Query approved.

but why this Kolaveri Di??

Why do you want to do it in a way that you are putting your own and others' life in danger.

Keep more days in hand, ride in a relaxed manner, and enjoy it. Nobody's gonna give you a trophy for completing this in fastest time.

Ys it looks like a endurance one...but really not a practical one. Am just commenting on the Tamilnadu stretch as am from Tamilnadu and I know the roads / routes there to some extent

The route you have planned does not go with the flow...from Nellore to Chennai & from Chennai why do u want to go to Cheyyar you can take the ECR route to Puducherry(Mind you the traffic to cross Chennai and take ECR is going to be hectic) - Instead you can think about the byepass to Tindivanam and Pondicherry & from Pondicherry you need to take Chidambaram (Not sure if you would want to visit Poompuhar - Distance by around 40kms)) - Sirkazi - Karaikal - (Why again to Kodikkarai - As the routes are bad and if you want to visit Calimere then consider time factor or 3-5hrs) instead u can take a diversion from Nagapattinam to Velankani to Thiruthurai poondi - Athiramapattinam - (If u go to Rameswaram again time is a factor of 3-5hrs only for a attendance visit) instead check Keelakarai, Tuticorin - Thiruchendur - Kudankulam - Kanyakumari

Google for the routes in detail, dont give location like major towns, get in more details between major towns & places of importance in each of these, create a detailed xl sheet or write in a piece of paper so that you will remember each and every detail.

The entire plan looks very vague, pls evaluate for buffer days, bike service requirement, location of service centres, accomodation at the right places etc

SunilG.. We are doing this... cause we will get limca book of record... there is 7 days, 16 hours and 35 min record in Limca book for same route. and limca book has suggest us this route.

Thanks Ramesh, But as i told in SunilG's reply... so we must have to follow this Route.. there is not chance to change.. i will suggest to Limca book for this route if they will agree then we will select route whatever you have suggested.. thanks again

Having done the GQ along NH5, I hope my 2 cents counts here...

From Kolkatta to Badhrak it took about 4:30 hours with 15 min break, 10 min to have got lost at Karaghpur interchange & 10 min for Maaza break; distance being 200+ Kms. So that speak about the quality of roads in the East of India & that too on GQ. I leave the rest to you to imagine the quality of the roads you'll be taking.


Having done this entire stretch, here're my takes...
Ichapuram-Vizag - My timing was around 4 hours WITHOUT break having slept for just 2-3 hours the previous night (Binoy can comment further as he has also done this)

Vizag to Vijayawada to Nellore - approx 3:20 min from Vizag to Vijayawada only on riding time; approx 3:00 hours from Vijayawada to Nellore.

Chennai - Kelambakkam - Depends on the timing; say you do early morning, it easily takes nearly two hours for this small distance unless you're taking bye pass which is not coastal

Kelambakkam - Cheyyar - Pondi - Karaikal - I did Marina in Chennai to Karaikal in about 5:30 hours which includes 1 hour breakfast, 2 refuels, 3-4 photography session & very very relaxed riding (in my terms )

Karaikal - Kodiakarai - takes easily 2-2.5 hours very easily

Kodiakarai-Ramanathapuram-Tuticorin-Tiruchendur-Kanyakumari is THE BEST scenic road in my opinion & one SHOULD not miss this stretch. Anyway, it should take about 4-5 hours.

Do it on the 5 days when there's curfew in the country

Don't book hotels in advance; find them on the fly

You may or may not

Have a question for you - How was the number 5 coming from? Was it picked up from thin air?

I'm ALSO with SunilG on this; ride safe, but, if you want to do it for record, do it with extreme cautious.
The one & only place where you can get THE BEST source for planning will be here - https://www.facebook.com/groups/hvkumar/

Thanks Aargee for informing about road and time duration. This will be so much helpful to us.

Where will be curfew on 12th to 17th December???

Which number 5 you are talking about??? if 5 days then we have select it cause this will be little bit hard to break record.

That I don't know; I'm neither an astrologer nor a politician you see

DAYS

You pls visit HVK forum, if your trip has to succeed then, no one other than Mr.HVK Sir can plan for that. I hope you've already joined the group.

Where is HVK forum... i have joined two FB group... could not find Mr. HVK!!! where is he?

Bro on papers it looks clean and neat. Me and @Aargee together did the GQ this June. It took 6 days and 4 hrs for me to cover 5965kms(on my odo) but it was just less than 6 days for @Aargee. But from my experience doing a GQ in 5 days is the maximum you can ask for which has the best roads in India AFAIK. But your route map will get complicated when it comes to Kerala which has the worst roads and no proper highways.
This route itself is around 400kms which will take around 8hrs just coz of the traffic and road conditions.
This is distance we covered on each day in the GQ;

Day 1: Bangalore-Mumbai - 1050kms
Day 2: Mumbai-Rishabdev - 660kms
Day 3: Rishabdev-Hodal - 820kms
Day 4: Hodal-Mohania - 785kms
Day 5: Mohania-Bhadrak - 905kms
Day 6: Bhadrak-Bangalore - 1745kms

You can see the Day 6 which I took 29hrs to cover 1745kms from Bhadrak-Bangalore. I don't know how to suggest better routes for you as you wan't to do it for a record and to stick with the same route plan. As @Aargee suggested HV Kumar Sir is the right person to suggest that(you can find his group in FB). As you said you are planning to do in 5 days so that the record can't be easily broken, I fear someone can even attempt 7k+ kms in 5 days even in a GQ route. Not discouraging you, but I suggest to rethink on the days or rethink on the route. Both won't go hand-in-hand.

Good Luck
Ride Safe!!!

@ Binoy & Aargee - You guys did one hell of a ride...am only thinking how you guys managed the last day with all the 5 days fatigue and stiff backs

appreciate your ride crossing Rajasthan in the hot summer, I saw literally tired Binoy at Jaipur at the Delhi Byepass by around noon & you guys kept continuing.

It will make me feel *shudder* when ever I think of GQ. But it was one memorable ride of life time for both of us. Yes it was too hot GQ ride. Actually the ride was beautiful upto Jaipur where we met. After that it was hell until we reached Hodel that night. Jaipur-Delhi stretch was the bad stretch I would say in the whole GQ coz of heat, construction works and traffic. Anyway it was nice meeting you at Jaipur. Oops lets not high-jack this thread

Million $$$ words; BANG truth word by word

Exactly; doing 1500 a day is completely different from doing mere 800 Km consecutively for 5 days. Though I never told Binoy, if there wasn't an A/C accommodation at Hodal, I would've taken rest for next day + the Kanpur & Allahabad bye passes were the encouragement for the next day & the scenic Jarkhand stretch for the next day were the boosters. And Binoy, if you think doing Badhrak-Chennai was amazing, take my word, it was done out of reaching home in frustration after not having proper sleep at Badhrak the previous night.

So what I'm trying to say is, it's not just the ride, one ALSO needs adequate rest otherwise people will go crazy & start behaving (BEHAVING) like shrink. And imagine all these things going to the right wrist. It's a FACT.

Exactly, even I don't want to discourage; if there's one who can tell you accurately, its HVK Sir in this country & that's why I suggested him.

Some of the I penned down above Ramesh; I'm not saying impossible or difficult; anyone with a little determination & passion can certainly fare better than both of us. Only thing is PLANNING has to be accurate & rest has to be adequate.

Something like achievement of lifetime; even if I do it like 10 times or even make a world record, the first ride will always be memorable.

Am sure you didnt mean Shrink there :P

+1 on HVK. If there is someone who could help you chalk out the route, its him

Yea, need to visit a shrink