The Official Delhi Offline Meet(G2G) Thread

[VD17]

@rx da: Likewise, likewise! It was a beautiful day, really.

@prateek: Heh heh. Yeah man. It's the experience, actually. Besides, I was there as a fellow biker more

Which reminds me, I sort of did make a mess of my intro. I suck at speaking publicly Here is what I have always felt about biking - now that I had time to reflect upon it:

It stems from my cycling days. From the day I could paddle, it was my one single passion. When I was astride my bicycle, there were only two feelings I felt - the sweet resistance of the pedal as I pushed it down with all my might and the indescribable feeling of being absorbed in all the things your senses perceived. Speed has always been a vice of mine. So it was a feeling of oneness with my ride, with all that I could control, as the handlebar and the pedals became extensions for my arms and legs that sent a pure, unadulterated rush to the brain.

As I grew older, cycling was replaced by friends' motorcycles. Machines which i rode cautiously - not just because they were my friends' but because I was all too aware of how the dynamics change. A crash didn't just mean a few scratches. But that said, I have to confess that I did try and take a peek at the limits that I had set for myself. Those values have evolved and restraint has become more prominent now.

As I ride a motorcycle, especially on a long, winded road or in scant traffic (straight line tarmac somewhat bores me); I find the same rush as I unhinge my senses into absorbing every aspect of that ride. Whether it is scanning for minute details like the kid on the side of the road 100 mtrs away or feeling the rush of a burst of acceleration; a bike lets me feel that same oneness with the elements like it did when I was on a cycle.

I guess it is being in motion, and being in control of that motion which I like the most. I have a similar love for driving as well.

Writing this actually helped me dig out the passion that was buried beneath the madness that we call our modern lives.

[sherry_unicornlover]

Awesome and lovely Morning

Here comes my part

My day started with the irritating music of my Alarm. It was 5:30AM, Snoozed it and went back to sleep. And same continued for another half an hour. Finally woke up at 6:00 AM. Prepared tea with trembling hands and body. Looked out and i was welcomed by dense fog. Called Up Shivi Bhai, and he was awake.
Got ready in my lazy and extremely slow way.

It was time to warm up the engine. Started in second kick. Realised how poor my gloves are for this season. Then it was a slow journey towards the dhaba all the way from Dilshad Garden. There were few patches where i could not see even 10 meters away. and had to cut down on speed a lot of times.

While riding, i thought i will not see many faces at the dhaba but the scene was completely different and surprised me. And for GOOD.

Saw almost 13-14 people already present. Many known faces and few New one. A warm hi Hello session with few jadu ki jhappis.

This is how it was at dhaba:-




Slowly more people started coming. RX took the responsibility of making a list of people who came by. Old and new, and clicked the pics with their respective bikes. (Dude, upload them soon)

Then, Started the intro round. All the new members shared their inputes related to their Bikes, their touring part and what they think of xBhp.
Shot a small video,

VIDEO

After providing all the details, guidlines, rules and the proper way of riding in groups, we started from Dhaba.

I must appreciate everyone for the kind of togetherness displayed and the way everyone rode.
Due to minor glitch, i could not continue with the whole group and decided to catch them at the McD Manesar itself.

Almost an hour was wasted due to 2" nail in my rear tyre. As soon as reached the place, met Tilak. A warm guy. I was damn cold and my hands were shivering. ordered a coffee and a wrap. By the time i reached, everyone was done with their food, but all of them waited for me inside, patiently waiting for me to finish my meal.
And as before said, that hot hand dryer was amazing. instant relief to the numb hands.

All the bikes were parked in harmony and none looked out of place.
Another photo session continued, And sorry Guyz for not so good quality pics as the weather God was not much happy today.





And the group Pic


Ravi Bhai


The DUDE


Himalya Putra Aka Yeti


The Alien among humans




From there it was again a wonderful ride back to Dhaba.
Loved the way everyone was riding. Saw no one overtaking or breaking the formation. Thanks guyz.
After Gurgaon Toll, some of the members dispersed to their respective destinations and most of us came back to Dhaba.
Reason, No Sunday Morning is complete without those Paranthas and Tea.
few people stayed back till 2PM, talking almost on each and every topic.

Some went to see the the event at Ansals and i came back home. All happy because of a morning well spent.

[sherry_unicornlover]

The Intro

[prakhararya]

Aha, the very much awaited Video and pics are here ...

Nice pics and a awesome video there Sherry Bhai !

