Every motorbike in India has a chrome rack on the left side – Not because all Indian bikers put their luggage on the left side but because all Indian ladies sit sideways.

This is the only way to ride for ladies wearing a sari and they do not want them tangled up in the wheel, chain, or exhaust. Why they all sit leftwards I have no idea.

Here are a few examples more or less at random from the last couple of days – picking up the kids from school with shopping and school bags, taking the little baby maharaja to see the family on Sunday. There were plenty of other examples of four and five people per bike.