycle the company MD Rajiv Bajaj during the launch said XCD 135 is product that is functionally a commuter because of its price position and the fuel economy it will deliver but in terms of its aspirational values, it is sports motorcycle like a Pulsar..It will have many first-in-class features like a 135cc DTS-Si engine, a 5 speed gear box, auto choke, gas filled Nitrox absorbers, digital speedometer and LED tail lamps.

Bajaj also said the bike will “fill the vacuum of Bajaj Auto’s portfolio” between the low-end and high-end two wheeler markets.

First Earnings

Blogging has brought me my first earnings.Although this is not a huge amount the fact that this is my first earning makes the cheque very special.

President Obama’s Official Portrait

Barack Obama's office has released the new official presidential portrait. The photograph was taken by new official White House photographer Pete Souza, and marks the first time a presidential portrait was taken with a digital camera.

and i love this illustaration below.

I'm not one of those-
Obama

                                     Presidents of USA

source : huffingtonpost,twitpic

Honda To Launch Premium Sports Bikes In India

Following the footsteps of Yamaha and Suzuki, Honda India (HMSI) is planning to launch two premium sports bikes in India soon.

2008 has been great for the Indian sports bike lovers with Yamaha launching its YZF-R1, MT01 and Ducati making its bikes available in India. Recently Suzuki aslo released its legendary Hayabusa and Intruder M1800 in India .Honda’s bikes will be out before April 2009.One of the two premium sports bikes to be launched is the CBR1000RR.

 

                                  Honda CBR1000RR

Aamir Khan’s 8-Pack

Aamir Khan working his way to 8 pack abs.

Height Of Competition

Don’t know if this is original or not .Even if this is a doctored one i like the creativity.

source

Free R15 Fairing Replacement By Yamaha

 

Some R-15 owners have reported a problem with the bike .The problem is caused when there is an obstruction in the gap in the fairing which is present at the right-side.The obstruction most of the times a cleaning cloth has caused the cloth and fairing to burn (some reports of engine burring have also been heard but have to check the authenticity of engine burn reports).Yamaha is offering a free upgrade to a new fairing panel which includes a mesh lining which avoids easy access to the engine.

A Yamaha R15 in Bangalore with burnt fairing

 

 

 

Source.

New Year Resolutions

 

A study says only 10 in 100 people who make new year resolutions stick to them.

This is the first time that I'm writing down my new year resolutions on a paper (blog whatever) .

• Sleep early ,wake up early
• Eat healthy
• Study for GRE

Sleep early,wake up early:

these days I'm becoming insomniac in the nights and tend to sleep during very weird hours of the day.I want to avoid this .

“ Early to bed early raise”

Eat healthy:

during last year there were weeks when not a single day went with out me eating outside food.So decided to eat more of homemade food and avoid outside food.Its going to be less of Chinese, burgers,pizzas,French fries,and Hyderabadi biryani this year.

Study for the GRE:

Now that I've already booked the date for GRE (19th Feb) , i need to start some serious preparation.

If you remember i talked about some stats in the beginning, yes 90% of the people fail to keep up their new year resolutions.I’ll hope to be a part of the other 10% who stick to their resolution.