The Official Pune Offline Meet(G2G) Thread

[revvhard]

NEXT TIME NEXT TIME ... Will Hope in together ..... NO Worries ...!!!!!!

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Okay .. now another question that I have in here for everyone with any suggestions ...
How good are Scorpion, Bell or Icon helmets .. anyone have them or can share any experiences ...
I know AGVs n Shoies are great but they cost great too ... Ve seen Only rich people afford them ...

Also ... anything that one can get from in here considering attending CSS next yr .. as far as riding gear or bike accessories goes.
Are riding suits compulsary or we could do with a better leather jackets ? How does the weather wear at that time in chennai?
I would be getting touring shoes and a helmet is also on the cards .. but any thing keeping CSS in mind would be great if I could manage to get.

I dont want to buy anything that mods the factory settings of the bike as I dont feel very confident in doing so, so please refrain from suggesting any race kits or likes.


cheerz ...
ride safe and wear helmets !!!

Have put in a thread in Help Me section as well on the helmets .. if relevant, please reply there as well.

i guess you are in the us, for riding gear checkout Motorcycle Jackets & Biker Helmets Clothing Store - Leather Boots, Chaps & Motorcycle Gear they have some really great prices for the gear that they offer.....

[satyenpoojary]

Wise decision to turn back, if your mentally not prepared. If its not your day then its not, as there is a new day for everyone of us.

+1 on the "Mental" readiness.
I wouldnt call this a failure, its more to do with your mind than anything else. When I was starting for the chennai ride, the same issues cropped up for me too... but then I am wired a bit weirdly. Nothing to boast about, but the whole episode reached to a level when the mind said "Is that your best shot *****? I will do this, and do this now! Lets see what happens!"

Its nothing to be proud about, and its nothing to be upset about either! Life is a set of choices we take. Every choice has an outcome. Every outcome gives an experience. The experience experienced is what matters. The choice we didnt take, doesnt matter.


(Back from Leh, so "High" on philosophies :P)

[ZMAtic]

(Back from Leh, so "High" on philosophies :P)

^^^
Quick question - When can we expect a travelogue about going "High"

[rishabhshukla14]

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(Back from Leh, so "High" on philosophies :P)

So true :P

[trustvishwas]

So true :P

What do you know about getting high on philosophy?

[rohitlc]

Weekend G2G.

Just for a Change!!!! G2G on Sunday!!!!



Hi,after so many Months just for a change we will be meeting this sunday 22nd July at The MotoCafe at 8pm.

Day / Date: Sunday /22nd July
Venue : The MotoCafe
Time : 8pm

* There also be a weekday G2G coming week.

[shashrash]

i guess you are in the us, for riding gear checkout Motorcycle Jackets & Biker Helmets Clothing Store - Leather Boots, Chaps & Motorcycle Gear they have some really great prices for the gear that they offer.....

Yes that's right .... but I wanted to know hoe good these products are.. the one I ve mentioned. There are a lot of places I could get them but I am not sure if they are good n comfortable for usage. Or rather I should go for the top rankers here.

cheerzz..
ride safe and wear helmets ....

[rohitlc]

http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/xbhp-offline-meets-g2gs/23248-xbhp-9th-anniversary-mega-g2g-leh-return-g2g-mumbai-pune-chapter-29th-july-12-a-3.html#post844612

[trustvishwas]

I strongly believe that if you do not feel right about any ride, stop and turn back. Nothing wrong. Some days you feel like being on top of world and some days you don't feel like riding even at 100kmph. I believe that you should believe what your intuition is telling you.

Wise decision to turn back, if your mentally not prepared. If its not your day then its not, as there is a new day for everyone of us.

+1 on the "Mental" readiness.

I was talking about intuition and not about mental or physical preparation / fitness. I doubt that Antz would have any issue on those counts.

[revvhard]

Yes that's right .... but I wanted to know hoe good these products are.. the one I ve mentioned. There are a lot of places I could get them but I am not sure if they are good n comfortable for usage. Or rather I should go for the top rankers here.

cheerzz..
ride safe and wear helmets ....

best way to find out if they are comfortable would be to visit a store and find out for yourself, you might just find these helmets more comfortable than the top rankers...

