Re: Wah Taj and Mesmerizing Nainital - 3800 kms, 10 days, 6 states and a Couple on two different Bik

[MENTION=14907]rachitkohli[/MENTION] bhau, you are busy rider, thanks for the appreciations means a lot!!

When can we see your Bhutan Blog?

Re: Wah Taj and Mesmerizing Nainital - 3800 kms, 10 days, 6 states and a Couple on two different Bik

this is the probably first travelogue i completed within a day.
awesome pics, nice narration, great selection of hotels and food joints.
loved to know you dint compromised on tasty food as you were travelling.

i have few quests to ask.
how many times you lubed the chain, replace/top up engine oil?
did you know hotels for night stay for entire trip in advance or you just made on the spot search?
what were the factors you considered while planning?
was it bit difficult for avenger to keep up with mojo?(provided both are riding at their comfortable speeds)

Re: Wah Taj and Mesmerizing Nainital - 3800 kms, 10 days, 6 states and a Couple on two different Bik

[MENTION=61137]powerShift[/MENTION], awesome display name you have, Thanks a lot for the compliments and nice to know that you read it in a day

We are hardcore food lovers, so there is no chance to skip our meals while travelling or not travelling

Answers to your questions:

1) We lubed the chains daily with Motul lube and on alternate day we cleaned/lubed the chains but not before 500 kms per day, that means out of 10 days we did it for around 7/8 days, one more thing we were not aware that we should clean/lube the chain when it is warm, that means when we reach our destination we should clean/lube it and not in the morning before leaving when chain and it's ring's are cold (Everytime we learn new things).
2) We did not replaced/topped up engine oils, because we changed it 3 days prior to the ride, and it lasted quite well for the entire ride.
Oils used -
Mojo - Castrol Power 1 (Recommended by Mahindra)
Avenger - Motul 5100 (Performed flawlessly)
3) All the Hotel stays were on the spot, always bargained and always got good deals, best deal was in Nainital, bargained from 6K to 2.5K per night with awesome breakfast included in it.
4) So many factors considered while planning such as
We will not ride in night,
We did not planned over optimistically such as, cover 800 or 1000 kms per day, it spoils the fun and we had to skip the meals, though we did covered more than 750 kms for couple of days with heavy breakfast, lunch, some snacks and reached before dark.
Kept one buffer day, which turned out to be leisure day in Udaipur
All the above points we always follow(Let me know if you wanted to know anything in particular)
5)It was not that difficult for Avenger to keep up with Mojo, as we believe in riding with safer speeds and to kill the monotony we ride on illegal speeds for some time and back to 80 to 110 depending on the road conditions.

Hope i answered your queries

Re: Wah Taj and Mesmerizing Nainital - 3800 kms, 10 days, 6 states and a Couple on two different Bik

thanks for reply. username is something which i learned first in drag racing.
all you said makes sense to me. pls let me know when you go for shopping, i seriously need to learn effective bargaining.

Re: Wah Taj and Mesmerizing Nainital - 3800 kms, 10 days, 6 states and a Couple on two different Bik

lol...

Re: Wah Taj and Mesmerizing Nainital - 3800 kms, 10 days, 6 states and a Couple on two different Bik

Nice Sachin, good detailed log dont know how I missed it. Good to see you both munching miles now. I am sure in coming days you guys will .be doing World Tour together riding together. I loved the travelogue. Again Superbly written and some beautiful pics.

I very much enjoyed the concept of you guys wearing traditional dress to Taj... adds another star to the whole trip. Amazingly done and Kudos to both of you.

I have one question, what made you choose Mojo after Touro. And how did the Mojo performed?

Keep it up both of you, next time happen to cross around Zilla Ghaziabad let me know would love to meet you guys.

Ride Hard, Ride Safe.

Re: Wah Taj and Mesmerizing Nainital - 3800 kms, 10 days, 6 states and a Couple on two different Bik

Thanks a lot for appreciating and we should meet in zila Gaziabad, lot many is remaining to see up there.

Choosing Mojo over Touro was very easy decision and reasons were like, better breaks, reliability, EFi system, tubeless tyres and stuff like this.

Re: Wah Taj and Mesmerizing Nainital - 3800 kms, 10 days, 6 states and a Couple on two different Bik

Now thats a path-breaker of a triplog. A benchmark of sorts. Great to read about you both, a couple, ride long distance as buddies. A story that shows courage and competence are purely individual traits, way beyond the reach of gender stereotypes.

There's no greater pleasure than having your soulmate as your riding partner, whether as pillion or as a fellow rider. My wife and I shared thousands of miles together on road, with her as pillion, before our son was born. And now that he's somewhat grown up, we both look forward to the same again.

Keep riding and keep inspiring....always!

Re: Wah Taj and Mesmerizing Nainital - 3800 kms, 10 days, 6 states and a Couple on two different Bik

[MENTION=10597]Old Fox[/MENTION], this is so Overwhelming for us to get a comment from you, and it is indeed a pleasure to ride with your soulmate as a buddy, hope we can ride together someday

Re: Wah Taj and Mesmerizing Nainital - 3800 kms, 10 days, 6 states and a Couple on two different Bik

Super Travelogue [MENTION=5265]sachin[/MENTION], and with your better half, and another like-minded couple, great. Why i say this kyu ki, aaj ke zamane mai just to go to a restaurant 4 log aur 4 different directions and likes.

The Nainital Bhimtal trip was nostalgic, we did it in '12, on the way back picked up some mutton achar, did you get some?

I was a big one for scooter rides, Lucknow/Kanpur umpteen times, in the '80's & '90's it was just a single highway, and some Kanpur/Allahabad, in my undermentioned restored Bajaj Super.

All the best

Vinod

Re: Wah Taj and Mesmerizing Nainital - 3800 kms, 10 days, 6 states and a Couple on two different Bik


Sachin babu - riding with you both is a tempting proposition and given a suitable confluence of circumstance, I am absolutely in for it

Re: Wah Taj and Mesmerizing Nainital - 3800 kms, 10 days, 6 states and a Couple on two different Bik

@OldFox I was in dilemma how to take all that luggage along when riding with a pillion. It is just off topic here so I request you to kindly share this on my post. I am thinking of attaching something like this

1. Luggage Trailer in Nangal, Punjab, India - INDER AUTO INDUSTRIES

2. Motorcycle trailer - Team-BHP

Re: Wah Taj and Mesmerizing Nainital - 3800 kms, 10 days, 6 states and a Couple on two different Bik

Amazing travelogue!

Re: Wah Taj and Mesmerizing Nainital - 3800 kms, 10 days, 6 states and a Couple on two different Bik

LOvely travel log with great machine and nice captures.

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Thanks Niraj.

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Thank you Neeraj