The Official Pune Offline Meet(G2G) Thread

[shrinathrao]

@ Rockrz - Risks are there and that makes you more cautious which otherwise in group ride is ignored.

@ Kartikpai - If given a choice one would would prefer solo rides as one can take his own time and carry on.

Posted some snaps in FB

[satyenpoojary]

Congratulations NV! and congrats Rishabh!


and good work Urvashi! How do you want xBHPians to support that cause? By not buying vardenchi products? " if so, consider me in!

Me back in pune for sometime, but seems like a nasty schedule this time around! Put up @ Royal Orchid @ Kalyani Nagar

[trustvishwas]

Me back in pune for sometime, but seems like a nasty schedule this time around! Put up @ Royal Orchid @ Kalyani Nagar

Nice to see you putting up with so much inconvenience for your company's sake.

[satyenpoojary]

Nice to see you putting up with so much inconvenience for your company's sake.

Yeah! Especially after sleeping near the road a day before, i can only complain on such facilities

PS: Whats up Inder?

(Long time anyone wrote that!)

[stuntababe urvashi patole]

Do not get pissed off Urvashi.
You are doing a great job by asking then, do not expect huge results in short time. As per my experience even 2/10 is good turnaround.

Rishabh is famous once again! He is on the front page of Pune Times today! I think the pic also features Ashutosh, Kashifbhai and Tourojit. Not sure though since the pic is too small. But Rishabh is there in the pic for sure.

Cheers




Thats a great thing you are doing, Urvashi. But do not force them much since it is human tendency to do what you are not told to and vice-versa! I believe they do have brains as big as their pockets to understand the need for safe riding. After all, if they spent so much on those bikes they should be seen by people without their helmets on Otherwise how will people know who these cool dudes are?

yeah hope i can influence a few atleast. yeah super cool dudes.dumbasses the lot


Congrats guys..please put the article up here

[One Ride One India]

OneRideOneIndia

Dear Friends,
Thank you First of all showing you support by sending us xBhp Pune logo.let me brief you all abt the event
We are starting a mega ride from Mumbai to Mumbai covering almost 35000+kms streching up to 150-18-days.touching 626 districs,6000+ tourist places know and not know to All Indians and World,spreading the word of safe riding ,promoting tribel areas of different regions,searching for best local cuisine,plantation of trees,etc..
We request your support also you can join us in your respective regions and ride with us from 35km to what ever dictance you want to ride.details of ride will be aviable on OneRideOneIndia.
As only support can make riding community big...
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[utsavchs]

Congrats Nikhil on the FZ1..

[tourer_kashif]

Solo rides are always fun. But its all how you take it... Solo rides have their own share of risks. Also, on a group ride, you have more fun everytime you stop, while on a solo, the riding is the fun part...

For me its a little different
In solo ride, you ride till you enjoy and stop whenever you feel something interesting is around.

So joy is both in riding and stopping at will.

Group rides goes more with Biker feel and solo goes well with the traveler feeling.

[stuntababe urvashi patole]

Congratulations NV! and congrats Rishabh!


and good work Urvashi! How do you want xBHPians to support that cause? By not buying vardenchi products? " if so, consider me in!

Me back in pune for sometime, but seems like a nasty schedule this time around! Put up @ Royal Orchid @ Kalyani Nagar

ha ha yeah that sounds feasible :P but they aren't really listening.

[shrinathrao]

Technical G2G on Tyres

Hey how about keeping a technical G2G on tyres?

I spoke to the Pune MRF office Technical Service Engineer Devnath Banerjee and he is ready to come and give a talk on the same. We can arrange the same at moto cafe on some saturday or wednesday.

[antz.bin]

Hey how about keeping a technical G2G on tyres?

I spoke to the Pune MRF office Technical Service Engineer Devnath Banerjee and he is ready to come and give a talk on the same. We can arrange the same at moto cafe on some saturday or wednesday.

Nice initiative Rao Saheb! Why don't you arrange it for all of us.. on this satuday / next wednesday so that everyone will get enough time to get the message across and make adequate changes in their schedules to accommodate the event.

[icemang]

Leh Simulation trip: Nasik and back

Hi guys,

On Sunday (10 Apr), I did a quick return trip to Nasik. Sorry for not sending out an invite to the group; my plans were flux and I had decided only on Saturday to go ahead. The objective was to check out the long-distance comfort issues of my Pulsar 150 Classic in prep for my Leh trip in July.

A brief report:

Pune to Nasik

Departure: 0530h

The early morning ride was very pleasant, to say the least. The exit to the Nasik phata is a pain to negotiate - the exit under the flyover has been barricaded and one has to ride ahead, cut across traffic and then get on to the Nasik road proper.In fact, at places, near villages, there was a distinct nip in the air. I was amazed to see even light mist near ponds - and this when summer is about to hit the area! Traffic was quite light and I was making good time.

