Re: 3 Bikers ride to Srisailam (Andhra Pradesh)

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Good start. Waiting for the rest!

Re: 3 Bikers ride to Srisailam (Andhra Pradesh)

We rode non-stop as the landscape was beautiful , complemented with the cool weather. We took a small break at around 8:30am to munch few of the snacks that we were carrying.

We munched few more miles to reach a junction near "Kavalakurthy" to have our proper breakfast. It was a lavish "Masala Dosa" which filled our tummies & that was the last heavy meal of the day ahead.

The great Masala Dosa

Then we moved ahead towards Srisailam . Soon the heavy greenery started in and around the highway. The landscape was totally scenic & the ride was thoroughly enjoyable.

The first photo break was at Dindi River Dam. It was a beautiful spot , did a little off-roading to reach near the river.





Then started the beautiful ghats , thoroughly enjoyable.





Corners were extremely enjoyable and we had lots of fun cornering & scrapping foot pegs.
Let the pics speak the rest of the story




The foot peg nut .... saw it for the last time.








And at last ...the nut was gone forever.

After lots of photo shooting , we kept moving forward and soon we were in the India's largest Tiger Reserve. Dense forest all around. We stopped once amidst the forest to enjoy the forest and click few snaps.



It started to drizzle in the forest area and we wore our rain gears in anticipation of a heavy shower , all in vain. It became sunny & humid after a few kilometers.

After the forest area , there came the ghat sections again. Super tight curves and totally enjoyable . The road was scenic all throughout.


We moved further to know that none of the gates of the Dam was open.






We also shot a video of the ride as we proceeded towards Srisailam town.



We finally reached Srisailam town at around 1pm.







On reaching Sriailam town , we head straight towards the temple area to buy "LADDUs" , but due to excess crowd we failed to get them. We moved towards our way back with a heavy heart.

On the way back , we were totally drained out due to the hot & humid weather we were facing. We stopped at the View point to click some pics & decided to go down the ghat & get down to the river that was flowing out of the dam.











Although the dam was almost full till the brim , the gates were not opened. our bad luck.

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Finally we came down from one of the ghat and entered the river water. The water simply washed away all our tiredness. It was soooo much fun playing in the water. We had a rope handy for safety purpose. Also we were assisted by local fishermen to have maximum safety.







Thoroughly enjoyed the river water.

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Unfortunately , I lost my specs near the river ,,, had to face a lot of trouble riding back home .














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Finally at 11:30 pm , we reached home safely. We got lost near Kavakurthy & hit Bangalore-Hyd Highway. It was more of a speed run till Hyderabad.
I was saved due to my huge HID Projector setup , else i was half blind already without specs.

Overall , it was a memorable trip.

Re: 3 Bikers ride to Srisailam (Andhra Pradesh)

Very good log. Good to see the Gladiator cornering like this! One question, how did the Gladiator come up against more powerful counterparts?

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nice clicks

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Thank you. Glad to know you liked my log.

Yamaha Gadiator is the best 125cc in India at present. It has a wonderful chassis which loves to be thrown on to corners.Also Gladiator does 80+ kmph on highways with absolute ease. On the way back i was tailing the R15 @120 kmph. Also we maitained a decent 65 - 80 kmph all through the way ... so did not face much trouble.

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Thanks . Glad u liked the clicks

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Thanks for the reply. I also own a Gladiator(SS125-Nov 2012,17K km.s till date). So, I know what do you mean!
Actually, there are not too many t'logs involving a Glady. Glad that you felt Glad on your Glady!

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Good to know you too ride the Gladiator. Glady really makes me glad everytime i ride it. Wonderful machine.

RIDE HARD RIDE SAFE

Re: 3 Bikers ride to Srisailam (Andhra Pradesh)

Hi, If I am not wrong, you are Souritra Ganguly. I am Barun Dey(I'm there in Yamaha Gladiator Facebook page).
Sorry brother, I didn't know it was you. I double-checked the headlights of your bike(it's unique) with the Facebook page's and got to know. Happy riding

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Yes I am Souritra Ganguly Good to know you.