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    A Tale Of Expedition To Uttarakhand (Ride)

    3 Bike, 3 friends and a few thousands of miles and a lot of fun.

    Bikes: 2 Yamaha R3 and one CBR 250R

    Route : BLR - HYD - Nagpur - Chindwara - Kanpur- Tanakpur - Pithoragarh - Munsyari - Bageshwar - Srinagar - Rishikesh - Meerut - Aligarh - Agra - Jhansi - Sagar - Nagpur - HYD - BLR

    No of days -15


    Teasers for now


















    Will be continued soon.............
    Last edited by ANUP WS; 01-08-2020, 05:34 AM.
    It's always better to lose a second in life than to lose life in a second!
    Four wheels move the body, two wheels move the soul

    Apache RTR 160 ,09-2013 | CBR 250R '2013
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    Re: A Tale Of Expedition To Uttarakhand (Ride)

    Thread approved.

    For some reason, the photos are not visible. Please check and reupload whenever possible.

    Looking forward to this one.

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    • #3
      Re: A Tale Of Expedition To Uttarakhand (Ride)

      Hello from Uttarakhand. For some reason I can't see the pictures.

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      • #4
        Re: A Tale Of Expedition To Uttarakhand (Ride)

        Originally posted by MidnightEvil Parth View Post
        Hello from Uttarakhand. For some reason I can't see the pictures.
        Hello

        Originally posted by xBhp View Post
        Thread approved.

        For some reason, the photos are not visible. Please check and reupload whenever possible.

        Looking forward to this one.
        Post edited. Please do confirm if the pics are visible.
        It's always better to lose a second in life than to lose life in a second!
        Four wheels move the body, two wheels move the soul

        Apache RTR 160 ,09-2013 | CBR 250R '2013

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        • #5
          Re: A Tale Of Expedition To Uttarakhand (Ride)

          last two pics not visible

          @ANUP WS
          Ride from Cuttack to Manipal University , MahendraGiri- Odisha ,
          Dream > Explore > Discover =Zanskar & Ladakh Bike Ride,
          Deomali -highest peak of Odisha & Duduma Waterfalls
          S3=Sikkim, Sandakphu & Sohra , Ride to NEHAsthan , RIDE TO KISS

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          • #6
            Re: A Tale Of Expedition To Uttarakhand (Ride)

            Promising start. However, as mentioned, the last two pictures are not visible.

            Looking forward.
            A bike on the road is worth two in the shed.

            Weekend Rides Around Kolkata
            My Ride To Sunderbans -             Hemnagar & Samsernagar
            Saagar Kinare - Bakkhali Calling

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            • #7
              Re: A Tale Of Expedition To Uttarakhand (Ride)

              Originally posted by krishna77 View Post
              Promising start. However, as mentioned, the last two pictures are not visible.

              Looking forward.
              Originally posted by sajalsheth View Post
              last two pics not visible

              @ANUP WS
              Thank you for letting me know. the pics should be visible now.
              It's always better to lose a second in life than to lose life in a second!
              Four wheels move the body, two wheels move the soul

              Apache RTR 160 ,09-2013 | CBR 250R '2013

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              • #8
                Re: A Tale Of Expedition To Uttarakhand (Ride)

                Day 1 : Blr - HYD - Kamareddy
                Distance : 710 Km

                The longest trip for me till date. I had dreams of this trip after it was confirmed. The group was supposed to be 5 initially which got reduced to 3 by the time we started from Bangalore.
                This trip was initially scheduled from Nov 1st to Nov 15th. Due to issues with leaves we had to postpone it which was a major set back for that moment. That one month that we had to wait to get out of Bangalore was Hell.
                As you are so damn excited to go on the ride and all I could think about was UK(Uttrakhand) all the time. It was toughest time for me to wait for another month. [MENTION=7634]bharath[/MENTION]_avg was the man behind planning and collecting all the necessary details required for the trip. I would like to thank Bharath for all the help in planning this trip. Its because of him we were able go on this amazing ride.

