This is a different bike - a green one!
The usual suspects - Cup, Shobit Bhatnagar, Jishnu, and rotten (Rattan gangadhar) and me planned a ride to nandi hills last week. Shoved the bike into my car, and drove down to cafe coffee day after yelahanka.
Rotten has this funny bike called rockrider with some funny shoes that latch to the pedal, every time he tries to get off the bike, he falls down sideways.
Cup was concerned if this is the way he always gets off the bike.
Nandi hill top is 40 km from CCD. The first 30 km is flat and then the climb starts. The last 3 km is really tough for a debut rider like me.
Cycles arent allowed into Nandi Hills but 4 wheelers are. It was so funny to see us sitting outside the gates while polluting gas guzzling SUVs are in.
The ride down was FAST !! My trek bike touched 60 kph and i went berserk - psycho! - What if the brake cables snapped? Is its Goodbye Lensman ? RIP
Rotten has had 4 falls and is at the base camp. And we catch up with the poor soul. Au Voir, have some whisky for the pain.
At NH7 we are stopped by cops - We like to call them Sarkari Kutte (Government Dogs). These SK's harass the people. Oh well lookie lookie some president is here and we the people - the poor bikers are left on the road with the hot sun and the damn pollution for company. Do our presidents enjoy the same in other countries or are we just "gulaams" after 63 years of independence ?
Oh Mr president and delegation hope you spend some time at the south end circle traffic.
We ignored the cops and moved on.. WTF ? Are u gonna charge an unregistered vehicle ? Or me ?
The ride ends at CCD and i drive back home. Slept like a child!
Saturday, February 06, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
RMX - Day 11
Route: Kolhapur - Bangalore
I promised my mom to be home for lunch so i leave from Kolhapur to bangalore (620 km) at 5. The sky is awesome, like the heavens are open
Heres the picture of what i saw :) - I was photographing all the way - and reached home at about 5. So thats the end of a 11 day ride!
Rider Mania 2011 is now claimed by Eastern Bulls !
Next stop - Calcutta
I promised my mom to be home for lunch so i leave from Kolhapur to bangalore (620 km) at 5. The sky is awesome, like the heavens are open
Heres the picture of what i saw :) - I was photographing all the way - and reached home at about 5. So thats the end of a 11 day ride!
Rider Mania 2011 is now claimed by Eastern Bulls !
Next stop - Calcutta
Monday, January 25, 2010
RMX - Day 10
Route: Vikramgargh - Kolhapur
Woke up at 5 and got riding from Vikramgargh with Rajesh.
Regroup with amit, praisy, bumboo, prateek, haren on the route and some where in the middle of the ride, prateek, haren and i decide to go to bangalore while bumboo, praisy, rajesh planned to go to goa.
I Knew that goa ride is gonna be tough in the dark, so we ended up at HOTEL SONY in kolhapur. Awesome place!
Woke up at 5 and got riding from Vikramgargh with Rajesh.
Regroup with amit, praisy, bumboo, prateek, haren on the route and some where in the middle of the ride, prateek, haren and i decide to go to bangalore while bumboo, praisy, rajesh planned to go to goa.
I Knew that goa ride is gonna be tough in the dark, so we ended up at HOTEL SONY in kolhapur. Awesome place!
Sunday, January 24, 2010
RMX - Day 9
Post breakfast, we had a dirt track race. Amit and me represented RTMC. Mine was the 1st Classic 500 to race in the dirt track. But before that was a recce ride (BTW no points for this ride), Many of the riders did better in this recce than the actual dirt track.
The path wasnt any good at all. sad that atleast 3 bikers fell down at the curves. The trophy went to i guess baljit singh from roadshakers pune
Every rider mania i photograph some one!. Last year it was DJ Black Jack from 23-ONE. His last year pic is on http://www.flickr.com/photos/100kph/3234360830/
WildChild AKA Dipesh Shah of 60kph was this years calendar boy
DJ Black Jackk of 23-ONE played some awesome rock - loved it and then Sheetal, Anup Taxx and Anukran Singh, Ashish prabhu got on to form a band called "Joint Venture" hehe you know "Joint Venture" the band that ROCKS and ROLLS
THE CROWD!
The path wasnt any good at all. sad that atleast 3 bikers fell down at the curves. The trophy went to i guess baljit singh from roadshakers pune
Every rider mania i photograph some one!. Last year it was DJ Black Jack from 23-ONE. His last year pic is on http://www.flickr.com/photos/100kph/3234360830/
WildChild AKA Dipesh Shah of 60kph was this years calendar boy
DJ Black Jackk of 23-ONE played some awesome rock - loved it and then Sheetal, Anup Taxx and Anukran Singh, Ashish prabhu got on to form a band called "Joint Venture" hehe you know "Joint Venture" the band that ROCKS and ROLLS
THE CROWD!
Saturday, January 23, 2010
RMX - Day 8
Rider Mania opens after breakfast
The raffle bike is a "Mountain Dew" branded green bike that sounds like a - bullet.
Anukaran Singh, makes a grand entry with the wander lust motorcycle club. Revs so much that his engine catches fire. LoL - Feeling the heat @anu ??
There was the disassembly wars, basically one strips a bike bare, and when its done, a rider rushes to get the key of the bike. and the reassembly starts. The first to start the bike and ride it after the reassembly is complete is the winner. RTMC got third place - but that was no reason for not cheering
Slept like a child on the lawn and woke up to a rock show by a hindi band (no clue who). Riddhi from Mumbai weekend shoots was here,DJ Blackjack (The poster boy of 2009 RM) was there too! So many old pals
Sleep Late!
