My P-220's first tour - xBhp.com : The Global Indian Biking Community

frankpilli · 08-13-2009, 06:04 PM

Took delivery of my P-220 DTS-Fi on the 8th of Aug 2009 at Probiking-Hyderabad. this bike was especially purchased for the IBA run (a seperate thread was posted in Help me section) which me and Prabhakar are planning to do this winter. after the probiking guys finished up the PDI, i & Prabhakar took the bike for a short spin to the open roads outside Hyderabad, prabhakar on his P-220 & i'm on the new 220. after hitting the open roads, i slowly opened up the throttle to 4K and up to 8K in short bursts. its my first ride on a P-220 and i began to feel the stability, superb handling characteristics, and excellent brakes of it. after one and a half hour we returned to Probiking guyz with 66 KM on the odometer, to change the oil. next day (Sunday) we went for a long ride on the NH-7 just to complete the required 500 KM for the first service as the Probiking centre is not available in my place (Rajahmundry). on monday morning (10th) we took the bike for first service at 10 AM, and they finished it up at 8 PM !!, so since morning we both sat at the probiking centre and started to study our route for the IBA through GOOGLE Earth &GOOGLE MAPS. on Tuesday (11th) i started at 7 AM from Hyderabad to Rajahmundry (around 500 KM) greeted by slight rain which slowly increased. i decided to continue a
hoping to go away from the rain, it took me 30 KMS to get rid of the rain. from there the going is smooth and as the bike is in running-in period i didn't cross 70 Km/h and reached suryapet around 10:30, had breakfast and started off again and reached Vijayawada at 2 PM, and it took half an hour to get out of Vijayawada traffic and stopped for a short break outside Vijayawada. at around 3:30 PM the rain started again, i am fully drenched, and since then it went like on/off all the way some 200 KM, and reached Rajahmundry by 6:30 PM.

Aryan · 08-13-2009, 06:10 PM

Topic Approved.

velociraptor13 · 08-13-2009, 06:47 PM

Nice pics

Noticed that you are using reliance netconnect.Hows the performance?

Anjit_Sharma · 08-13-2009, 07:03 PM

nice pics there frank,

that's why i always Like P220-Fi,b'coz you don't have SVC's everywhere,
so you can do a Smallish (sometimes Big too) Tour, with a reasonable Reason

psycho28 · 08-13-2009, 07:26 PM

damm.......i thought i would be the first one to post the first trip log on new p220(1500 km ride report

).........you are faster than me man

Neways nice photos..

archistar · 08-14-2009, 12:44 AM

cool...

how is the road condition from Hyd-RajM?

frankpilli · 08-14-2009, 12:04 PM

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Originally Posted by velociraptor13

Nice pics

Noticed that you are using reliance netconnect.Hows the performance?

actually its Prabhakar's Laptop, we both are planning the route for the IBA when the pic was taken. and reliance netconnect is excellent. u can go for it

Quote:

Originally Posted by psycho28

damm.......i thought i would be the first one to post the first trip log on new p220(1500 km ride report

).........you are faster than me man

Neways nice photos..

u may still be the first one to post the trip log of the new P220(DTSi-The fastest Indian

)) because my bike is DTS-Fi which was specially ordered as there is no stock of DTS-Fi 's at probiking. i preferred Fi because its the best bike for Touring.

Quote:

Originally Posted by archistar

cool...

how is the road condition from Hyd-RajM?

from Hyderabad to Vijayawada its a single lane road with lot of traffic, but from Vijayawada, its the Golden Quadrilateral 4 lane butter smooth highway. but i felt like my hands are tied becoz the bike is in running-in period and i didn't exceed 65 kmph

rx100.7050 · 08-14-2009, 01:29 PM

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Originally Posted by frankpilli

