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Mumbai - Bangalore is ~1000kms.

As you said you want to do it in a day then the straight NH4 route is best suited, apart from a slightly broken down 200kms stretch between Hubli-Chitradurga the rest of the roads are best suited for some WOT fun Total travel time would be close about 16+ hours at about steady speeds of 100.

Else, you can opt for a longer but more scenic coastal route via NH 17. That would take two days in total as its over 1200 kms and all on single lane roads.

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Like praful suggested NH4 is the best bet! sooper smooth roads

As you are doing for first time that too on RX135 which isn't a touring bike.
So I think its gonna take atleast 20 hours.
Moreover doing 100+ will not be practical on a RX135 I guess.
NH4 is the safest and fastest bet for sure.

I'm assuming this will be your first such a long ride on bike. I'll suggest you to break the ride into two legs, specially that RX will be a bit buzzy @ continuous high speeds.

I'll suggest Mumbai - Hubli as leg 1, some 600 odd km's. Take a night halt. Next day morning, fresh, start to take on the bad stretch between Haveri and Chitradurga, due to rains it could be in a a bit more bad state. To reach Bangalore in proper day time. The distance would be around 400km's.

Hi Atul - you could have called me I do this route on a near-weekly basis

Mumbai - Pune (take bypass or else you will be f****d) - Satara - Kolhapur - Belgaum - Hubli - Davangere - Chitradurga - Tumkur - Nelamangala - Bangalore

Pune bypass is very easy to miss because you have to take a Right turn off the highway. Going straight on will take you into the city traffic.

At normal riding speeds you will reach Pune in 3 hours. From here it is 1.5 hours to Satara and 1.5 hours to Kolhapur. About 6-7 hours to reach Kolhapur. Kolhapur to Belgaum is 1.5 hours and from here to Hubli is another hour or so.

Hubli to Bangalore goes through some bad patches but only up to Chitradurga. From Chitradurga there is an excellent stretch up to Tumkur and again the road conditions deteriorate as you enter the city limits.

So start at 5:00am sharp - if you can stay at someone's place in Belapur or Chembur it will cut down your travel time significantly. Reach Lonavala and grab a quick bite there. Proceed on to Satara for a short break and then have lunch in Kolhapur. You should be here by 12:00 - 1:00pm. From here the roads become absolutely sensational...you will have to take care not to trash your machinery because you can get carried away in the twisties. You should reach Hubli by 4:00pm. From here it is 6 hours to Bangalore. I suggest grabbing a bite at Hubli even if you aren't hungry because the next suitable stop is a Cafe Coffee Day in Tumkur and you won't get here till 8:00 or 9:00pm.

Don't get lost in Rannebennur

Better to enter Bangalore a little late...post 10:00pm so that you will miss the traffic.

The idea is - as few stops as possible...don't waste time hanging around and playing the fool. Carry spares...and drinking water.

When are you coming? I am in Bangalore over the weekend...

Hi,
I agree on all of them NH4 being the best bet if u have a bike that goes fast/real fast and there is no need for you to do anything but Ride fast.....

For chilling and enjoying the roads...take NH17 to GOA 565Kms from Mumbai easily manageable......stay at BAGA...have a beer...next to the sea shore on a nice arm chair.....and the next day ride to Bangalore.....

It will be fun...NH4 is not so much fun...

i entered this part of the blog late but i knew the right person who can answer this, and before i could give his reference, i saw PRAFUL UNCEL to be the first one to respond, well he is the right guy to answer to your questions in my view.

safe riding.

--Peace

Jai Hind

Atul I would be looking forward for your log and pics of this ride of yours sply as you would be taking your rx...

haha.. the rx fan!

like anup said, NH4 is boring.. long straights and smooth boring roads.. nh 17 has lot of beautiful twisty ghats and you will never go to sleep!

damn...thats a lot of replies...and from people who i wanted to reply

@praful - want to make it as early as possible..coming back i will obviously take a longer route and enjoy the scenery

@kashif - I've done Mumbai Goa, Mumbai - Pune and nasik on my RX.. I am confortably sustaining speeds of 118kmph on the straights for hours at end...only prob is my ass starts to ache :P

@nav - thanks for the heads up man. My longest has been Mumbai-Agra and then Agra Jammu. But that was on my bullet touring on a stroker can be a bit tiring.

Any good places in Hubli I can stay for the night? How much is the approx damage im looking at (trying to plan out a budget here)

@ guru - haha..i was actually contemplating calling you but all I see you doing is riding in and out of the damn state..so i thot u'd be busy
thanks for the tips man...gonna be riding tomorrow morning if all goes well..will leave around 4:30am like i did for speedtesting

i'll call u once i reach there..will PM you my location details

@ shivanshu - thanks man..I'll have a slightly tall sprocketing setup with a 165cc big bore for the run just so you know Cruising should be fun with the damn thing will keep u posted

Cheers guys..Thanks a ton again

best of luck atul

As everyone may had suggested, take NH4 & keep your eyes on the BANGALORE BYPASS 30 kms. before Pune, very easy to miss.

If You enter Pune by mistake, you can visit Koregaon Park n have a nice tea/coffee (at German Bakery) in tension (fu** wot to do now). You'll find German Bakery even before you can figure out where the hell bangalore bypass was!!!

I can't say if you can do it in a day.. it again depends on the rider and reliability of his machine for a sustained high speed jaunt..
Until Hubli the road is good and from Hubli to Haveri the road is not yet totally complete a little bit of diversion here and there..to Davengere(try Benne Dosa here its good ) the road is good but its not 4 laned.. last time i was there on the road it was a bit heavy with traffic..you will have to slow down a bit and from there onwards the road up until Chitradurga is said to be in bad shape(I have not ridden this stretch yet) as the road is yet to be completed and wouldn't suggest to ride this stretch at night.. if you could halt at night either at Haveri or Hubli.. from Hubli to B'lore its about 425 Kms and can be done in 7 hours unless it rains will take longer
Lots of places to stay in hubli to suit every budget.. Starts from about 250 decent ones in the city... Ambesh hotel on the Old highway is pretty decent.. there are quite a few cheap ones too..depends on the amount of damage you wanna take.. PM me..will try to give you the hotel phone numbers