Good to see your wife too fully padded up for the ride..

Wish you both many more rides together.

Travelogue approved.

Obviously I will be keeping an updtae to this.

Congrats on your unforgettable trip Rachit, Do keep us updated & ride safe..

Keeping an eye on the thread

Looking forward for more

Thats great Rachit ! Wife accompanying on such a long ride, can't get better than this .. Wish you both many many happy miles together. Waiting for the log and the pics.

Nothing can get better when the two loves of life comes together to give you the best moments of life.

Great to see your better half in proper riding gear.

Hooked to the thread now.

Hi Rachit,

Wonderfull. Bring it on.

I guess now we both have one more thing common. My wife's name is Pooja too.

We both have the same first name, both have Red Karizma'a and now both have Pooja's. (I would like to discuss what you have in mind for your Kid's name). Otherwise that would be like extreme coincidence.

When we both went for a long ride together it was real fun. Hoping that you guys would have loved it too.

Glued to the thread..

Thanks for the approval sunil..!! Safety & gears was the first obligatory rule by me for her, which she happily accepted. She got a biker feeling too in those gears

Haha.. You better do..!!

Thanks buddy..!

Thanks..

Sure..!!

Certainly, it was really great experience..!! I initially thought of riding solo, but then this option was really the best.. Having the best companion along. Thanks for the wonderful wish man..!

Yes..!! This was my ultimate dream to have her with me on the long rides..! Knowing her response & experience about the ride was the best acknowledgment for me.
May be in future, I will certainly be getting her better riding gears for her.!

Haha, I know man.. Infact, I had already noticed this.. Name, Wife Name, Bike, Bike Color..! Though kid is still bit away.. Hoping for a coincidence there too
It was really a delightful experience to tour with her..

P.S. Theres nothing much interesting about the ride though. But created this thread as it was my first long ride with my wife. And thought this could be an inspiration for some, whose status is about to change ..!!
No.! Biking doesnt ends after getting married.!! I had been to Leh just after 4 months of my marriage. Postponed my marriage in December, due to my Mahindra&Mahindra Ride..So dont loose hope guys!!!

for a guy who postponed his marriage for an all western india ride guess this was just the next "logical" step

maayla baykola pan ata bike cha "traas"

Dear darkknight/Nitin/DK/'x' where x is an array,

You are spot on, And I wanted her to enjoy biking, or try to
But seriously, she enjoyed the ride & this motivated me to go ahead & create a thread, And plan for another ride
Infact, when she gets stressed out of work. She thinks about the ride or watch pictures & regain the memories.. This is what atleast she told me

Day 1

Months passed by just thinking about long rides since my last Ride to Ladakh. Last christmas in 2010, I treated myself by gifting me a Sparkling Red CBR250R
Had a colleagues (Tulsi's) wedding to attend at Shihor, a village ahead of Bhavnagar, Gujarat. Approx 700kms from Mumbai. Can I think of any other excuse to initiate the ride. Wanted to make my trip worth by visiting some places on my return. I took a good break of 7 days. Later, surprisingly even my Wife showed the interest of accompanying me on this ride. I was little apprehensive initially of the comfort or problems my better half might face. So was over cautious about this & ensured couple of times that she wants to still opt for joining me in the ride without any mental or physical pressure (just kidding guys..! )...
About the bike, as it had just 1100 kms on it with first servicing done. I was yet to test & feel its touring capabilities. And I think this was the best time to check it out, with Pillion, Saddle bags & a good distance to cover over some days. I picked up a bottle of chain lube spray. So lets see, if the bike stood promising for this ride & it didn't put my wife under a discomfort. As in my earlier tours I never tried having pillion over my saddle bags & specially never with wife.

It was quiet late we started off, almost around 9. My aim wasn't to reach directly the destination on this day itself. As didnt wanted to make my companion feel stressed or tired out too much. Hence my target was to atleast make it till Vadodara, i.e. ~ 400kms & rest distance completing the next day.

First stop for the breakfast. Somewhere after 80kms.


Now, we had already entered gujarat. More then me, my wife was excited, as she was so proud on herself. That she actually came with me on BIKE in a different state
It was already noon. And there was a lovely food court we spotted enroute. Thought of having the lunch break there. As I dont wanted to scare Pooja by taking her to just 'any' dhabha, like how we guys do usually , dont we..


As we entered the people inside where little stunned to see a gal specially in those guards. But it was a good feel, to get this kind of stares specially from the Cars walas.. What are we couple upto, could be the thoughts..!!

In about 2 hours of having food we where back on the road. We were already aware about the VEG journey we going to undertake for almost 70% of the ride. She was specially quiet excited to have a different flavor of food.
I kept ensuring in middle that shes comfortable sitting on the bike for long time. And asked her to poke me & hit my helmet anytime she wants to take a break, I will just pull over. This was the day, where we didnt clicked many pix as wanted to cover some distance, atleast 400kms. So by 7pm, she was looking little tired. And hence I didnt wanted to push her much. So we spotted a nice hotel exactly on the highway. The rooms & the rates where really good. And thought of ending our day by this halt. She was not very fresh after riding for 400kms, Obviously!. But not much stressed also. So I wanted her to rest well. It was quite chilling around. That night, we had a lovely & authentic gujarati food (kaddi, khichdi, chaas).. And I quoted her, This is the beginning gal.!

Next day, we had to reach our friends place. Which was yet 300kms away. So again I end my day, hoping she enjoys the ride much more tomorrow. Cause, if I see her happy & enjoying the ride, no complaining. Ultimately am gonna be a happy man & enchanted.!

He he he! Good going. Even Varsha has now got the liking for 'touring' on motorcycles... Infact I was stunned when she went on and on explaining Anup on how the bike experience was much better than the car experience :P

Ironically that after seeing the torterous Rajmachi on MasterMinds bike. She went from scared to thrilled and then over keen on the next ride, and in the subsequent week we followed up with a trip to Mahabaleshwar. A stop at Panvel was then asked to be pushed ahead to Lonavala for "better" breakfast knowing very well that it means an hour more!

Is that good or not. Time will tell!
For now, its been some rides, and a blanket approval for joint tours :P

PS: Teaching gestures are good! Varshas picked em up from me (and so it also includes the middle finger for the jerks :P )

Haha.. Good one man..!! Hats off to varsha as well & hope you guys too have great touring days ahead... Even in my 'initial' days we went for Lonavla for a lunch or to alibaug for a weekend day out..!! And it was equally fun. That time sometimes she complained about sitting on for a long time.. But this time it was really far better. She enjoyed to the core..
There may be several reasons to it, beautiful roads, good climate, bike.. The most important thing is the 'desire' which develops on own to come along on such rides. Even she at times, said how it could had been boring in a car/bus coming this long. Her enjoyment can be seen, when she waived at those kids & village people travelling in tempos across..!
Liked it when she put interest into things like keeping an eye while filling up fuel, ensuring to lube the chain, parking the bike properly in shade, shooing guys away when they tried sitting on the bike
And I thoroughly loved your last line experience.!