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**RjM** · 10-31-2011, 02:03 PM

Originally posted by phanikar View Post

If you want a scenic route, then go in for the shimoga one. On the whole road quality is almost the same as the Blore-mangalore-Udupi route but minus the traffic.Except for roads around sagar(about 4-5kms before and after) and 20kms from Jog,the roads are good enough to be ridden.

On another note, having a pillion on a 1k+ ride will be very uncomfortable for the Him/Her(in most cases)

Thanks. I was hoping to split the ride over a span of 3 days. We've done about 300 in a single day, together. But yea, as u mentioned, i'll def. give it some thought!

**RjM** · 10-31-2011, 08:14 PM

Ok so, I've kinda decided to go with this route.

Bangalore-- Nelamangala--Tumkur--Gubbi--Tiptur--Arasikere--Kadur--Birur--Bhadravathi--Shimoga--Sagara--Jog--Honnavar--Murudeshwara.

Hope the weather doesn't play spoil sport. Just when i thought the monsoons have stopped, its been raining this whole week in bangalore. Never really done a ride during the rains before.

**Sumit_B** · 10-31-2011, 08:22 PM

Hi guys,

How's the road condition after Belguam --> Ooty --> Kanyakumari. Never been to south before on my bike... planning to explore south this weekend. Pune to Ooty is around 950 kms, I want to cover it in a day. Depending upon the road conditions, will it be possible?

**Juris** · 11-03-2011, 12:28 AM

Dindigul-->Coimbatore-->Salem

Would be grateful to know the current road conditions for the route
Dindigul-->Coimbatore-->Salem. I may need to target this route in my Saddlesore attempt. Also any info on peak traffic hours, lanes,COCO bunks, bad patches etc would be of great help.

**TheRedPill** · 11-13-2011, 10:57 PM

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Hey guys any updates on thalassery kerala to Bangalore routes.
Am in thalassery right now, came in via gonnikoppal irrity and route was bad seriously bad...
Don't want to go back through the same route.
Which route is in better shape? Will try to get info from locals as well. any help much appreciated

**christo** · 11-14-2011, 03:21 PM

road works are started. go back through thalassery-kannur-taliparamba-iritty(awesome road)-wayanadu. its kind of long but atleast the roads are better i think. don't take kannur/thalassery-iritty, road is bad from mattannur to iritty(15kms or so)

**susheelkumar** · 11-15-2011, 05:45 PM

Hi All..Me and my friends are planning for a trip to Muzhappilangad beach (Kannur) on friday and then to bekal fort and bck to bangalore by sunday night. We are planning to start frm bangalore around 10pm Friday and reach mysore by 12am then halt in friends house and start early morning between 4-5am.
We have 2 routes one is through Madikeri & the other through Wayanad.
Can anybody suggest some good routes which is better scenic-wise?
Any idea about the road conditions?

**TheRedPill** · 11-16-2011, 07:17 PM

Originally posted by christo View Post

road works are started. go back through thalassery-kannur-taliparamba-iritty(awesome road)-wayanadu. its kind of long but atleast the roads are better i think. don't take kannur/thalassery-iritty, road is bad from mattannur to iritty(15kms or so)

Thanks for the info pal. I asked the locals, one of them suggested the following and I took the same. The roads were decent with 30kms of almost no roads near Kabini reservoir.
Thalaserry - Koothuparamba - Nedumpoil - Manandvady - Kabini and the forest - Mysore - Bangalore (total 348kms). This one is 20kms more than the Iritty - Gonikappal route but much better.

Originally posted by susheelkumar View Post

Hi All..Me and my friends are planning for a trip to Muzhappilangad beach (Kannur) on friday and then to bekal fort and bck to bangalore by sunday night. We are planning to start frm bangalore around 10pm Friday and reach mysore by 12am then halt in friends house and start early morning between 4-5am.
We have 2 routes one is through Madikeri & the other through Wayanad.
Can anybody suggest some good routes which is better scenic-wise?
Any idea about the road conditions?

Just back from there. I would suggest through wayanad or else check the above route. Hunsur - Gonikappal - Virajpet - Iritty- Mattanur - Thalaserry (5 kms to Muzhappilangad beach) is in real bad condition. With a pillion it took 7 hours to cover 180 kms on my comet.

