Cousin's Wedding via Agra-Lucknow Expressway - June 2018
I headed to Faizabad in UP from Delhi to attend my cousin brother's marriage. I left my Chattarpur home at 10:00 at night towards Noida and Agra-Lucknow Expressway. As soon as I hit Agra Expressway, it started drizzling. But, as the experienced bikers would agree, on a long route you can get wet, but soon you'd dry out once the rain stopped. So, I thought and continued driving without a waterproofing liner. Drizzling would stop and return every few KMs. With each return, the drizzle turned into rain, and rain into a heavy shower. By the time I reached the famous Masala Highway point the rain was more like a fire hose. I was pretty much drenched inside out and the bike also started to sputter. There was water in the spark plug frames. I finally decided to stop at the Indian Oil fuel station and put the waterproof liners on. I also stopped once on the highway to clear the spark-plug frames and cover them up with a plastic sheet I was carrying. I continued riding and soon the outp...