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**laxman12** · 04-02-2019, 01:03 AM

Re: My Raid de Himalaya endeavour with a stock motorcycle- Hero Xtreme 200

on 5th October around 12 pm i left for shrinagar -and bought a chain spray for motorcycle ..around 7 pm i got stuck in the traffic jam of ramban and i noticed clutch plate of new extreme was gone .it was due to my mistakes because many times i was accelerating and starting in wrong gear .i was out of town so i had to come back to ramban that was 5 kilometer

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replacement of clutch plate at ramban

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next day in morning i left for srinagar near banihal a screw driver got stuck into rear Tyre and damaged that badly .tubeless Tyre was damaged and mechanic advised me to use a tube because puncture was wide .i wanted to buy a new tyre in srinagar ,but could not get the size and in leh also i could not get the new tyre [off road-130-17-70]so i was forced to ride with tube tyre and and later it proved devastated for my raid dream. because 2 punctures during rally

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i was very much disappointed by all these mechanical problems . around 4 pm i left banihal and reached shrinagar after a 3 hour ride .my senior friend and hostel mate[jnu] dr .parvej ahmed khan [professor-urdu-central university of kashmir]was waiting for me. i searched a offroad tyre with him in shrinagar city but could nor get one .

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that night i also visited cafe motorcyclist ,situated on the bank of dal lake ,this is special motorcyclist cafe run by my jnu times friend mustak shah ,who is a local shrinagar resident ,he himself is a motorcyclist and planning to start a motorcycle helpline service for motorcyclist on shrinagar to leh route

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**laxman12** · 04-16-2019, 02:16 PM

Re: My Raid de Himalaya endeavour with a stock motorcycle- Hero Xtreme 200

next day in morning i left for srinagar near banihal a screw driver got stuck into rear Tyre and damaged that badly .tubeless Tyre was damaged and mechanic advised me to use a tube because puncture was wide .i wanted to buy a new tyre in srinagar ,but could not get the size and in leh also i could not get the new tyre [off road-130-17-70]so i was forced to ride with tube tyre and and later it proved devastated for my raid dream. because 2 punctures during rally

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i was very much disappointed by all these mechanical problems . around 4 pm i left banihal and reached shrinagar after a 3 hour ride .my senior friend and hostel mate[jnu] dr .parvej ahmed khan [professor-urdu-central university of kashmir]was waiting for me. i searched a offroad tyre with him in shrinagar city but could nor get one .

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that night i also visited cafe motorcyclist ,situated on the bank of dal lake ,this is special motorcyclist cafe run by my jnu times friend mustak shah ,who is a local shrinagar resident ,he himself is a motorcyclist and planning to start a motorcycle helpline service for motorcyclist on shrinagar to leh route

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that night i also visited cafe motorcyclist ,situated on the bank of dal lake ,this is special motorcyclist cafe run by my jnu times friend mustak shah ,who is a local shrinagar resident ,he himself is a motorcyclist and planning to start a motorcycle helpline service for motorcyclist on shrinagar to leh route

**laxman12** · 04-18-2019, 03:48 AM

Re: My Raid de Himalaya endeavour with a stock motorcycle- Hero Xtreme 200

**princesirohi** · 04-19-2019, 11:15 PM

Re: My Raid de Himalaya endeavour with a stock motorcycle- Hero Xtreme 200

Keep it coming bro, inspirational story.

**laxman12** · 04-25-2019, 06:04 PM

Re: My Raid de Himalaya endeavour with a stock motorcycle- Hero Xtreme 200

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after finishing last and 4 th stage we had to come to trc leh for reporting .i went there .all contestants were there .final result was out.i stood last in whole rally. tehre were 4 motorcyclist who could not complete raid

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around 8 pm i reached leh.road to leh is very good.it is made by BRO. one of the finest road of India. midway i noticed saddlebag was partially burned due to contact of muffler .. traction with Tyre burned many things inside bag .a huge loss indeed ..

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on 8th October at hotel great dragon leh there was scrutiny .they would check machine ,safety gears body armors ,boots ,etc , all papers like insurance ,license and many things ,it was a lengthy and tiring process. i had problem in my helmet .it is THH offroad helmet .DOT approved BUT it does not have d link . scrutineer official from FMSCI asked to fix the problem .i did my best to fix but could not get a d link hook. later they allowed me to compete .actually one vendor in jaipur sold me a faulty[without d link] helmet.i did not know much about Motorsport. i clearly asked him that i m going to compete in raid de himalaya. the shopkeeper himself claims to be a motorcycle racer [Karan motor marts-jaipur]but he dont know even basics of Motorsports.[in photo u can see a d link helmet]

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there were many motorcyclist from around the world. some came from countries like Australia and Switzerland . India,s top motorcyclist and motorist were there with their highly modified machines ..team of tvs motorcycle was also there .tea,s of indian army and BRO was also there

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machines at hotel grand dragon ,leh

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on 9th we were suddenly told that the rally will begin from kargil and will have to report 5 am in kargil but before that its must to attend the briefing at hotel in Leh around 6 pm . and than we can leave for kargil than is 220 kilometer far from leh. and it will take at least 5 hours to reach kargil from leh .we will be forced to ride in subzero temperature . there were mostly participants who came along their service vehicle .they loaded their vehicle in their trucks and reached kargil safely with ease but at least 10 participants started from leh around 7.30 pm .. i was alone because i did not know any one as well as i ride at relatively fast pace so after a 6 hour ride in subzero temperature i reached kargil around 1 am --रेस कारगिल में सुबह , 7 बजे शुरू होगी।इसलिए लेह से कारगिल जा रहा हूँ।पहले लेह से शुरू होनी थी लेकिन रूट बदल गया।100 किलोमीटर चल चुका, 130 और[one of my facebook post..]

