The Official Trivandrum Offline meet(G2G) thread

[Ruizekool]

That person is going to do a speech for the campaign... since nobody else has come up with the claim, Lijo is going to be nominated to do the speech....

I love my style...

a TRAP ... gud one ... i am also loving your style ...

[lijok]

@DevilBoy - Thanks a lot for sharing your thoughts.

That person is going to do a speech for the campaign... since nobody else has come up with the claim, Lijo is going to be nominated to do the speech....

I love my style...

Who are you?

[The Celebrity]

Who are you?

Who am I?! I'm your friendly neighbourhood Celebrity....

@Devilboy: thanks mate... those points are going to help us a lot...

@Varun: Steal baby Steal....

[lijok]

BTW... the crank has arrived at SVC. Now for the cylinder kit.

[The Celebrity]

BTW... the crank has arrived at SVC. Now for the cylinder kit.

does that sound like we'll have to plan a NH07 revist shortly for a quick finish of the run-in period?!

[neil.jericho]

Just went through all the posts of last years Tvm helmet awareness campaign. Its wonderful to see the Tvm xbhp team being so actively involved in promoting safety in Tvm which despite being the capital of our well educated state, still has a large number of lidless riders. Here's wishing the entire team all the very best for the campaign.

Am attaching my favourite picture from last years event. The smiles on the faces say it all.

@ Devilboy - Excellent points. Can be used as a guide book for any city team organising such an event

@ The Celebrity - 1000 points to you for your approach

[deville_56]

My chillarapaisa.

1. Lots of under-aged kids, mostly 10-12th students riding geared machines, mostly R15 and P220s, creating bad name for decent riders and havoc in public, most of them being reckless riders. Talked with two of my sister's student's parents. Their attitude was "We got money, we know how to deal in case anything go wrong and its none of your business to them." One of the kiddies come for tuition in either an R15 or a Santro. Not only these, under-under-aged kiddies are roaming in gearless. You can see a kiddie daily in Vellayambalm-Sasthamangalam stretch dangerously zigzaging (even I don't dare to do it in my FZ) on a Scooty Pep. I've to box him once, no other option than that to slow him that day.

2. People's say 150+ cc riders are racers and reckless people. Try tailing a 100 cc guy for a 100 m without overtaking, I bet 5/10 guys will start running too fast. They are more reckless and rides dangerous, most of them riding lidless and insane speed in their unstoppable machines. I go to technopark in 50-60 range in empty highway late night and I see lot of these 100 cc ppl overtaking me like a Skoda versus 800. They come from nowhere and disappear in no time.

3. Most of the drivers especially autowalah don't look back before getting into the lane or turning around. I've dashed more than 5 times such guys, last one a narrow miss with an uncle driven white Estilo at pattom traffic light. I had to honk hard to back him off.

4. The Fast and The Furious raliway crossing scene kinda driving. Everyone want to cross first. It doesn't matter if the other guy is with indicator on or flashing his HL before turning, some idiots want to cross the train first. Yesterday around 3 PM, a scorpio dashed down such a Pulsar guy who tried to pass before he turned. Me too dashed an aunty on a puny Kinetic 3-4 years back when I was entering the PMG students center, when she tried passing through my left side, provided I was slow and my indicators were on.

We need to educate such kinda drivers too.


and I'm in for the ride

[Ruizekool]

does that sound like we'll have to plan a NH07 revist shortly for a quick finish of the run-in period?!

wowww .. +1 bro ....

[Doctor Noel]

My chillarapaisa.

1. Lots of under-aged kids, mostly 10-12th students riding geared machines, mostly R15 and P220s, creating bad name for decent riders and havoc in public, most of them being reckless riders. Talked with two of my sister's student's parents. Their attitude was "We got money, we know how to deal in case anything go wrong and its none of your business to them." One of the kiddies come for tuition in either an R15 or a Santro. Not only these, under-under-aged kiddies are roaming in gearless. You can see a kiddie daily in Vellayambalm-Sasthamangalam stretch dangerously zigzaging (even I don't dare to do it in my FZ) on a Scooty Pep. I've to box him once, no other option than that to slow him that day.

2. People's say 150+ cc riders are racers and reckless people. Try tailing a 100 cc guy for a 100 m without overtaking, I bet 5/10 guys will start running too fast. They are more reckless and rides dangerous, most of them riding lidless and insane speed in their unstoppable machines. I go to technopark in 50-60 range in empty highway late night and I see lot of these 100 cc ppl overtaking me like a Skoda versus 800. They come from nowhere and disappear in no time.

