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So what was the change in plans? Waiting for more details.

bring the pics .. waiting for it ...was aware of the trip ...

@psycho28hh the thread is open, now bring the log and pics.

Day 1

Day 1
Distance Covered: 580 km on my speedometer



RoadRollers is the name of a group which travels to unknown places, this was my 4th ride with the group, and now I am a part of it. I bought my new P220 two weeks back, the bike only did 1600 km so far, I has to complete the run-in of the bike before the mega ride, so I had to take the new babe to Puri. This was my longest Ride with RoadRollers, and of course the most hectic one.


We planned to make this trip and Independent one, 0000 hours and I meet Sandeep near his home. We started and after few kilometers Atish and Sourav joined us. Sourav came as Atish’s pillion. Akash and Pritam were suppose to join 10 km later, but they didn’t. At Kona expressway Sourav da joined us on his p200. We called Akash and told him to ride to Kolaghat, where we will be waiting for him. It took 1 hour to reach Kolaghat which was 40 km from Kona Expressway. Time was 01:30 in the watch. We had some tea and cigarettes. Akash and Pritam joined us few minutes later. After a long time Akash was riding with us. Pritam’s ZMA had some works on its engine, so he needed to stick to 60 kmph. Now that was a problem, the highway was inviting us to ride at a high speed and moreover the traffic was less. However we maintained a speed of 70 after Kolaghat till Kharagpur

Then a twist in the plan came. At 0300 hours Ajasra called Sandeep that they want to join us, we were already 150 km away from Kolkata. Sandeep agreed, and decided that Akash, Pritam and Sourav da would ride to Balassore while the rest would wait for them; I was one of them who waited for long 3 hours. We were waiting in the middle of NH6 (National Highway 6), where no big dhabas were there, 3-4 cups of tea was already finished. We waited till 6. Then Ajasra and Poulomi came. We were supposed to reach Orissa by this time, but we were still now in West Bengal. However we started again. After Kharagpur we took the dazzling NH60. The highway was made of cement; it was a 4 lane highway with no traffic at all. And I got the chance to ride a high speed.

Have you ever rode in the morning, when the sun just started to show, the cool breeze was so soothing that I stopped several times to open my helmet and feel the air. The grass was green on both of the sides of the highway. One of the best roads I have ever ridden. We were almost near the border of Orissa and West Bengal. Today was Independence Day, so we could see the Indian Flag all over, in the trucks, dhabas and almost on all vehicles.

We stopped once we entered Orissa.

Akash and Pritam was already 100 km ahead of us, they had already crossed Balassore. 0800 hours in the morning and I was hungry like anything. So we decided not to take any more breaks before Balassore. Just before Balassore Anirban da met with us. He was riding alone on his RE Bullet, with a National Flag hanging behind. Sandeep and him already had 2 3 rides in the past. We stopped to have food, and I was like very much relieved. Finally I was going to have some food.

Coming More....

The way riders met one another is very intresting.
Waiting for the rest of the story...

Nice writeup, interesting ride.. however i don't see any difference between the last two paragraph... Waiting for the rest of logs and pics ...

Is the blue ride in the first pic Adreno? the black painted Engine is confusing me. It is not listed in the rides. not a part of the group?

It was a typo error
No that bike doesn't belong to our group, and yes that was a highly modified Adreno

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Dhobolgiri is a white Buddhist Temple. It was situated on our way, so we decided to visit that in place of Chilka. A white temple, build with stone that is what Dhobolgiri is. It was built on a small hill. Some pictures of that place is attached. We spend a little time there clicking whatever we found, be it the temple, flower or even the surroundings.



So this way the first day ended, we covered a distance of 580 km, and was riding more than 20 hours without sleep and proper food. New plans were made for the next day, but the team already had enough tiredness to wake up early in the morning. However Akash took the responsibility to wake up others. I went to bed at 0200 hours in the morning, so I was already aware that I was not going to have enough sleep. A more hectic day was awaiting us.

Day 2

Day 2

Distance Covered almost 600 km on odometer



We got ready by 0800 hours. The plan of the day was to visit the sea beach first and then visit Konark. We checked out from the hotel and started for Konark at 0900 hours. The beach was not crowded as we had guessed; people were going to their respective hotel after seeing the sunrise. Unlike most of the other beaches I have visited recently the water of Puri was comparatively clean and blue in color. We had our breakfast and the cost of the beach. Two of guys also took bath. Others were busy clicking the bikes alongside of the beach. We left Puri at around 1100 hours.















The distance between Puri and Konark was around 40 kilo meters. The road (NH203) connecting these two cities was extremely good. It went through a silent forest. The road was calm and cool, only chattering of birds could be heard. We stopped twice before reaching. Our whole group was moving like train with many compartments. It was just a awesome sight. I was sitting as a pillion then to take some photos of the place. We reached Konark somewhere around 1300 hours.

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A little history - Konark is a small town in Puri district of the state of Orissa, India, on the Bay of Bengal, sixty-five kilometers from Bhubaneswar. It is the site of the 13th-century Sun Temple (also known as the Black Pagoda), built in black granite by King Narasimhadeva-I(AD 1236-1264) of the Eastern Ganga Dynasty. The temple is a World Heritage Site. It takes the form of the chariot of Surya (Arka), the sun god, and is heavily decorated with stone carving. The entire complex was designed in the form of a huge chariot drawn by seven spirited horses on twelve pairs of exquisitely decorated wheels. The entrance is guarded by two lions, which are each shown crushing a war elephant. Each elephant in turn lies on top of a human body. The temple symbolizes the majestic stride of the Sun god. At the entrance of the temple is a Nata Mandir. This is where the temple dancers used to perform dances in homage to the Sun god. All around the temple, there are various floral and geometric patterns. There are also human, divine and semi-divine figures in sensuous poses. The poses contain couples in various amorous poses, and are derived from the Kama Sutra. The temple is now partly in ruins, and a collection of its sculptures is housed in the Sun Temple Museum, which is run by the Archaeological Survey of India. (Took from wikipedia)

Photos to come, watch this space.........

Nice trip.... hope you enjoyed it......

22 hour long return ride.. He is yet to write about it so i wont talk much, but certainly we all enjoyed and tested.. what it feels like to ride after 18 hours and to complete last few hundred kms with sleepy eyes