Guys, don't forget to carry toilet paper!

Its prolly the most important thing to be carried on this ride.LoL!

Just read this post. Makes great reading for a noob like me going on his first long distance ride.

THE SURVIVAL LIST:- Proper Riding Gear (a good full-face helmet, Riding jacket, riding gloves, knee/shin guards)
Done

- Original and xerox of your bike papers and identification proof -- MUST FOR EVERYONE
Done

- Emergency contact sheet -- MUST FOR EVERYONE
Who do I give this to? Here are my details:
a) Divya Misra (sister) - 9820272198
b) Honey Misra (sister) - 9769533674 / 022-26782294

- First aid kit medicines -- MUST FOR EVERYONE
Does this include something specific? I have the basic first aid kit that came with the bike which I think is pretty useless by now.

- Thermal Wear -- Avoid Sweater -- MUST FOR EVERYONE
Need to buy. Will do so on Monday.

- thermal glove, sweater and woolen socks.
Done.

- Ankle high shoes (Army Boots)
Done.

- Swiss knife
Don't have one!

- Clutch lever and front break lever
- Clutch and Accelerator wires
- Clutch plates
- Spark plug
Done. Bought two each for me and Aman for the R15.

- Foot pump
Don't have one.

- Engine oil
To buy.

- Duct Tape
What kind? Regular or the ones that we use for electrical insulation?

- Fuses
Will buy Monday.

- Multiple pin plugpoint -- 2 numbers
Don't have these.

- TL Puncture kit
Aman has one and will bring it along. Satyen mentioned that if we have tubes, Puncture kit might not be necessary.

- Rain coat
Done. Only lowers. For uppers, I have my jacket.

- Rope
Have to pick up from AH. Will do so today or Monday.

- Complete tool kit
Done.

- Torch light, matchstick, candles etc.
Should I buy this? Or does someone have one?

- Waterproof bag or a plastic sheet to cover the bags
Done.

- 2L bottles for petrol
Will pick them up at Delhi? I don't think we need them from here to Delhi?

- Bright Glow tape
Don't know where to get this. Do I need to get this? Is someone getting this? Why do we need this?

- Back up battery for your phone / travel charger
Have to buy.

- a pipe to transfer fuel
Don't have one. I'm assuming someone does?

- lots of plastic bags
Done.

- Washing / bathing soaps
Done.

- lots of spare socks.. ( for water crossings if u have a non-water resistant shoe)
Done.

MEDICINES:
- tablets: make sure to get one for stopping diarrhea and AMS + a paracetamol and a pain killer
- Glucose and electrol
- mosquito repellents
- 2 cans of Red Bull (for emergency only)
- 1 Old Monk quarter (to cheat cold)

Will purchase medicines before leaving.

As a relative noob, I don't know if this is my place to say this but I agree with Satyen 300% I think its SUPER important that we ride together at least once before Leh to know each others riding styles and strengths/weaknesses and also a little bit of personal interaction would help greatly cause its gonna be a LONG trip and its nice to get the initial pleasantries out the way! My trip with Satyen was eye opening in that it got me thinking about a lot of my own riding style and what I could do to change it to better adapt to Satyen's style (although in our case, I think Satyen is going to do most of the adapting!) Its difficult to express it in words, but seriously having a gutt feel of the riding style of someone you're gonna spend a lot of time riding with is a BIG PLUS. Inder, could you get Rudra along for the Sunday ride? It would be awesome to meet him, get to know him and ride with him.

4+ hours to reach Mumbai, two new routes :P One secret route disclosed... take that for adaption :P

Sunday ride? the SBK one! woah! I guess it would be a visual treat for him as well!

BTW> Where is Inder when there is so much opportunity to add to the post counts
Albeit sensibly
:P

Nicely written! Worthwhile read.

I have met the guy and talked with him for good 2hours and found that he is very sensible. He rides an avenger and talkng with him gave me a feeling that he is a 70-80km/hr with occasional burst kind of guy.

He is gonna be riding RE Thunderbird which he is borrowing from his friend in delhi..!! Currently its not known when will he meet his friend in delhi when he reaches delhi in morning..!!

Would be tough! But, will ask him on that..

idhar hi hu sirjee..

When you mean he is sensible, do you mean that he is unlike some of his friends?

Hey guys, please catch hold of Rachit and ask him to post all hotel details asap.

As per our discussion yesterday -

Spidey - will purchase medicines for all. Individual Medications to be bought by each rider

Inder - will purchase 2 nos. electric extension boards

Vishwas - will purchase & carry plastic bags for wearing inside shoes.- ALREADY DONE
will purchase & carry plastic pump used for pumping kerosene. - ALREADY DONE

Each group will have at least one working mobile number. To check with Satyen.

Aman - I heard that you will be taking your bike by train. Please note that booking your bike as your baggage/luggage instead of parcel reduces the freight cost by nearly half. I will be taking my bike from Pune to Delhi for Rs.1200.

- Riders reaching Delhi will meet Vishwas and Rudra at Nizamuddin station @ 6 am with some fuel. All riders will leave Delhi directly from Nizamuddin station.

- After discussion with Rachit, it seems that we should try to reach Mandi instead of Bilaspur on the same day.

Am here only
But I think gopi is going to give the hotel details/route from his GPS trace

I've booked my tickets in two trains, Rajdhani (still waiting) and some other train (confirmed). The other train does not have a cargo, and Rajdhani would have a high cargo rate (I'm assuming Rs2000+, chances of ticket getting confirmed 50-50). So I'm planning to send it via Safexpress Logistics (Rs1,900 door-to-door delivery).
Also, Rs2400 is the charge if I send as a parcel to Delhi in a seperate train.

One news item: For all logical reasons, consider me out of the ride~!
My hopes for an early release are just stuck as hopes.. so no point beating around the bush.
PS: I agree, we need as many active phones as many groups exist.

well well.. spidey told me to stay out of the discussions

you guys can get all the info on rachit's log


all 21 day gps logs can be found at
Nokia Sports Tracker Beta
just click and you can find day wise log OR

Around the Himalayas in 21 days - Motorcycling - Everytrail


Ahmadabad : Hotel Peace at Ahmadabad (800 bucks for one room) (will advice not to enter ahmadabad and continue directly ghandinagar )

Kishangarh : Some hotel (450 for one BIG room) (Kishangarh is 20kms ahead of Ajmer).. no good hotels around this place with tonnes of mosquitoes.. try to push to jaipur if possible.. highway is like 15-20 kms outside city.. find a place near to the highway if you are not planing to visit the city

Delhi : BAWA PALACE at Karol Bagh (1500 bucks, worth it )

20-25kms before chandigarh : (650 bucks) (ok-ok types, instead push to chandigarh )

Mandi: Hotel valley view (500 bucks).

Manali: ^^same ppl's hotel book at mandi (500 bucks)

Keylong: tent (80 bucks per person)

pang: Shanti tent (100 bucks per person)

Leh: Goba guest house, near shanti stupa (300 bucks), very good.

Drass: J&K Tourism Guest house (400 bucks i guess, not sure)

After this we went to Amritsar, which is not in your itinerary.. hope it helps

...cant you make a reason of falling sick or something????