3. Most of the drivers especially autowalah don't look back before getting into the lane or turning around. I've dashed more than 5 times such guys, last one a narrow miss with an uncle driven white Estilo at pattom traffic light. I had to honk hard to back him off.

4. The Fast and The Furious raliway crossing scene kinda driving. Everyone want to cross first. It doesn't matter if the other guy is with indicator on or flashing his HL before turning, some idiots want to cross the train first. Yesterday around 3 PM, a scorpio dashed down such a Pulsar guy who tried to pass before he turned. Me too dashed an aunty on a puny Kinetic 3-4 years back when I was entering the PMG students center, when she tried passing through my left side, provided I was slow and my indicators were on.

We need to educate such kinda drivers too.


and I'm in for the ride

People dont know the value of their precious limbs.

[placebo]

@DevilBoy .. thanks mate.. Appreciate it..!!!

[QUOTE=neil.jericho;569824]Just went through all the posts of last years Tvm helmet awareness campaign. Its wonderful to see the Tvm xbhp team being so actively involved in promoting safety in Tvm which despite being the capital of our well educated state, still has a large number of lidless riders. Here's wishing the entire team all the very best for the campaign.

Am attaching my favourite picture from last years event. The smiles on the faces say it all.

i too like the pic..!!!

+100 neil

Chettaiii looks so young..!!!

HTH,
Sree

[a.jayamohan]

First of all, I am glad that Trivandrum xBhpians are going to take up the road safety rally soon. I hope preparation is going well and fine. Anyway, in response to Jayamohan quote in the Road Safety Rally thread of Shillong the following are few of the inputs from my side which I believe would be helpful in the smooth implementation of the upcoming event.

1. Firstly, get few of the xBhpians from Trivandrum for the delegation of work which you will be coming across below.

2. Find some sponsors for the event. You can approach the dealers of bikes, tyres, engine oils, etc for the expenditure which you will be requiring during the event. Likely areas of expenditure are for the Banners, flyers, refreshments etc.

3. Make a small contribution each for the refreshments, banners etc if sponsors are not available.

4. Plan out the route, venue of the event where all bikers could gather up for the flag-off and speech, venue for the refreshments where everybody can relax and have a get-together after the event. A field should be sufficient but depending on the expected number of participants.

5. Chalk out the location where the flyers can be distributed by smaller groups. but keep in mind that the whole group should be split only after the rallying has been completed through all the route. Fro bigger impact its much better if all the riders rides together in single/double file holding the placards containing the slogans rather than to split the whole participants into smaller groups.

6. Attain permission and support from the Traffic Department. Send a proposal to the Authority mentionind all the details of the event including the venue, schedule time, route, expected number of participants, etc and whether police escorts required. Its best to have traffic escorts for the smooth movement of the rally. You can invite Chief Guest from the Traffic Department itself who will take the honour of flagging-off the event. During our Shillong's event, we were honoured to have the DSP, Sir Herbert G. Lyngdoh as our chief guest who not only flag off the event but also led us from the start till the end of the rally. Sir H.G. Lyngdoh was a hard core, passionate biker himself during his youth and still rides his Eleminator.

7. Get the Flyers design done. I am placing a sample image of the flyers which we have distributed during the Road Safety Awareness Campaign in Shillong Meghalaya. Flyers can also be written in English or your own local language, whichever suits best.

8. Get printed one or two banners of size 4x6 inches. banners could contain logos of xBhp, sponsors etc.

9. Invite your pillions: your girlfriend, wife, sister, friend or your friend because the more the merrier. but make sure for a helmet each for the pillion. This was the mistake we made during our event in Shillong which i hope will not be repeated in Trivandrum . Pillions are helpful in holding the placards containing the Road Safety Slogans as well as in distribution of the Flyers.

10. Rally in a speed of about 20-35kmph so that Motorists and pedestrians could read your slogans on your placards. Afterall, the main objective of the rally is to reach to the mass.

11. Appoint each biker to make his/her own placard. Afterall its a team work! Well this is how its done with the least expenditure:
All you need is:
a. hard board or similar material of size greater than A3. Old Carton box, old Signboard boxes could be used.
b. old Flex or venyl sheet where you could write your slogans with marker pen on the blank side of the sheet. This later can be fixed to the board. You can get the disposed venyl/flex sheets from the printing press, etc. If you are not expecting rain on the rally date, you can also used old wall-calendars sheets since the back of the calendars are usually blank and are white in colour.
c. Road Safety Slogans can be easily downloaded from the internet. Just google it out and write in your own style. But do make sure thats its readable from a short distance
d. Finally fix a bamboo/wood so that pillion could hold them during the rally. A lenth of about 3-4 feet bamboo should be sufficient enough for visibility and height.

