The Official Cochin Offline Meet(G2G) Thread

[kochumvk]

Originally Posted by neil.jericho

^^ Praveen - You are our official Kerala xBhp tour & route guide !

I am planning on taking some days off post monsoons and exploring Kerala, will take inputs from you then.

I think he can guide us throughout india.

[Hyperion]

Originally Posted by praveenmemala

Ok. Fine. So you have got a better plan. And I think its the best one that you can plan for two days. Is kozhikode is a must for you to visit... Or taken the place to turn to wayanad. If it is so, ok no problem. Its a town good place worth visit. Thats all. And the road from there to wayanad is awesome too...
And if you have taken that place just as a turning point, reconsider it by turning from Thaliparamba, a town 21 kms before Kannur. Advantage here is that you can reach Mananthavadi (one of the three major towns in Wayanad near where most of the places worth watch are located) by riding 99 kms. If you take the other route you ll reach the place by riding 200 kms only.
By taking the kozhikode stretch you can have these places to visit.
1. Muzhuppilangad drive in beach
2. Thalassery fort
3. Kannur fort
4. Thamarassery hill way...

Both stretches re good in terms of tarmac...

Thanks a lot buddy. This is just what I was looking for.

We dont have to Kozhikode. However, I have two concerns,

1. Does the rout eyou suggested cover Fort Bekal?
2. Will we get adequate fuel stations on this route?

[praveenmemala]

Originally Posted by Hyperion

Thanks a lot buddy. This is just what I was looking for.

We dont have to Kozhikode. However, I have two concerns,

1. Does the rout eyou suggested cover Fort Bekal?
2. Will we get adequate fuel stations on this route?

Ok buddy. if kozhikode is not a must, its fine.

1. The route from Manglore will be like this
Manglore>Kasargod>Bakel>Thaliparamba>Mananthavadi
Kasargod to Bakel - 12 kms. So bakel is in between Kasargod and Thaliparamba. Its very close to the main road and easily reachable.

3. In the first stretch,ie. Kasargod to Thaliparamba (74 kms) there re enough fuel stations. The next 99 kms(ie. Thaliparaba- Mananthavadi stretch) may not have enoug fuel station. So fillup your tank at Kasargod or anywhere before or at Thaliparamba. Mananthavadi also have fuel stations. So I think there s nothing much to worry.

If you have much queries, please keep it posted here. If you inform your queries earlier, can gather infos which I haven't with me


@neil & kochmvk: how about making it a profession? Hehe.........

[Hyperion]

Originally Posted by praveenmemala

Ok buddy. if kozhikode is not a must, its fine.

1. The route from Manglore will be like this
Manglore>Kasargod>Bakel>Thaliparamba>Mananthavadi
Kasargod to Bakel - 12 kms. So bakel is in between Kasargod and Thaliparamba. Its very close to the main road and easily reachable.

3. In the first stretch,ie. Kasargod to Thaliparamba (74 kms) there re enough fuel stations. The next 99 kms(ie. Thaliparaba- Mananthavadi stretch) may not have enoug fuel station. So fillup your tank at Kasargod or anywhere before or at Thaliparamba. Mananthavadi also have fuel stations. So I think there s nothing much to worry.

If you have much queries, please keep it posted here. If you inform your queries earlier, can gather infos which I haven't with me


@neil & kochmvk: how about making it a profession? Hehe.........

Praveen,

I already appreciate all the help you have given. Thanks again.

Here is the map of the planned route,

South India Ride

Let me know, if you have any suggestions/corrections.

[theanand]

Hello guys,

I am moving out of Trivandrum and getting back to my hometown of Cochin! We are shifting our offices to Manorama Jn. this week.....

Looking forward to meet all you guys over the next g2g in Kochi!

PS: Does anyone have a review of Avenger 220 from your friends? I was looking to replace my Hunk with it....the main attraction being the fact that Bajaj told me that they will take my 3 yr old Hunk for 35-40k on exchange to the Hunk!

[avinrichards]

Originally Posted by theanand

Hello guys,

I am moving out of Trivandrum and getting back to my hometown of Cochin! We are shifting our offices to Manorama Jn. this week.....

Looking forward to meet all you guys over the next g2g in Kochi!

PS: Does anyone have a review of Avenger 220 from your friends? I was looking to replace my Hunk with it....the main attraction being the fact that Bajaj told me that they will take my 3 yr old Hunk for 35-40k on exchange to the Hunk!

hey! I think we interacted on FB ( nelvins friend ? )

sure would like to catch up in fact i just caught up with some of the guys couple of days back.

[theanand]

Originally Posted by avinrichards

hey! I think we interacted on FB ( nelvins friend ? )

sure would like to catch up in fact i just caught up with some of the guys couple of days back.

Yes..we were talking about you the other day while travelling to Kochi together. . . . Did not know Ninja had a biking history too. . .

[avinrichards]

Originally Posted by theanand

Yes..we were talking about you the other day while travelling to Kochi together. . . . Did not know Ninja had a biking history too. . .

lol! hope he did not elaborate on our history too

when you coming down to cochin ? will catch up .will be here for quite some time.

btw: 35-40 seems good . saves a lot of time which would otherwise be spent on finding a guy you can sell it of at a higher rate

[ArniMarine]

Thanks to Avin, Ashiq, Swaroop and Kochum for making my two days in Cochin an amazing experience!

Special thanks to Ranjith for for your support dude!

[praveenmemala]

Originally Posted by ArniMarine

Thanks to Avin, Ashiq, Swaroop and Kochum for making my two days in Cochin an amazing experience!

Special thanks to Ranjith for for your support dude!

Oh...Kochu told me that a guy with this nickname was with john. I did not recognise you. But now I think I noticed your signature very earlier.
Hope you people had a very great time in kerala. And eagerly waiting for the uploads from John and you. Found you on facebook and learned that you re also from WB. Your state is one of my dream destination to which I would like to have a visit for more than one week..,


Hope you people will be visiting Kerala again...still I feel that I have missed two wonderful guys due to my unluck...