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Bangalore: The seemingly impossible happened here on Thursday: A motorcycle carried 37 men. This feat was accomplished by members of the Tornadoes, the motorcycle team of the Army Service Corps (ASC). They have been performing such daredevil acts for 21 years now, and apart from thousands of spectators and mediapersons, Lt. Gen. S.K. Sahni, Director General of Supplies and Transport and Colonel Commandant of the ASC, was present to watch it. In the Indian Army, the Despatch Rider, or DR as he is commonly called, is a person on a motorcycle who delivers letters and messages. Earlier, they created a world record by forming a human pyramid of 181 persons on 15 motorcycles that covered a distance of 600 metres. maintaining perfect balance. In June 2004, they broke their own record of 30 men on a single motorcycle by carrying 34.
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