Extreme Bike Tours India, Top Gear tested, now are you ready to join us!
I wanted to take this opportunity to write and thank you, both personally and on behalf of the entire Top Gear team, for all of your help in making the second half of our Indian Special such a success.
BBC Top Gear
Every year Extreme Bike Tours India take wheel-crazed travelers who arrive in India with plans to explore the subcontinent on a motorcycle on their Himalaya Tours, Adventure Bike Tours or through the magical valleys on the Tribal Tour or the greenery and Hill Stations on the South India Tour.
The roads might not be silky nor the machines without glitches, yet motorcycling in India gives very powerful insights into life in this vast and diverse country. More importantly, traveling by motorbike provides adventurous travelers with the opportunity to learn how we face the various extremities thrown at us. It gives us the chance to see ourselves when one maniacal truck driver almost pushes us off the road while another offers shelter during a flash blizzard atop the Khardung La, the highest motorable road in the world. Similarly, whether trying to connect with a bunch of villagers praying at Lake Pushkar or celebrating Bob Dylan’s birthday in Shillong, the motorcycle is only one part of what is involved while touring India. A mode of transportation, yes, but a potent tool of self-development as well.
It was because of our expertise in these areas that we recived a phone call from not only one of the world’s largest broadcasting corporations, but one of TV’s most popular shows…Top Gear. Top Gear’s producers were looking for a ‘fixer’ for the Christmas Special – an institution in the Christmas TV calendar. After a few conversations, he asked if I would take on the role and of course we jumped at the opportunity!
They had searched for someone with excellent local knowledge to help them identify suppliers and resources, as well as help plan the route…basically someone who could do the behind the scenes work which would be instrumental to the show’s filming and they chose Extreme Bike Tours.
