Updated On: 25 January, 2019 10:00 AM IST | Mumbai | Shunashir Sen
A niche garage in Khar that hosts bike enthusiasts is throwing a party before moving location to Bandra

Joshua Crasto at the workshop. Pic/Shadab Khan
It's time to shift gears for the folks at Garage 52, a niche motorcycle workshop in Khar. It's been five years that they have been dismantling, restoring, assembling and servicing all sorts of high-end bikes in a roughly 1,000-sq ft space in a nondescript bylane. But, the lease for the place has now run out. So, they are shifting location to a new spot near Bandra Talao. And they are throwing a bit of a party with art and music to bid farewell to their existing home.
It is, frankly, the sort of place that is to biking enthusiasts what a candy shop is to a child. We pay a visit on a weekday morning to find around 10 luxury bikes in various stages of being worked on. Three servicemen are treating these with the sort of precision that doctors reserve for delicate surgeries. Our point of contact is Joshua Crasto, who runs the place. We find him on the phone fixing the nitty-gritties of the party, and once done, he takes us into his office room filled with biking bric-a-brac. There, he explains how Garage 52 is much more than a workshop. Instead, it's an effort aimed at building a genuine community of motorcycle lovers in Mumbai.