The Official Pune Offline Meet(G2G) Thread

[inder.cool]

Has anyone been to village Velhe via Panshet? I had been there yesterday. We were going to a small hike to mohari pathar. I realized that its an awesome road for biking. Its a mixture of good smooth roads and completely rough roads with just gravel and medium sized stones. If xbhp pune riders are willing we can go ride there on a weekend.
The bad roads are just kachha roads. It will be a little rough ride there. But plenty of good scenery and occasional small tar-made smooth roads. I believe it will be a good ride. Also we ride through a few very small villages.
You can see the pic of the road and surroundings.

No use going there in summers..no scenery around bad roads..i mean proper kacha roads with stones and gravel.

I have been there with Inder.cool & two others. The roads are not so good as you mentioned and actually a ride to this area in monsoons would be much more fun than current season.

Exactly. If that place is to be visited then visit it only in monsoons..

[TenHut]

@TenHut: Do you know the guy who was clicking pics from the marshal's post at C1 (near pit lane exit), on last day?

No but I have some of your pics. Will post them here soon

[shrinathrao]

How about a session on Panic stops at lavasa this sunday, The CSS trained riders can help us a lot in the same thing as their brain muscle would have already built by now in the technique.

[nav75]

Wow! the second pic is too good. Can't believe such a place exists in Pune though there are many sch places in that area.. Was this taken at the backwaters of Panshet?

This was clicked on the way back from Velhe. After I took the first turn towards Panshet. Went a bit off the road to click this pic.

No but I have some of your pics. Will post them here soon

Thanks.

How about a session on Panic stops at lavasa this sunday, The CSS trained riders can help us a lot in the same thing as their brain muscle would have already built by now in the technique.

At CSS we were asked not to use the brakes for most of the track sessions. With only little bit of brakes allowed in rest of sessions.

They didn't taught us how to use brakes as we had lots of other things to learn and practice before we could taught how to use brakes.

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[TenHut]

At CSS we were asked not to use the brakes for most of the track sessions. With only little bit of brakes allowed in rest of sessions.

They didn't taught us how to use brakes as we had lots of other things to learn and practice before we could taught how to use brakes.

Brakes demand attention and bandwidth when entering a corner. That is the reason why we had the "No brakes" drill and the "light brakes" drill. I hope you are convinced now that braking and gear shifting and just about everything else should be done BEFORE you enter a corner and not IN the corner irrespective of what the corner is(can be a hairpin too). Since the coaches there were immensely approachable I am sure you have this query sorted with one of them else you can post about it at
Cornering - Cornering Forum

[abhijitkn]

Back from the track and in a mood to flaunt
So here it is

Nice snaps. Seen a lot more on FB

In case you want to learn things and learn them from those who knows how its done and if you can't afford / wait for CSS. TWO (indiMotard adventures - motorcycle experiences, india and beyond!) is another option. Register for it (its on 11, 12 Feb) and start the learning process.

Thanks a lot for the info. Are there any other track sessions like these conducted near / within MH.

Roger & Nikhil posted this Video on FB not sure if everybody has seen it. Worth watching.
Hell Roads - Tail of the Dragon - YouTube

[nav75]

Brakes demand attention and bandwidth when entering a corner. That is the reason why we had the "No brakes" drill and the "light brakes" drill. I hope you are convinced now that braking and gear shifting and just about everything else should be done BEFORE you enter a corner and not IN the corner irrespective of what the corner is(can be a hairpin too). Since the coaches there were immensely approachable I am sure you have this query sorted with one of them else you can post about it at
Cornering - Cornering Forum

Nope, not fully - to the bold above.
I'll again repeat what I said in the cornering thread, brake and shift to gear before the corner but on public roads, there could be some instances when you might have to brake in the corner - to cut down on some speed. This is how I ride, I'm not expert in riding so not telling anyone to follow/not-follow it. Learn from the experts, by what ever means you can.
On track, during "no brakes & one gear" drill, I have never touched the brake/gear at any moment of time, even when I went a bit too fast for some corners, for my skill level.

Btw, on Day 1, in white group classroom Dylan did mention about deep braking into a corner. Also, I'm told about some coach mentioning about trail braking and its benefits in CSS classroom for the first batch (held on the previous weekend) for lvl 1, 2 &3.

Thanks a lot for the info. Are there any other track sessions like these conducted near / within MH.

Such sessions are held only at a race track. Coimbatore is just over a day's ride (one way). If people can ride/ship the bikes to ride to their fav riding destination, I see no reason why one can't take 2 days off/ship bike+fly to attend a riding school on a race track, if really interested.

[lockhrt999]

Guys is there a place at the bottom of Sinhagarh where I keep my helmet and other stuff safely?

[Mathewpaul]

Front Number Plate Painted

Hi,

I want to remove the front number plate of my CBR 250R. Can anyone help me out to find a good place where i can get the number printed/ painted onto the front mud guard.

[icemang]

Hi,

I want to remove the front number plate of my CBR 250R. Can anyone help me out to find a good place where i can get the number printed/ painted onto the front mud guard.

Hi,

You will have to check from the traffic cops if having it on the mudguard is ok with them. I took off my front plate and put a nice sticker on the front fairing just below the HONDA badge. It looks neat and the cops are happy to see the plate on the main body of the vehicle - I asked a local cop and he gave the thumbs up.

[niks_devil666]

Brakes demand attention and bandwidth when entering a corner. That is the reason why we had the "No brakes" drill and the "light brakes" drill. I hope you are convinced now that braking and gear shifting and just about everything else should be done BEFORE you enter a corner and not IN the corner irrespective of what the corner is(can be a hairpin too). Since the coaches there were immensely approachable I am sure you have this query sorted with one of them else you can post about it at
Cornering - Cornering Forum

Of course that is the ideal situation but one of the coaches told us in lvl1 that if u need to tighten line and by experience u know hook turn isnt going to do that , then u reduce throttle,brake a little and lean it more than u did earlier.

but from my experience on the track I tried doing both at c10 , I felt more relaxed while doing the hook , so thats what I am going to try to do first rather than brake and lean more. (on public roads)

[abhijitkn]

Such sessions are held only at a race track. Coimbatore is just over a day's ride (one way). If people can ride/ship the bikes to ride to their fav riding destination, I see no reason why one can't take 2 days off/ship bike+fly to attend a riding school on a race track, if really interested.

Hi,
I wanted to know if there are any other sessions like these, before one could attend CSS, since many might not aware of it & you guys know more & I can't take weekday off for now...but surely will like to attend in future.
For interested people more on indiMotard read here (Team-Bhp).
There is one such track school I came across is AUTOMISSION Motorsport it is located at Khopoli, & best place to play with an off roader, dirt bikes. I'm not sure about the actual race track, but the dirt track is ready & the proposed plan is here. If anybody has experienced it, can enlighten others.

Guys is there a place at the bottom of Sinhagarh where I keep my helmet and other stuff safely?

Plenty of places you can keep your riding gear, but carry valuables with you like cameras etc.
Also you can ride till the top.

[trustvishwas]

Also you can ride till the top.

I have heard that the road is currently closed for repairs (as usual).

[abhijitkn]

As usual..

[Sumit_B]

Query:

Hi guys, I want to add some reflective material/sticker (without stitching) at the back and front on my alpinestar TRC1 jacket, since there is no reflective lining/ material on the jacket at all.

Now the question is:

1) How to do it?

2) Where will I get the material?

Thanks.

P.S: AFAIK, radium stickers will not help because it may peel off if the jacket is washed.