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Hooked to this thread! I see a mini GIR here You guys did the 5000 KM trip already?

Guys, am riding a 3100km trip through the entire east coast and North East from Bangalore on 3rd week of June. When is your pan India trip starting? Ping me back if your ride dates matches mine!

Thanks. Which trip you are talking about? We have already done a few of them close to 5k km.

Sakshar, I initially planned to meet you and even spoke to Kaleem sir, but couldn't meet you that day. Hope to meet you again soon, may be when we ride to Manglore sometime this year.

Hope to see some beautiful pics.

Day 1: Mangalore to Bangalore

The planning for this trip started long back, though being an IT-slave, we could not manage to shell out time for the same.
My phone was frequently ringing with messages from friends across locations. I had to keep my promises up to meet them. I knew they were waiting for me.
So, we two (Me and Aravind) took a decision to take up this ride on 24th May. we have chosen the timing and route keeping in mind our upcoming pan-India trip as we thought of testing our endurance in this drastic conditions. So, the route plan was like
Day1: Mangalore-->Saklespur--> Hassan--Bangalore
Day2: Bangalore-->Ananthpur-->Hyderabad
Day3: Hyderabad-->raichur-->Hubli
Day4: Hubli-->Ankola-->Udupi--> Mangalore

I leave it to the pics to describe the rest of the ride

Starting up the ride from the Royal Enfield Showroom at Mangalore


First stop, Ladyhill pertol pump before hitting NH-48


In no time, I was in the beautiful roads of Shirdi Ghat (mind you, its might not be so good to drive on the same road during monsoon times)


Miles to go, my trusted companion:


Sometimes, I rest at my second home: Highway

Near Hassan:

Well, they waited 3 long hours for me on the highway. Sharing the same brotherhood Cruising Sultan from Infosys.




Deepmallya, my dear friend from RTMC:



Members of Bulls of Mysore and RTMC joined in for the dinner till late night. It was so fun. Nice to meet you all over there. And thanks for the honor.



Sorry for the lack of sufficient number of good pics of the party as we all were busy in conversation.

To hold your interest up, here are some teaser pic from Day-2 and day-3 of the ride. Yes, you guessed it right, its Kaleem Sir (Moochwala) from XBHP Hyderabad who is there in the picture.











With my Salute for biking-brotherhood, I am signing off today. Will resume with the rest of the blog shortly.

Sure Ravi. I am traveling to Kolkata on October and hopefully, we will meet again on the highway.

Nice pics...Keep them coming ...

Day 2: Bangalore to Hyderabad

Next day morning, we decided to start early from Bangalore to avoid city traffic. Moreover, though we were awake till late night, the excitement did not allow us to sleep much. So, we started at 5:30 am and in no time, we hit the awesome Bangalore-Hyderabad highway. Attaching the following photos to describe the awesomeness that we felt from the bottom of out heart



Places where we stopped to buy mineral water (very important considering the climate out there)

Old is gold


Consistent at 100 plus on my TBTS


Thanks to Aravind to drive my TBTS for sometime, which allowed me to take these snaps


We took our first break over here to hydrate ourselves



A roadside Dhaba, which serve amazing Egg Pulao. It was heavenly, and I could not resist for one more plate.


Bulls' eyes


Public transport, Reminds me of my childhood days. I miss those days.



Somewhere in between



XBHP Hyderabad chapter bikers were waiting for us for long on the highway. Finally, we met them near the Airport road. I must say, the best thing we experienced in Hyderabad is the biking brotherhood.



Well, we are amazed to be a part of this small G2G-Dinner party. Thanks you Kaleem Sir and each one of you from XBHP Hyderabad.




Planning for the days to come:


Thanks for the honor. I must say, I was so surprise by the same.



Coming next:

Hyderabad-Hubli-Mangalore
Breakdown at Hubli
Teaser pic

Nice ride Sakshar.Waiting for the next installment

Cheers
Biru

thanks

Thanks Biru. Down with fever, so please wait. I promise to get back with the last (but not the least) installment very soon.

Great ride...Great objective...Super pics...Wish you a speedy recovery...Looking forward to rest of the travelogue...All the best to your future rides

Great ride there Sakshar!
Get well soon !
Waiting for the next installment.

Nice log and pictures!!

but....break down?
u didn't told me about this!!