Pimp my rickshaw

Regular readers of our blog will already be aware of the, ahem, limitations of an auto rickshaw when it comes to racing across an entire country or two.

To give us a sporting chance we have one opportunity before the race begins to 'pimp' our machines into something resembling a long distance grand tourer which will carry us without incident to Pondicherry where we will arrive with much pomp & ceremony for a nice cuppa and slice of cake.

At the risk of worrying you that we might be taking this all too seriously, after much deliberation our 'pimping' consists of the addition of a secondhand tape player, an air horn and a shiny new paint job:


Note our not so secret weapon - Indian go faster stripes.

As you read this our design is winging it's way to Kathmandu where a Nepalese mechanic is waiting to turn our vision into something guaranteed to look in some way vaguely not too dissimilar.