Thanks dude. the answer to your questions

1. The P220 DTSi has awesome seats. Believe me my ass wasn't sore at all at any point of time. But Ranga found it tough and at 00:30 in the night he decided to lie down on the grass next to the highwy for a minute to rest his butt . But i think it was because he had done a long trip to Ooty the week before and probably his butt hadn't recovered.

2. Tubeless tyres don't tend to puncture when they are rolling unless something ripped your tyre apart. Since you are not going to be stationary most of the time i don't think u need a tubeless repair kit. And if you do pick up a small puncture you can fill in air and run it for a few hundred kilometers without an issue. We had redbull, chewing gum, chocolates, Chain lube, newspaper and colin to clean the helmet visor (too many bugs get splattered), and since i wear contact lenses I was carrying contact lens solution just in case they got too dry to moisten them.

3. About 21 hours into the ride our eyelids felt like weights. we stopped had a redbull, chocolate, lot of fresh air and started. That helped a lot. Many times short breaks can do a load of good. the oncoming volvo 5 minutes after that scared the shit out of us and we didn't feel sleepy after that. Crazy driver.

All the best on your ride.

Hi all,
My first post... To start with "Thanks a ton" guys for the wishes. Always wanted to be a part of xbhp, but was waiting for the rite time... and this can't get better after having a SADDLE SORE victory....

@Anubhav
well still cant believe that we completed it and still cant believe that we were not able to finish up the 2000k... will soon miss u on road da....

+1 on this...
Congrats for the success..

Now even my hands are itching.

Congrats to you for completing the distance, but Did the IBA Accept it,because the first rule of Saddle sore is you can not take the same route two and fro?
pardon me,i haven't yet read the route you took!

Congrats.. Guys! Like Aryan i too lost in the log in between.

And I think there was a group saddle sore last year too. Pune-bangalore-pune on 3-4 bikes i feel.

Congrats to both of you riders who have completed the Ride..

Congrats for both the riders for completing the Ride safely

Now i am thinking which way to head with my bike.. the plan is already in pipeline....

@ L.P. We can take the same route two and fro it is accepted...

Congratulation both of you guys for the remarkable journey that you have carried out.

Cheers !!

Yes, you can take the same route to and fro but they don't allow too many to and fro's.

I promise to buy a bike once I come back to India and then we can start knocking down the IBA rides one by one


All the best dude!!

Really sorry for the long write up. I just wrote what came to my mind . Hm am not sure if this was the group that went on the royal enfields. They didn't make it though.

All the best for your ride.
Cheers to you too mate!!

Pune-Bangalore-Pune.Not happening buddy.The connecting road is pathetic for a pretty long stretch.You will end up losing too many hours.And the traffic is mad when you cross chitradurga going towards bangalore.You can do it after 2 years im sure consiodering the time they are taking to fix that highway.



And anubhav...too much footage i see

I think many ppl have donethis successfully on this route.

what about the highway from Hyderabad --->Nagpur--->Jabalpur---->Katni...???
it covers 1700kms to and fro and i know the road only till Adilabad...can anyone throw some light on how the road is from Adilabad to Katni???

hey anubhav and ranga,
Congrats on your victory,in xbhp u have made your names historical for years and bikers to come.

gr8 job buddies.

till date i have always read non stop trip logs about karizmas, nt for 1600 kms but lesser distances, but you both have really changed the views of many bikers regarding pulsar 220.

Nagpur to Jabalpur, the road is superb. It's 2 lane though. No idea about Katni

As far as I know from the list on the IBA website only 2 people have done it on this route. Dr. Arnob Gupta and Deepak Dongre