Took delivery of my P-220 DTS-Fi on the 8th of Aug 2009 at Probiking-Hyderabad. this bike was especially purchased for the IBA run (a seperate thread was posted in Help me section) which me and Prabhakar are planning to do this winter. after the probiking guys finished up the PDI, i & Prabhakar took the bike for a short spin to the open roads outside Hyderabad, prabhakar on his P-220 & i'm on the new 220. after hitting the open roads, i slowly opened up the throttle to 4K and up to 8K in short bursts. its my first ride on a P-220 and i began to feel the stability, superb handling characteristics, and excellent brakes of it. after one and a half hour we returned to Probiking guyz with 66 KM on the odometer, to change the oil. next day (Sunday) we went for a long ride on the NH-7 just to complete the required 500 KM for the first service as the Probiking centre is not available in my place (Rajahmundry). on monday morning (10th) we took the bike for first service at 10 AM, and they finished it up at 8 PM !!, so since morning we both sat at the probiking centre and started to study our route for the IBA through GOOGLE Earth &GOOGLE MAPS. on Tuesday (11th) i started at 7 AM from Hyderabad to Rajahmundry (around 500 KM) greeted by slight rain which slowly increased. i decided to continue a
hoping to go away from the rain, it took me 30 KMS to get rid of the rain. from there the going is smooth and as the bike is in running-in period i didn't cross 70 Km/h and reached suryapet around 10:30, had breakfast and started off again and reached Vijayawada at 2 PM, and it took half an hour to get out of Vijayawada traffic and stopped for a short break outside Vijayawada. at around 3:30 PM the rain started again, i am fully drenched, and since then it went like on/off all the way some 200 KM, and reached Rajahmundry by 6:30 PM.

AAH.... haven't read a single word but 2 P220s doing tour together! AWESOME! will be hooked on to this

CrazyTraveler · 08-15-2009, 11:04 AM

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Originally Posted by rx100.7050

AAH.... haven't read a single word but 2 P220s doing tour together! AWESOME! will be hooked on to this

Here you go : Escape from the heat - A ride to the hills!..

The twins in blue

ketan_r15 · 08-15-2009, 01:56 PM

Congrats for the ride..
Twins are looking cool..

08-13-2009, 06:04 PM	#1 (permalink)
frankpilli PREDATOR Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Rajahmundry-AP Posts: 532	My P-220's first tour Took delivery of my P-220 DTS-Fi on the 8th of Aug 2009 at Probiking-Hyderabad. this bike was especially purchased for the IBA run (a seperate thread was posted in Help me section) which me and Prabhakar are planning to do this winter. after the probiking guys finished up the PDI, i & Prabhakar took the bike for a short spin to the open roads outside Hyderabad, prabhakar on his P-220 & i'm on the new 220. after hitting the open roads, i slowly opened up the throttle to 4K and up to 8K in short bursts. its my first ride on a P-220 and i began to feel the stability, superb handling characteristics, and excellent brakes of it. after one and a half hour we returned to Probiking guyz with 66 KM on the odometer, to change the oil. next day (Sunday) we went for a long ride on the NH-7 just to complete the required 500 KM for the first service as the Probiking centre is not available in my place (Rajahmundry). on monday morning (10th) we took the bike for first service at 10 AM, and they finished it up at 8 PM !!, so since morning we both sat at the probiking centre and started to study our route for the IBA through GOOGLE Earth &GOOGLE MAPS. on Tuesday (11th) i started at 7 AM from Hyderabad to Rajahmundry (around 500 KM) greeted by slight rain which slowly increased. i decided to continue a hoping to go away from the rain, it took me 30 KMS to get rid of the rain. from there the going is smooth and as the bike is in running-in period i didn't cross 70 Km/h and reached suryapet around 10:30, had breakfast and started off again and reached Vijayawada at 2 PM, and it took half an hour to get out of Vijayawada traffic and stopped for a short break outside Vijayawada. at around 3:30 PM the rain started again, i am fully drenched, and since then it went like on/off all the way some 200 KM, and reached Rajahmundry by 6:30 PM. Attached Thumbnails __________________ $C:\Documents and Settings\dell-pc\Desktop$ 1987 Yamaha RD-350-B 2009 Pulsar 220 DTS-Fi

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velociraptor13 DIESEL JUNKIE Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,512	Nice picsNoticed that you are using reliance netconnect.Hows the performance? __________________ Socha Toh Locha.

08-13-2009, 07:26 PM	#5 (permalink)
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08-14-2009, 12:44 AM	#6 (permalink)
archistar ..... Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: bhubaneswar-delhi Posts: 730	cool... how is the road condition from Hyd-RajM? __________________ www.archi-star.net www.theindianexpedition.com http://www.flickr.com/photos/archistar

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Anjit_Sharma No more xbhpian.... Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: on my bike's saddle Posts: 383	nice pics there frank, that's why i always Like P220-Fi,b'coz you don't have SVC's everywhere, so you can do a Smallish (sometimes Big too) Tour, with a reasonable Reason

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ketan_r15 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Dadar, Mumbai Posts: 2,379	Congrats for the ride.. Twins are looking cool.. __________________ IBA Number: 42110 SaddleSore1600K - Feb '10 Bun Burner 2500K - Feb '11 Top of the World, Ladakh - June '11 Touring on 2 wheels - Click

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