‘Alva’s Motorig 2017’ with Stunts, Jumps by National Drivers and Riders leaves crowd in Awe
Moodbidri: Hip hip hurray…hip hip hurray… the cheering came louder and louder as the bikers enthralled the audiences with their stunt riding which included wheelies, stoppies and burnouts. The loveliest weather in Mijar, Shobhavana, on Sunday, made much of the racing enthusiasts to witness spectacular bike stunts, flips to leave them in memorization. Alva’s Motorig 2017, shifting expectation, with its fourth edition, hosted by Alva’s Education Foundation and TASC, IMSC, Bedra Adventurous Club, Coastal Riders, KL14 and Team Bedra United, provided a solid Platform to display various automobiles in segments (Superbikes, Supercars luxury cars, Vintage collections and customized vehicles) and gist of motorsport drag and drift demos and customized sequential stunt performances performed by national drivers and riders. There were over 100 top-end cars and two-wheelers, both vintage and new releases that outshined the show. The top end bikes like Yamaha Midnight star, Suzuki Hayabusa, Harley Fatboy Terminator 2, Harley Fatboy Bobber, MV Augusta Brutale 800, Ducati, Kawasaki ZX 10R, Kawasaki ZX 14R, Benelli Shotgun, Triumph Tiger, Yamaha R1, Yezdi were the special attraction in the show. The auto ramp show by exotic and vintage beauty cars like BMW Z4, Audi R 8, Mercedes GL 350, Mercedes GLS, BMW 5 series, Audi A6, special antique attraction 1991 model Lincoln town car of Ford Company augmented the real fragrance to the event.
The event was inaugurated by Kishore Alva, Executive Director, Adani UPCL.
Indian rally champions from Mangaluru, Arjun Rao and Rahul Kanthraj performed rally sequence and stunts. Adnan and Sudeep Kotari, Indian motor rally supercross champions carried out supercross sequence and stunts. Hot pistons group from Udupi magnetized the onlookers with their freestyle stunts on two wheels.
Gaurav Khatri, National level freestyle motorsport rider from Jaipur, took the whole show to the next level. He carried out a freestyle jump with the help of the ramp covering a distance of 75 feet over 5 buses standing between take-off point to landing mark. The aerial stunts and acrobatics by national freestyle motorsport rider spell bounded the audiences. After finishing the event, Gaurav Khatri cautioned the people saying ‘we all have right to play with our lives but not with others. Hence, everyone should take all the precautionary measures and proper training before venturing these stunts’.
Alvas Education Foundation Trustee Vivek Alva, Vishwas Bava Builders Proprietor Abul Puthige, Bedra Adventurous Club President Akshay Jain, National Level motorsport rider Ashwin Naik, Mandovi Motors Manging Director Sanjay Rao, Entrepreneur Narayan PM, Chowtara Aramane Kuldeep Jain, Indian Institute of Science Scientist Harish Bhat, Alva’s Motorig Coordinator Muddukrishna Shetty, AIET Principal Peter Fernandes were present among others.