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Exploring the western Ghats on Fri-Sat-Sun 7th, 8th and 9th Mach 2014:
Whats in store!
Launch (boat) Rides!
Beach Bashing
Cornering on twisties till we got Daisy!
Early Morning pre Dawn Offroading
7th March
Started Lazy by 8:00 am, BLR->Tumkur Breakfast @ Tatte Idly place
Lunch at Hotel Ashoka Shimoga by 1:30
Run in to the bushes Near Jog Falls
Launch Ride - short cut to Temple, bypassing Honnavar
Ride on the sleathring water/rat snake!
Pooja at Idagunji Ganesha Temple
Treasure hunt for bidara Homestay via Kumta in Dark night
Bath Dinners and rest for the day at Bidara
Day one concludes with lots of events! Thankful to be safe, we did about 550 kms today from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
8th march
biddara Homestay to Honnavar morning ride, Katte Idly breakfast at Kamath by 10:00
Beach bashing at Pavinakurve Beach till 12:30
Bike wash and lube @ HALDIPUR
Lunch at Honnavar Kamath, met the solo @ 60 author on an rtr 160! Mr F Bhagwagar
Birding in Jog Backwaters at Forebay reservoir
twisties all the way to kodachadri Base via Kargal, Kodanavalli
Really bad / no roads shortcut to kittinahole via Gouri kere! only 10kms but enough to make you puke!, should take Sampekatte route.
bath dinner, Night sky watching and rest at Patalagere homestay very basic stay.
Day two concludes with lots and lots of twisties about 160kms of it and Bheja Fry on the beach.
9th March
4:30 am wake up, by 5:15 enroute to climb kodachadri peak, 9kms climb to top done in 34 mins had to put my leg down 5 times!
parked bike at IB, climbed till top peak, experienced the sunrise amide clouds, sat in peace for a while in introspection, time spent here was really good and one should experience it. Half the joy came from getting out of the riding gear! the other half from cool breeze and sun rise atmosphere on the top.
Felt uncomfortable to see SO-MUCH litter on the top near shankaracharya's mediation point. Found a sack bag and started Collecting of waste plastic on the peak, lot's more was there, but could do only one sack, some trekkers who had camped there got inspired and said will do the same!
Dumped the sack full near a mining hole, started round two till the IB, again the sack was full but my back was hurting now from so much bend to pick, will a carry a pick stick from next time.
Learnt from the locals that they have not seen such a bike here, may be its the first KTM 390 to get to Kodachadri Top!, but then-again each day local m80's do it, even on rainy days!!
Rode down in 34 minutes, had to keep foot down twice, Man this place is challenging in summer, how will it be in Rainy session! need to get back with MT tyres in early monsoon.
Was feeling Happy visiting Shankaracharya, had bath, b-fast and ready to roll by 10:00 am via Nagara, HosaNagara to Shimoga
Lunch at Shimoga Ashoka, Neck pain due to wind blast on helmets post 101 kmph, multiple breaks to ease the same, pointing the front end of helmet down seems to help fight turbulence
Snacks at Tumkur and back home by 7:00 pm.
Day 3 was was a long one from 4:30 am to 7:00 pm all parts paining from offroading + windblast but Mind was fresh and rejuvenated!
Thanks to NFS for excellent company and missed all the old timers who were invited but couldn't make it due to various reasons.
PS: a small note on Duke! : a Jagirdar, Deshmukh, and Zamindar are closely equivalent to a Duke.
More pics from Dslr and goPro once Mac comes back to life, its tuck in a reboot loop now!
Cheers
Sunil
Whats in store!
Launch (boat) Rides!
Beach Bashing
Cornering on twisties till we got Daisy!
Early Morning pre Dawn Offroading
7th March
Started Lazy by 8:00 am, BLR->Tumkur Breakfast @ Tatte Idly place
Lunch at Hotel Ashoka Shimoga by 1:30
Run in to the bushes Near Jog Falls
Launch Ride - short cut to Temple, bypassing Honnavar
Ride on the sleathring water/rat snake!
Pooja at Idagunji Ganesha Temple
Treasure hunt for bidara Homestay via Kumta in Dark night
Bath Dinners and rest for the day at Bidara
Day one concludes with lots of events! Thankful to be safe, we did about 550 kms today from 8:00 am to 8:00 pm
8th march
biddara Homestay to Honnavar morning ride, Katte Idly breakfast at Kamath by 10:00
Beach bashing at Pavinakurve Beach till 12:30
Bike wash and lube @ HALDIPUR
Lunch at Honnavar Kamath, met the solo @ 60 author on an rtr 160! Mr F Bhagwagar
Birding in Jog Backwaters at Forebay reservoir
twisties all the way to kodachadri Base via Kargal, Kodanavalli
Really bad / no roads shortcut to kittinahole via Gouri kere! only 10kms but enough to make you puke!, should take Sampekatte route.
bath dinner, Night sky watching and rest at Patalagere homestay very basic stay.
Day two concludes with lots and lots of twisties about 160kms of it and Bheja Fry on the beach.
9th March
4:30 am wake up, by 5:15 enroute to climb kodachadri peak, 9kms climb to top done in 34 mins had to put my leg down 5 times!
parked bike at IB, climbed till top peak, experienced the sunrise amide clouds, sat in peace for a while in introspection, time spent here was really good and one should experience it. Half the joy came from getting out of the riding gear! the other half from cool breeze and sun rise atmosphere on the top.
Felt uncomfortable to see SO-MUCH litter on the top near shankaracharya's mediation point. Found a sack bag and started Collecting of waste plastic on the peak, lot's more was there, but could do only one sack, some trekkers who had camped there got inspired and said will do the same!
Dumped the sack full near a mining hole, started round two till the IB, again the sack was full but my back was hurting now from so much bend to pick, will a carry a pick stick from next time.
Learnt from the locals that they have not seen such a bike here, may be its the first KTM 390 to get to Kodachadri Top!, but then-again each day local m80's do it, even on rainy days!!
Rode down in 34 minutes, had to keep foot down twice, Man this place is challenging in summer, how will it be in Rainy session! need to get back with MT tyres in early monsoon.
Was feeling Happy visiting Shankaracharya, had bath, b-fast and ready to roll by 10:00 am via Nagara, HosaNagara to Shimoga
Lunch at Shimoga Ashoka, Neck pain due to wind blast on helmets post 101 kmph, multiple breaks to ease the same, pointing the front end of helmet down seems to help fight turbulence
Snacks at Tumkur and back home by 7:00 pm.
Day 3 was was a long one from 4:30 am to 7:00 pm all parts paining from offroading + windblast but Mind was fresh and rejuvenated!
Thanks to NFS for excellent company and missed all the old timers who were invited but couldn't make it due to various reasons.
PS: a small note on Duke! : a Jagirdar, Deshmukh, and Zamindar are closely equivalent to a Duke.
More pics from Dslr and goPro once Mac comes back to life, its tuck in a reboot loop now!
Cheers
Sunil
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