Thread: 1012 kms Solo ride to Bhimtal - Nainital -Ramgarh - Mukteshwar [Kumaon]

INTRODUCTION

RIDER : Aashish Srivastava
PLACE : Lucknow
BIKE : Pulsar 220 Carb [The Tornado]

ROUTE TAKEN : Lucknow - Sitapur - Shahjahanpur - Bareilly - Haldwani - Kathgodam - Bhimtal - Bhowali -Nainital.

PLACES VISITED : Mukteshwar , Ramgarh , Nainital , Bhimtal .
Kausani was also in the list but the route was closed due to heavy rainfall and landslides.

Special thanks to Antz.bin [xBhp ID] for planning a ride for me and taking all the pains for the ride during odd hours of the day

TEASER

DAY 1 LOG

DAY 2 LOG

DAY 3 LOG

Topic Approved.

Thanks Aryan Da for the approval.

Day 1 :

Last night was awake till 2am i know thats a bad idea but i was helpless couldnt sleep at all just because of sheer excitement for the ride.
Bags were all packed , tank was full , chain was lubed ... the only thing that was left was to twist the throttle.

3.30 am : woke up on my own body clock alarm i guess .. alarm was set for 3.45 am .. freshened up.

4.30 am : had a glass of milk took mom dad blessings and prayed to God for the Safe Ride.

4.45 am : Left lucknow.

5.15am : I was about 40 kms far away from lucknow and since it was a 4lane highway i was cruising on neat 115-120 kmph but after some time whenever i hit 120 kmph the Temperature icon started flashing on the Speedo and after slowing down it vanished and again blinked on high speeds... i was like WTF
Mind and Heart started playing with me .. with one saying head back to home which i would have never done and the other suggested me to continue the ride will see to it later ..if something major happens then would get it checked @ probiking svc @ bareilly...So Gave my bike a rest of 5 mins (prayed to god please dont do this to me) *seriously i was tensed at that moment*
Then again i continued the ride and Voila the sensor never blinked throughout the journey again Thank you God.
Later it was found that it was Sensor Malfunctioning. Yes Bajaj !
During that halt took some pictures as well
My Beast ...



6.30 am :Reached Sitapur ... it was so refreshing to ride in the morning with bugs getting smashed on the visor .. those 90 kms of high speed riding never happened again Btw all credit to NH-24 full of potholes thereafter.

then crossed shahjahanpur at around 7.45 am ... road was ok types.


9.15 am : was about to reach bareilly when i started feeling hungry for food ofcourse ! Because for Rides i am always hungry
stopped at A1 plaza near bareilly Freshened up there cleaned the buggy visor , Had my breakfast which was a lovely Tandoori Aloo Paratha with a cup of tea ..
clicked some pictures there and zoomed ahead.

Nice sight this

Yummy..

Highway blaster ...

Posing Self Timer Shot


Now the worst part of the Ride which was crossing bareilly - Bahedi - Kicha - Pantnagar - Lalkuan -Haldwani ... lemme tell you guys there were no roads it was all big stones lying all around the highway and Huge potholes with trucks making sure you get a Good Facial during the ride
Anyhow crossed those places on an average speed of 40kmph
reached Lalkuan at 12noon.
Started again for Haldwani... filled my tornado's tummy again with Speed fuel upto the brim .

Cranked again ... and now the best part of the ride MOUNTAINS yay !
after crossing Kathgodam i started feeling the cold wind ... started the up hill ride but just after 2-3 kms i was stopped by a Cop .. he first asks me from where i was coming ? i very politely said lucknow ... he was like is this guy mad or what (may be because of riding gears i dont know) all i can see his <-- expression but surely that expression was classic
i asked him why he stopped me ? *but he was more interested in enquiring about me and bike ...*
he said the route to nainital was closed .. i was like ok so whats the new route that i had to take ... ? he then very calmly explains me the complete route to reach there via bhimtal - bhowali which surely added some kilometres in my ride but that was ok ... i was happy that i am getting a longer hill ride
i cranked again .. shut the visor down ... then again that innocent guy stops me and asks that "is this is a cricket kit that i was wearing ?"
I simply said Yes i am a cricketer.. and zoomed ahead i dint want to waste time at that moment

the roads till bhowali were a bit on bad side .. with lots a loose gravel all around the twisties ... however managed to ride safe .
Inbetween stopped for photosession

Halt at Bhowali





Managed to reach Nainital at around 2.30 pm.

My Riding Gears which got the Facial too


Day 1 ride ends here.

TEASER - Day 2 :

Stay hooked !

Nice ride Ashish...M hooked for more updates.
waiting for the Nainital part
Cheers
Biru

Nice ride there Ashish & nice gears too.

How good was the Speed & Strength Jacket?

And got that backpack in Thanks Award? I used the same on my Leh trip & it was fairly waterproof!

nice write up bro.......i am already looking forward for more pics on fb, but you came up with this thread and it's really very well penned down

Hooked for updates ya.......

Nice write up and pics! Waiting eagerly for next installment..

so finally the travelogue is up on the forum..nice pics there ashish..write up also good...the usage of emoticons makes it more interesting I am hooked already continue

Nice first pic - what date did you go anyways? do give us a road update!!

Finally after these many days the thread is up on the forum. Its like releasing a film in different locations at different times. You have released the pics earlier at the FB & now you have released it here. Anyway to be honest with you the thrill of watching the photos has been reduced since i have already watched them on FB.

Anyways the pics are enjoyable & you have put up those pics very nicely.