Tweet
Hi All,
Even though I have done so many rides, this is my first travelogue ever, so Please be nice
. Hope I will improve In my upcoming logs.
It all started when I saw a long weekend (3 days) coming. Need to do something mate!!! I can’t sit at home for that long 3 days. So I discussed with my friend about this, and he was like waiting for this. He has a bullet 500. We both decided to buy together but for some unforeseen reason I was not able to buy on Time. Also we decided where to go, Wynad!!! Why Wynad? Apart from Riding we also had one more thing in mind a Trek to Chembra Peak, The highest in Wynad and 2nd Highest in Kerala. So we calculated the distance from Bangalore to Wynad is 300 odd KM's. We decided the destination and Objective as well. Now comes the next question, I don’t have a bike for a long distance (Oh no dude, seriously!!!).
I have a Pulsar 150cc which is 11 years old and she is not stable after 70 kmph. She starts vibrating at 70 kmph and above 80 is quiet scary. Also the bike had few niggles and needed the tyre changes. So quiet a bit to work on her. She has served me for more than a lakh km. Initially I was planning for rent a bike for 3 days, and spoke to a bike rental personal and got a good deal for Continental GT. All set, I was also calling couple of other friends for trip and one of told me that he is going to be out of station for the weekend (family function) and I can use his Bike. Man Oh man... I was waiting for this. He has a Thunderbird 350 2014 model. I didn’t think twice. I said Okay bro I am going to take her for this trip. That was so sweet of him. I took the bike couple of days before the trip as he was going out of station 2 days before itself; this also gave me some time to get used to the bike. Also one of my colleague (Pradeep) also Joined the party as he was also not planning to do much on the same weekend. So he decided to take his brother's thunderbird 2010 model. so now all set. 3 Rider (Me, Sharath and Pradeep), 3 Bike (1 2010 Thunderbird 350, 1 2014 model Thunderbird 350 and 1 Bullet 500 2014 model, and One destination Wynad/Chembra Peak. And now eagerly waiting for the day, the road trip day.
This is how it went
Day 1:- Ride to Wynad, Visited Banasura Sagar Dam.
Day 2:- Chembra Peak Trek, Ride to Thirunelli Temple.
Day 3:- Dharshan in Thirunelli Temple, Ride to Bangalore.
Total of 868 kms in 3 days.
Few Pics before I begin the Day1. Mods Please approve my travelogue. Also please let me know if the formatting is alright.
The bikes, in the Ghats
The Ghats
The Peak
The twists
The Cuckoo near to our cottage
The Dam View 01
The Dam View 02
The greenery, before the Chembra peak
Inside the Temple
Temple Entrance.
Even though I have done so many rides, this is my first travelogue ever, so Please be nice
. Hope I will improve In my upcoming logs.It all started when I saw a long weekend (3 days) coming. Need to do something mate!!! I can’t sit at home for that long 3 days. So I discussed with my friend about this, and he was like waiting for this. He has a bullet 500. We both decided to buy together but for some unforeseen reason I was not able to buy on Time. Also we decided where to go, Wynad!!! Why Wynad? Apart from Riding we also had one more thing in mind a Trek to Chembra Peak, The highest in Wynad and 2nd Highest in Kerala. So we calculated the distance from Bangalore to Wynad is 300 odd KM's. We decided the destination and Objective as well. Now comes the next question, I don’t have a bike for a long distance (Oh no dude, seriously!!!).
I have a Pulsar 150cc which is 11 years old and she is not stable after 70 kmph. She starts vibrating at 70 kmph and above 80 is quiet scary. Also the bike had few niggles and needed the tyre changes. So quiet a bit to work on her. She has served me for more than a lakh km. Initially I was planning for rent a bike for 3 days, and spoke to a bike rental personal and got a good deal for Continental GT. All set, I was also calling couple of other friends for trip and one of told me that he is going to be out of station for the weekend (family function) and I can use his Bike. Man Oh man... I was waiting for this. He has a Thunderbird 350 2014 model. I didn’t think twice. I said Okay bro I am going to take her for this trip. That was so sweet of him. I took the bike couple of days before the trip as he was going out of station 2 days before itself; this also gave me some time to get used to the bike. Also one of my colleague (Pradeep) also Joined the party as he was also not planning to do much on the same weekend. So he decided to take his brother's thunderbird 2010 model. so now all set. 3 Rider (Me, Sharath and Pradeep), 3 Bike (1 2010 Thunderbird 350, 1 2014 model Thunderbird 350 and 1 Bullet 500 2014 model, and One destination Wynad/Chembra Peak. And now eagerly waiting for the day, the road trip day.
This is how it went
Day 1:- Ride to Wynad, Visited Banasura Sagar Dam.
Day 2:- Chembra Peak Trek, Ride to Thirunelli Temple.
Day 3:- Dharshan in Thirunelli Temple, Ride to Bangalore.
Total of 868 kms in 3 days.
Few Pics before I begin the Day1. Mods Please approve my travelogue. Also please let me know if the formatting is alright.
The bikes, in the Ghats
The Ghats
The Peak
The twists
The Cuckoo near to our cottage
The Dam View 01
The Dam View 02
The greenery, before the Chembra peak
Inside the Temple
Temple Entrance.
Attached Files
) After Kanakpura it was butter smooth. We were just cruising through, I hit 105 - 115 kmph approx. in the 350 TBTS, but it was vibrating like hell and was not able to hold like that for long, I came back to 80 - 90 kmph at this speed the bike was in its sweet spot and well in control, We rode until We reached somewhere near to Malavalli or Halaguru, There we had the first stop. We stretched for few mins ... It was in the highway in between mountain. The view was nice. The sun was just coming up. 
Comment