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**ravi@17bhp** · 06-23-2009, 06:09 AM

Originally posted by santoosh View Post

i knew that , i wanted to change to that from the day i bought my r15.
had it on my pulsie and i loved it. my next tyre change is gonna be 120/80-17 vertigo for sure.

Santa

120 on R-15??

Are you sure Santa?

**santoosh** · 06-23-2009, 06:13 AM

yeah , im ok with that cos my purpose is just touring and then its starting to rain . I need grip on sluish more than anything.

plus , trust me it holds man . i like that tyre a lot.
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**ravi@17bhp** · 06-23-2009, 06:15 AM

Originally posted by santoosh View Post

yeah , im ok with that cos my purpose is just touring and then its starting to rain . I need grip more than anything.

plus , trust me it holds man . i like that tyre a lot.
Santa

Interesting then. Will wait for the review (in fact, KP will be awaiting more than me

).

**Abhishek B** · 06-23-2009, 08:37 AM

The list is increasing day by day. But yours is special owing to R15. I'm glad that you did it..... I've ridden R15 only once in my life & was mighty impressed with it.
Now it has done Leh.... I hold high regards for it.

Before we go berserk you better bring more pics & log.

**ajay_meda** · 06-23-2009, 09:05 AM

Till what time of the year is Leh or Rohtang Pass open for bikers??? Waiting for trip log and more beautiful pics....

**ken cool** · 06-23-2009, 10:29 AM

Waiting for more...

Originally posted by ajay_meda View Post

Till what time of the year is Leh or Rohtang Pass open for bikers??? ...

Till mid September you are fine.

**biker boy** · 06-23-2009, 11:23 AM

Thanks guys, sorry for the delay. Here is the trip log and some more pics.

Day 1: 07-06-2009

04:30 hours, I believe it was the best time to start the trip. Well, the Scorpio finally reached our place at 05:30 hours. Yes, for 5 of us we had a Scorpio and a R15 to complete this trip. We hit the highway and I enjoyed the morning breeze.

The begining of the trip with the side stand on

A pit stop on the commando mission

The wonderful roads, it was a delight to ride the '15 on it

One of the curves that the R15 was eating seamlessly

On the way to Manali

A piece of fresh breath near Pandoh Dam

Finally the rafters or more precisily spectator raftors

Changed, and packed again to reach Manali at 20:00 hours. Checked into the hotel and went for shopping to buy the necessary things for the trip till Leh. With a plan to start early next morning after hearing about the traffic jams at Rohtang Pass, we called it a day.

More comming up soon.

- Amit

**biker boy** · 06-23-2009, 11:36 AM

Originally posted by inder.cool View Post

Fantastic..an R15 to Leh with no issues faced is a really good feat..!!

Thanks Bro, yes I had lot of confidence on this steed and it stood upto it.

Congrats Amit..

Thanks mate

Originally posted by dcs View Post

I was thinking in the morning that Amit should have been back by now and I should call him up and ask him about his trip to Leh and here he is.
anyways, good to see you back and congrats for being to the place where u always wanted to. also, u r perhaps the 1st R15er who got it to Leh, so unofficially be it, but you are the Hero for the Season.
Bring in the triplougue soon.

Thanks bro. I always appreciate your inputs and they were of great help for the trip. Will give you a call.

Originally posted by tourer_kashif View Post

Congratulations biker boy

Thanks bro.

Originally posted by Sarvajit View Post

Congratulations Amit!
Bravo for being the 1st one to take the R15 to Leh!
I remember talking about this with you&I'm glad the ground clearance wasn't an issue.
How about the rear tyre? Did you get it changed or pulled on with the stock tyres?

Thanks dear, yes I changed the rear tyre to Ceat Vertigo 100/90 tubeless as discussed with you too. Maybe we shall have a chat again soon.

Originally posted by santoosh View Post

Yamaha guys had already taken the r15 and fz 16 to leh for testing.
"rossiter's" also had told me the same info.

Santa

Congrats dude , what tyres ? thats what i wanna know , rest no doubtin r15

Thanks dear, I went to the Yamaha Pro before doing this trip, there was a guy who told me that they had taken the R15 to Rohtang alongwith a MT.
As correctly said by Rohit I changed the tyre to Ceat Vertigo 100/90 tubeless, and it performed realy well both on and off the road.

Originally posted by moeed View Post

Excellent. R15 proves itself again!

Thanks. Yes, truely it did.

Originally posted by ketan_r15 View Post

Hearty congratulations to you buddy... Finally the R15 got Leh'd.. Wow..

By the way, you went alone to Leh..??

How was the effect on wheel rims?

Thanks mate. I had four of my friends along in a Scorpio.

Originally posted by ajay_meda View Post

congrarulations bro......glad that the r15 did well in those very high altitudes.........

Thanks Ajay, yes it did and according to me it did well too.

Originally posted by kirosh_03 View Post

And the 2009 Leh'ied list keeps adding more names.... congrats, bro!

Thanks Kirosh. Leh and its way is such a beautiful place that certainly people will get attracted towards it.

Originally posted by tibby View Post

Kudos to you Amit!

It sure requires great confidence, and love for the R15 to choose it over the RE for a trip to Leh..
& i'm so glad the bike behaved well through the trip..

