When did your fascination with motorcycles begin?
It was way back in 1954-55. When we lived in Indore, a small town with hardly anything to write home about. There were hardly six to seven families that owned motorcycles and one of my friends owned one. I would sometimes borrow it to brush-up my riding skills.

What attracted you towardsu00a0the Triumph?
Whenever possible, we would try and watch English movies at the local cinema. Many of these movies showed the police riding Triumph Speed Twins. I was mesmerised by them and found them to be really beautiful machines. I also read a lot of international film magazines like Screen Stories and Photoplay from where I came to know that Marlon Brando and even James Dean owned Triumph motorcycles. I loved its throaty sound. Hear it carefully when it starts. The roar resembles that of a tiger. This was inspiring enough to buy the British marquee.