Y sir , whats spl with 50 days ?
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Ayoo office nali full kirik.. when i was touring happily got news from office that 10 ppl were fired ..
So keeping low profile in office for next one month atleast
Ps: Applied for leave on friday 26th, was rejected with change in the tone from my manager today

Rossiter took this pic when u got that "pink-slip" news from ur colleagues at office?

Brilliant log & a great trip Akhil & Mithun

Akhil man it must have been really tough to keep up or in this case keep down with withe R15 How did you control the urge man

NO this was when i was asking the distance from Salem to Bangalore.. some mad a$$ said the distance b/w salem and Bangalore is 300+ kms actually it was 200+

Nice pics but the travelogue was absolutely beautiful!! Included everything about a trip, the places, roads, hardships, delights and people. The bikes too Great to see the camaraderie among xbhpians from various places

They were threatened more than confused..

Status was very much real. Kept speeding at a minimum because I wanted to ride with Mithun as much as possible.

Docked us, as in he just caught us, lectured me and let us off.

And yes the estates are massive, but not massive enough for another SBK as yet


Yup Sorry I didn't reply there.. had already left by then.

Thanks Kiran

I was really quite comfortable in leathers Ken. I myself don't fully know how!

I've left the fans running all the time, and it had never happened. I read somewhere that the heat also reduces battery efficiency, but it doesn't make too much sense in my case.

People were scared to interact.. they'd just stop, stare, talk amongst themselves and push off. Except for a few stops, this was the case everywhere.

Le nafeesa, too much scope eh?

You're not really that old are you Ken?

And yes, the Trivandrum guys were fantastic. Very friendly and fun chaps

I've no idea!

Am still cleaning it

It also proves that an R15 can tow an R1

Absolutely worth it man.. thanks Aryan

Hey thanks Kedar! Like I said earlier, I'm not too big on going fast when I'm with company. If I was alone, I'd have been cruising around the 120s mark, with top speeds much higher.

Actually, people told us the distance from Madurai to Salem was 500 kms.

Doing a good trip is one thing and presenting it in such a wonderful write-up is another ! as always, Akhil Bhai, you are brilliant.
The diversions on the GQ reminds me of the Bang - Hyd road. Its similar, but the diversions is from one side of the road to another .. i use it as a make shift S - bend curve
I don't have to get my grey cells working if i am going to an unknown city, anymore - just get one of the xBhpian's number and you wil have a good humble guide for your company
Thats what i have experienced, be it in Bangalore OR Chennai OR Delhi OR Pune - xBhp is a big proud family.

any pic of the handsome looking rossi with the redesigned A* suit?

Finally compiled all the bills and stats:

Total fuel consumed: 94.31 lts
Total distance covered: 1504.1
Average Mileage: 17.71 kmpl
No of refuelling stops: 11.

Date Location Litres Rate Amount Distance covered Mileage
16/12/08 Mysore 7.72 54.05 417.27 132.7 17.19
16/12/08 Sathyamanagalam4.02 49.78 200 133.5 NA
16/12/08 Coimbatore 10 53.65 536.5 72.1 20.56
18/12/08 Aluva 15.36 50.02 768.31 194.5 17.36
18/12/08 Alleppey 4.36 51.1 223 72.3 16.57
18/12/08 Kollam 3.98 50.28 200 83.6 21.01
19/12/08 Trivandrum 7.5 51.2 384 110 14.67
19/12/08 Kovilpatti 8 49.8 398.4 227.5 NA
19/12/08 Madurai 12 53.9 646.8 103.2 16.54
19/12/08 Namakkal 9.59 52.15 500 190.1 19.83
20/12/08 Chinnar (Hosur) 11.78 54.05 636.7 185 15.7

Overall 94.31 4910.97 1504.5 17.71

EDIT: Just saw the formatting is all messed up. Sorry about that.

Akhil: surprising mileage there.....neither of us (sunny and I) could get beyond 18 kmpl. What were the speeds like in these sections? And the traffic/road condition?? Or was it 'honest' fuel bunks??? great trip there and better was the 'aankhon dekha haal' trip log. You took us all along for the ride.

Thanks OF.. the road was quite patchy at best.. so was maintaining 65ish for the entire stretch. Traffic was minimal in most parts. And could be honest fuel as well.

2nd stretch: (Namakkal): That was the GQ construction road as well.. and that figure surprised me as well.

I got 20ish in my previous ride to Kudremukh.. But 21 is an all time high

My tentative conclusion: low speeds + high gear + low rider weight + honest fuel + absent cat con = amazing mileage on the 1. Say what??

You look to be very good with the Statistical figures....m i right...?

Low rider weight? Hardly That Astars suit was struggling to keep my belly in

But seriously, impressive mileage alright.. But I'm told the Blade is better on economy.

EDIT: I forgot add that I never shifted above 6000 RPM.. my shifts were always within that RPM.