4th Feb 2010..my pardner in crime arrived and I knew she's gonna take me places....I had always wanted to do the bang-pune stretch but never got the opportunity...so my babe being there with me this time, I knew this was the best opportunity for me to venture out...and I did...read on to find out how..


5th March...just couldn't sleep the whole night out of excitement..got irritated, packed my bags at around 3, rode straight to the office cos I had forgot my earphones there..but unfortunately they were nowhere to be found..so headed straight to NECE road leading to TUMKUR from banerghatta road...


TRAVEL BAG ITEMS:

5 bottles of GATORADE
1 bottle of water
Jeans and a T shirt
temporary yamaha Rx stand for oiling the chain
Motul chain clean n lube
rest all the small and important items

Make sure you're waring a good jacket..preferably a biking jacket with the elbow guards, proper helmet and gloves..the pants should be light as they can get real sweaty..


Entered the NECE TOLL PLAZA at 4:38 AM and rode straight to TUMKUR...guys please..pity on your bike and don't take that stretch (once you touch NH4) atleast for the next 3-4 months..the roads are pathetic. I mean the bike was barely moving. Max the speedo could do was 50Kmph and that too for a few seconds. If there were no potholes then there were speed breakers..aaaaarrrrghhh ..could someone puhhhlzzzzzz explain to me why do we need breakers after every 20 odd metres ..it was nightmare people..trust me...anyways I rode like that till TUMKUR...fortunately roads till CHITRADURGA were fine..thats when the GODS decided I had had enough enjoyment for the day (or morning) ..the roads..shiiiish..they are really worth mentioning..fortunately the babe was pretty sturdy on these roads..but I was shaking like anything..damn...there was not a stretch more than 500 metres which was smooth...all I could see were billboards happily stating DIVERSION AHEAD>>>>> PLEASE TAKE A SO N SO TURN..and I was riding an R15..my balls were being squashed like a tomato against the tank ...and the end of that stretch I was like trying to feel my balls cos my groin area went totally numb..MY SINCERE SUGGESTION...wear GROIN PADS on that stretch...atleast if you own this bike.

Anyways!!! lets get on to happy roads ..so I rode on to HUBLI...fortunately..the roads after RANEBENNUR were good but no soul was to be found walking around. Only the trucks and buses happily plying on these roads..as though they have earned it!!!! Its a long stretch so I suggest carry some liquid..an energy drink..like GATORADE..is good..don't overstuff your travel bag..I suffered from it. Always move around as light as possible or your tavel bag is gonna beecome a pain in your ARsEHHH...bludy hell!!! after every 30-40 minutes..the nylon rope around the bag would get loose cos of the bumps in the road so I had to stop and tighten it up...darnnny..I lost a couple of hours b'cos of that sheeeeeettttt.

ROUTE: HUBLI-BELGAUM BYE-PASS: 15:30-16:00 hrs..sun beating down like chinese dragons on their day..google the day and you'll find it..sorry don't have much info about it at this time except that I remember watching the dancing dragons in the TV.. Roads are butter smooth people..got down form my chariot to enjoy the view and alas! shining brightly as though mocking at me I saw this piece of metal on the back tyre of my chariot...shuh!! it felt as though someone fired an arrow straight through my heart..few people could be seen on those roads and ever fewer shops..I could see myself pulling my chariots of fire (borrowed this line from a Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na) in this scorching heat and my dreams getting splashed all over the place..anyhow..I switched her on and started to ride not aware what a tubeless tire meant..In that 1 hr stretch I would've prayed more than I'v had in my whole life of 29 years...Finally BELGAUM..got the puncture repaired which took an hour more.. anyways..I was back on NH4 happily riding away into glory only to realize more than half of the day had gone and I hadn't even crossed BELGAVI (BELGAUM)...vrrrrooooooommmm....screeeeechhhhhhhh. .a speedbreaker..my travel bag..lay there on the ground..the nylon rope holding it broke into 2 pieces..another 30m gone down the drain just to assemble it back to its original self..when that was done..I didn't look back...rode as fast as I could cos it was the first time I was doing a ride like this..wasn't aware of the roads..plus the R15 lights ain't that good at night..add to that my VISOR was tinted..hehehe..

DESTINATION: KOLHAPUR: 19:00 hrs..the stretch between BELGAUM and KOLHAPUR is like heaven..awesome roads..really well planned out..guess the HIGHWAY AUTHORITIES know that people tend to urinate more in batches especially when traveling in buses so they had these toilets n all spread all along the HIGHWAY..very clever..

SATARA: 20:30 hrs..beautiful roads and the famous vada pav..had to takea tea break and vada pav break..started to receive a lot of worried calls from friends n all...had planned to be in Pune by this time..sadly I was nearly 2 hrs away from it..didn't wait there much..sat on my chariot and set her ablaze for the final leg of the journey..tried my best to ride safe and fast even with the tinted VISOR..i knew its dangerous but couldn't help it..my bum chums were sore like anything...the undie lines were like kind of embossed in my ARSEHHHH cos of the sweat..I was disco dancing my way through the crowd...kept on going like that for the next 2 hrs...FINALLY there she was...and all my pain vanished...


I'm posting the bang-pune stretch pics b'cos my returning leg of the journey is on my mobile and unfortunately she is not getting detected as a USB..so I'm trying..will keep this thread updated whenever things turn out positive..

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