Rocky

Have put the wide handle bar, FZ-S headlight and indicators with the ZMA speedo mounted on top. Had to make special brackets for accommodating the headlight and the speedo. The light is far better than the stock ZMA...however, the indicator flasher keeps conking off!!!

Removing the faring has had its impact on the aero-dynamics, but I guess it's about getting used to it. The tyres are Duro (front & rear). Considering, the main aim of the ride was off-roading...the bike handled pretty well. Overall a nice experience and I must say a commendable job done by KRP on both the 220 and the ZMA.

Will try putting up pictures as per your requirement.

Ken: Waiting for more updates and the videos!

Cheers

Nitinjit

Ah! Finally. The STAR riding member of the team speaketh!

Thank u ken...

Thanks a lot Nitinjit. I was thinking to have this similar setup on my bike for some time. Will wait for pics

It may be the case.

For the headlamp output..is it still on 35W bulb or a higher wattage one..??

Quite an interesting mods there Ken on your 220..!

Wow...!!!! That's cool... Damn! my boss did not approve my leaves....I missed it.

Hey Sheldon...it surely has been a while! You should come along for rides...if not rides then surely for Sunday morning meets...let's catch up!

Ken: Write up...

The dam pic looks damn

Its coming. And of course... people are waiting for your side of the story too! How your devious mind thinks to make stops so that you get to eat more! Not that I am complaining.

Waiting for write up

That's wonderful!

P.S: I am not able to see all the photos.

Day 2, 13 SeptemberWarming up


Note that we had done 595 kms on the odo Day1!

Tightening of chains


Himachali aunty and her daughter making breakfastStuck up here:







Details hereAt Rohtang top, 3996 Metres above MSL





The Determined look!





I stopped to click pics







We rode down the other side to Gramphoo. As expected Nitin found us a place to stop and eat! Mutton rice, two plates for him, one for me and Rajma-Rice for Vivek!

Yet again talking to the dhaba owner at Gramphoo we realized that Kaza would be inaccessible.

At Gramphoo





The competitive man



And the man behind it all...At Chhatru Bridge



We had some more bad news at the Chhatru Bridge tented dhabas, but nothing that we did not know already. We were told that we would not be able to make it to either Chandrataal due to too much of snow or Batal due to landslides! But we decided to continue nonetheless. We crossed another landslide area being cleared by the JCB machines of the BRO. More slush and mud. And finally we came to a place where there were huge rocks and boulders lying on the road blocking it completely and local villagers passing by on foot said that there were even more of such landslides up ahead. And BRO had not even reached there. There was no way that traffic could move up ahead on this stretch in the next 3-4 days.

Dejected and disappointed we took the only choice left for us, back to Manali. This time we did not stay at Vashist. We stayed at a hotel in Manali. Vivek got some Old Monk. Nitin got us a whole lot of food. And you know what happened after!

Some photographs on the way back









We may have been dejected and disappointed temporarily of not being able to go much beyond Chhatru. We started weighing our options of other places... little did we realise then that our fun had not even started!

wow .. loved the presentation ..

waiting for more

This statement, means there is Much more to come!

Ken Da,

Awesome Pics... not easy to adjust exposure in snow, but here they look mind blowing. Skimmed through the wonderful write up as i am at work. Will read word by word when home. Waiting for more...

[QUOTE=ken cool;294608]Day 2, 13 September

And the man behind it all...



Don't want to hurt any one's feelings…but an uncanny resemblance to Shree Lalu Prasad Yadav minus the hair growing out of the ears…in this shot! Only in this shot not otherwise…

Ken: Tu kitna exaggerate karta hai…waise huge vultures are known to swoop down and pick up humans who are light enough...58 kilos to be precise!