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flag off ceremony at sindhu ghat -leh

**laxman12** · 04-29-2019, 01:08 PM

Re: My Raid de Himalaya endeavour with a stock motorcycle- Hero Xtreme 200

on first day of raid i came to knew that all the participants have installed a different jet in there carburetor to suck more oxygen due to high altitude .rest of the competitors had motorcycles with fuel injection. i was unaware of this trick so speed of my motorcycle was less due to less oxygen

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around 1 am i reached kargil city .it was subzero temperature over there.i spent night in hotel .other [participants were also in same hotel i asked them about the morning programme of rally. in morning we have to get up at 5 am and report at rally starting point. there was 70 kilometer transport stage. than there was a 67 kilometer competitive stage from sankhu village to drass .it was a dirt road made by Indian army during kargil war as an alternate to drass to leh highway to avoid Pakistani shelling .it was first day of race i was quite excited. we had to go to the starting point in 2 hour so there was enough time to reach sankhu village. local people new about rally so they were also excited and waving us

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leg one started from sankhu village of kargil.we had to go to drass via a dirt road. at many places there was fresh snow. i was the last one to complete this stage . we had to cover 70 kilometer distance

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**krishna77** · 05-02-2019, 09:13 PM

Re: My Raid de Himalaya endeavour with a stock motorcycle- Hero Xtreme 200

Great going!

**princesirohi** · 05-02-2019, 11:31 PM

Re: My Raid de Himalaya endeavour with a stock motorcycle- Hero Xtreme 200

Keep posting. We are anxiously waiting to hear the complete story. If possible u can share every detqil possible.

**Rituraj_singh** · 05-07-2019, 12:19 PM

Re: My Raid de Himalaya endeavour with a stock motorcycle- Hero Xtreme 200

Awesome … waiting for the next part.

Originally posted by laxman12 View Post

on first day of raid i came to knew that all the participants have installed a different jet in there carburetor to suck more oxygen due to high altitude .rest of the competitors had motorcycles with fuel injection. i was unaware of this trick so speed of my motorcycle was less due to less oxygen

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around 1 am i reached kargil city .it was subzero temperature over there.i spent night in hotel .other [participants were also in same hotel i asked them about the morning programme of rally. in morning we have to get up at 5 am and report at rally starting point. there was 70 kilometer transport stage. than there was a 67 kilometer competitive stage from sankhu village to drass .it was a dirt road made by Indian army during kargil war as an alternate to drass to leh highway to avoid Pakistani shelling .it was first day of race i was quite excited. we had to go to the starting point in 2 hour so there was enough time to reach sankhu village. local people new about rally so they were also excited and waving us

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leg one started from sankhu village of kargil.we had to go to drass via a dirt road. at many places there was fresh snow. i was the last one to complete this stage . we had to cover 70 kilometer distance

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**laxman12** · 05-08-2019, 06:24 PM

Re: My Raid de Himalaya endeavour with a stock motorcycle- Hero Xtreme 200

this stage went up tp 13500 feet .oxygen was scarce .it goes via umba la pass .a very high pass. r natraj of tvs did it in 1 hour flat .its me with r natraj of tvs racing .he was riding a sherco 450

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winner of of group d motorcycle category vishal das with natraj at drass/.vishal was riding a duke ktm 200 .it was his 4th raid .this year he manged to finish as well as stood first in d category [upto 200 cc non modified indian motorcycles]

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first day was good .i was the last one to finish the race .my hero extreme was having difficulty in acceleration due to thin air and my machine was without fuel injection and special jet which mix oxygen and fuel in proportion .. in evening the hotel stay was arranged by the organizers of raid . it was nice experience .i enjoyed a lot on day one ...

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next day we went to parachik village of kargil .stage was cut short to rangdum to due to snow fall at penjila pass .stage was 76 kilometer .parachik to rangudm and back to parachik

**kaustubh_vaze** · 05-09-2019, 06:47 PM

Re: My Raid de Himalaya endeavour with a stock motorcycle- Hero Xtreme 200

Laxman sir, hats off to you. I am riding along with you in the Raid.
How you managed without any support/vehicle is beyond imagination. Salute to you sir!!!

Best Regards,
Kaustubh Vaze

**princesirohi** · 05-10-2019, 02:53 PM

Re: My Raid de Himalaya endeavour with a stock motorcycle- Hero Xtreme 200

I hv a request, can u show us d complete route on gmap.

**krishna77** · 05-11-2019, 09:20 PM

Re: My Raid de Himalaya endeavour with a stock motorcycle- Hero Xtreme 200

Nice capture once again!

**laxman12** · 05-19-2019, 03:52 AM

Re: My Raid de Himalaya endeavour with a stock motorcycle- Hero Xtreme 200

soory i dont have gps route .but i m posting this for you. first day route was changed and second day stage was cut short upto rangdum due to snowfall

**Krishna3450** · 05-19-2019, 12:46 PM

Re: My Raid de Himalaya endeavour with a stock motorcycle- Hero Xtreme 200

Pls write a review of xtreme 200r.

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