wow nikhil just too awesome. gr8 work buddy

@sunny :around the world ho ho ho ...and can v do it on zmas and plusars...v need big guns for that ...
i have not don 200km + in a trip in my life ...and the these guys ..damn

@nikhilsc ....what was the cost man?
wernt u scared ?
what if the bike broke or something?
brave is the word..

thanks guys!

was i scared, no. but v. tired i was.

i knew i had kept my bike in good condition and knew that she wouldn't break down on me. i had plenty of spares in case anything did happen. but NONE of the spares were used apart from the spare tubes.

in any case, even if something serious had happened, eventually, someone or the other would have come up the same way. the place may be deserted, especially in the off season, but that doesn't mean that you won't see any vehicles. you also have recovery vehicles standing by.

i think i'm very stupid by nature and don't have much ability to think, this is what really helped me get through!

cost: roughly 12k.

wow! just awesome. u really had the best time of ur life it seems............great going bro

HATS OFF TO YOU AND FRED, BUDDY .... years to go before i can embark on such a kind of journey !! awesome snaps

... a few more ...

Attempted tyre inflation at South Pullu. The army was very helpful, but we couldn't fill any air in the flat, and I had to ride on till Leh as is. Took a video clip of the event too. Best of all the clips and pictures to be posted by the end of this month, so please be patient!



For some reason people keep saluting me! Here's the proof!

We all salute thee Nik...but they?..well, either they r doped out or they seem to saluting the camera in front of them.
If they were saluting u nik, it must b ur army fatigues...dont fool poor gullible foreigners...
Watever..the place is beautiful so the pics r beautiful ofcourse, Du-h!...& nik is one helluva lucky dude...so where r u going today Nik?..
Man, u uphold the true biking spirit...& a heavy pocket too!!

I really envy u man.. but at the same time admire ur guts to go to such remote places all by urself Kudos Man

Thanks guys, but seriously. It's not such a big deal to do a trip to ladakh. One has to thank the Border Roads Organisation. Without them this trip ain't possible.

You think biking there is a big deal, there guys were gonna do it on cycles ... that too via tsomoriri, very very bad terrain.

Pic taken infront of the rest house I was staying at.

sahee hai bhidu - although I cant see ur pics
But can read the captions chill'o'man

amazing....man,amazing is not the word!! its just too goood!! and i really really appreciate u for undertaking such a bold trip!!u must have achieved motoring nirvana!!
im in chandigarh now...and next weekend, me and my friends are going to manali on 3 zma's and a 180 classic... hopefully it would be a succesful and fun trip!

Totally blown out

hey manthran, hows your bike doing? how many kms has it done till now?

if you are probably not strapped for time, you could try going to shimla and then manali. a much more interesting ride. go upto rohtang too.

hope you guys have a good ride!

too much man thats the only thing nice man did the trip get freeky anytime.. envy u man ...

well yeah you could say it did. day 2, managed to get a puncture in the front trye at baralacha la (16,500 feet). i had ridden for quite a few hours, and suddenly this puncture. anyways, having few choices i rode on, thank god, there was a puncture repair chap at sarchu. i was hoping that the tube hadn't been damaged. anyways, he opens up the tyre. puts a puncture. puts the tyre back on, fills in air, and air starts leaking again! damn! took out the tube again, found out that quite a bit of the inner lining had ruptured. then put a truck tyre puncture on that. put it back again. then found out that the valve had become defective and was leaking slowly. by now i was fed-up. and he didn't have a spare. so the next day bascially i rode on with a faulty valve till leh. not such a good idea, i think now.

another one was the time when i did the second trip to nubra. got late. reached khardung la pretty late at 7:00 P.M. but because i got late, i managed to get some beautiful views of the sunset. it was amazing. and everyone else was in their tents, so i had the pass to myself, so to say. [8D] anyways, it finally became dark, the entire road from khardung la to leh was deserted, that was one helluva ride. all it took was a bird and a rabbit to scare the **** out of me during the journey back ...

then the day i was going to lamayuru, some parts the road was good, so i was like taking really banked turns, scraping the side stand etc. when finally on one u-turn, the rear wheel lost grip, thats was scary. no doubt.