Salman Khan’s first bike was ‘jugadu’, he made it himself in nearly 2 months: ‘My friend took it away when I was asleep and threw it in Film City lake’ | Bollywood News

After being announced as the brand ambassador of Indian Supercross League, Salman Khan attended an event hosted them in Mumbai. During the event, he interacted with several media houses and recalled the origin of his first bike. A bike that he made himself in over a month and half. But, his dear friend and actor Salim Khan aka Ding Dong drove it into the lake at Film City.
Salman Khan was still in college when he decided to have a bike of his own. While most youth buy new bikes, for some reason, Salman Khan decided to make his own. For the same, he sought the help of his childhood friend and actor Salim Khan and a stuntman Dilawar Khan (who he called his cousin) to assemble the parts of the bike he needed. While the former was a passionate biker and someone who would also provide bikes for stunts in films, the latter owned a garage somewhere in Maharashtra.
Speaking to India Today, Salman Khan shared, “You remember that friend of mine? The Salim who used to be in movies with me earlier. He was in Baaghi and Jagruti. He was a hero as well. He used to have bikes and did bike dealings. He had this engine just lying there. And there was this guy called Dilawar Khan who used to be a stuntman in movies. So I picked up the engine from Salim, I went to Maharashtra garage to pick up tires from there. I made the whole bike myself.”
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He added, “My dad’s car was getting painted so I put that in there. It took me about a month and a half to fix the bike. I was finally riding it and Salim passed . Looking at the bike, he gestured in curiosity. I was like this is made of the same engine you gave me once. Next day, he came and took away that bike. He used to supply bikes for stunts. He gave it away for a film scene and now that bike is somewhere in the Film City lake. End of that bike. I only got to ride it once. All this after a month and half’s labour.”
In another conversation with NDTV at the same event, Salman shared more details about his bike and said, “My first bike was a jugadu bike. I picked up 125 CC engine. I put in old bullet tires. I got a frame of some other motorcycle. And I made that bike. It took me about a month and half to fix that bike. I did it all alone. One of my cousins used to own a garage so I sat with him and assembled the bike. It was like a dirtbike. My friend Salim, the engine was on him. After I made that bike, he saw me down Carter Road. When I told him that this bike was from the engine I picked up from him, he came back when I was asleep. He took that bike and went away.”
He added, “I came down to go to college and I was like, ‘Where is this bike?’ My help says, ‘Salim baba took it away.’ In the evening, I went to him and was like, ‘Where is the bike?’ He told me, ‘Yaar, I needed a bike for a stunt in a film. We had to fly it on Film City lake.’ They did the stunt with my bike and it went. It must be there somewhere in Film City.”Story continues below this ad
Salman Khan is a collector of bikes. According to Times Now, he owns Suzuki Hayabusa, and Suzuki Intruder M1900R among others.