Delhi to Agra

Yes! the first days riding under our belt. A great day -we did leave at just after 5 am. it was really cold, after 30 minutes we were shaking. We are going to post some photos today if possible - you never can tell over here whether itll work or not. Joes bike is the red one and ours the black, Every time I look at Joe he is wearing a huge grin - he has an exhaust system to rattle your teeth and he loves it!True to form I got a puncture on the 1st day - this one holds the record tho -- 77km![and it was 2 punctures] After 20 km , my bike coughed itself to a stop- luckily we were not in heavy traffic and we could both pull over together. It turned out to be an incorrectly adjusted carburettor- I sorted this out myself and fitted a new plug and everything was fine. We have a few oil leaks to sort out but nothing serious- think Ive sorted mine. I also had all manner of shit in the fuel filter which I have now cleaned.
In all the time of travelling these roads Ive never seen so many dead and rotting carcases in one day - 2 deer, a huge cat, many dogs - one comically inflated like a baloon and ready to burst[ dont want to be around when that happens!] The traffic was predictably mannic, some places worst than others- Mathura [birthplace of Lord Krishna] was totally mad, then we had a bit of a break untill we hit Agra at lunchtime which was utterly mad, Joe did really well to keep up -its shit trying to keep together in heavy city traffic, 6 lanes of utter anarchy, the heat and no local knowledge . We only used the wakie talkies when I got the punctures and had to leave the others with the luggage. This was great as none of the indians had ever seen one before and I was surrounded at the puncture wallas by schoolkids and neredowells. We are now at the Shanti guest hose in Agra which has a great view of the Taj Mahal. Dont know if we will get a photo of the Taj with bikes as we probably will be leaving for Gwalior in the morning- Once you start riding - you cant stop, its brilliant.