How are both of you doing now?
PS: Awaiting detailed trip log & some more pics..

Thanks tibby. We both are back to our routine. No issues atal.

Originally posted by blisteringintelligence View Post

Wow....great teaser pic Amit.... And congratulations for your trip. Now bring on the log and pics.....

Thanks mate.

**navnish** · 06-23-2009, 11:38 AM

Awesome biker boy . did you have any major issues as such ??? were u confident that the bike will conquer

**biker boy** · 06-23-2009, 11:47 AM

Originally posted by suhail_kapoor View Post

Buddy Boy .. a great job done is a good priase earned. I think u did marvelous in doing leh on r15 and now enjoy its the time to savour praises coming from all corners... congrats on doing leh on ur mini R ...

We will talk at length on next meetup... till then see ya ..enjoy.

Thanks Suhail. It has been a long time since we met. Come up for the Karnal meet.

Originally posted by satyenpoojary View Post

Oh, Finally, You answered a HUGE question to me...
BTW Santoosh was right, the official Yamaha did some extreme tests for the r15, and leh was one of em

Well, what was the queestion??

Originally posted by hitanshu View Post

Awesomes - better leh'd than never

Yes Hitanshu, its true. Its a different feeling.

Originally posted by ravi@17bhp View Post

Waiting for the pics and log. Did you manage the trip with stock tyres or did you put any aftermarket tyres?

A aftermarket rear - Ceat Vertigo 100/90 tubelss.

Originally posted by navnish View Post

Awesome biker boy . did you have any major issues as such ??? were u confident that the bike will conquer

No issues at al. As said earlier the front fairing nuts got a bit loosened, I was able to tighten then with ease. Other than that I was fortunate enough that I didnt had even a single puncture.
I was confident for the R15 more than the Thunderbird and I believe it showed up. Moreover, atleast to the extent that this machine will atleast start in any condition and the rest I will take care of

.

**rx100.7050** · 06-23-2009, 11:53 AM

Originally posted by biker boy View Post

Certainly, it had been a journey of a lifetime, both for me and my motorcycle. I had been planning it for quite a long time and after a long list of if's and but's I am back home after the successful trip

.

To start with, here is Rohtang pass

DUDE DUDE DUDE!! heard that you were planning this trip from Prakhar. Now this!! A BIG CONGATULATIONS! Another xbhpian does it & that too on R15!!! gr8!! simply superb ! will be keeping an eye on this

**Shadowboy** · 06-23-2009, 12:02 PM

Awesome Bikerboy -- the entire mumbai xbhpians specially on R15 are planning to go to spiti & Rohtang, we were having so many thoughts about the kind of issues R15 has to face.

i do have few queries

1) How did the suspension setup handle during ur terrain ---did ur back had to take to much pain.

2) Any issues with R15 tyres specially grip over gravel and ice

3) and what abt luggage --can it take up all the saddle bags , tank bags and still not loose it's pose.

**biker boy** · 06-23-2009, 12:17 PM

Originally posted by rx100.7050 View Post

DUDE DUDE DUDE!! heard that you were planning this trip from Prakhar. Now this!! A BIG CONGATULATIONS! Another xbhpian does it & that too on R15!!! gr8!! simply superb ! will be keeping an eye on this

Thanks dude, come for the Karnal G2G so that we can meet after a long time.

Originally posted by Shadowboy View Post

Awesome Bikerboy -- the entire mumbai xbhpians specially on R15 are planning to go to spiti & Rohtang, we were having so many thoughts about the kind of issues R15 has to face.

i do have few queries

1) How did the suspension setup handle during ur terrain ---did ur back had to take to much pain.

2) Any issues with R15 tyres specially grip over gravel and ice

3) and what abt luggage --can it take up all the saddle bags , tank bags and still not loose it's pose.

Here are the answers to the best of my knowledge:

1. The rear feels a bit stiff, the difficult terrain will be for some kms only till Rohtang I believe there should not be any problems.

2. I am happy that i changed the rear to Ceat. It did quite well. I recommend changing the stock ones. For the front I was running with the stock tyres, no issues in that.

3. I didm't put much of my luggage on the bike only a bag sometimes with the bungee cords. All my luggage was in the scorpio

. But I believe there should not be any issues for luggage if you are going till Rohtang as all your bags will be lieing in the hotel.

**biker boy** · 06-23-2009, 12:57 PM

Day 2: 08-06-2009

Neither as per plan nor as per schedule we started around 06:30 hours.

At Rohtang pass

Three of us reach Rohtang - Xbhp, R15 and my good self

The rocky roads

Ice, water and rocks they really rock

The free parking at Rohtang

It was all snow around and I was loving it

A spring while decending from Rohtang

Another spring

The curve with road

The other angle

A typical bridge near Khoksar

One of the curves for Keylong

Last petrol pump at Tandi before Leh

In steed in front of the guest house

By evening we reached Keylong and checked in yarkid guest house, meaning a nice picnic spot. At 200 bucks per room I believe it was cheap. The food was even better than what we had at Khoksar.

- Amit

**pranay** · 06-23-2009, 01:09 PM

Beautiful! Great trip...and great pics. Waiting for more. Thumbs up.

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