[Photo Feature]: Stunts and Cornering Practice G2G @ Amby - xBhp.com : The Global Indian Biking Community

ketan_r15 · 05-10-2009, 07:24 PM

"Yesssss... We did it Again".. are the words and the feeling I got while getting off my bike in the parking today afternoon.

Yess.. We did it again... Another Crashfree Funfilled G2G succesfully completed. Now I have started believing that unplanned rides are the best ones indeed.

7 Riders and some 250 odd kms of absolutely fantastic Ride made my Day today. Riders present for today's G2G..
1) Ketan_R15 - Blue R15
2) Shadowboy - Red R15
3) Rachit Kohli - Red Zma
4) Anthony - Black R15
5) Umesh(my friend) - Blue R15
6) Amit(Rachit's Friend) - Black FZ
7) Jatin(Anthony's friend) - Green zma

Amby Valley for Mumbai xBhpians has become an appetite. Where as Shadowboy, to my surprise has not been to this place ever before. He called me at the beginning of this week for a ride to Amby on the weekend. I didnt have any problem as it's not that far and can be easily done within a few hours time. The only thing which kept me tentative was the MBC's 3rd Anniversary celebration.

7th May '09 is MBC's 3rd Anniversary. But being a weekday, MBC guys preferred celebrating on the weekend that is on 9th May. I was bound to go for the celebrations. Didnt want to miss it. And Shadowboy had planned the Amby ride on the very next day early morning.

During this week, Anthony got in my touch on Orkut asking for plans for the weekend. I told him to contact Shadowboy for plans and immediately both of them were game for Sunday's Ride. Anthony anyways was heading to Amby solo on Sunday. He got good company.

On Saturday morning, I informed SB that I'll be able to attend the ride only if I return home from the celebrations early on 9th May night because otherwise it would have been difficult getting up early the very next day. I had asked them to carry on if I dont make it to the ride.

Fortunately, I came back home by 12 in the night after the celebrations and called SB to confirm if the ride is on or not. He said it is and there we were from 2 the ride has grown to 4. I along with a very close friend of mine, Umesh - riding a blue R15, joined in for the ride. Anthony said his friend is also joining in. So we were 5 in total.

PLan was to meet at Panvel McD at 6 in the morning. SB and Anthony with his friend reached the venue just in time and that's when co-incidently Rachit was passing by and saw SB and guys at McD. He was on his way to Amby with his friend. He stopped by and joined the group. Whoa..now we had become 7 member. Cool.

I was totally surprised to see so many people for an unplanned ride of 2. With a formal introduction we all were set to roll.

There was a distint connection between all of us and were riding at a constant 90-95km/hr. Occasionally ripping our machines.

First pit stop at Lonavala Expressway entrance. A few pics here and there from SB's cam and off we were towards Lonavala.

With anthony leading the troop, we took a small short cut for amby and reached a Railway crossing near Lonavala Station. Waited there for a few mins till the train passes by and continued the journey. Reached Amby in no time. Roads were just awesome and the climate too. Without wasting any time we went directly to Cloud9 restaurant. Sat there for some time. Did some chit chatting. Some jokes here and there. Took our breakfast(which was a disappointment..the last time we went there things were much better n different).

Enough at the hotel we said and started gearing up to head towards the Amby city. Took a couple of formation pics and off we were. Went straight to the Amby City entrance enjoying the roads and took a U turn. All this while we took a good look at the road and saw some good corners.

While returning back, stopped at some really nice corners for photo shoot. Anthony was all set with his beautiful Panasonic Lumix FZ28 and Rachit with his Zma to scrape the knees.

We already know how good Rachit is a rider and especially in the corners. He impressed all of us since the Ganpatipule ride. Even today while going to Amby, Rachit and Anthony were literally throwing their bikes in almost each n every corner at some awesome speeds. I had never ridden with Anthony before and boy o boy..he's got balls of something else. Great rider I must say.

Continuing from where I stopped, we took positions on a beautiful left hander corner and one by one started rolling in. Anthony captured some god awesome pics. After some time and lots n lots of too and fro.. we said enough of lef hander..now let's take on a right hander.

Went a few meters and as Amby is full of twisties, didnt take it too long for us to find a good right hander. Again some knee scrapping action there and some real beautiful PIcs.

