Thanks Sir

guys who went for thios ride

the security guy at kudramuck lakaya dam asked about you guys.

so nice of him.... he's a nice person and we had about 15 min chat with him...

Trip Log

Friends, here comes the log… finally! over 20 days after the trip ended. Please excuse us for the delay… I promise, you will enjoy the log & photos. For today it is the Pre-Log. Once you see the log you'd understand why I was pissed off at the MS Word crashing and draining my work with it!

Thanks for bearing with me.

@Ravi, please link this post in the first post.


Pre-Log (The Plan)


07 December 2008… we went on a short ride to Manjeera Dam and this is when Ravi spoke to me about his leaves and his itch to go for a long ride. He knows that I’ve been waiting for company for such a ride. We had 4 days in our hands – from 11 Dec 2008, Thursday till 14 Dec 2008, Sunday. Good enough to cover a far off place or two. Ravi Kiran was in two minds… to join us or not… he wants to come but no leaves available… finally he said he’d try to manage something for leaves!

My first suggestion was to the western ghat region in Maharashtra around Pune – the Panchghani and few other places around. Then came a suggestion which was an earlier plan by me – 4 day trip to Jog Falls & Horanadu in in Karnataka. The discussion sort of ended there… we knew we are going but spoke nothing of it… no plan… no preparation… nothing… until Ravi Kiran called me on the Tuesday night to check the routes in maps. We did an hour’s research and decided on some routes and a vague plan –

Day 1: Hyderabad – Gutty – Bellary – Chitradurga – Shimoga – Sagar (if possible)
Day 2: Sagar - Jog Falls – Agumbe – Somewhere on the way to Horanadu for Night
Day 3: Horanadu – Chikmagaluru – if possible, to Chitradurga
Day 4: Back to Hyderabad via Bellary – Gutty – Kurnool

Well, I know that everyone who knows about our trip is smiling at the plan listed here… so am I.

My troubles started by the time I ended the phone call with Ravi Kiran. 11th December is our wedding anniversary and my wife was furious at my plan… after a lot of discussion we decided to spend the day before going out so that I can leave on Thursday early morning. My Wednesday morning went in packing stuff, getting bungee chords, maps, going out & spending time for our advanced anniversary day! At about 9:30 pm, necklace road, my car doesn’t start… tried all the antics and decided that the fuel pump is gone (which happened earlier too), called up the mechanic, told him to attend the car next morning and that my wife would coordinate, requested the parking fellow to keep an eye (Mumbai Terrorist attacks were fresh in everyone’s mind…) and that we’ll get it repaired and move it before noon the next day… and left for home in an auto.

When I was about to hit the bed after 11:30 pm, I messaged both the Ravi’s and I have an instant call back… both of them are out for dinner and haven’t packed anything yet! Ravi Kiran told he’d getting the foot pump, so I’m relieved… my rear tyre was loosing pressure every day and I don’t have any more space left for the foot pump! Well, none of us had more than three hour sleep that night.

Following is the trip log, day wise. At times there’s information in bold that is given as:

Day :: Time :: Place :: Trip Count


Riders & Rides


Ravi Varma
–Ravi@17bhp - Karizma (Red) – ~30K KMs old – Petronas Sprinta 4T 5000
–Canon SX2 IS – Dunlop GeoCruiser at rear, Front is stock
Ravi Kiran
–caRaviKiran – Pulsar 220 (Blue) – ~30K KMs old – Motul 300V FL
–Nokia N95 – Michelien Sirac at rear, Front is stock
Krishna Prasad Reddy
–HydBiker – R15 (Blue) – ~6.5K KMs old – Petronas Sprinta 4T 5000
–Kodak EasyShare 7.1 MP crap – Both tyres stock

All three of us had Cramster tank bags & another luggage bag tied on the back seat with bungee chords. We all had all the required kit for bikes but each one missed out on something for ourselves. I forgot to carry cash but both the Ravi’s has enough backup for me. They didn’t get blanket and something to help in cold.

Awesome Ride, log and pix guys. Missed this thread all these days.
Kodachadri is now under constant attack! R15 on k-top is quite some thing

Anna....seems the log would be very good!

and Ravi thatha has Dunlop monster and Ravi uncle had a saree front tyre during the trip is'nt it?

The log would be worth the wait. I can assure you. I take time but do things my way

Is that the Dunlop Monster Ravi?

Ravi Kiran got the Saree tyre after Christmas.

@PKM, it was indeed quite something to take the R15 up the hill in darkness!

