My Story so far

I have had a very cool profession for the past 5 years. My job is to travel around the world and ride motorcycles, funny enough I got paid for it. Over the years many of you have asked me how I do it so I thought I will document the journey here especially the most recent journey the South American escapade.

My name is Rohith Subramanian. I am from a coastal city in south India called Chennai growing up I was always fascinated with motorcycles. My dad got me into it and the love has increased over the years. I started riding full time for a living in 2016 when I decided to ride around India for 180 days covering all the state and union territories. There were 2 simple rules about this trip which I self imposed on myself.

1. Never stay in a hotel or a hostel, stay in friends house or strangers house maybe as this gives a better understanding of the city than locking myself into a room without any outside connection.

2. Do one new job in every state I visit to learn a new skill. I was a waiter, chai-wala, truck cleaner, farmer to name a few.

Post riding around India I went to South East Asia for a few months riding different motorcycles around Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos and Indonesia.

All these rides gave me perspective and a feeler of what riding a motorcycle for a living is like but what sealed the deal for me was riding around Europe for 6 months.

I decided to land in Spain and start riding zic-zac across Europe and then made my way up north to Norway post which I went to the UK and finished my trip in Ireland.

This journey across Europe opened up a world of opportunities for me. I started camping out which changed the way I travel-led.

I still remember my first day in Europe. I was in Barcelona without knowing any Spanish sitting and bargaining with an old-man who speaks absolutely no English about the price of the bike I was wanting to buy.

I am an old school romantic. The love for Royal Enfield will always be there in my heart so I picked up a standard 500 in Spain, did a quick self service and left for this trip.

Over the years the size of my bag has reduced drastically but what filled my bag in Europe was Castrol oil cans! For me I love to do oil changes by myself and I am extremely brand loyal if its Enfield irrespective of where I am riding I need my Castrol #Power1Cruise in my bag as I always felt the engine oil is the most important thing to carry along with your other spares in a long journey like this for your trusted companion to support your ride.

The Europe journey went like a breeze post which I came back to India and started planning the next big adventure which was a break from the motorcycle trips so I took an old vintage matador, converted it into a VW bus and rode around India for 6 months with a friend.

Life on the road is always good. :)