[aman46]

A BIG SORRY ! to everyone for not makin to todays g2g! im suffering form jaundice right now, thar's d actually reason behind..
AS an Intro.. .:
IV BEEN PART OF XBHP FROM PAST 4 YEAR, though joining in now , people feel as if im a newbie . .
i joined xbhp in june 26th '05 or '06 im nt sure as *ROAD RIPPER , n in between site crashed , so i had to make a new1 again. ...i remmeber every bit that iv spent. ..
TO BE HONEST : in these 4 year , iv never been able to chat normally with aryan , shivanshu , sherry bhaiya... n others too , this may be because when i joined i ws just 14. .there ws a huge age gap.. .plus i had 2 beg infront of my elder brother to take me along as pillion .. pardon for today..hope i make it later !

[thapasundi]

At 7am I was at dhaba, with visibility less than 50metres due to fog, I was sure that no one would be there... but what a surprise. A new member who joined in March this year was standing out there with his bike indicators on... he was Sunil aka Thapa.Sunil on his P150. we had a small chit chat for about 10minutes when Kurtrules came in...and yes we were enjoying all chit chat with smoke when people started coming in...and soon there was about 17 bikes parked in front of dhaba in that foggy condition where riding was very tough.... helmets off to you all and thank you so much for coming over.


1. Sunil aka Thapa.Sunil - P150
2. Vinayak aka VD17 - P180
3. Prateek aka Prat_san - Pillion with Vinayak
4. Anthony aka andyluvall - P220

After a quick chit chat session and some chats, the papers of all the bikes were checked, and it was good to see all were carrying there complete papers. Then a quick intro was given by our new members, which was recorded by Sherry Paaji and would be posted later. All the new mebers along with some old members were clicked along with there bikes, which would be posted by Dipankar Da.

After this, we briefed the riding techniques of group ride to all, since from dhaba it was 14 bikes going, so we had one group and then left for Manesar MacD. Few members got late and joined in between the ride, which was alright seeing the weather conditions. Though there were some regular stop for regrouping but all was managed well. Till we reached Manesar MacD all were cold, and cup of coffee with a smoke was a great relief. At Manesar MacD we were joined by Tilak jee (where eagles dare), it was great to have him with us. And also came our RPM Boy, who is always great as usual. After all the tummy filling sessions, we had a group photo. Then we rode back to Delhi, where the Gurgaon Expressway Toll was a regrouping point. All rode in proper group formation even while coming back and at very moderate speed. After the Toll we all dispersed to our own destinations. I am very happy with the way all riders following the group discipline while riding.

I would like to thank Sherry Paaji, Dipankar Da, Kurt, Tilak Jee, Ravi Bhai, Rossi, Kunjal, Sava, Prakhar, Prateek, Zayn, RPM, Tanay, Abhishek and all old timers (sorry if I missed any) for making it happen so good. I really appreciate this team work. We should do it regulary from coming year onwards.

And a warm welcome to VD17, andyluvall, prat_san and thapa.sunil to Xbhp. I hope to see you guys more now. And as VD17 has already given a feed back, I would also request the other three friends to put there points also, it would be great. Thank you so much for coming and braving this cold.

The pics would be updated soon by Sherry Paaji and Dipankar Da.

So to all friends a Belated Merry Christmas and a Very happy New Year.... God Bless you all !!!!![/QUOTE]


It is thapasundi, not thapa.sunil sirji...

[thapasundi]

First of all....."SORRY" for being late. By mistake switched off the morning alarm instead of snoozing it

Tanay's call at 7.57am woke me up , and just rushed for everything, in hurry I forgot to wear the Knee pads that I realized later near India Gate, and I thought it won't be that cold but I was wrong thinking that the wearing of leg thermals would be a wrong idea.
A specs wearing person faces more problem in the fog
I told Tanay that I would be meeting them at Manesar Toll as they took the M.G Road and I was on Dhaula Kuan route, anyways I just waited for 10mts when I saw a row of bikers coming and I joined for McD.

It was a nice, disciplined, enjoying ride that we had.

Thanks Tilak Sir for coming and Sherry Paaji, thanks that you came even though it was not for long, that shows brotherhood.

VD17,andyluvall,prat_san,thapa.suni : A warm welcome from my side, jhappi paao
And hope to meet you on regular basis now on

@VD17 : I hope you got the story!!
@Andyluvall : Nice meeting you buddy...
@prat_san : At last someone with my name, will interact with you next time, pakka se
@thapa.sunil : Quiet guy, open up





After leaving from dhabha, me, tanay, rossi_god went to Kirti Nagar probiking to get his ODO cable changed and planned to go to ansal's first , then go to Karol Bagh, on way met navalds (Naval paaji) at petrol pump and went to the Lord's Rally with him.
And left for Karol Bagh with Rossi_god as Tanay have to leave for home.

Thanks all for making this sunday a wonderful sunday.........



