Fwd: The Bike Story

This is the mail I sent to allmy colleagues at Skyscape after I purchased my bike.
The whole event was built up so much that some of my close friends were thinking that they are buying the bike!!

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Hi All,

Kindly enjoy the sweets that you'll be receiving shortly to celebrate the arrival of my "New" motorcycle.

As most of you have been aware, the plan to buy a motorcycle materialized about a month back,
when it was confirmed that I was moving to Kharghar. I did not want to spend so much time traveling (read: I wanted to compromise on work) and so the decision to acquire a bike was finalized.

Given below are the credits to all the people who have made this possible.

1.  Firstly I have to thank Bankim, for offering to let me repair and use his favourite scooter, when my account statement told me I did not have enough resources to buy a bike.

2.  Having realized that the scooter is not a feasible option, and not wanting to cycle from Kharghar, just so that "I commute to office in my own vehicle",all plans were dropped.
I would like to thank Manish here for offering me a lift till CBD (at a nominal cost, of course).

3.  Next was a plan to buy a second hand bike. Here I would like to thank Shailesh for testing the vehicle and giving it a thumbs down. Xavier, Ashutosh, Kartik need to be thanked for convincing me that the second hand option is not a good one.

4.  At this point it was decided that I would go in for a new vehicle. Thanks again to all above.
Now, this bike is special cause it reflects the financial independence I've achieved.
Many thanks to Skyscape. So what if 80% of the bike is funded by my parents? 20% is 20%.

5. There were a lot of issue of my address proof documents and so Ulhas offered to buy the bike on my behalf on a loan. Many thanks to Ulhas, for trusting that I would make the payments on time. Eventually this plan was also dropped.

6. Anand Sir needs to be thanked here for convincing me that the loan option is not the way to go. I was advised that I should save and then go for it. What's funny about the whole thing is, I dont have any savings and I dont spend lavishly too. So how would the money materialize later? Since I believe in miracles, I decided to take Anand Sir's advise. (Some of the local lottery-ticket walla's are my best friends now!!)

7. "Bike ghaychi tar Bullet ghyachi, ani mage porgi basvaaychi". these famous lines have been said by none other than Makarand sir. I'll leave it at that, cause I dont have a Bullet and Shahab has agreed to accompany me to Kharghar.

8. Finally, many thanks are due yet again to Shailesh and Kartik, for engaging in mindless conversations about bikes of various makes.

Regards,
Sachin K.

P.S - Free rides are available for a nominal cost of Rs.10 per ride.