[antz.bin]

+1 on the "Mental" readiness.
I wouldnt call this a failure, its more to do with your mind than anything else. When I was starting for the chennai ride, the same issues cropped up for me too... but then I am wired a bit weirdly. Nothing to boast about, but the whole episode reached to a level when the mind said "Is that your best shot *****? I will do this, and do this now! Lets see what happens!"

(Back from Leh, so "High" on philosophies :P)

Maybe the fact that it was not 'just another ride' made me choose otherwise. For me, it was not about 'giving my best shot', it was about enjoying the ride. Because clearly, if I could ride back 300km, I could have very well gone further the same distance and been in Chittorgarh instead of Nasik. This ride was supposed to be a birthday gift for my bike, doing it this way was definitely not done. We would have done it anyways, but not enjoyed it as much as we are going to, now that the issue has been fixed . It was more to do with intuition rather than mental preparedness. Till that point, I was covering distance at an average speed of close to 80kmph (far above SS Pace). The problem only was that I wasn't getting the goody goody *vibes* from the bike. The issues only got noticeable *after* I turned around.

Anyways, different strokes for different folks. Lets see when I can manage to make another attempt.

I strongly believe that if you do not feel right about any ride, stop and turn back. Nothing wrong. Some days you feel like being on top of world and some days you don't feel like riding even at 100kmph. I believe that you should believe what your intuition is telling you.

The conversation we had at RK's the previous weekend was flashing in front of my eyes when this was happening.

[trustvishwas]

Next episode of my Rajasthan travelogue is now up. Check it out -

http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/tourer/23054-tale-two-ninjas-slow-roast-rajasthan-retold-8.html#post844872

The conversation we had at RK's the previous weekend was flashing in front of my eyes when this was happening.

This must have been extremely hard decision to take. It really shows your maturity.

[Eshan-P180]

Xbhp G2G

Xbhp Weekly G2G

Day and date - Wednesday - 25-7-2012

Venue - The Moto Cafe, Bavdhan

Time - 8pm onwards

[Eshan-P180]

BTW - I had a wonderful ride to Pratapgad yesterday with cousins, 4 Bajaj Avengers and 1 R15. The roads are perfect, from Mahabi to Pratapgad roads have been resurfaced... I had to literally ride the avenger for sometime as i was actually tired munching those corners, they just don't end somehow ( i wasn't actually tired but it was raining like someone let open the Dam Gates..Firm posture and wet clothes kinda made me shift for sometime, got drenched again in waterfall)

Expect zero visibility on roads after Mahabi to pratapgad, its all in clouds. I had taken my DSLR but dint click much as it was raining very heavily. This wasn't tiring at all just for one reason being the roads were good. Expect lots of waterfalls atleast 10 in between the route, just park and have a bath just in case you got up early for the ride, mountain water at its best. The R15 was quite easy on wet roads, had 4 Bajaj Avengers so i was actually eased out during the ride.

Atop Pratapgad, pithla bhakri has to be the perfect one along with kanda bhaji. One good thing about this fort is that you can ride all the way near the main entrance of the fort, and then walk 40-50 steps till the eating place. So if you are visiting this fort with all your safety gears then it isn't much to trek, i mean walk, there is actually no trek here.

Good dhabas on the Poladpur highway which requires a diversion on the left towards Pratapgad. Yummy chicken stuff.

The ride totaled to 310kms completely, perfect for a Saturday because my body is actually hurting now as I type this.

Stopped at Mapro for ice cream and chocolate brownie, Gulped one sandwich too with coffee.

Something better than Amby i feel for corners and rains and from everything, the cloud ride is still fresh in my mind and it wasnt for some 2 or 3 kms or so, it was for almost 15-20kms after Mahabi to Pratapgad.

PS - Sorry i couldnt make it for the last moment g2g at tmc followed by dhaba stuff. I reached home around 9pm, thaklo vait, direct zhoplo.

[kartikpai]

I was about to post a ride request for this route .. though covering tahmini --poladpur--pratapgad--mahabi -- pune . So if anyone interested this weekend to ride this route let me know . Any other route suggestions welcome too .
Also posted an invite on underground terminal FB . .

Cheers,
Pai