Even before the pics roll in.. I am making a point that Rachit's pics and his leans are gonna impress a lot of people. I tried my hand in cornering too. I till now used to use an unconventional method while cornering. I used to lean my bike till the foot rest scrape but never took my knee down. Today with some good tips from Rachit and co, tried to master the art. I am still no way close to it but atleast I triend and gonna keep trying..

When done with the pictures, left for Mumbai and with just one hault for cold drinks, we rode non stop till Panvel. Rachit, Anthony and I were riding like crazy dogs on expressway taking cornering literally parellel at 3 digit speeds. Rachit..thanx for the fun man..

Reached Panvel and waited for the FZ guy to arrive. That's when Bat aka Darkknight called SB to knw where we are. He agreed on meeting us on JNPT road. We went there and the small figure was there..

Spent some chillaxed time with him and finally left for home. Reached home at 2pm sharp.

Concluding the log, thanx a lot to all the guys for making the day. It was damn fun.

The log is without pictures and I request all those who have pics upload them as soon as possible with a small description or title to it.

Off to you SB, Anthony and Rachit..

Cheers...!

Aryan · 05-11-2009, 09:28 AM

Topic Approved.

@Ketan: Sorry for the late approval. I was offline since last evening, and hence applying it today.

Nirvana · 05-11-2009, 09:41 AM

Missed yet another ride with the Mumbai gang some shtupid jinx man.
Anthony brother sorry was unable to reply to your message man i know you guys had fun.
ketan r15: nice log mate awaiting pics. Anthony was by far the fastest on his p180 before i have no doubts he is having fun on his r15

ketan_r15 · 05-11-2009, 09:53 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aryan

Topic Approved.

@Ketan: Sorry for the late approval. I was offline since last evening, and hence applying it today.

No issues sir.. Thanx for the approval..

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nirvana

Missed yet another ride with the Mumbai gang some shtupid jinx man.
Anthony brother sorry was unable to reply to your message man i know you guys had fun.
ketan r15: nice log mate awaiting pics. Anthony was by far the fastest on his p180 before i have no doubts he is having fun on his r15

Yes sir.. We had loads of fun... I have only 2 pics of the entire trip as I was lazy taking out my cam..

All the major pics are with Anthony and SB..

@ Anthony & SB.. Calendars photo lao..calendars photo lao....

ketan_r15 · 05-11-2009, 09:58 AM

The only pic by my cam.. A friendly Chap agreed for some posing..

Riders waiting for the train to cross at the Rail Road crossing near Lonavala Station.. Pic by my cell...

snehil · 05-11-2009, 10:20 AM

nice log there ketan !
i wish to ride with u guys to amby after my running in.
waiting for the pics!!

beruoist · 05-11-2009, 10:30 AM

I was tentative for this ride...

But my bike is still with Mechs..

.du to unavailibility of piston ring of P200.

I shud have been there,must hav learned some leaning and falling

Nice educational ride

{pics in attachment are requested }

Cheers
Beruoist

ketan_r15 · 05-11-2009, 11:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by snehil

nice log there ketan !
i wish to ride with u guys to amby after my running in.
waiting for the pics!!

Sure man.. I think I had already asked u for a ride this weekend when we met for spidy's Shop G2G..

Quote:

Originally Posted by beruoist

I was tentative for this ride...

But my bike is still with Mechs..

.du to unavailibility of piston ring of P200.

I shud have been there,must hav learned some leaning and falling

Nice educational ride

{pics in attachment are requested }

Cheers
Beruoist

Yeah.. Anthony told us bout ur bike at Cloud9. Hope u get it fixed soon..
I have uploaded only a couple of pix man.. rest of the pics are with photographers SB and Anthony..dunno wher they r...

Will attach my pix here though..check'em out...

anthonydcruz · 05-11-2009, 12:50 PM

Hey ketan great write up there, i knew none of us could write a detailed log as u did, that's why i told you to do the writing job... anyways pics coming up soon from my side until then...

Here is the teaser pic of our ride...

ketan_r15 · 05-11-2009, 12:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anthonydcruz

Hey ketan great write up there, i knew none of us could write a detailed log as u did that's why i told to do the writing job... anyways pics coming up soon from my side until then...

