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**Aryan** · 05-24-2010, 12:23 AM

Topic Approved.

All the best MadMax, for this humongous attempt.

**sheelpriye** · 05-24-2010, 12:33 AM

Best of Luck

^^have you done any rides(yes big rides) prior to this?

**krUnIzZlE** · 05-24-2010, 12:37 AM

Good Luck Bro, You'll need it. im pretty sure if you can skip the sleeping part, MAYBE if you sleep 2 hours, you might be able to do it within the time perios but this is all about stamina and how much ull be able to tolerate the pain... So Good luck and dont forget to post pix & story

P.S. Ride Safe.

**zayn** · 05-24-2010, 01:15 AM

All the best bro...R15 is very good machine and that with a fuel injector you will not feel any lags...

**safi** · 05-24-2010, 03:17 AM

all d best max
ride safe

n yea r15 wil do it as far i know

**uni dkr** · 05-24-2010, 07:56 AM

All the Best, Madmax. Ride Safe.

**Prabhakar** · 05-24-2010, 09:43 AM

K2K on R15?
I never heard anyone trying it.
Please contact Yamaha People.
They may sponsor you if you some proven track record.

Me too Planning a K2K in June.

**ttusharz** · 05-24-2010, 10:30 AM

All the best madmax , there is a triplog here of a guy doing leh on his R15. just search a bit & u will get answers for your few queries.

**trustvishwas** · 05-24-2010, 11:08 AM

Being in the business of events & promotions, I can safely advise you as below -

There are 2 types of sponsors - a. Commercial sponsor b. personal sponsor

b. Personal sponsor are the people you know directly or indirectly. They will sponsor your ride not out of hard core business sense but more as a token help to you. They are easier to approach and raising 20k would be extremely easy. The people to approach are - Builders in your area, yamaha showroom, tyre retailers etc. Your budget requirement is very small and can easily be catered by these sponsors. You can offer them branding space on your bike and photographs at all prominent locations with their banner.

a. commercial sponsors are national companies. You need to send them a ppt outlining your record attempt and what they can gain out of that. Please leave out the technicalities of how you want to do it. They are not interested in it and are bothered about only what mileage they can get out of it. Again you can offer them branding space on your bike and photographs at all prominent locations with their banner. Companies to target should identify with Endurance, strength, longetivity, youth centric etc. I will now give an extreme example which you may not like but is relevant. eg. you can approach someone like Durex for their product durex performa. It promises longer performance and so is quite relevant to the task you are attempting.

Other companies are - Red bull, any local steel/cement manufacturing company, Fastrack (youth centric) etc.

I hope you find the above relevant.

**HydroXidE** · 05-24-2010, 11:38 AM

same question as sheelpriye.. have you done any endurance rides before??

i don't know your ride history, but i'm guessing not.. and perhaps k2k at this stage is not a good idea unless you have already traversed k2k on any normal tour and you are familiar with the entire route like the back of your hand. endurance rides like this are 90% preparation and 10% execution. if you haven't done your homework, chances are you won't succeed for even half of it.

if you had to do this. you should have done leh-manali a couple of times atleast to know what the conditions are like and what time of the day/night you want to do it. you should know all your stop points / rest stops / service stops. know of every spare you might need in case of an emergency etc.

I dont know of any one having an R15 attempting record attempts in the hills. It's a tough ask for a bike which is not designed for such terrain. Also, you might do better even on a worse indian bike simply because it can take the terrain better. and there are better bikes of choice for such attempts.

I don't mean to discourage you in anyway.. you for sure can attempt k2k at some stage, but probably not now. you should attempt smaller endurance rides and know things for yourself before you attempt a big ride like k2k. you will have a lot of leaves at stake and a lot of $$$ being spent too. you shouldnt be looking at losing it because you were trying something you werent completely sure of ..

just to give you a heads up. a very famous endurance rider from india who has had many such record attempts to his credit is also attempting the k2k run. and even for his attempt, he has had to gather all the experience from all his previous rides and put em all together to make sure he gets it right without any hitches. despite his previous successes getting sponsorship is a hard thing anyway, but he is trying. and he has been preparing for a long long time.

**BOOO** · 05-24-2010, 01:14 PM

My guess, k2k is mostly NH7, its awesome near hyderabad but can someone post more details for different patches?

http://www.nhai.org/images/Apr10/STATUS 99 TO 09 YEAR (Map-5)-Model.jpg

**dcs** · 05-24-2010, 01:29 PM

@ thread starter, R15 has been to Khardungla. Our very own Bikerboy from Chandigarh took it last year to Leh and he did it with great success. I wont comment much on the thread but as said by one of our mate, its more about planning> plan it accordingly and you can break the record.

all cheers

dcs

**romeomike** · 05-24-2010, 03:06 PM

Best of luck for ur endevour

**MadMax46** · 05-25-2010, 04:05 AM

Originally posted by Aryan View Post

Topic Approved.All the best MadMax, for this humongous attempt.

Thanks Aryan bhai

Originally posted by sheelpriye View Post

Best of Luck
^^have you done any rides(yes big rides) prior to this?

I have done a few inter State rides. Longest being about 1800 odd km in a day. Most of mo trips have been in South India and allmost all of them have been inter state speed runs.

