The Official Pune Offline Meet(G2G) Thread

[icemang]

3 events I saw for the first time in my life were:
1. Rain in the desert. (I have pictures of the wet sand not actual rain )

2. A Sand Storm which reduced visibility so badly that I had to slow down to the 40s on a *Rajasthan* arrow straight Highway.

3. Punjab special: A wedding convoy being video shot in 'Ninad style'. Just all bikes in 'Ninad style' video were replaced with cars . I promptly spoilt their video not once, not twice, but 4 times

The rain reminds me of the flash flood of sorts I witnessed in Suratgarh in 2001 - the Officers Mess was in 2 feet of water and we had to drag the furniture and carpets out at 1 o'clock at night.

During Op Parakram, I was caught in a few sandstorms but the most memorable one was waiting one out with hatches down in a T-72 behind the Indira Gandhi Canal (I had gone for some work with an armoured formation on that day). The crew made tea INSIDE with 44 live rounds of the 125 mm main gun a few inches away and I was like but they? No sweat. Tea + pakodas + beedi = 3 happy tank men and one s***t scared infantryman. Those were the days... Even my wife and son were stuck in a sandstorm on the S'garh - Ganganagar highway. They were hot and dusty when they reached home finally but the car was ok

All the best for your Punjab ride. Many happy memories of that place - like hitting the barbed wire fence one night in December in thick fog whilst on an exercise patrol and exchanging "pleasant words about one another's mothers and sisters" with the Paki Rangers. Please don't do anything like this now, things are different.

Do try and get a good "saropa" - a ceremonial sword with a velvet-encased scabbard as memorabilia. Also, the area near the Golden Temple is famous for authentic pure iron (non rusting, in the Ashoka pillar mould) kadas. You can get the complete set too - kanga, kada, kirpan and kachha but the kesh have to be your own :-)

[antz.bin]

Somebody is in a houseboat. That somebody will be having some lamb for dinner and will leave for kargil/leh day after tomorrow. That somebody also made friends with a Turkish couple and a Japanese woman

Will update whenever i can. No roaming .

[Eshan-P180]

Somebody is in a houseboat. That somebody will be having some lamb for dinner and will leave for kargil/leh day after tomorrow. That somebody also made friends with a Turkish couple and a Japanese woman

Will update whenever i can. No roaming .

Cool, keep us informed.

@all

Any plans for 15th August?? its a Wednesday apna g2g day too.

I was thinking of having a morning 8 or 9am g2g at Roopali or Vaishali for breakfast.

Let me know what all do you think about this, if you have any alternate meet up place in the city for bfast let me know too.

[mahesh.2910]

Cool, keep us informed.

@all

Any plans for 15th August?? its a Wednesday apna g2g day too.

I was thinking of having a morning 8 or 9am g2g at Roopali or Vaishali for breakfast.

Let me know what all do you think about this, if you have any alternate plan let me know too.

How about a ride? Everyone would be having the day off.

[Eshan-P180]

How about a ride? Everyone would be having the day off.

Some members are already on a ride down south from 11th.

The great south India ride

Date & Time Saturday the 11th of August @ 4am from Pune to Sunday the 19th of August.

Arent you going for this??

Anyways, this would be a casual city meet thingy. Just all would be having an off so instead of keeping it in the evening, it would be in the morning.

[mahesh.2910]

Some members are already on a ride down south from 11th.

The great south India ride

Date & Time Saturday the 11th of August @ 4am from Pune to Sunday the 19th of August.

Arent you going for this??

No leaves. No ride

[Sanj_350]

2012 Kawasaki Ninja 650R superbike at Rs 4.99 lacs

2012 Ninja 650R @ 5 lacs (ex showroom)....who is up for it. Viper?

[lalitp]

[kartikpai]

Eshan baba , if not too much people we can change the venue to vohuman cafe Damn good omelletes man !

@Someone who is doing a lot of things
Enjoy your trip keep us posted

[Viper1089]

2012 Ninja 650R @ 5 lacs (ex showroom)....who is up for it. Viper?

Thinking.... Too pricey for me right now....Might go for its sibling...

[ROCKRZ]

Somebody is in a houseboat. That somebody will be having some lamb for dinner and will leave for kargil/leh day after tomorrow. That somebody also made friends with a Turkish couple and a Japanese woman

Will update whenever I can. No roaming .

Dearest Antz (roaming in Pantz :P),
please check your fb mail / gmail / private message inbox / sms.

I really need to know how was your Konkan trip...

[Eshan-P180]

Eshan baba , if not too much people we can change the venue to vohuman cafe Damn good omelletes man !

@Someone who is doing a lot of things
Enjoy your trip keep us posted

Thats a good idea too, actually i have been poured with lots of options. So do not know which one to go ahead, if you see my capacity of eating iam okay with all of them one after the other.

How about Cafe Goodluck? Bun omelette and coffee ke liye.

Thinking.... Too pricey for me right now....Might go for its sibling...

I see... Saw the new ad in today's TOI too.

Dearest Antz (roaming in Pantz :P),
please check your fb mail / gmail / private message inbox / sms.

I really need to know how was your Konkan trip...

Kuch lok Konkan aise hi bhag jate hai bina bataye, Rakad miya hum ab buddhe ho gaye. Kon aj kal bata ke jata hai, konkan idhar hi to hai.

@ all - Since its a holiday we can also keep a brunch g2g in city only. Time would be around 11 or 12ish types. (this is another option for those who do not wish to get up early)

I'm specifically not keeping it like usual times like early morning or so as want the day to go easy and enjoy the freedom from regular monotonous tasks along with usual programmed g2g schedules.

[HotShot]

Hello,
any upcoming rides?
i too wanna join you guys..

[Eshan-P180]

Hello,
any upcoming rides?
i too wanna join you guys..

The great south India ride

Date & Time Saturday the 11th of August @ 4am from Pune to Sunday the 19th of August.

Read Page 1 of this thread first before confirming for this ride.

[HotShot]

hey can i have your no. ?

i wanna know the trip details..