Trip Log :: Day 01

Friends, sorry for the delay in posting the log... had to struggle with the power cuts & internet account lock out! Here's Day 01 log and please bear with me until I set the alignment and insert photos. - Thank You :-)

The Trip



Day 01 :: 05.30 AM :: My Home (Pragatinagar) :: 00 KMs





PHOTO: Packed up at home


Day 01 :: 06.15 AM :: Madhapur Meeting Point :: 12 KMs



PHOTO: Ravi Varma & Ravi Kiran


PHOTO: Ravi & I + All three bikes




Day 01 ::



PHOTO: The Fog @ Shamshabad. We parked road side. Try to locate a car on the road!


PHOTOS: Another one!


Photos, cleanup visors and started moving as the visibility improved a little bit.

Day 01 ::



PHOTO: Ravi couldn't see anything. Had to clean his spects & helmet visor




Day 01 :: 08.37 AM :: Somewhere on NH7 :: 134 KMs



PHOTO: The Swift VDi crossing me at my Stop Over


PHOTO: This hill had an interesting shape... Photo at the best zoom I had!


PHOTO: Ravi & Ravi Kiran stopped here meanwhile




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PHOTO: While Ravi Kiran & I wait for Ravi


PHOTO: Getting ready to start out



We rode together for another approx 40 minutes and took a pee break.

Day 01 :: 12.19 PM :: Somewhere on NH7 :: 282 KMs

PHOTO: Yogi Ravi Kiran preaching gyan to Ravi!!! See the Indiramma houses in the background!


PHOTO: Ravi pulling out his camera


PHOTO: The Rides & the road they rode on! Thre was a traffic jam behind us. We stopped there as Ravi Kiran too was stuck in that.


PHOTO: Terror Attack




Day 01 :: 01.20 PM :: 3 KM after Gutty towards Bellary on NH 63 :: 327 KMs



PHOTO: Looking back towards Gutty!


PHOTO: My Ride




PHOTO: At the railway gate




PHOTO: Looks like a Mosque / Gurudwara to me. Pls correct me if anyone here knows better. See Ravi Kiran (beside the lorry) and Ravi in the photo.



PHOTO: "Mama, my alloy is bent" - Ravi Kiran


PHOTO: Some photos from my camera without captions... just enjoy!
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PHOTO: Our last sight of tar for the next 2 hours


PHOTO: A better stretch in the craters where I could stop for a photo
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PHOTO: The loose stone track with red clouds
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03.45 PM ::



PHOTO: The Rides & Riders had a dust bath that shook all the bones!



PHOTO: Ravi - "What the heck was it??? Worst Stretch I ever saw". Last photo of the day.


We have strongly decided not to come back by this route. We wasted about 4 hours for this 30 kms (both driving & resting) and this has shaken out every bone in our body.





Day 01 ::







Day 01 :: ~09.30 PM :: Chitradurga, NH4 Bypass :: 546 KMs



I: Sir, which way to Chitradurga City?
They: Where are you going to?
I: To Sagar, but plan to stay here for the night
They: Where would you stay in Chitradurga
I: Gotta find some hotel
They: Where are you coming from?
I: Bellary
They: Go straight. You will get into the city
I: Thnks Sir








Day 1 Summary

Route::
Total Time:: 16:30 hours
546
546
Day Highlights::

Wow!!! nice log HydBiker ....worth the wait.....and the pics are amazing....the early morning start,the fogs,the breaks,off roading....ahhh its itching me to go for a long ride .....

Mammoth log there! Loved it.. Thanks for sharing the text and the pictures. Waiting for the 2nd day's story!

Wow! lovely log. That would encourage a sober biker like me to think to do this trip to the "bikers paradise". And going by the log, the darkness added to the thrill of doing this route. Now what was that bulb ravi anna was talking??? ah!! the silverstar!!!

If I plan to do this and do with out big breaks I might pull this off in a single day. But the question is will I be able to take the torture on my bike(zeuBUsA)???!!!

You said that you are not going back this route in the return so there must another route. Does this another route touch Bellary – Challakere??

Raj.

very good log.waiting for more

It takes a good effort to post a log something like that. So guys lets give KP some time. "BAKRA KISHTHO MEIN KATENGA". What say KP??

Will inform you about the next trip. How about Horsley Hills?
Yes, Ravi had the SilverStar.

If the Platina can make it to Vizag from Orissa, your zeuBUsA can do it in a much better way... just get something done for that obstructive seat!

Nope. If you have to touch Bellary, you must be ready for 30KM's of torture between Bellary & Gutty. If in a car, just forget that the car is yours.

Day 2 will come up today but might need some more time for Day 3 as the power cuts is killing me. My ERO was in rural region and recently shifted to City region. Power cuts started since then )

nobody is asking for the log immediately dude.Chill...