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Here goes the day 2 experience.

Few mobile pics of the Saturday night to start with



Wet ZMA console


Some Q-tiyapa



We planned to visit The mangalore beach and backwaters on the sunday so got up at 6:30. Lazily freshened up and by 7:30 we were ready for our dosa breakfast



Finished by 8 and we were off to Mangalaore beach. Worth to mention here that many curious on-lookers querying where we are off to and "kaha race karne jaa rahe ho"

Few snaps of the Mangalore beach










The adolescent Photographer [MENTION=20267]sruce2002[/MENTION]



Some object-subject testing





Our trustworthy saviours



A lonely pavement



The beach rider



After this it started so heavily that we ditched the plan of visiting the backwaters and decided to start off our journey back to bangalore

Within 70 kms from mangalore we stopped couple of times for tea breaks etc because moving ahead in such heavy rains was getting little difficult and a wet affair

It was Subrata's idea to click like this







Few mobile snaps








Next stop was at Kengiri forest when rains stopped, fog cleared presenting us a clear view

Just loved clicking the below snaps









Once we crossed Hassan, the weather was clear. Few random snaps here and there and we reached neelmangala in a jiffy

few windmills on the way







Visited athiti restaurant again



Offroaders

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Another off-roader


Some random place on the highway







Neelmangala junction





reached bangalore by 7:30 PM, had a nice dinner and retired for bed. A weekend well spent. Rains, ghats, wet roads, fog, broken patches, beaches and Ninja speed run. something to cherish till the next ride

Next day it was the need of the hour




The Ninja ownership experience so far. [MENTION=62783]neil9381[/MENTION] you better read this now just kidding

Till 4K RPM bike feels very ordinary, comparable to any Indian bike ( My run-in pain )
Once you open the throttle and take it beyond 6K, it has the league of its own, The Twin cylinder sound and the sight of overtaking makes you feel elated
Sane riding can give you upto 30 KMPL, as I have mentioned earlier
Rear tyre needs a hugger. Something like which FZ has. Duke and NS hugger will make it look ugly
After 140 I faced wind blast, the windshield is not that effective. I have ridden my friends N650 and did 145 without crouching. Maybe I can look into getting that windshield on mine( if possible )
Brakes should have been better, though its better than any Indian bikes but difference between N650 and N300 braking is quite evident
Heat radiated by the bike is quite manageable
Did 158 km/hr so far and I felt it can do another 20 till it redlines
Its a crowd puller. a Bigger bike feel, amnay people were surprised on hearing that its just 300cc. It can easily pass on as 600 cc machine
Hold its line in the corners, tyres are good, wet road performance is decent not extra ordinary
Slipper clutch- Downshifting is easy but never felt the difference, though never had tyre locking also
VFM: well its upto the owner to decide. I went by the instinct and booked it

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[MENTION=61103]RootedCosmopolitan[/MENTION]


Like this pic
30kmpl is good man...above my expectation
140+ must b an exciting speed...

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I did 140+ only for a very short stretch on a open straight clear highway( 3-4 times though)..otherwise I stay below 120

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Sure, lets plan a ride sometime

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Thanks bro, am taking it offline will send you a PM or connect through FB

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@RootedCosmopolitan : you forget to mention few essential things that innova indecent & my ZMA stopped suddenly after leaving mangalore, may be it starts showing it's age

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[MENTION=20267]sruce2002[/MENTION]..which innova..one who asked about the price of the Ninja and regarding ZMA showing its age...Told ya buy a duke 390 or atleast CBR 250..Repsol color bhi aa gaya hai abhi...somethings will never change

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Wonderful ride and WonGreenful snaps.Loved every bit of it.

Cheers
Biru

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Thanks [MENTION=18157]beruoist[/MENTION] bhai....Any plan of you doing a south india ride?

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you know something called love & I can not leave my love like this for new hot babes

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Your love is dying a slow death...very soon a day will come that ZMA will refuse to start up and you will have to sell its parts in junkyard

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Guys if you make a plan for South India trip, please think something challenging- so that we can compete with any ladakh ride As for us it is not very easy to make a ladakh ride anytime.

Re: Exploring the wet western ghats and rainy beach

Nice trip log
Did the same route albeit from Huskur Gate via NICE to Mangalore last summer in about 4 hours and 10 mins with one 5 min stop for a few clicks at the river you guys clicked.
Set off at 11am and was home by 3:15 pm
That 4 lane highway is such a bundle of joy, i kept the throttle pinned open for an hour and half straight until the Ghat section arrived where it took me an hour just to do a 20km stretch at 5-10kmph :/
So how is the Ghat now? Roads are repaired or craters still visible?

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hey [MENTION=39752]Nithesh[/MENTION], we zeroed on the route you mentioned but then wanted to explore the heavy rains also hence took this one. we weren't racing against the time so completed in in leisure. Regarding the road condition, the 40-50 km ghat section is still bad, craters are visible and I beleive have become worse in the rains. was getting frustrated because had to keep the throttle in check and Ninja is not at all sweet in broken roads, but all said and done the ghats and wet weather meant, the trip is really well done

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Nice trip log...