Count down has begun: Sushant Shetty kick started his bike from London to Bangalore on Saturday

Mangalore: Sushant Shetty, a 29 years old brave, adventurous young man, a native of Mangalore is all set to travel from London to Bangalore by road on his Hayabusa all alone. The distance he has to cover to reach Bangalore from London is 12,000 km and the time limit he had dedicated to finish his journey is 15 days. 

Sushanth has begun his journey on Saturday October 25^th morning from Alexandra Palace, Alexandra Park, London. He will reach Bangalore on November 10.

His parents Jayanand Shetty from Bhavantakody House in Manjeshwar- Varkady, and Ira Kenjila Rekha J Shetty are quite confident about their son’s achievements. Sushanth, who pursued higher education in motor sports engineering in England,  serves for UK Ford Company at present. Sushanth had participated in many car and bike races in the past.

Susahnth will traverse through 12 countries including France, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran and Pakistan, before reaching India. He will move through 7 different time zones. He has received the permission from all the countries until his destination. But Pakistan Embassy has still not granted the visa, where Plan B may kick in which involves riding into Bandar Abbas in southern Iran, getting a ferry to Dubai and then finding a 'Dhow' to transport the bike and him across to Mumbai.

During his travel, he will stay in different countries, and has taken help from his friends staying in various countries for this purpose. The distance between London and Indian border will be approximately 9,000 km and later he will have to travel 3,000 km from there to reach Bangalore, said his mother Rekha G shetty.

Sushant Shetty aims at a Guinness World record there are many technical obstacles to achieve it. But that doesn’t deter his intension and enthusiasm towards riding on the bike across many countries.