Hill station near Delhi to Superbike to?

[Sunny]

I am planning to take the R1 to Rohtang Pass in the coming week. Can anyone update me about the road conditions/availability of snow over there?

[nabendubasu]

on 7th Oct there was snowfall in Rohtang Pass. my sister was there at that time.

[rahuldevnath]

I was there a few weeks back. We had the first snowfall of the year there. I really doubt how well a R1 will get out deep mud and ice. a stretch of 8 km is absolutely bad! The road widening is in progress as well.

[rossiter]

Sunny, nail it man. I will be watching closely

[manan_in_2000]

Sunny, nail it man. I will be watching closely

Sir...what happen to you...kabhi Himesh to kabhi Laloo.....

[Sunny]

@rahul: How about the road from Delhi to Manali as the first section?

We will then think about the road from Manali to Rohtang.

[rahuldevnath]

(Delhi - Chandigarh ) - Very Good - One can touch about 140Km

(Chandigarh - Kullu ) - Till Anantpur Sahib, fine after that average Indian Roads, but still on the hills one can maintain average of 40-50Kmph

(Kullu - Manali) - The roads starts to worsen here. Still manageable

(Manali - Rohtang ) - The worst of all, especially the last 6-8 Kms.

My verdict: Give it a shot, you can always turn back from the lat few km, and have friends to help you out if in case you are stuck in Ice/Mud/

[Sunny]

I dont want to take too many chances before the big ride. How will be Lansdowne to ride down a R1?

[Aryan]

I dont want to take too many chances before the big ride. How will be Lansdowne to ride down a R1?

The Delhi-Lansdowne route is a good one. It has a few rough patches, but really nothing that the R1 cannot handle. And the ride from Kotdwara uphill all the way to Lansdowne is surely a scenic, cool and real quiet one; something that you and the R1 - both would remember!

Also, there isn't any crowd to speak of at Lansdowne, so the R1 would be safe from prying eyes as well. But, do not forget to book your accomodation in advance or else that could prove to be a headache. I would anyday suggest the GMVN tourist guest house over anything else (the couple of hotels that are available).

All in all I totally believe that the Delhi-Lansdowne trip is doable for the R1, and in one day(!!) no less (if you are willing to).

[ken cool]

I dont want to take too many chances before the big ride. How will be Lansdowne to ride down a R1?

The road from here to Lansdowne has been pretty roughed up. I am not talking about the plains section, from here to Meerut and after that as well. There are quite a few people who keep moving on these stretches. I am talking about the state of the roads from about a couple of weeks back.

Nobody is talking about Delhi-Shimla since it has been oft repeated and done and rehashed over and over again. But it still remains a good piece of tarmac and a fun ride. Why not do Shimla!

[Sunny]

And where will we propose to stay in Shimla once we have our steeds there? i will talk to Dr.Arun about a certain property they keep visiting during their rides to Shimla.

[ken cool]

And where will we propose to stay in Shimla once we have our steeds there? i will talk to Dr.Arun about a certain property they keep visiting during their rides to Shimla.

I think they normally go to the Cecil.

I usually stay at the Holiday Home by HPTDC. You can book in advance over phone, online etc... There is guarded parking. I have not faced any problems the umpteen times I have crossed and stayed there with Sbks.

[Akshay.]

I am planning to take the R1 to Rohtang Pass in the coming week. Can anyone update me about the road conditions/availability of snow over there?

Keeping road conditions in mind this year,better look for a different place.
Shimla is another option
but roads(NH-22)was horrible as on 1st october.

[Sunny]

We have decided to go to Hatu Peak on two R1s, 1 R15 and 1 Comet leaving tomorrow early morning. Any suggestions / advice welcome.

[no1lives4ever]

Keeping road conditions in mind this year,better look for a different place.
Shimla is another option
but roads(NH-22)was horrible as on 1st october.

I went to chail around 9th of oct this year.. the roads conditions:

1. Delhi - Ambala - Good as usual
2. Ambala - Zirakpur - This road is more or less completely 4 laned except for a bridge in the middle and one or two other small patches.. Still not as good as NH1
3. Around Zirakpur - You will find huge traffic jams here because of the under construction flyover.. We were lucky to have left delhi on dusshera for mohali and found this section deserted.. On our way back from chd, it took us around 45 mins to cross zirakpur - I was in a bus on the way back and reached mohali on a car.
4. Zirakpur -> Pinjore/kalka - This stretch was good with a few nasty potholes - Can be done on a SBK if you are careful and if you do not speed up
5. Around Pinjore/Kalka - There was some board for a bypass to parwanoo, which we missed on both the legs of the journey and while there was quite a bit of traffic, this was not very bad..
6. Kalka -> Somewhere after parwanoo - Very bad roads, but on our way back we found repairs being done and I suppose the road is back to its usual self by now. Someone who has gone there in past 1-2 weeks would be able to give you a good assessment of this road..
7. Parwanoo -> Somewhere before solan - great NH22 tarmac as we expect it.. One can easily do 70-80 on a car if one is careful.. The speed limits are around 60km/h for cars.. I would be careful on a SBK as there are some potholes here and there, but otherwise good tarmac.
8. Around solan - Again broken roads and some pretty bad stretches with effects of recent landslides visible.. I suppose this section would also have been repaired, but definitely not a deal breaker - Around 5-10km of slow riding and you are back to the good tarmac.
9. Solan -> Kandaghat - Good to great surface..

I do not know about the section of NH22 after kandaghat, but I suppose it would be in good to great shape with a few broken patches..

Kandaghat-> Chail stretch was more or less ok.. Nothing great, but you can very easily ride on a SBK at slower speeds..

You can consider chail as an option.. The palace is pretty nice and decent, although most rooms are pretty expensive.. The hotel where we stayed last year on our chail trip was also pretty nice and the parking there was good enough to keep a few SBKs..

-- no1lives4ever