Not yet dude, planning for Michelin rubber for my older bike though. Will change it after this touring season I think-wearing it out as much as possible, lol! Anyway, I made the ride to Bangalore on last Sunday-I'm here till next Sunday.

hey! Have you changed your bike's tyres yet?

Update when you do.

8 hours with every 50 kms.break sounds great. I'm waiting to do it too!

Yeah on my R15 only. i took break alomost every 50kms. I was very exhausted! I did it in one day without rest. it was one heck of a ride!

8 hours seems too good man-you did it on your R15? How many breaks&what were the timings like?

Well, not really. :P
Its just that the road is well laid. Till kurnool, road is a paradise. Beyond kurnool, its no NH. i mean no proper NH. Just well laid plain road. No sign boards, et all.
I have been on that stretch. Did hyd-blr at night in 10hrs and blr-hyd in daylight in 8hrs. :P

No night riding, early morning should get one there by late afternoon/early evening. Almost complete stretch is 4 laned now to Bangy, people are doing it in 9-10 hours with 1-2 short breaks. Pune route is still single lane though.

Well, I dont know about the pune route but I suggest you not to ride on bangy strech in the nightime. Trust me, its a pain in the ass!

Nope, no touring lately-planning to ride solo to Bangy/Pune once the service is done.