The Official Pune Offline Meet(G2G) Thread

[ashtorque]

Here you go Ashish

Was not able to click more pics coz my cam was out of battery...

Dude you're awesome...Thanks again.

Next time ensure you have your cam battery charged

Cheers!!!

[s_and_m]

On page 300 of this thread, Tenhut and Satyen talked about a military medikit (more loaded than the tiny pouch that comes with the bike). Where would one find such a kit (to keep on the bike only and not carry around in a backpack) in Pune?

[aka_amy]

It was great to meet all the bikers from Pune as well as Mumbai who participated in the Helmet Awareness ride today. Hope to ride with you'll again sometime soon

But i would like to point out the highlight of the event....Catching Two Police Men without a helmet ....... It felt GOOD to stop them for once We should have fined them!!!

[antz.bin]

But i would like to point out the highlight of the event....Catching Two Police Men without a helmet ....... It felt GOOD to stop them for once We should have fined them!!!

That was actually the Best part.. apart from the ride back to Moto Cafe.. at the end of it all.

[rahulingle1]

thanx. man

[vikram kumar]

Cool hope you enjoyed..
Just waiting for my exams to get over..
then i can finally join all of you

[HydroXidE]

To those who missed Surojit's prev. post (here)

We are camping on Wed night at Rajmachi at a lovely camping site we found while exploring the area. It is off a drop overlooking a valley, offering views of Lonavala, NH4 and Expressway in the distance with the railway track and multiple tunnels right in front of us.

The quality of the place has prompted us to camp on a weekday (rather as early as possible, before the rains set in).

It'll take 2 hrs of travel time in total. 1 hr to lonavala. 1 hr from there to the camp site at Rajmachi. Tentative plan is to reach there before 10pm after office on wednesday. Leave Rajmachi at 6am Thursday morning and be back in Pune by 8am. It'll be a sleepy thursday, but completely worth it.

No tent/campfire etc planned. Just a night under the open sky with good surrounding views and absolutely no body in a half km radius. In case of rain, we take shelter at Rajmachi village 1 km away.

The 4 ppl who went on Rajmachi ride on sunday are confirmed since we are already convinced by the quality of the spot. Opportunity open for others to jump in.

PS: The R15 can make it

[shrinathrao]

how about planning a g2g with kababs this week? if any1 knows some place then please suggest

[antz.bin]

how about planning a g2g with kababs this week? if any1 knows some place then please suggest

i am in.. when r we doin it?

[shrinathrao]

i am in.. when r we doin it?

that depends on our G2g baba and our other members.

[surojit]

Rajmachi pics....

ok so here are some modest pics which we took from Ram's mobile camera... (we didnt have a cam )

[SAGARR_46]

National Racing Championship:R15 One-Make category (Novice)

Just got back home a few hours ago. What a dramatic yet enlightening debut racing weekend this turned out to be...

Started my racing career in the worst possible way. A two hour flight delay saw me reaching Chennai at 3:00am on Friday morning and land up in my hotel bed at 4:00am only to get up 3 hrs later to make it to the track in time. Then missed out on my lunch as the food van had already left by the time my 80kg frame,wearing a black racing suit, was done competing in vain with 45kg riders in the twister cup in 55 degrees Celsius.

Deprived of sleep and with absolutely no food in my system, I then found myself trying to qualify in the R15 one-make novice category. There were over 76 riders competing for the top 15 slots. To make matters worse, I crashed during my second qualifying lap at C11. Picked up the bike, to find the clutch lever broken and the right footrest missing. But rode it nonetheless in a desperate attempt to qualify. Lack of energy and the crash made it next to impossible to concentrate and I ran wide on C2 on the next lap and then trailed a slow yet suicidal rider for most of last lap who was "racing" with me in the qualifying round.Yet, somehow managed to clock the 14th fastest timing and booked a place for myself in the two races.

My first race, saw me make the common mistake of a rookie. I got a decent start but stuck to a defensive line for the first 3 laps to protect the positions I had gained. This proved to be a costly error as I lost valuable time and didn't have enough ground left to catch up with the front group in the 6 Lap race, run on the short loop. So at the end of Race 1, I had made up 5 positions and finished in 9th place.

For the second race, I decided to go on with my normal racing line and the move worked well, as I was able to keep up with the front group. But two wrong gear shifts in the long sweeping corners in the penultimate lap left me trailing the pack by a second or two and finish the curtailed-5-lap race in 5th position after starting from 14th on the grid.

To be honest, I was quite disappointed with myself at the end of the second race as I was in a good position to challenge the top 4 riders before giving it away. But this is racing and this was only my second attempt. There is a lot for me to learn and hopefully I'll qualify better in the next round to have a more realistic shot at the podium.

At the same time, I was proud to be the only rider from Maharashtra to qualify and feature in the top 10 positions in the R15 novice category. I want to thank you all for your support and well wishes. It means the world to me and I hope I can make you proud in the upcoming races.

