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Kindly share a nice trip-log with us as well..

Will share the trip loG shortly dude!

Nice Pics,If Stunner Going For Tour My Bike Can Do Tour

Lovely pics Vignesh. Waiting for more.

You went to Tirupati and did not get any bending/leaning pics??

Edit: Just realised this was just a teaser.....i hope you are going to be treating us with more pics!

Hi guys here is the trip log!

Riders

Ravikumarpandian-Honda Stunner
Shafeeq-HH Hunk(Non Xbhpian)
vignesh160-Apache RTR
Ganesh-P180(Non Xbhpian)
Myself-P220 blue
Dilip-P220 black(Non Xbhpian)

The planning had started some 10 days before the ride.We had our exams getting over on Dec 1st.So the ride was planned on Dec2nd.

Log:

As planned we were to meet at the Shell bunk at Padi by 6 am which was the usual Chennai Xbhpians meeting point.Everyone except Ravikumar was there on time and I called Ravi numerous time just to hear his phone going unanswered.So we were only 5 riders and we started.After moving away from the city and entering the outskirts we stopped for some photos.This is when I got a call from Ravi saying that he had overslept and he wanted to join us.We asked him to come to a hotel where we were heading for breakfast.











After the photos we went past the first toll booth on the GQ and took the immediate diversion to Periyapalayam.We stopped by the hotel for breakfast and by the time we finished eating our hot idlis and pongal Ravi joined us.From there on it was a single lane road.We expected this route to be better than the usual Thiruthani route which would have hit badly after rains but we were soon proven wrong .Yes the bad roads started and we couldnt keep speeds more than 50kmph .So our average speed went down.We were very careful spotting the potholes and alerted the fellow riders.







When we entered AP the roads were better with sparse potholes.We stopped for a few pics.







And right before the diversion at Puthur we spotted an elevated mud road and went there for pics.












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There on we didnt stop anywhere and maintained speeds of 80-90kmph and soon reached Thirupathi.We headed right away to the Tirumala Ghat roads.After the usual checking and getting tickets for the bikes there came the most interesting part -The Ghats!!!







Everyone were excited to ride on the ghats and there we went zooming through the twisties bending and leaning .We were taking the corners at pretty good speeds and we maintained considerable gap between two bikes.We stopped at a view point and took a few snaps.





From there we started one by one.I was the first one to start and Dilip was next to me.We both were enjoying the ghats to the fullest and I stopped at a place to catch the others in action.This is when I got a call from Vignesh and I knew something was wrong .I gave my mobile to Dilip and he spoke to find out that Ravi had fallen while taking a corner.Dilip and I parked our bikes and started walking back as it was a one way we couldnt take our bikes along.We didnt knew where this has happened and we were walking for about 15 mins before we reached the spot.We found that some loose gravel on the road was the culprit.Stunner's gear lever was broken into two and by the tie we both came Shafeeq had tied the broken pieces together with a string and Vignesh and Ganesh had done the first aid to Ravi.Ravi was fine and his bike too except that he cant engage the first gear.With the 125cc bike without a first gear and on ghats,he had a tough time!But he managed.Once again we were right on track and soon reached Tirumala.We went straight to a hotel and had a good lunch.

After lunch we headed to the "Perumal Padham"-which is believed to have foot prints of Lord Venkateshwara.The route was steep and deserted except a few tourists.This place was chilly and had woods all over.It was a nice spot for pics and here they are!






















Rest of the log will be followed soon

nice pics how did the bikes perform esp the stunner

Unfortunately we didnt get any bending /leaning pics man due to the fall which Ravi had.

Steve the bikes were awesome even on bad roads.I can comment on 220 and Hunk as these were the ones that I rode during the ride.

220 was amazing in the plains as well as the ghats.I have done this ghats on my 180 but with 220 I was carrying more speeds into the curves and the riding posture gave me the confidence.

I rode Hunk for some distance on the plains.I loved the refined engine but I was not comfortable with the handle bars position.I had a feeling that my hands were in a raised position.

Stunner was indeed a stunning bike!It kept up well with the other bikes.But the TVS Tyres on the bike sucks!!!It didnt not have any grip on the ghats.And when the bike goes on water you should be very careful the tyres have nill grip on wet patches.This was same case with RTR's tyres as well.

Thats ok man! ....Next Time...

Btw, before the fall, how was the stunner uphill?

Before the fall the bike had enough pulling power but as I have mentioned TVS Tyres Sucks!!!

Nice ride there guys! Hmmm... the RCD team is back in action!

Thanks Kiran ....ya man.....

Thanks dude! RCD is growin well. Willing to join us?

Stunner

Hey Fellas this is Ravi,the one who rode Stunner and Manoj make correction in your post...Ravis on Xbhp with this maiden post ..It was a super cool trip except for the fall(s) I had and had no time to breathe at all as i had to concentrate more on keeping up with those marauders.After the drastic fall uphill the gear lever broke and there was no first gear.So had tough time after that when climbing up.Overall it was cool.