Originally posted by krUnIzZlE View Post

Good Luck Bro, You'll need it. im pretty sure if you can skip the sleeping part, MAYBE if you sleep 2 hours, you might be able to do it within the time perios but this is all about stamina and how much ull be able to tolerate the pain... So Good luck and dont forget to post pix & story

P.S. Ride Safe.

Thanks buddy. yes, the way the break up is...i might get to rest/sleep approx 2 hours a day.

Originally posted by zayn View Post

All the best bro...R15 is very good machine and that with a fuel injector you will not feel any lags...

Originally posted by safi View Post

all d best max
ride safe

n yea r15 wil do it as far i know

Originally posted by uni dkr View Post

All the Best, Madmax. Ride Safe.

Thanks guys.

Originally posted by Prabhakar View Post

K2K on R15?I never heard anyone trying it.
Please contact Yamaha People. They may sponsor you if you some proven track record. Me too Planning a K2K in June.

When in June ? Are you also going for the record or just the ride ?

Originally posted by ttusharz View Post

All the best madmax , there is a triplog here of a guy doing leh on his R15. just search a bit & u will get answers for your few queries.

Thanks for the link...must say quite useful.

Originally posted by trustvishwas View Post

Being in the business of events & promotions, I can safely advise you as below -There are 2 types of sponsors - a. Commercial sponsor b. personal sponsor

b. Personal sponsor are the people you know directly or indirectly. They will sponsor your ride not out of hard core business sense but more as a token help to you. They are easier to approach and raising 20k would be extremely easy. The people to approach are - Builders in your area, yamaha showroom, tyre retailers etc. Your budget requirement is very small and can easily be catered by these sponsors. You can offer them branding space on your bike and photographs at all prominent locations with their banner.

a. commercial sponsors are national companies. You need to send them a ppt outlining your record attempt and what they can gain out of that. Please leave out the technicalities of how you want to do it. They are not interested in it and are bothered about only what mileage they can get out of it. Again you can offer them branding space on your bike and photographs at all prominent locations with their banner. Companies to target should identify with Endurance, strength, longetivity, youth centric etc. I will now give an extreme example which you may not like but is relevant. eg. you can approach someone like Durex for their product durex performa. It promises longer performance and so is quite relevant to the task you are attempting.

Other companies are - Red bull, any local steel/cement manufacturing company, Fastrack (youth centric) etc.

I hope you find the above relevant.

relevant and helpful. I have already began my efforts. Lets see what kind of responses I am going to get. Have made a proposal and a small ppt as well.

Originally posted by HydroXidE View Post

same question as sheelpriye.. have you done any endurance rides before??

i don't know your ride history, but i'm guessing not.. and perhaps k2k at this stage is not a good idea unless you have already traversed k2k on any normal tour and you are familiar with the entire route like the back of your hand. endurance rides like this are 90% preparation and 10% execution. if you haven't done your homework, chances are you won't succeed for even half of it.

if you had to do this. you should have done leh-manali a couple of times atleast to know what the conditions are like and what time of the day/night you want to do it. you should know all your stop points / rest stops / service stops. know of every spare you might need in case of an emergency etc.

I dont know of any one having an R15 attempting record attempts in the hills. It's a tough ask for a bike which is not designed for such terrain. Also, you might do better even on a worse indian bike simply because it can take the terrain better. and there are better bikes of choice for such attempts.

I don't mean to discourage you in anyway.. you for sure can attempt k2k at some stage, but probably not now. you should attempt smaller endurance rides and know things for yourself before you attempt a big ride like k2k. you will have a lot of leaves at stake and a lot of $$$ being spent too. you shouldnt be looking at losing it because you were trying something you werent completely sure of ..

just to give you a heads up. a very famous endurance rider from india who has had many such record attempts to his credit is also attempting the k2k run. and even for his attempt, he has had to gather all the experience from all his previous rides and put em all together to make sure he gets it right without any hitches. despite his previous successes getting sponsorship is a hard thing anyway, but he is trying. and he has been preparing for a long long time.

If you can call the 1800 odd km in a day ride as an Endurance ride, then yes.

I have not ridden the entire k2k stretch ever. Infact I have never ridden anywhere up beyond than Delhi.

I do respect the words Sir, and trust me I will defineltley give it a thought all over again.

Can you name the Rider , please !!

Originally posted by BOOO View Post

My guess, k2k is mostly NH7, its awesome near hyderabad but can someone post more details for different patches?

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http://www.nhai.org/images/Apr10/STATUS 99 TO 09 YEAR (Map-5)-Model.jpg

The hyd- Blore stretch is gonna be a speed run (apart from a few patches). Rest of the roads would not come anywhere closer.

Originally posted by dcs View Post

@ thread starter, R15 has been to Khardungla. Our very own Bikerboy from Chandigarh took it last year to Leh and he did it with great success. I wont comment much on the thread but as said by one of our mate, its more about planning> plan it accordingly and you can break the record. all cheers

dcs

Thank you bhai...planning is defineltle on and at any time i feel not too sure about it, i will have to rethink. I am glad that a lot of suggestions and advises are pouring in.

Originally posted by romeomike View Post

Best of luck for ur endevour

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