                The bikes were serviced and checked for the long haul. The most important aspect was to purchase thermals. The temperatures in UK were never in double digits when we checked and on top of that we were riding.
                Purchased 2 sets of thermals from Decathlon and I had thought it would be sufficient. One saddle bag(cramster colt) and one tank bag( Rynox optimus) which was used as a tail bag throughout was the luggage I carried for the ride.

                21st November (Saturday) is when we started the journey. 5:51 am was the start time. There has to be one person who arrives late for the ride and this time it was me. I hadn't packed my luggage before hand and had to complete it the night before which delayed my sleep. Over slept and reached the meeting point (Esteem Mall) at 5:50 am. Luckily din't get any scoldings and we started by 6.




                3 of us



                It was a peaceful ride and it was quite "cold" at that time. We were doing good speeds and were covering good distance. Our aim for the day was Adilabad which is about 880 Km from BLR.
                We managed to reach HYD by 3 PM including multiple breaks. Without any option we had to take the city route to cross HYD(Hyderabad). It took us about 2 hour 45 minutes for us to cross HYD. we regrouped at around 7 at HYD exit. We decided to push as much as we can and ride for a couple of hours more.

                We rode till Kamareddy and found a place to crash for the night.

                One of our senior - Santa was returning from his North trip with his wife. We were luck enough to meet him and get some advice as he was riding back from the snow covered region. Spoke to him for a while, gained some valuable advice and pointers. Santa left towards HYD after that.



                It's always better to lose a second in life than to lose life in a second!
                Four wheels move the body, two wheels move the soul

                Apache RTR 160 ,09-2013 | CBR 250R '2013

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                  Re: A Tale Of Expedition To Uttarakhand (Ride)

                  We are suppose to meet in Munshiyari.. But time and luck was not in our hand... It was freezing night...

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                    Re: A Tale Of Expedition To Uttarakhand (Ride)

                    @ANUP WS
                    very long distance covered
                    Ride from Cuttack to Manipal University , MahendraGiri- Odisha ,
                    Dream > Explore > Discover =Zanskar & Ladakh Bike Ride,
                    Deomali -highest peak of Odisha & Duduma Waterfalls
                    S3=Sikkim, Sandakphu & Sohra , Ride to NEHAsthan , RIDE TO KISS

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                    • #11
                      Re: A Tale Of Expedition To Uttarakhand (Ride)

                      Originally posted by aloksingh15 View Post
                      We are suppose to meet in Munshiyari.. But time and luck was not in our hand... It was freezing night...
                      Yup was very cold that night. And very unfortunate that we couldn't meet. Due to my bike we were running a day and half late. So we were in a hurry.
                      Hopefully we will cross paths again.
                      It's always better to lose a second in life than to lose life in a second!
                      Four wheels move the body, two wheels move the soul

                      Apache RTR 160 ,09-2013 | CBR 250R '2013

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                      • #12
                        Re: A Tale Of Expedition To Uttarakhand (Ride)

                        Nice read!
                        A bike on the road is worth two in the shed.

                        Weekend Rides Around Kolkata
                        My Ride To Sunderbans -                         Hemnagar & Samsernagar
                        Saagar Kinare - Bakkhali Calling

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                          Re: A Tale Of Expedition To Uttarakhand (Ride)

                          Originally posted by krishna77 View Post
                          Nice read!
                          Thank you Krishna.

                          Day 2 : Kamareddy - Sausar
                          Distance : 450 Km Approx

                          The happening day of the entire trip!!!

                          The day started early for us. 7am we were out of our room and 7 30 we were on the road. We had to cover up the distance we had lost the day before due to HYD's traffic. I was supposed to lead as I manage to hold a constant speed. I was punching it from the start. (I ride a CBR 250 by the way) the previous night we had met @santa and were told that there would be a lot of fog, cold and cows on the road, towards north which we realized the very next day. It was foggy and chilled until about 11 in the morning.




                          We were doing good speeds and covering good distance. The aim was to reach Sagar and if possible push towards Jhansi. The day was going so good that we were confident of reaching Jhansi that day by about 9pm. Little did I know that I had a whole lot of adventure in store for me by the end of the day.