**susheelkumar** · 11-17-2011, 01:32 PM

Originally posted by TheRedPill View Post

Thanks for the info pal. I asked the locals, one of them suggested the following and I took the same. The roads were decent with 30kms of almost no roads near Kabini reservoir.
Thalaserry - Koothuparamba - Nedumpoil - Manandvady - Kabini and the forest - Mysore - Bangalore (total 348kms). This one is 20kms more than the Iritty - Gonikappal route but much better.

Just back from there. I would suggest through wayanad or else check the above route. Hunsur - Gonikappal - Virajpet - Iritty- Mattanur - Thalaserry (5 kms to Muzhappilangad beach) is in real bad condition. With a pillion it took 7 hours to cover 180 kms on my comet.

thanks for the info dude...we were also planning the same route like Hunsur - Gonikappal - Virajpet route...but if its bad then its tough...we dont have much time too...so wayanad route is ok?

**TheRedPill** · 11-17-2011, 02:19 PM

Originally posted by susheelkumar View Post

thanks for the info dude...we were also planning the same route like Hunsur - Gonikappal - Virajpet route...but if its bad then its tough...we dont have much time too...so wayanad route is ok?

I didn't go through SultanBathery hence don't know about it. You can take the route I posted previously. It is scenic as well as decent roads with rough patches in between. Also it'll be shorter by 30 Kms compared to SultanBathery route. Only problem is with a bad patch of approx 30kms in Kabini forest.
Reverse the following route

Thalaserry - Koothuparamba - Nedumpoil - Manandvady - Kabini and the forest - Mysore - Bangalore
Total 348kms

**susheelkumar** · 11-17-2011, 02:52 PM

Originally posted by TheRedPill View Post

I didn't go through SultanBathery hence don't know about it. You can take the route I posted previously. It is scenic as well as decent roads with rough patches in between. Also it'll be shorter by 30 Kms compared to SultanBathery route. Only problem is with a bad patch of approx 30kms in Kabini forest.
Reverse the following route

Thalaserry - Koothuparamba - Nedumpoil - Manandvady - Kabini and the forest - Mysore - Bangalore
Total 348kms

Thanks a lot dude...:-)
we are also planning to goto bekal fort which is arnd 100km frm muzhapillangad beach..
anyway lets c...everything depends on road conditions...

**susheelkumar** · 11-17-2011, 05:43 PM

Originally posted by susheelkumar View Post

Thanks a lot dude...:-)
we are also planning to goto bekal fort which is arnd 100km frm muzhapillangad beach..
anyway lets c...everything depends on road conditions...

Hey any idea if the kabini forest gate will be closed just like bandipur forest gate???...any timings are there???..we are planning to start from mysore around 4am...so we might reach there before gate opens and we might loose time there...

**susheelkumar** · 11-17-2011, 06:15 PM

Originally posted by susheelkumar View Post

Hey any idea if the kabini forest gate will be closed just like bandipur forest gate???...any timings are there???..we are planning to start from mysore around 4am...so we might reach there before gate opens and we might loose time there...

Originally posted by TheRedPill View Post

I didn't go through SultanBathery hence don't know about it. You can take the route I posted previously. It is scenic as well as decent roads with rough patches in between. Also it'll be shorter by 30 Kms compared to SultanBathery route. Only problem is with a bad patch of approx 30kms in Kabini forest.
Reverse the following route

Thalaserry - Koothuparamba - Nedumpoil - Manandvady - Kabini and the forest - Mysore - Bangalore
Total 348kms

Ok guys I checked out in wikipedia (Nagarhole National Park - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia) came to know that just like bandipur, Nagerhole/kabini forest gate will be closed between 6pm - 6am...So goto plan accordingly...

**safetyfirst** · 11-18-2011, 07:50 PM

Originally posted by TheRedPill View Post

Thanks for the info pal. I asked the locals, one of them suggested the following and I took the same. The roads were decent with 30kms of almost no roads near Kabini reservoir.
Thalaserry - Koothuparamba - Nedumpoil - Manandvady - Kabini and the forest - Mysore - Bangalore (total 348kms). This one is 20kms more than the Iritty - Gonikappal route but much better.

I am also planning to ride from koothuparamba to mananthavady on way to ooty .since it is my first time on this route i have a doubt

should i take
a) nedumpoil - thettuvazhi-thondiyil- kanichar-chungakkunnu-boys town - mananthavady-
or
b)nedumpoil-chandanathoodu-periya-boystown-mananthavady?
answer will much appreciated

**christo** · 11-18-2011, 10:14 PM

a)steep hill, narrow road, tight curves. awesome scenery

b)easy hill climb and wide road, nothing much to see

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