• Bikers getting ready for a casual ride at Mahabalipuram. The club, based in Bangalore, was formed in 2006.
    Bikers getting ready for a casual ride at Mahabalipuram. The club, based in Bangalore, was formed in 2006.
  • A group on road trip riding towards Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu.
    A group on road trip riding towards Mahabalipuram, Tamil Nadu.
  • Bikers getting ready for a casual ride at Mahabalipuram
    Bikers getting ready for a casual ride at Mahabalipuram
  • Debraj Banerjee, founder of Royal Knights Motorcycle Club setting up his club's banner at a bikers event in Mahabalipuram, Chennai.
    Debraj Banerjee, founder of Royal Knights Motorcycle Club setting up his club's banner at a bikers event in Mahabalipuram, Chennai.

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In pictures: India’s new age bikers

Mark Asquith

January 22, 2014

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When Debraj Banerji founded the Royal Knights Motorcycle Club in Bangalore eight years ago, it consisted of himself and a friend. Now membership exceeds 700 and the original pair is astonished by the growth of the club, which has extended its excursions as far as the Himalayas.

All photos by Amirtharaj Stephen for The National

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