Some suggestions from my side
1) Can you do your trip the other way round, I mean climb from Srinagar -> Kargil -> Leh and come down from LEh->Manali->Delhi. Advantages -> easy acclimatization both for you and your bike and many people underestimate AMS until they are hit.
[B] - had thought of taking that route but wasnt sure. Hence decided to go via manali and come back via Srinagar. Taken that. Will discuss with my partner and decide on it. [B]

2) If you do this avoid the Independence day and +/- 5 days in Kashmir. Reason -> Your safety and the security check thickens, so may be annoying for alien looking bikers with different registration plates.
[B] - am anyways planning to leave on 14th eve/ 15th from Mumbai so would be reaching either areas anyways after 4 days i think. I guess this gets taken care of that way. [B]

3) Any particular reason why you want to travel all the way from Mumbai - Leh and back and that too with time constraints.
Please understand that I am not discouraging you but you will exert yourself a lot before even touching Leh so there may be some eventualities. This is both for you and your bike. Also there is no point visiting places like a truck driver if you want to enjoy the beauty of places that you planned.
You can put your bike on Train/Gati and come on flight to Delhi/Chandigarh/Jammu/Srinagar and save at-least 3 days (+3days boarding/lodging/petrol)
[B]- ya i know, quite a few of my buddies were also telling the same but i had a long lasting dream of buying a bullet and riding on it all the way.hence want to accomplish that. [B]

4)AFAIK I would ideally ask you to start from Sept and continue so that you get less crowd meaning more avenues to bargain and faster arrivals. Sept is the best time since the roads are usually at its best since BRO gets enough time from the years beginning but on the flip side snow is lesser (which is also a blessing if you think in other way)
[B]- i agree but my leaves wont permit that. Will still check out if i can change the leave dates. [B]

16/08/2014 Jaipur-Manali -> to much exertion as I already told but your wish ...
18/08/2014 Sarchu - Tso Kar -> Tso Kar has very limited places to Stay . I would suggest you to go to Sumdo or if possible Tso Moriri ( Korzok) but that would be too much since you would be starting from Manali just the previous day so your call... Tso Moriri in many ways is better than Tso Pangyong but the last 20-25kms has completely nothing (not even roads) and be careful to not reach Chumur ... Sumdo has local petrol too.
Next day you can come through Chumathang -> Keylong-Leh Road -> Karu

21/08/2014 Leh - Pangong Lake - Leh -> Can be done but why not stay overnight and enjoy the Lake .Cheaper stays & food in Spangmik(5-8kms from Lukung) .
[B] points taken, will be doing these changes in the plan. [B]

I fully agree ...

17/08/2014 Manali-Sarchu
Manali to Sarchu might be too much for a day considering you have to cross both Rohtang and Baralach la in a single day.. Assuming you do Jaipur-Manali stretch the previous day, starting early next morning might be difficult.. My Rohtang experience was loads of traffic, slushy bad roads.. It took us a lot of time to cross Rohtang even though we started really early in the morning.. Baralach la is beautiful and i'd recommend not to rush through it.. Baralach la also has a few water crossings which might be little tougher in the evening..
Once you start descending Rohtang, there WILL be loads of breaks for photos..

Manali-Leh route offers most of the scenic beauty of the entire ride.. Take as much time as possible for this part, you won't regret..

All the best for you ride..

Fully taken my friend. Basis the feedback that i have got till now on the plan. Would be making the changes accordingly. Major changes are the following:

Jaipur-manali- would break this in two days now.
Manali-Sarchu- would take it easy on this and break it probably in between. Is pang ok to take the rest for the day?

Am now looking at 20+2 days for this trip instead of the earlier 15+2, should be sufficient isn't it?

For some reason my replies in quote to nelson don't appear bold. @nelson_sanjoy hope you read it.

Fully taken my friend. Basis the feedback that i have got till now on the plan. Would be making the changes accordingly. Major changes are the following:

Jaipur-manali- would break this in two days now.
Manali-Sarchu- would take it easy on this and break it probably in between. Is pang ok to take the rest for the day?

Am now looking at 20+2 days for this trip instead of the earlier 15+2, should be sufficient isn't it?

Thanks so much guys!



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Hey guys,

(excluding 2 days of flight from Bangalore)

Hey Guys need a quick answer,

I'm skipping Manali going through Spiti valley to reach Leh, So is Manali the only place from where i've to take permit for Leh, Nubra, Pangong and other places.

Pls let me know

Cheers

Hey guys ,

there are some real good inputs in this thread from the members.

I will be heading solo to Leh and back from mumbai on 10th June . with an R15 .

I have gone through various travel logs and i am really confused about which route to take and what all to do . please need genuine help here.
or else we can get along with other guys who gonna move from Mumbai . but i will be riding all the way from mumbai . As i don't believe in putting my beast in some iron can just coz i may exert my self . cmon be realistic . Mumbai Leh Mumbai is all about endurance rides .