Aron Is part German and part rider. Speaks German and English fluently. Has also been known to speak to motorcycles. Worse, motorcycles have been known to respond.

Rides 10 months in a year. Practises yoga for the other 2. Can also help you with a camera.

Wears a beret or peak cap, permanently. Try not to ask him for fashion tips. Nobody’s perfect.

Sankara, we’re told, has covered the entire Indian nation on his motorcycle. According to legend, he was looking up at the sky, spotted a rare migratory bird (one of his interests), excitedly started his motorcycle and followed it…and before he realized it, he was at Kanyakumari, land’s end.

Yes, we’re kidding, and you can read about his solo all-India motorcycle journey on his blog 'on the road with sankara'

On any group ride, Anil is the old steady - whether it is punishing terrain 5000 metres above the sea or smooth tarmac between boring cities, he rides with equal pleasure. What is high adventure for others seem to be just another day on the ride for him.

His 70's Enfield is as steady as its owner. On its latest engine it has done 200,000 kms and looks like it will do another 200,000 without trouble.

When it breaks down on a ride, as Enfields sometimes do, Anil always knows what to do, whether it's nursing a broken oil seal or riding with an undone suspension. Riding is not the only thing he is natural at - engage him in conversation and you will find a wise mind equally at ease with literature and art as it is with travel and adventure. When not guiding adventure groups, Anil lives in Bangalore , dividing time between his busy software job and his young family.

Joe's philosophy - “Life may begin at 30, but it doesn’t get real interesting until about 150”.

When quizzed on a few movies, this is how he relates the movies to his life:

My Fair Ladies: Forever Classic - Honda CB 750;
Legendary - Yamaha RD 350; Trustworthy - Enfield Machismo 350

Vertical Limit: Khardung La - 18,380 feet - June 2007.

Mission Impossible: 21 hours Gangtok to Thimpu – freezing temperature, blinding rain, conflicting biker spirits.

Close Encounters Of The Third Kind: Attacked by bees while riding between Mongar and Samdrup Jhongar ( Bhutan) - had to jump on to a truck & flee.

Trouble In Paradise: Morey Plains to Tanglanga La Pass fighting against Altitude Mountain Sickness.

Lethal Weapon: Blistering hot YZF R1 on a sunny day from London to Cardiff (Wales).

Face Off: Witnessed Peter Solberg and Marcus Gronholm fight it out at the Wales World Rally Championship

Men of Honor: ARSENAL football Club

Gone With The Wind: “Only a biker knows why a dog sticks his head out of a car window”

If you watched the 'Back to the Future' series, you'll surely remember the brilliant Professor Emmett Brown, WITH the disheveled hair and WITHOUT the calm and composed look. Ravi doesn’t look like the good professor, but like him, he’s on this great voyage of discovery that is life…and is never at a loss for a great solution.

Fortunately for all, his 'Eureka' moment came when he met and married Amudha. She accompanies him on his trips, like a sort of personal catalyst. Way ahead of every great man...

Ravi often does a recce of a coming biking trip on a bicycle. He usually goes without a tent or even a sleeping bag. But he never rides backwards…now that would be showing off.

He’s so raring to go even at the end of the day, that it’s an insult to the great institution of ‘a cup of coffee’. We think, somewhat like Obelix, he fell into a cauldron of coffee when he was a kid, and therefore never really needs any now.

Ravi gave up his marketing job in an IT company to get into adventure. His amazing sense of humour diffuses tense situations and often keeps the group in splits.

As light as a feather, but tough as nails. The Asterix of the team. Sharath can ride any type of bike and look like he’s always ridden it. And he’s a web designer for God’s sake.

Whenever a participant is tired, you can see Sharath take over the riding while the participant rests in the backup vehicle.

Sharath does even the odd tasks with total dedication. Whether it is riding a vehicle that’s having a mechanical problem, or fixing a puncture or even plucking grapes for the group, from a passing vineyard.

John wasn’t born on a bike, but he comes pretty close. He’s been riding since he was 13. (Thankfully, the cops never told his dad.)

What’s he like? Allow us to present an original John quote to answer that. “Driving a car is sort of like watching a movie. You view the world through a rectangular screen and are little more than a passive observer. On a bike, you are IN the movie”.

When he’s not riding, he’s thinking about riding. And when he gets tired of that he treks, cooks and reads pretty much everything.