John Abraham to endorse road safety with motorbike racing superchamp Valentino Rossi By Subhash K Jha (MUMBAI MIRROR; February 06, 2010)

John Abraham might be an avid biker but careless he isn’t. And it’s exactly this message that he wants the youth to follow by making them aware of road safety while riding a two-wheeler. He is now joining hands with Italian racing icon Valentino Rossi to endorse road safety.

There was much more to John Abraham’s historic meeting with  the motorcycle racer and multiple MotoGP World Champion Valentino than meets the eye. Last month the two not only met as  bike enthusiasts in Delhi at an event organised by a motorbike company but also discussed how  youngsters are getting influenced by iconic bike-riders to drive rashly.

John Abraham and Valentino Rossi

Their concern for safety of youngsters resulted in John and the biking legend coming together to endorse road safety through an awareness campaign.

John is also most excited about the autograph he got from  Valentino Rossi when they met in Delhi last month. John said, “We discussed motorcycles and racing  like two intelligent bike experts. At the end of our chat Rossi signed  in my bike book. He wrote, ‘To the  professor of bikes’. Coming from the God of motorcycle racing that was a very proud moment for me.”

“It’s very important to let youngsters know that while it’s cool to ride motorbikes, it’s not  cool to ride without helmets. I feel  we high-profile bike riders More >