Hello Folks, first let me introduce myself, I am AadityaGopalaswamy Betta". But a CCD bill for 20 people would easily surpass our B.E marks all put together!
Yet, being the daredevils we are, we set off; and the Ride was on!!

5 Bikes,10 People,1Destination..!

Chiranjeevi a.k.a Chiru &
Sharath a.k.a Shas3 ,On the Duke

Shreyas a.k.a Shreyas(Because the other name is not very social) :P :P &
Tarun a.k.a TV ,on the RTR

Madan a.k.a Maddy &
Nithish a.k.a Bhatta, on the Dazzler

Mani a.k.a Mani &
Prabhakar a.k.a Tiger ,on the FZ

Nithin a.k.a The Boss &
Yours truly, on my trusty Pulsar.


A pulsar classic, Apache 180, Unicorn Dazzler, Duke 200, FZ-S.






We decided to ride mellow so that we would pass some time. I was at the end of the pack,chatting with my pillion NithinSir Munde hodralla 4 bike alli, ella nam hudgre saar"(Sir, the people who just passed on 4 bikes, are from our group only.)
He replied: "" Oh nim hudgrena? Kal nan maklu adda hakidra nilse illa hange hogbitru

Now let me tell you, all this confusion was because somebody said that entry to Gopalswamy Betta was allowed after 8 o clock or so.

Some random passer-by suggested we check out Chamundi hillsBossTigerhamundi hillsNanjangud) for breakfast, we refilled ourselves and our rides there and off we went!!


It was during this session that I found out that, my biking was leaking petrol .. The source of the leak was the carburetor drain, one of the bumps or jumps had lodged the float in the open position and
as a result it was stuck in the open position,leaving the overflow hole open.(I came to know this only later on). No amount of hitting ,shaking or yanking the carb helped,the float was stuck for good.So we came up with a jugaad, and started shoving chewing gum up the drain hole. :P :P :P And it worked like a charm, I was surprised that the gum was holding on against petrol (FYI it was centre fresh).
Even with the problem solved temporarily, I was a bit disappointed deep down, knowing that something is wrong.

Anyway after this break ,we carried on. Due to the road conditions we were unable to cross even 20~30 kph. As we started to climb, the atmosphere changed drastically
the air started getting cooler, clouds were all around us.it got greener and roads started to shrink. Suddenly it started to rain;but wait!, we weren't getting wet,
that's when it hit us, it wasn't rain, we were in the middle of the freakin clouds.


It was a wonderful, feeling even though I had experienced this many times before in different places, this was totally different, the location made it much more exhilarating.
We stopped our bikes midaway and decided to roll around on the fields amidst the clouds.



So we went in and spent some time at the temple, it is a very scenic place ; Very calm and soothing.

It was already around noon by now, and there was a plan of covering
bandipur!. Although not totally impossible, it would mess up all of our schedule, hence we skipped it and started towards Mysore.
A few kilometres after Mysore we stopped at a dhaba for lunch around 3~4 o'clock
With our belly happy,we were off, next stop; Namma Bengaluru.

We had some unscheduled stops here and there, (punctures,water break,etc).