Prelude ::
It was probably the September 3rd or 4th. I had to go to a temple 15-20 Kms off Cuddalore which is a town 30 Kms from Pondy(Pondy is 162 Kms from Chennai, so the total distance comes up to around 160+30+15 = ~205 KMs one-way). I had actually planned to drive there on my SCORPIO. The more I thought of it, the more I wanted to use my bike. I had three reasons:
1. The R15 had just completed 2000 kms and was ready to be ripped on the flat highways. I wanted to see how it felt to be ridden flat out and how the seating position felt on long rides.
2. I had just got a GP-One helmet with tinted visors and DSG riding gear. Wanted to test them out on a long ride.
3. I had also got a brand new noise-cancelling headphone for my iPod and wanted to try out its capabilities.(SONY MDR-NC22)
So having decided on the ride location and date, I earlier intended doing it alone. Later I thought it might feel boring and so called upon my friend Badri (Xbhp ID : badriyan) and Praveen (Xbhp ID : xinfii) to accompany me. Praveen said he would bring his friend Allen along. So the date was decided as 7th September of 2008, Sunday. Praveen said he would stay back at Pondy and I and Badri would go to the temple, return back meet them and continue to Chennai.
People and their rides ::
1. Aparajith on his R15
2. Praveen a.k.a Xinfii on his 220
3. Badri a.k.a badriyan on his P150v1
4. Allen on his Bull
6th September night :: We decide to use the ECR route while going to Pondy. We decided to meet at the Sholinganallur junction at ECR by 6AM. Badri being the crankster he is decides to meddle with his air – screw and carb on his P150v1 and looses one of the screws. He calls me up at 9 PM on Saturday and asks me for a spare air-screw. I scold him and he agrees to fix the bike up and reach there.
Rest of the log and pics coming up!
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