Motorbikes in India, moving a billion people

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"Only a biker knows why a dog sticks its head out of a car window."

Not surprisingly, one of the first things I noticed about living in India was the vast numbers of people. Mumbai may be more crowded than other areas but, to put it bluntly, in this city, hordes of people are crammed into every nook and cranny. Londoners will appreciate the explosion of cyclists that have taken to the roads as an alternative to public transport over the last few years. Well, in India it is not just cycles that swarm the streets, but motorbikes too. In fact, ‘two-wheeler’ volume sales have grown at an average rate of 12% in India every year for the last decade but, des...

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