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Re: A Tale Of Expedition To Uttarakhand (Ride)
Bro,dont make us wait for too long.
Bro,dont make us wait for too long.
Originally posted by ANUP WS
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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........................
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........................
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. But I do have some more adjectives left in my vocabulary. It would be my pleasure to let them flow if you can continue the log please 
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