Oct 15-16th I did a solo drive from Kochi to Nilambur and back along this route.

Kochi -(Airport/Seaport Rd)-Kalamassery-Angamaly-Trichur - Kechery - Pannithadam - Perumpilavu-Edappal - Valanchery - Kottakkal - Malappuram - Manjeri - Edavanna - Nilambur.

The Airport-Seaport Road near Kalamassery is in execrable condition. Kalamassery - Trichur Road is mostly okay, with a few stretches where road work is going on and traffic pileups occur near Chalakudi.
Trichur Kunnamkulam route is excellent, but found a useful detour from Kecheri to Perumpilavu through Pannithadam. Though the road is not as wide as the main highway, this road is in decent condition, light in traffic and has good scenery. Perumopilavu - Valanchery road is in superb condition except for short stretches near Kuttipuram where road work is going on. A few more months and it would be an excellent road.

The roads have been totally good the rest of the way to Nilambur.

The return route had been like this.

Nilambur - Manjeri - Malappuram - Kottakkal - Valanchery - Edappal - Ponnani - Chavakkad - Kodungallur - North Parur - Cheranallorr - Edapalli - Kochi.

The road till Edappal has been as described. The road from Edappal to Ponnani is only 10 kms long however nearing Ponnani the road condition is very bad. There is a better road to Ponnani immediately after Kuttipuram Bridge over Bharatapuzha that ought to be taken instead.

The NH17 is in decent condition albeit with lots of patchwork on starting from Ponnani. A very light traffic enables a comfortable ride. The road improves a few kilometers south of Ponnani and it is good riding all the way till Kodungallur. From here the roads are very narrow and there are some really bad stretches of roads near North Paravur and Cheranallur. The railway level cross at Edapalli is as usual the retardant in this road.

The two routes hardly differ in distance or pleasure of driving and have both clocked me 209kms.

Nh208

NH208 from Kollam to Thirumanglam is in amazingly good condition..

Except for a Small patch of about 100 meters near Punalur the road is a Dream to ride.

But keep your speeds in check, coz they are two laned roads with lot of Rural vehicles will low levels of Road sense plying either ways.

But the roads are butter smooth..

How are the conditions in ooty and the route to it?Which route would be the best one to take(i mean scenery wise)

That depends on which way you approaching OOTY buddy.For Eg if you are planning bangalore-Mysore-Ooty the roads are fine except for the 20km stretch from mysore-nanjangud. If you are coming from Sulthan Bathery/Kalpetta the roads are good with lots of scenic views but you will miss out on the 36 hair pin bends unless you take sulthan bathery -gundlupet -bandipur-ooty route. If you are coming from coimbatore a stretch of road im metupalayam was(a month back) under construction,Apart from that the roads are good.

Am taking the Bangalore->Mysore-Ooty route...It has the 36 hair-pin bends if am not mistaken...how are the weather conditions now in ooty?? Are any land slides happening on the way?

If you are talking the bangalore-mysore-ooty route, you have two of them 1.Mysore gundlupet-madhumalai(left)-masingudi-ooty(36 hair pins)
2.Mysore gundlupet-madhumalai-gudalur-ooty

The first route is shorter by 35 kms and more exciting with steep climbs.Right now there are no landslides but you can expect a downpour anytime,so dont forget to carry your rain gear.When are you planning to do this and for what duration??????

Thanks for teh info bud...

Am doing this most probably this weekend(30th,31st,1st) or the next(5th,6th,7th)

@Hyd guys: How is the route from Hyderabad to Bangalore at present? I'm planning on riding solo this weekend.

I came back from hyderabad to bangalore yesterday (obviously by bus). I travelled at night & that too by sleeper bus hence i cant tell you the exact conditions. But a lot of place the road was bumpy. Perhaps some sort of construction work was going on. The initial road was good. But somewhere in the middle the road got bumpy & uncomfortable.

Yeah, I noticed the same thing too, thats why I wanted to get some info from someone who rode there recently!

Possible routes and road conditions from Bangalore to Kasaragod, Pelase.

Will really appreciate multiple route options and road conditions and approx distance thrgh each route. thanks.

Road ratings from bangalore to udupi(as of today):
bangalore to Tumkur:very good roads 9/10
Tumkur to Tiptur: Motorable roads with regular potholes 5/10
Tiptur to chikmagalur: Occasional potholes 6/10
Chikmagalur to mullayangiri: Good roads with hair pins and twisties 8/10
Mullayangiri to Chikmaglur to Baale honnur: Bad patches at times, Not advicable to ride at night 5/10
Baalehonnur to sringeri: Decent single lanes 7/10
Sringeri to Aagumbe: very bad 1/10
Agumbe to Manipal : Mix of good and bad roads.Roads in Agumbe-Someshwarshwara ghat is in bad condition due to heavy rains 5/10

Going to hosur. Tell me the place in hosur where i can get the best discounts on the firecrackers.

Reply fast.

blore --kasargod via madikeri

Blore --mysore -120kms , mysore-madikeri -130 kms-good roads , madikeri-sampaje ghats -25kms -bad roads full of potholes- sampaje-sullia-jalsore-35kms - jalsore-mulleria-kasargoad -approx 60kms.total aprox --370 kms

Road to Rider's Mania

Hey guys, am planning to go to the Rider's Mania event by Royal Enfield in Goa during Nov 19-21. Can anyone please give me a good idea of the road conditions from Hubli to Goa? Am planning to take the NH4