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The 15th day of the Great India Collectors Ride saw the team meet up with the xBhpians of Mumbai at the Mcdonalds in Navi Mumbai on the Mumbai - Pune Highway. The team was led by Ramprakash from Vile Parle all the way to Navi Mumbai on his special paint scheme Busa. At the meeting point we chilled with the Mumbai xBhpians, till the Chief Guest of the show turned up on his Fireblade. The Darknight, Nitin Manore made his presence felt with his roaring superbike.
The party then headed into the Ghats, towards Pune, with 50 odd bikes leading us out to the border of Panvel. Some of the bikers turned back to Mumbai, while the rest accompanied the GICR team all the way to Lonavala, for a quick breakfast at the very popular Kamats, a favourite haunt for the bikers of Mumbai and Pune. At Kamat, the Mumbai bikers handed over the team to the Pune guys, who collected the team and put the bikes through the paces as we headed towards the Deccan Queen. The meeting point in Pune was at the other end, and the entourage of bikers had to ride through the entire city to reach the place. We were fortunate to be escorted by the very capable Sanchit on his KTM, who made sure that we reached the venue just 'respectably late'!
The thriving Pune Chapter gave the team a warm welcome and then started the banter and sharing session, where the stalwart of xBhp Pune Vishwas Mokashi and Mumbai Nitin Manore, spoke about their experiences with the xBhp community. There was an impromptu question and answer session, where the discussion veered off to the origins of the name of the Hayabusa. The bike being named after a Falcon, which also does 300+ kmph.
The fun filled afternoon finally came to an end, as the team headed out for the hotel which was just 4 km away. Unfortunately technology does sometimes play spoil sport and the GPS took us on a wild goose chase across the city and the 'short' ride took us the better part of an hour and saw us covering around 30 km! Not the kind of adventure the team was looking for...
Red Bull gives the Mumbai xBhpians wings!
Caught on Camera
The Mumbai Superbikers roll in
With the Rockstar Hayabusa
The Chief Guest - Nitin Manore!
The entire group of Mumbai xBhians
You can't see anything in this picture - it is all camouflaged!
With the Bulls of Mumbai
Red Bull gives you wings, and Olx.in gives you Hayabusa shaped Keychains!
Proper formation ride by the Mumbai xBhpians
In Pune
Lined up and waiting to be set free
The massive Suzuki B-King
Small man on a big bike
The party then headed into the Ghats, towards Pune, with 50 odd bikes leading us out to the border of Panvel. Some of the bikers turned back to Mumbai, while the rest accompanied the GICR team all the way to Lonavala, for a quick breakfast at the very popular Kamats, a favourite haunt for the bikers of Mumbai and Pune. At Kamat, the Mumbai bikers handed over the team to the Pune guys, who collected the team and put the bikes through the paces as we headed towards the Deccan Queen. The meeting point in Pune was at the other end, and the entourage of bikers had to ride through the entire city to reach the place. We were fortunate to be escorted by the very capable Sanchit on his KTM, who made sure that we reached the venue just 'respectably late'!
The thriving Pune Chapter gave the team a warm welcome and then started the banter and sharing session, where the stalwart of xBhp Pune Vishwas Mokashi and Mumbai Nitin Manore, spoke about their experiences with the xBhp community. There was an impromptu question and answer session, where the discussion veered off to the origins of the name of the Hayabusa. The bike being named after a Falcon, which also does 300+ kmph.
The fun filled afternoon finally came to an end, as the team headed out for the hotel which was just 4 km away. Unfortunately technology does sometimes play spoil sport and the GPS took us on a wild goose chase across the city and the 'short' ride took us the better part of an hour and saw us covering around 30 km! Not the kind of adventure the team was looking for...
Red Bull gives the Mumbai xBhpians wings!
Caught on Camera
The Mumbai Superbikers roll in
With the Rockstar Hayabusa
The Chief Guest - Nitin Manore!
The entire group of Mumbai xBhians
You can't see anything in this picture - it is all camouflaged!
With the Bulls of Mumbai
Red Bull gives you wings, and Olx.in gives you Hayabusa shaped Keychains!
Proper formation ride by the Mumbai xBhpians
In Pune
Lined up and waiting to be set free
The massive Suzuki B-King
Small man on a big bike
BTW, I guess Sanchit lives in those hills only. Come any Saturday, and you'll find him there. 
more, more..me want more
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