12. Invite other Biking groups if possible but be limited otherwise the "My Goup" attitude might just spoil the whole objective of the event.

13. Press Release: Send a press release to the Press club so that the event may be covered by the electronic and print media. Afterall, its about the Awareness.

14. If there are any left over flyers, hand it over to the various Bike showrooms so that the awareness continues even after the event is finished. You can request the dealers/manager to include the flyers with the Catalog/manual/receipt/ etc.

15. And yeah! Lastly, Smile at the camera! Spread the message of Road Safety with a smile.

Now the sample of the flyers:
Page 4 & 1


Page 2 & 3 (inner pages)

Pardon me for the small images, tried converting the pdf file to image but didn't work out well. But should you require a better one, then p.m. me.

And ya, the "What is Biking all about?" portion has been taken from the thread "Defination of a Biker" posted by rennycornelius with some additions. The other objective we had in Shillong was not only promoting Road Safety but also educating young motorcyclist about the true passion of biking not in the form of hooliganism.

So, I do hope the above inputs will be of great help for the upcomming Trivandrum event. Good Luck Guys!

Ride safe....enjoy the event...and spread the good message!

WOW complete guide book for our safety event ..Thank you very much for this valuable description mate. These solutions will be applied even in this programme too. Our sincere gratitude to your hearty support .

[deville_56]

People dont know the value of their precious limbs.

Let them lose their's, why taking other

[a.jayamohan]

[QUOTE=placebo;569937]@DevilBoy .. thanks mate.. Appreciate it..!!!

Just went through all the posts of last years Tvm helmet awareness campaign. Its wonderful to see the Tvm xbhp team being so actively involved in promoting safety in Tvm which despite being the capital of our well educated state, still has a large number of lidless riders. Here's wishing the entire team all the very best for the campaign.

Am attaching my favourite picture from last years event. The smiles on the faces say it all.

i too like the pic..!!!

+100 neil

Chettaiii looks so young..!!!

HTH,
Sree

Ha haha...enthu cheyyam nignale pole kunjugalumayittalle enikku kuttu....my wife often say "Iniyekkilum onnu othugikkude manusiya". I always enjoy to work with you all That is the secret of my energy.
@neil,Thanks for reading our Tvm helmet awareness campaign write up. And we will also appreciate you for some suggestions to this new event Road safety awareness campaign

[a.jayamohan]

My chillarapaisa.

1. Lots of under-aged kids, mostly 10-12th students riding geared machines, mostly R15 and P220s, creating bad name for decent riders and havoc in public, most of them being reckless riders. Talked with two of my sister's student's parents. Their attitude was "We got money, we know how to deal in case anything go wrong and its none of your business to them." One of the kiddies come for tuition in either an R15 or a Santro. Not only these, under-under-aged kiddies are roaming in gearless. You can see a kiddie daily in Vellayambalm-Sasthamangalam stretch dangerously zigzaging (even I don't dare to do it in my FZ) on a Scooty Pep. I've to box him once, no other option than that to slow him that day.

2. People's say 150+ cc riders are racers and reckless people. Try tailing a 100 cc guy for a 100 m without overtaking, I bet 5/10 guys will start running too fast. They are more reckless and rides dangerous, most of them riding lidless and insane speed in their unstoppable machines. I go to technopark in 50-60 range in empty highway late night and I see lot of these 100 cc ppl overtaking me like a Skoda versus 800. They come from nowhere and disappear in no time.

3. Most of the drivers especially autowalah don't look back before getting into the lane or turning around. I've dashed more than 5 times such guys, last one a narrow miss with an uncle driven white Estilo at pattom traffic light. I had to honk hard to back him off.

4. The Fast and The Furious raliway crossing scene kinda driving. Everyone want to cross first. It doesn't matter if the other guy is with indicator on or flashing his HL before turning, some idiots want to cross the train first. Yesterday around 3 PM, a scorpio dashed down such a Pulsar guy who tried to pass before he turned. Me too dashed an aunty on a puny Kinetic 3-4 years back when I was entering the PMG students center, when she tried passing through my left side, provided I was slow and my indicators were on.

We need to educate such kinda drivers too.


and I'm in for the ride

You said it man This is what we are trying to organise a Road safety campaign. The intention is just because of these reasons. Thanks for coming up with right findings and views...Be a part of this campaign dear. We need responsible people like you

[Doctor Noel]

Let them lose their's, why taking other

I agree with you. Some people dont care about others.