                          We had a late but wonderful lunch and headed towards Chindwara (we decided to take the shorter route to Jhansi, courtesy - Google Maps). All good until a point where I decided to switch on my AUX light instead of keeping the Bike's main light on. It was a 2 lane Highway with a lot of truck traffic. So wanted to keep my main light as a flasher. The golden moment when I decided to switch on the AUX light, the bike just lost power and stalled. I was tailing at this point of time. Nothing on the meter console, no horn or any signs of power. I right away realized that its got to do something with the AUX light as the switch had gone loose for that light and then the bike died exactly when I hit that light. Called up Bharath as he was on Sena and informed him the situation. They both returned in a few minutes and we started to check the bike.

                          Primary inspection




                          Found out that the wiring for that light is completely burnt. That's because of the loose switch. One of the fuse was melted. Now we didn't know to what extent is the wiring burnt. The power was drawn from the indicator relay which is connected to the main DC cable coming from the Fuse box near the battery. Quite a distance!!!! the wonderful news was that we were quite far from Nagpur and we were heading north. I had a bad feeling that the wiring kit has to be replaced. I had called up my mech in BLR and got a few suggestions and all of it had gone in vain. He suggested to take it to a SVC which was the ultimate thing as we could have done nothing in this situation.

                          Bharath rode for a Km and found out that there is a small Mech shop a Km away. Towed the bike to the garage. After an hour or so of messing around we along with the local mech decided that the bike has to be taken to a bigger hospital. This happened in Savner and the next big town was Sausar which had a Honda SVC (thanks to Google), the locals too confirmed that. Managed to get a Bolero pick up for the travel, we loaded my darling to the truck. and started the night journey which was about 20 odd Km.











                          The initial wiring was done by a local mech who was suggested by the shop that I purchased the light from. I cant blame him for my fate but I should have made sure that its safe. We reached Sausar. The SVC was surprisingly open at 8:30 pm. The lead mech heard the story and made some calls after which he suggested to go to the next town which is 55 Km and is a District headquarters. Its difficult to get parts for CBR in BLR and we were in a rural place of MH. I knew that the replacement wiring kit is impossible to source. I had even thought of shipping bike back to BLR and taking a bus or a train to UK and then hire a bike there. We had drawn quite a lot of attention due to our outfit and bikes. One from the crowd walked close and suggested another local mech. After a discussion we thought of trying out all the options we had as we knew what was wrong and that we had no other option at that time and place.

                          Got the bike off the truck. Again a lot of curious and talkative crowd that surrounded the garage. We explained the situation along with the connection on the bike. The mech got to work right away. He just followed the same steps which were told by my mech in BLR. Hope was all that was left. The mech ( Sadique bhai) said that the DC line is burnt and is touching another line which is shorting the bike. The main DC cable was cut and made direct. The engine along with the light were the only things working on the bike. To our surprise the bike was working after all the hassle.

                          That's Sadique bhai in grey jacket and Lala ji in the Tan leather jacket who got us to this garage.




                          By the time we were leaving we noticed the name of the garage. (Honda point)




                          One problem resolved and a disaster evaded, we called it a night. Got a decent stay in Sausar and crashed for the night.
                          The problem here was that the bike was not working with the ignition key but through a switch under the pillion seat as it was direct. The ignition key was a dummy at this stage. once the secret switch is on the bike would start with the self irrespective of the key in the ignition. This was known to the entire crowd. This was a scary situation for us. Had to ask the staff at the hotel to chain the bikes and keep a look out for their safety.

                          Picture abhi baaki hai........................
                          It's always better to lose a second in life than to lose life in a second!
                          Four wheels move the body, two wheels move the soul

                          Apache RTR 160 ,09-2013 | CBR 250R '2013

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                          • #14
                            Re: A Tale Of Expedition To Uttarakhand (Ride)

                            I was in a dilemma to affix mobile charger on my D390. I have my answer now. Though wiring an Aux light is completely different compared to fixing a charger, there is no saying when electrical problems can crop up.

                            Great temperament shown. In your place, I would have transported the bike back and went back home without continuing the trip.
                            A lone amateur built the ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic...

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                            • #15
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                              This is exciting, waiting for the next part.[emoji7]

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