Touring Query Approved

To be very frank for me your schedule looks like a run-in-a-hurry sort of itnerary. Rather I would suggest is, relax it a little bit and try to enjoy .
Have a look at itenarary below. Refine it accordingly.

Day 1 : Chennai -->Bangalore-->Tumkur-->Chitradurga
(Smooth 4 lane highways, if in doubt please ask "trustvishwas" from pune who did this route very recently. He did it in 15 hours from chennai to pune, exception is he was on his ninja . Also rather than entereing bangalore take NICE road before e-city to by pass bangalore traffic. I am not very sure about it.)

Day2 : Chitradurga-->Haveri-->Hubli-->Belgaum-->Kolhapur-->Pune
(Easy do in one day if you start early say 6-7 am you can easily land in pune by dinner time )

Day 3: Strongly suggest a halt for a day as it would be too strenous do a run in continously.More over pune has some nice places to look around.

Day4 : Pune -->Nagar Road-->Shirdi-->Nashik
(Leave pune early , finish off the darshan and try to halt at nashik. )

Day5 : Nashik-->Igatpuri-->Kasara-->Mumbai
(Boring roads. Straight highways , heat would take the toll to its max. Give a second thought to mumbai, whether its really a part of trip )

Day6 : Mumbai-->Pune-->Kolhapur-->Belgaum
(Leave early by 7-8 and reach belgaum before night. Halt there )

Day7: Belgaum-->Hubli-->Bangalore
(Straight roads, would be boring at times . Halt at bangalore)

Day8 : Bangalore-->Chennai

Hope this helps you.

Ride safe,
Pai

Are you sure you wanna do this?
There is no fun riding this long distance in april on a four lane highway, that too with a pillion.

If at all you want to ride I would suggest come with your bike by train to Mumbai. visit Shirdi then head to chennai via, ooty - munnar - Kodai - B'lore


As per your query kartikpai's reply looks good

Thanks for replying guys

@kartikpai - I guess I'll be skipping the Mumbai part. Will cover pune / shirdi

@Kashif - nah! no trains for me :P. I'm keeping ooty/munnar etc for a different trip.

@geek

Seriously give a second thought for your ride on this scorching heat . Cause even people here have gone underground in state of hibernation just for the reason that sun is showing no mercy. More over , de-hydration takes its toll like crazy on NH4. Cause, the roads from chennai to shirdi would be just arrow straight tarmacs with barren lands across.

P.S Dont mean to discourage you with negativity, just a word of caution.

P.P.S I recently rode this route till belgaum just could not resist it . .

@kartikpai - I just hope there are petrol bunks and places to eat on the way. :P

No worries about petrol pump or any eateries along NH4. Just see that you fill up once the tank hits half its capacity,and fill max in karnataka. Cause fuel is lil more costly in maharashtra. BTW I have my long list of fav eateries along hubli pune stretch.

Can you share the list? :P

Perhaps you know some with good washrooms, maybe a bit costly though.