The raffle bike is a "Mountain Dew" branded green bike that sounds like a - bullet.
Anukaran Singh, makes a grand entry with the wander lust motorcycle club. Revs so much that his engine catches fire. LoL - Feeling the heat @anu ??
There was the disassembly wars, basically one strips a bike bare, and when its done, a rider rushes to get the key of the bike. and the reassembly starts. The first to start the bike and ride it after the reassembly is complete is the winner. RTMC got third place - but that was no reason for not cheering
Slept like a child on the lawn and woke up to a rock show by a hindi band (no clue who). Riddhi from Mumbai weekend shoots was here,DJ Blackjack (The poster boy of 2009 RM) was there too! So many old pals
Sleep Late!
Friday, January 22, 2010
RMX - Day 7
Route: Aurangabad Shirdi Nasik, Trumbakeshwar, Jawahar, Vikram Gargh, Sajan Nature Trails
This morning in aurangabad, i saw a strange path made in the sky - didnt have my ultra wide lens but captured it on my smartphone.
Awesome!
Guided my google maps, we reach shirdi for a darshan (But not before i got a got a 4 inch nail in my rear). Darshan was an awesome experience, was in the queue for 2 hours. - Never took shortcuts for there's no cheating in gods own home. The guys who took shortcuts - oh well they were the last to leave !
Nasik is a pensioners paradise! Hmm what ever that sign means. The route to Trumbakeshwar was average but then the ghats started later en-route to jawahar. Dine at a nice place at jawahar, and Prashi from RTMC suggests we come to the venue and not to Manor as planned.
The night ride to vikramgargh was awesome fast and dark ! As i reach vikram gargh i see almost 10 bikes - RTMC bikes - Whoa thats a RTMC reunion.
Reach the venue, Inddie Thumpers made us park right. Some friendly guys from the roadshaker club pune, come over and talk with us, the Late night talks go on until 2 am and then i sleep
This morning in aurangabad, i saw a strange path made in the sky - didnt have my ultra wide lens but captured it on my smartphone.
Awesome!
Guided my google maps, we reach shirdi for a darshan (But not before i got a got a 4 inch nail in my rear). Darshan was an awesome experience, was in the queue for 2 hours. - Never took shortcuts for there's no cheating in gods own home. The guys who took shortcuts - oh well they were the last to leave !
Nasik is a pensioners paradise! Hmm what ever that sign means. The route to Trumbakeshwar was average but then the ghats started later en-route to jawahar. Dine at a nice place at jawahar, and Prashi from RTMC suggests we come to the venue and not to Manor as planned.
The night ride to vikramgargh was awesome fast and dark ! As i reach vikram gargh i see almost 10 bikes - RTMC bikes - Whoa thats a RTMC reunion.
Reach the venue, Inddie Thumpers made us park right. Some friendly guys from the roadshaker club pune, come over and talk with us, the Late night talks go on until 2 am and then i sleep
Thursday, January 21, 2010
RMX - Day 6
Route: Ajanta Caves ñ Aurangabad ñ Elora ñ Biwi Ka Maqbara
We head back to Aurangabad - rajesh goes to the Royal Enfield Showroom called cherry corporation. I go hotel hunting. So many hotels - Aurangabad is costly to stay at. Its enroute to both Ajanta and Elora. Had to settle for a dampy room for 800 bucks a night. Not my kind of stay place but what can i do - we could not camp.
CUP's bike is at the service station and we go on my bike to Elora. This place is awesome, we hire a guide who has an autorikshaw for 150 bucks. He thought i was israeli and wanted to charge me 400.
Ellora is made up of Hindu Caves, Buddhist and Jain caves.
My favorite pic is Shiva Parvati on mount kailash and ravan trying to lift it.
CUP was very adventurous and he went exploring the unexplored. He discovered a girl with her top off, making love. The sculptures in the indra Sabha are explicit, maybe they could not wait. He came out screaming - would'nt you ?
We get back to biwi ka maqbara - "the poor man's taj mahal" and i get to photography again
Rajesh's bike is ready. The owner of cherry was really helpful to us, treated us to some aerated juice. That night we head to a place called Hotel Sagar at aurangabad. The owner Junaid is a hard core biker and wanted us to come over there. I feated on egg biryani - Awesome Must Have!
We ended it by a proper nawaabi paan specially made for yours truely "ADY BABA" by that panwaala.
We head back to Aurangabad - rajesh goes to the Royal Enfield Showroom called cherry corporation. I go hotel hunting. So many hotels - Aurangabad is costly to stay at. Its enroute to both Ajanta and Elora. Had to settle for a dampy room for 800 bucks a night. Not my kind of stay place but what can i do - we could not camp.
CUP's bike is at the service station and we go on my bike to Elora. This place is awesome, we hire a guide who has an autorikshaw for 150 bucks. He thought i was israeli and wanted to charge me 400.
Ellora is made up of Hindu Caves, Buddhist and Jain caves.
My favorite pic is Shiva Parvati on mount kailash and ravan trying to lift it.
CUP was very adventurous and he went exploring the unexplored. He discovered a girl with her top off, making love. The sculptures in the indra Sabha are explicit, maybe they could not wait. He came out screaming - would'nt you ?
We get back to biwi ka maqbara - "the poor man's taj mahal" and i get to photography again
Rajesh's bike is ready. The owner of cherry was really helpful to us, treated us to some aerated juice. That night we head to a place called Hotel Sagar at aurangabad. The owner Junaid is a hard core biker and wanted us to come over there. I feated on egg biryani - Awesome Must Have!
We ended it by a proper nawaabi paan specially made for yours truely "ADY BABA" by that panwaala.
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