Here is the teaser pic of our ride...

Lol.. Well if you put my logs(not just this one but all of them) under the magnifier you'll come up with loads of spelling mistakes and errors. DK's the best person to find the errors. He's my pre-post spell checker now on..

. But glad that u liked the write up.

and nice Teaser..haha.. the shahid wala pic...lol... waiting eagerly for the pix dude.. and put SB and Rachit's stunt pics..People are getting doubts here who did the stunts..

EDIT: Tell me the Zma rider's name.. Got to edit the first post.

05-10-2009, 07:24 PM	#1 (permalink)
ketan_r15 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Dadar, Mumbai Posts: 2,379	Stunts and Cornering Practice G2G @ Amby "Yesssss... We did it Again".. are the words and the feeling I got while getting off my bike in the parking today afternoon. Yess.. We did it again... Another Crashfree Funfilled G2G succesfully completed. Now I have started believing that unplanned rides are the best ones indeed. 7 Riders and some 250 odd kms of absolutely fantastic Ride made my Day today. Riders present for today's G2G.. 1) Ketan_R15 - Blue R15 2) Shadowboy - Red R15 3) Rachit Kohli - Red Zma 4) Anthony - Black R15 5) Umesh(my friend) - Blue R15 6) Amit(Rachit's Friend) - Black FZ 7) Jatin(Anthony's friend) - Green zma Amby Valley for Mumbai xBhpians has become an appetite. Where as Shadowboy, to my surprise has not been to this place ever before. He called me at the beginning of this week for a ride to Amby on the weekend. I didnt have any problem as it's not that far and can be easily done within a few hours time. The only thing which kept me tentative was the MBC's 3rd Anniversary celebration. 7th May '09 is MBC's 3rd Anniversary. But being a weekday, MBC guys preferred celebrating on the weekend that is on 9th May. I was bound to go for the celebrations. Didnt want to miss it. And Shadowboy had planned the Amby ride on the very next day early morning. During this week, Anthony got in my touch on Orkut asking for plans for the weekend. I told him to contact Shadowboy for plans and immediately both of them were game for Sunday's Ride. Anthony anyways was heading to Amby solo on Sunday. He got good company. On Saturday morning, I informed SB that I'll be able to attend the ride only if I return home from the celebrations early on 9th May night because otherwise it would have been difficult getting up early the very next day. I had asked them to carry on if I dont make it to the ride. Fortunately, I came back home by 12 in the night after the celebrations and called SB to confirm if the ride is on or not. He said it is and there we were from 2 the ride has grown to 4. I along with a very close friend of mine, Umesh - riding a blue R15, joined in for the ride. Anthony said his friend is also joining in. So we were 5 in total. PLan was to meet at Panvel McD at 6 in the morning. SB and Anthony with his friend reached the venue just in time and that's when co-incidently Rachit was passing by and saw SB and guys at McD. He was on his way to Amby with his friend. He stopped by and joined the group. Whoa..now we had become 7 member. Cool. I was totally surprised to see so many people for an unplanned ride of 2. With a formal introduction we all were set to roll. There was a distint connection between all of us and were riding at a constant 90-95km/hr. Occasionally ripping our machines. First pit stop at Lonavala Expressway entrance. A few pics here and there from SB's cam and off we were towards Lonavala. With anthony leading the troop, we took a small short cut for amby and reached a Railway crossing near Lonavala Station. Waited there for a few mins till the train passes by and continued the journey. Reached Amby in no time. Roads were just awesome and the climate too. Without wasting any time we went directly to Cloud9 restaurant. Sat there for some time. Did some chit chatting. Some jokes here and there. Took our breakfast(which was a disappointment..the last time we went there things were much better n different). Enough at the hotel we said and started gearing up to head towards the Amby city. Took a couple of formation pics and off we were. Went straight to the Amby City entrance enjoying the roads and took a U turn. All this while we took a good look at the road and saw some good corners. While returning back, stopped at some really nice corners for photo shoot. Anthony was all set with his beautiful Panasonic Lumix FZ28 and Rachit with his Zma to scrape the knees. We already know how good Rachit is a rider and especially in the corners. He impressed all of us since the Ganpatipule ride. Even today while going to Amby, Rachit and Anthony were literally throwing their bikes in almost each n every corner at some awesome speeds. I had never ridden with Anthony before and boy o boy..he's got balls of something else. Great rider I must say. Continuing from where I stopped, we took positions on a beautiful left hander corner and one by one started rolling in. Anthony captured some god awesome pics. After some time and lots n lots of too and fro.. we said enough of lef hander..now let's take on a right hander. Went a few meters and as Amby is full of twisties, didnt take it too long for us to find a good right hander. Again some knee scrapping action there and some real beautiful PIcs. Even before the pics roll in.. I am making a point that Rachit's pics and his leans are gonna impress a lot of people. I tried my hand in cornering too. I till now used to use an unconventional method while cornering. I used to lean my bike till the foot rest scrape but never took my knee down. Today with some good tips from Rachit and co, tried to master the art. I am still no way close to it but atleast I triend and gonna keep trying.. When done with the pictures, left for Mumbai and with just one hault for cold drinks, we rode non stop till Panvel. Rachit, Anthony and I were riding like crazy dogs on expressway taking cornering literally parellel at 3 digit speeds. Rachit..thanx for the fun man.. Reached Panvel and waited for the FZ guy to arrive. That's when Bat aka Darkknight called SB to knw where we are. He agreed on meeting us on JNPT road. We went there and the small figure was there.. Spent some chillaxed time with him and finally left for home. Reached home at 2pm sharp. Concluding the log, thanx a lot to all the guys for making the day. It was damn fun. The log is without pictures and I request all those who have pics upload them as soon as possible with a small description or title to it. Off to you SB, Anthony and Rachit.. Cheers...! __________________ IBA Number: 42110 SaddleSore1600K - Feb '10 Bun Burner 2500K - Feb '11 Top of the World, Ladakh - June '11 Touring on 2 wheels - Click Last edited by ketan_r15; 05-12-2009 at 12:31 PM.

