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A 2750km Solo - round trip to Home for Christmas and New Years on my Duke 390!
The very first time I set my foot on Mumbai soil 4 years back I thought I would go back Home to Coimbatore one day on my bike may be after I get a transfer back to Tamil nadu or it would be just a trip home for some holidays. For the past one year now on every Sunday when I’m returning to my place after roaming around the whole day I would just feel I should take the eastern expressway and head to Coimbatore but the fact that I had an Apache RTR 180 never made me feel comfortable to do it! I have always felt Apache wouldn't be a comfortable bike for such a long journey (my personal opinion, I know guys who do very long trips on it). It's brilliant in the city though. I have done short trips (~250kms) but never really felt it’s meant for long rides. I always had my back hurting and the bike feels strained at speeds above 90kmph. I badly wanted a bike which can do speeds around 110kmph all day long without breaking a sweat!
Just when I was getting really desperate for a decent sub-400cc bike, the news of the launch of the Duke390 broke out and I had my whole focus on that even though the Honda 400/500 trio really attracted my attention. I booked the Duke soon after its launch knowing waiting for the Honda is no good and no way will they price it as competitive as the Duke since it’s a twin. After a 3 month wait I finally laid my hands on this beauty on November 1st 2013 and I immediately knew I was going home (Coimbatore) on this one day but dint know it will happen very soon!
Come December, I had to plan my trip home for Christmas and New Year but it wasn’t possible till I completed my “tasks” at office and by the time I could even plan, the air tickets had sky rocketed!!! That’s when I thought this is it! Both my brother in law and my nephew started to talk about it and every time I spoke to my nephew he just had one thing to tell me, “Maama, come on your bike”. So that’s how I finally made up my mind to do this trip which would be 2750kms in total!!!
Once the decision was made, lot of doubts started arising like “Would I be able to do such a long trip since it’s been quite some time now that I did a major trip, my best being ~500kms in a day”, “What about the windblast” and the list went on. But with inspiration from riders like @Sachinnair, @vbarnabas, @aargee, @J.Ravi, [MENTION=23291]harikeshpk[/MENTION] to name a few and able guidance from other seasoned riders I just thought I just have to hit the road and everything will fall in place!
Warning: I dint take many photos so expect more of text
Rest after approval
Just when I was getting really desperate for a decent sub-400cc bike, the news of the launch of the Duke390 broke out and I had my whole focus on that even though the Honda 400/500 trio really attracted my attention. I booked the Duke soon after its launch knowing waiting for the Honda is no good and no way will they price it as competitive as the Duke since it’s a twin. After a 3 month wait I finally laid my hands on this beauty on November 1st 2013 and I immediately knew I was going home (Coimbatore) on this one day but dint know it will happen very soon!
Come December, I had to plan my trip home for Christmas and New Year but it wasn’t possible till I completed my “tasks” at office and by the time I could even plan, the air tickets had sky rocketed!!! That’s when I thought this is it! Both my brother in law and my nephew started to talk about it and every time I spoke to my nephew he just had one thing to tell me, “Maama, come on your bike”. So that’s how I finally made up my mind to do this trip which would be 2750kms in total!!!
Once the decision was made, lot of doubts started arising like “Would I be able to do such a long trip since it’s been quite some time now that I did a major trip, my best being ~500kms in a day”, “What about the windblast” and the list went on. But with inspiration from riders like @Sachinnair, @vbarnabas, @aargee, @J.Ravi, [MENTION=23291]harikeshpk[/MENTION] to name a few and able guidance from other seasoned riders I just thought I just have to hit the road and everything will fall in place!
Warning: I dint take many photos so expect more of text
Rest after approval
never underestimate the cold.. Hehe.
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