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Riders – Amit Jadhav (amitredefined), Vishwas Mokashi (trustvishwas)
Rides – Kawasaki Ninja 250R Green (Amit) & Black (Vishwas)
Hmmmm … it all started in mid-March when I realized that there is a long weekend coming up in 1st week of April. Picked up phone and spoke to Vishwas Mokashi about 4 days ride plan to Mount Abu in Gujarat. Vishwas said its just like Mahableshwar and nothing exciting about it. So lets plan something big!!!
Vishwas came up with Gujarat plan for 7-8 days around 2800kms. I was not sure because of leaves. Also haven’t taken Ninja for more than 400kms day ride so was bit skeptical about long distance ride, my ability as well as Ninjas touring capabilities. My earlier rides were on Pulsar for 4-5 days and around 1600kms range. But double the distance created doubt in the mind.
Had couple of calls with Vishwas and later he came up with Rajasthan and Kanyakumari plan. We finalized the Rajasthan one for 9 days starting 5th Apr. The estimated travel distance was 3250kms. We met twice for preparations and finalized the list to avoid “great haste makes great waste” or they say “To put the cart before the horse”. In the meantime I got my leaves approved as well. Had some resistance from home, but later it got sorted out.
As the ride day came near, the anxiety started growing. Going to Rajasthan in summer was the biggest challenge. Thought of chickening out but later decided to take the challenge with support and confidence from Vishwas who earlier had done Chennai Pune in 14 hours. Got the saddle bags from Jayant and Tank bag from Eshan. Visited Vishwas place and we had the final meeting on 31st Mar. We had already laid out the plan for each day and also had done almost 80% of our Hotel bookings. We decided to start at 5:30AM from Shivaji Nagar. On 4th Apr, all packed, bike filled with petrol till brim. ODO reading 14340 kms on the bike. ALL SET
Day 1 -- coming soon once the thread is approved
Rides – Kawasaki Ninja 250R Green (Amit) & Black (Vishwas)
Hmmmm … it all started in mid-March when I realized that there is a long weekend coming up in 1st week of April. Picked up phone and spoke to Vishwas Mokashi about 4 days ride plan to Mount Abu in Gujarat. Vishwas said its just like Mahableshwar and nothing exciting about it. So lets plan something big!!!
Vishwas came up with Gujarat plan for 7-8 days around 2800kms. I was not sure because of leaves. Also haven’t taken Ninja for more than 400kms day ride so was bit skeptical about long distance ride, my ability as well as Ninjas touring capabilities. My earlier rides were on Pulsar for 4-5 days and around 1600kms range. But double the distance created doubt in the mind.
Had couple of calls with Vishwas and later he came up with Rajasthan and Kanyakumari plan. We finalized the Rajasthan one for 9 days starting 5th Apr. The estimated travel distance was 3250kms. We met twice for preparations and finalized the list to avoid “great haste makes great waste” or they say “To put the cart before the horse”. In the meantime I got my leaves approved as well. Had some resistance from home, but later it got sorted out.
As the ride day came near, the anxiety started growing. Going to Rajasthan in summer was the biggest challenge. Thought of chickening out but later decided to take the challenge with support and confidence from Vishwas who earlier had done Chennai Pune in 14 hours. Got the saddle bags from Jayant and Tank bag from Eshan. Visited Vishwas place and we had the final meeting on 31st Mar. We had already laid out the plan for each day and also had done almost 80% of our Hotel bookings. We decided to start at 5:30AM from Shivaji Nagar. On 4th Apr, all packed, bike filled with petrol till brim. ODO reading 14340 kms on the bike. ALL SET
Day 1 -- coming soon once the thread is approved
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