05-11-2009, 09:28 AM	#2 (permalink)
Aryan Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: New Delhi/ Shillong Posts: 18,274	Topic Approved. @Ketan: Sorry for the late approval. I was offline since last evening, and hence applying it today. __________________ ...in search of that perfect world - My Travel Blog :)

05-11-2009, 09:58 AM	#5 (permalink)
ketan_r15 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Dadar, Mumbai Posts: 2,379	The only pic by my cam.. A friendly Chap agreed for some posing.. Riders waiting for the train to cross at the Rail Road crossing near Lonavala Station.. Pic by my cell... __________________ IBA Number: 42110 SaddleSore1600K - Feb '10 Bun Burner 2500K - Feb '11 Top of the World, Ladakh - June '11 Touring on 2 wheels - Click

05-11-2009, 10:20 AM	#6 (permalink)
snehil Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: mumbai,mira road Posts: 403	nice log there ketan ! i wish to ride with u guys to amby after my running in. waiting for the pics!! __________________ My bike has multiple personality disorder

05-11-2009, 10:30 AM	#7 (permalink)
beruoist Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: NA Posts: 1,431	I was tentative for this ride... But my bike is still with Mechs...du to unavailibility of piston ring of P200. I shud have been there,must hav learned some leaning and falling Nice educational ride {pics in attachment are requested } Cheers Beruoist __________________ MY SPACE....http://musafirhuyaron.blogspot.com/ "सैर कर दुनीया की गालिब,जिन्दगानी फिर कहा. जिन्दगानी गर रही तो ,नौजवानी फिर कहा!!"

05-11-2009, 09:41 AM	#3 (permalink)
Nirvana ADRENALIZED Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Aamchi Mumbai Posts: 175	Missed yet another ride with the Mumbai gang some shtupid jinx man. Anthony brother sorry was unable to reply to your message man i know you guys had fun. ketan r15: nice log mate awaiting pics. Anthony was by far the fastest on his p180 before i have no doubts he is having fun on his r15

05-11-2009, 12:50 PM	#9 (permalink)
anthonydcruz Resurrect Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Malad, Bombay Posts: 387	Hey ketan great write up there, i knew none of us could write a detailed log as u did, that's why i told you to do the writing job... anyways pics coming up soon from my side until then... Here is the teaser pic of our ride... Last edited by anthonydcruz; 05-11-2009 at 01:02 PM.

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