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But finally after a long stressful part of the ride the sign ‘ghat over’ made me happy and it’s there when I met the ‘Yamaha Mission 10000 Riders’ who were all regrouping and waving out a me as I passed by acknowledging me as one of them, a ‘Rider’, it felt real good.
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