1. Make sure your bike is in top shape before the trip. A good bike will greatly enhance your experience and a troublesome bike will certainly detract from it. It’s a dampener to stop during a ride and have to attend to your bike. Pay attention to your bike while taking a break.
2. Ride responsibly without disturbing other fellow riders and traffic as well as locals.
3. Provide for your own food, snacks, personal toiletries and other essentials.
4. Do inform the doctor or the mechanic at any signs of trouble without waiting for it to get serious.
Heat exhaustion
Exposing yourself to direct sunlight for too long will leave you exhausted, dehydrated, may lead to sunstroke and will certainly spoil your ride. October is post monsoon in Rajasthan and weather is pleasant with day temperatures less than 38 °C.
We are giving below a few pointers that are common sense:
Drink plenty of water: If you are having cold drinks, coffee, alcohol or medicines, drink more water to compensate for the same. To replace body salts lost in sweat have lime water with salt.
Block out direct sun: Wear a hat, sunglasses and keep yourself covered when out in the sun.
Air Circulation: Wear riding gear with air vents and loose fitting clothes that allow good air circulation.
Don’t stop eating: Eat, even if you don’t feel like it.
Listen to your body, don’t push it: In case of any discomfort, contact the pilot or the doctor immediately. You don't get any macho points for suffering in silence.
Fitness
Increased levels of fitness will help you achieve more out of any trip. If fitness is not a regular feature of your life, it’s time to start working at it now as you prepare the bike, do the paperwork and get all your gear into place for the Tour of Rajasthan.
Start gradually and keep a tempo to ensure that you are not overly fatigued near the start of the trip. In fact you might decide to reduce your tempo gradually to allow your body to recover as you come closer to the Tour of Rajasthan dates. Any training programme that builds up your strength and stamina should be beneficial and it is your call how to balance the two requirements. Strong forearms, shoulders, triceps, lower back, and legs are a definite advantage to a rider, but along with strength he also needs the stamina and lasting ability to sustain the steam over long distances.