People asked me, why I bought unicorn when I actually work in a company which competes with honda on a bloodthirsty battleground.
For some people it is just a bike, for others it is an engineering marvel, which certainly is not far from being called an overstatement. But for me, it is much more than that.
A 150cc bike which Honda launched in the year 2005 in a hope to capture the gas guzzling meager-engine-capacity-lover multitudes of the subcontinent, gradually turned into a big hit among motorcycle aficionados.There are two kinds of motorcycle lovers in this world; those who flaunt it and those who ride it. I belong to the latter group. I am not one of those, who run after looks and eventually turn up cursing the bike in an year or two for its plummeting performance. However the number of my likes is not much, so Honda has lately shown disinterest in us. They tried phasing out the model, but a constant demand stopped them from doing so. Nonetheless, I now own the fabled creature now so it won't matter if they stop it. About availability of spare parts, they'll have to give it for the next 7 yrs at least by the dictum of law.
I learned to ride motorcycles on unicorn itself, shining red and demarcated with a logo that boasted honda's triumph in motogp. I remember old school days in front of SBI ground where Kushagra used to lend me rides.
Then there were days when we hauled on roadtrips to outskirts of bhopal. Ank, another honda owner friend of mine, never got a chance to ride his own bike in those roadtrips whenever I was along.
The story finally came to a brief halt after my interview at bajaj.
during my interview, they asked me which bike will I buy. I bluntly replied with a Honda Unicorn.
Yes I am in love with this bike and forever will remain. This is a bike I shall never forget in life. In a decade, I will be riding a superbike for sure. Maybe in another we will switch to electric bikes. But never ever will a motorcycle be as important as this one.
And so the fables of this mythical creature shall continue from here.