[dineshsamtani]

Just got back home a few hours ago. What a dramatic yet enlightening debut racing weekend this turned out to be...

Started my racing career in the worst possible way. A two hour flight delay saw me reaching Chennai at 3:00am on Friday morning and land up in my hotel bed at 4:00am only to get up 3 hrs later to make it to the track in time. Then missed out on my lunch as the food van had already left by the time my 80kg frame,wearing a black racing suit, was done competing in vain with 45kg riders in the twister cup in 55 degrees Celsius.

Deprived of sleep and with absolutely no food in my system, I then found myself trying to qualify in the R15 one-make novice category. There were over 76 riders competing for the top 15 slots. To make matters worse, I crashed during my second qualifying lap at C11. Picked up the bike, to find the clutch lever broken and the right footrest missing. But rode it nonetheless in a desperate attempt to qualify. Lack of energy and the crash made it next to impossible to concentrate and I ran wide on C2 on the next lap and then trailed a slow yet suicidal rider for most of last lap who was "racing" with me in the qualifying round.Yet, somehow managed to clock the 14th fastest timing and booked a place for myself in the two races.

My first race, saw me make the common mistake of a rookie. I got a decent start but stuck to a defensive line for the first 3 laps to protect the positions I had gained. This proved to be a costly error as I lost valuable time and didn't have enough ground left to catch up with the front group in the 6 Lap race, run on the short loop. So at the end of Race 1, I had made up 5 positions and finished in 9th place.

For the second race, I decided to go on with my normal racing line and the move worked well, as I was able to keep up with the front group. But two wrong gear shifts in the long sweeping corners in the penultimate lap left me trailing the pack by a second or two and finish the curtailed-5-lap race in 5th position after starting from 14th on the grid.

To be honest, I was quite disappointed with myself at the end of the second race as I was in a good position to challenge the top 4 riders before giving it away. But this is racing and this was only my second attempt. There is a lot for me to learn and hopefully I'll qualify better in the next round to have a more realistic shot at the podium.

At the same time, I was proud to be the only rider from Maharashtra to qualify and feature in the top 10 positions in the R15 novice category. I want to thank you all for your support and well wishes. It means the world to me and I hope I can make you proud in the upcoming races.

Sad to hear about the crash...but the best part being you qualified even after that....Great going buddy....

Congrats on being the only rider from Maharashtra to qualify in top 10 positions...

Wish you all the luck for future and may you soar the highest peaks of biking

[shrinathrao]

Just got back home a few hours ago. What a dramatic yet enlightening debut racing weekend this turned out to be...

Started my racing career in the worst possible way. A two hour flight delay saw me reaching Chennai at 3:00am on Friday morning and land up in my hotel bed at 4:00am only to get up 3 hrs later to make it to the track in time. Then missed out on my lunch as the food van had already left by the time my 80kg frame,wearing a black racing suit, was done competing in vain with 45kg riders in the twister cup in 55 degrees Celsius.

Deprived of sleep and with absolutely no food in my system, I then found myself trying to qualify in the R15 one-make novice category. There were over 76 riders competing for the top 15 slots. To make matters worse, I crashed during my second qualifying lap at C11. Picked up the bike, to find the clutch lever broken and the right footrest missing. But rode it nonetheless in a desperate attempt to qualify. Lack of energy and the crash made it next to impossible to concentrate and I ran wide on C2 on the next lap and then trailed a slow yet suicidal rider for most of last lap who was "racing" with me in the qualifying round.Yet, somehow managed to clock the 14th fastest timing and booked a place for myself in the two races.

My first race, saw me make the common mistake of a rookie. I got a decent start but stuck to a defensive line for the first 3 laps to protect the positions I had gained. This proved to be a costly error as I lost valuable time and didn't have enough ground left to catch up with the front group in the 6 Lap race, run on the short loop. So at the end of Race 1, I had made up 5 positions and finished in 9th place.

For the second race, I decided to go on with my normal racing line and the move worked well, as I was able to keep up with the front group. But two wrong gear shifts in the long sweeping corners in the penultimate lap left me trailing the pack by a second or two and finish the curtailed-5-lap race in 5th position after starting from 14th on the grid.

To be honest, I was quite disappointed with myself at the end of the second race as I was in a good position to challenge the top 4 riders before giving it away. But this is racing and this was only my second attempt. There is a lot for me to learn and hopefully I'll qualify better in the next round to have a more realistic shot at the podium.

At the same time, I was proud to be the only rider from Maharashtra to qualify and feature in the top 10 positions in the R15 novice category. I want to thank you all for your support and well wishes. It means the world to me and I hope I can make you proud in the upcoming races.

hey sagar, well tried, inspite of all the fatigue you made it thats a big thing man

[surojit]

It means the world to me and I hope I can make you proud in the upcoming races.

well done sagar... n i m sure u would do the above... all the nest for the future races.... lets meet up soon so that u can share ur experiences in detail....