I, the Biker, the xBhp-ian signing off

I'll try my best next time..

[VD17]

Delhi folks, need some help - Can you suggest me some good mechanics?

Here is the issue: P180 UG4 carb issue - Varying RPM at 1/4th throttle

This problem worsened after yesterday's ride when I started the bike after work. The rev's would climb as i twist the throttle but suddenly slump by 1-1.5k rpm in the 25% percent range. Bajaj is obviously not listening to me since this problem occurs when the bike is cold and the SVC is 11kms away, so the bike warms up and the problem is mild enough for them to shun it. I just want this to be sorted out if its a carb setting issue by going to a mechanic who is knowledgeable.

BTW, I'm not sure about the rules of this post. We are allowed to ask about local mechs in G2G threads, right?

[sherry_unicornlover]

A BIG SORRY ! to everyone for not makin to todays g2g! im suffering form jaundice right now, thar's d actually reason behind..
AS an Intro.. .:
IV BEEN PART OF XBHP FROM PAST 4 YEAR, though joining in now , people feel as if im a newbie . .
i joined xbhp in june 26th '05 or '06 im nt sure as *ROAD RIPPER , n in between site crashed , so i had to make a new1 again. ...i remmeber every bit that iv spent. ..
TO BE HONEST : in these 4 year , iv never been able to chat normally with aryan , shivanshu , sherry bhaiya... n others too , this may be because when i joined i ws just 14. .there ws a huge age gap.. .plus i had 2 beg infront of my elder brother to take me along as pillion .. pardon for today..hope i make it later !

Get well soon bro.
And whenever you get well, do come to the meets. And as you must be 18 now, so no need to beg your brother to take you along as pillion. Come on your own dude.

The pics would be updated soon by Sherry Paaji and Dipankar Da.

My part of the pics have already been uploaded on the previous page. It's Dipankar's turn now.

Delhi folks, need some help - Can you suggest me some good mechanics?

Here is the issue: P180 UG4 carb issue - Varying RPM at 1/4th throttle

This problem worsened after yesterday's ride when I started the bike after work. The rev's would climb as i twist the throttle but suddenly slump by 1-1.5k rpm in the 25% percent range. Bajaj is obviously not listening to me since this problem occurs when the bike is cold and the SVC is 11kms away, so the bike warms up and the problem is mild enough for them to shun it. I just want this to be sorted out if its a carb setting issue by going to a mechanic who is knowledgeable.

BTW, I'm not sure about the rules of this post. We are allowed to ask about local mechs in G2G threads, right?

It's not a crime to post here, But as you already have a dedicated thread, you will get more visiblity there and the solution that you might get there will help the others in future if required.
And in the g2g thread, it might get lost in the multiple posts.
As far as i'm concerned, i will not be the right person to give you any solution on your issue, but there are loads of people with lots of knowledge. sooner or later you will get the solution

[prat_san]

sorry for the late reply guys ... after the sunday meet ..
it was a really good experience for me with the group on a chilling sunday morning [] . Being a newbie here ... never felt like that when with the group... and looking for forward to lot of future meets....

and next i'm definitely coming with my ride

[rx100.7050]

What an amazing morning that was !

So guys, here I am finally with my share of photos & comments. It was just fantastic to meet you yesterday. The blanket of fog which mother nature threw on us to refrain us from going out didn't had much impact. We all braved the CHILL of North India & managed to complete this G2G. It was a good G2G with all members adhering to the rules but we all know that we can better the effort.
Binayak & others have very well explained what we did. So won't bore you guys with another lecture
Here are the pictures from yesterday.

Those who joined the ride were : (sorry, couldn't format)

XBHP ID NAME RIDE
andyluvall Anthony 220
vd17 Binayak P180
pratsan Prateek Pillion with VD17
thapasundi Sunil P150
kartik_sharma Kartik P150
rx100.7050 Dipankar 220 Fi
kurtrules Vaibhav CBZ Xtreme
Sava Shivam Fz16
prakhararya Prakhar Rx100
Tanay Tanay P200
pawangreat Pawan FZ16
rossi_god Mohit 220
ravi55dalal ravi ZMR
kunjal Kunjal Pillion
duke_d_king Ishaan R15
abhishekch Abhishek RTR180
Sherry_unicornlover Mandhir Unicorn
Shivanshu Shivanshu R15
Prateek RTR180
Zayn P220
Tilak.soni Tilak Bullet

[rx100.7050]

Here is the second installment.

[rx100.7050]

last of the lot. Pardon for the bad photos. After all, I had a pocket digi cam

[rx100.7050]

few of the last photographs

[tilak_soni73]

tats amazing set of pics buddy, loved it... thanks for sharing...