gurgaon being the daughter of a fighter pilot the need for speed ran in her blood however it was only recently that neharika yadav figured that out the gurgaon resident who has been a dentist professionally for the last eight years decided to pursue motorcycle racing as well i always knew how to ride a bike then i tried my hand at motorcross biking and gradually forayed into bike racing about twoandhalf years ago i had gone to buddh international circuit with a friend who is a superbike racer he introduced to me to all the bikers there standing there for a couple of hours and watching them vroom past me i realized that this is something i want to do i gradually started working towards it and i hit the circuit about a yearandahalf back neharika was the only female motorbike rider to participate in the jk super bike cup last year needless to say she is among the rare breed of female bike racers in the country with chennaibased alisha abdullah being the most noted indian woman in the sport neharika says that though her family has been always very supportive it took some time for her mother to accept that this dangerous sport makes her daughter happy earlier i was scared for her fathers safety and now i lose sleep over her safety my younger daughter who is a model also wanted to try motorbike racing but i strictly said no says ayesha neharikas mother expressing the thrill of riding at 265kmhour neharika says initially i was very nervous as it looked very scary but once you ride that bike at the top speed you are in a totally different world it is such a wonderful experience despite that fact that very few people in india follow motoracing neharika says that a lot of young boys and girls do come to her wanting to know more about the sport indians love bikes be it in villages or cities when they see a woman riding one it amazes them everybody who came to see the bike championship appreciated the fact that i was the only female participant she says and adds youngsters always have queries about how fast the bikes can go and i always tell them they should care more about safety than speed for a superbiker being a dentist would be the less glamourous part of her life but that is not the case with neharika i dont think biking is that glamourous but i guess being a woman the tag comes automatically however i am equally passionate about dentistry my excitement level while treating a patient on a dentists chair and while sitting on my bike is the same she saysneharika i dont think biking is that glamourous but i guess being a woman the tag comes automatically however i am equally passionate about dentistry my excitement level while treating a patient on a dentists chair and while sitting on my bike is the same