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Sometimes fun comes from unexpected sources, believe me.
Planned to ride down to Coorg (Mercara) on the 10th of last month. We (wife and me) usually do it on a Yamaha RX 100. At the last moment the bike became unavailable due to technical problems. We were really dissapointed since we made all plans and even contacted some homestays to stay at.
Decided we are going anyway, but we only had our 1989 model Kinetic Honda scooter available. Okay we said its about 270 k.m one way, let have a go.
Left early (about 5.30 a.m). Its the best time to avoid the traffic in Bangalore city.
The first thing you notice as you ride is that for the scooter 60 kmph is the optimum top speed. For us normally used to doing 80 to 100 on the highways, its quite a crawl. But even at a steady 60, you can cover quite some distance comfortably. The advantage is you can take in the sights and smell the flowers, so to speak.
8.am Maddur. Breakfast at Maddur Tiffanys. Took the bye pass onto Hunsur road after Srirangapatna.
Thankfully, the roads were superb except at Kushalnagar and near Madikeri. The ride was relaxed and cool though we had to take quite a few short breaks to stretch.
Reached Madikeri by afternoon and checked in to East End Hotel. Rode around Madikeri (Abbey falls, Rajas Seat). Returned on the 12th, visited Tibetan Golden Temple and The Shrine of St.Anthony near Periyapatna.
Reached home by evening, a little stiff (logged about 620 k.m), but cheers and kudos to our 21 year old Kinetic Honda scooter. Not too bad for the tough old girl uh ?
Planning to ride her to Goa next April. (we usually take it by train).
Meanwhile, doing Bangalore/Mysore/Calicut/Trivandrum/Kanyakumari/and back next month on the RX100.
Cheers everybody,
Ride Safe
Our Bangalore/Kerala Ride:
Our Bangalore/Goa Ride:
Planned to ride down to Coorg (Mercara) on the 10th of last month. We (wife and me) usually do it on a Yamaha RX 100. At the last moment the bike became unavailable due to technical problems. We were really dissapointed since we made all plans and even contacted some homestays to stay at.
Decided we are going anyway, but we only had our 1989 model Kinetic Honda scooter available. Okay we said its about 270 k.m one way, let have a go.
Left early (about 5.30 a.m). Its the best time to avoid the traffic in Bangalore city.
The first thing you notice as you ride is that for the scooter 60 kmph is the optimum top speed. For us normally used to doing 80 to 100 on the highways, its quite a crawl. But even at a steady 60, you can cover quite some distance comfortably. The advantage is you can take in the sights and smell the flowers, so to speak.
8.am Maddur. Breakfast at Maddur Tiffanys. Took the bye pass onto Hunsur road after Srirangapatna.
Thankfully, the roads were superb except at Kushalnagar and near Madikeri. The ride was relaxed and cool though we had to take quite a few short breaks to stretch.
Reached Madikeri by afternoon and checked in to East End Hotel. Rode around Madikeri (Abbey falls, Rajas Seat). Returned on the 12th, visited Tibetan Golden Temple and The Shrine of St.Anthony near Periyapatna.
Reached home by evening, a little stiff (logged about 620 k.m), but cheers and kudos to our 21 year old Kinetic Honda scooter. Not too bad for the tough old girl uh ?
Planning to ride her to Goa next April. (we usually take it by train).
Meanwhile, doing Bangalore/Mysore/Calicut/Trivandrum/Kanyakumari/and back next month on the RX100.
Cheers everybody,
Ride Safe
Our Bangalore/Kerala Ride:
Motorcycle travelogues by thousands of xBhpians from across the world.
Our Bangalore/Goa Ride:
Motorcycle travelogues by thousands of xBhpians from across the world.
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