Breakfast At 0730h, I stopped for a break at a Saroj dhaba. Bad luck - only tea on offer and I sure was not in the mood for aloo parathas! So I had a tea and rode ahead and lo and behold, a Kamat restaurant came up on the left. My tummy was doing an imitation of a balky, poorly tuned V 8 so I stopped and was about to enter the parking lot when the attendant waved me off with much disdain and I had to park away from the "mothya gadya" area. Talk about discrimination against bikers... Poha nd tea came to Rs 40 and the poha plate was way too small to justify the price...

I have a remark on the mentality of people in this state, rather the mentality of socially and financially upward people. Before I get brickbats flying at me, let me haste to add that I too belong to the latter category. At Kamat, NOT ONE PERSON spoke to me about my garb (elbow and knee guards, jacket, gauntlets etc) but kept giving sidelong glances. I have ridden/driven in J & K, Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan, U.P., Himachal Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Goa etc and at ALL the aforementioned places, somebody has approached me to strike up a conversation about the weather, where are we going etc. But not here. Wonder why...

At around this time, I noticed a peculiar attribute of the bike which I shall elaborate on later.

The ghats came and went and the Pulsar was pulsating nicely.

At 1030h, I was a bit tired so broke for a pee and water at a dhaba at Sinnar. The misal pav was here was excellent, sorry, forgot the name of the place. At last, one farmer asked me about my destination. A small chat for 5 mins and I was on my way.

Arrival Nasik: 1130h.

I could have arrived 30 mins early but some time was wasted in finding the route to the Military Hospital in Devlali where my good friend had posted a guide to take me to his house.

Lunch was a relaxed affair. This friend and I go back to 1995 when he was a doctor in my battalion and we had grown close. Now, his kids are grown up, one has flown the nest and husband and wife are preparing for the lonely days ahead when both kids would have their own lives and the home would suddenly become more of a house than a home...

Nasik to Pune

Departure: 1445h.

Bidding farewell to old friends is difficult and time-consuming and so I was back on the road a little after my planned-for time.

Refueled with 7 lits at the HP bunk in Devlali. Once again, the odd issue cropped up only to go away later.

By the time I was 10 odd kms short of Sinnar, the sky clouded over and I was spared the Sun's rebuke.

Again, the ghats came and went, no issues with bike or rider.

At the last ghat before Pune - forgot the name- one moronic driver caused a jam by trying to overtake while a bus was climbing. Within seconds, it was a 3 km gridlock. Irate drivers got out and I too helped out to clear the mess. Reminded me of the CEAT advt - the road is full of idiots. Thanks to my two wheels vs the other's 4, I sped ahead and the rest of the 4 wheelers were able to catch up after almost 45 mins.

Darkness came short of Chakan. Guys, this patch is a real nightmare and I cannot advise more strongly to exercise max caution in this area, especially during darkness. There are no overhead lights, there are numerous intersections, all without signals, the median plastic tree shaped dividers are broken in patches so the opposite traffic's headlights hit one full in the face and the traffic is very fast, thanks to the lovely road quality. I had bought a new CROSS helmet with a clear visor on Wednesday and was thankful for the superb optics of the visor.

Arrival: 2015h

My wife was happy to see me and the kids were chomping on the famous Nasik seedless grapes in no time. A couple of chilled beers and dinner later, I was refreshed enough to take the family out for ice-cream.

Distance ridden: 450 km, time in saddle: 11 hours.

Equipment

Cramster saddle bags, tank bag and a small soft bag bungeed to the pillion seat. 02 X 5 lit cans filled to simulate petrol. All spares and clothes as per my list for Leh minus the emergency rations. Adequate water as per high altitude norms.

The bike issue

I had noticed on my daily riding in Pune that when I filled the tank up to capacity - 14 lits - the carb seemed to not breathe properly. When the fuel came down to a bit more than 3/4 full, the bike suddenly came to life. This odd attribute was completely proven on the instant trip and twice at that.

Tank full, she just did not want to cross 5000 rpm/5th/60 kph. The carb sounded almost strangulated and any additional throttle input caused knocking. But with some fuel burnt, the carb started sounding typically Pulsar rorty, the revs picked up and she was cruising effortlessly at 5k rpm/70 kph and wanting to go ahead.

Deduction

The carb needs a specified head room of air in the tank for it to correctly mix the fuel with the air which means that below this air space, the FUEL pressure at the main jet is inadequate to sustain revs beyond about 4.5K.

Any inputs on this issue - people facing the same phenomenon etc are welcome. This is an important issue for me: I will have to cater for more fuel outside the tank for my Leh trip then.

Photos

The scenery was very dry. Also, I was a bit pressed for time so did not click any snaps, sorry!

[shrinathrao]

My First solo ride log is up.

http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/tourer/17700-my-first-small-solo-ride.html#post608500

@ icemang - loved the writeup, post it in the tourer section sir.

[icemang]

My First solo ride log is up.

http://www.xbhp.com/talkies/tourer/17700-my-first-small-solo-ride.html#post608500

@ icemang - loved the writeup, post it in the tourer section sir.

Thanks, Shrinath.

I posted it in the Tourer section by opening a new thread but it has gone missing

[shrinathrao]

Thanks, Shrinath.

I posted it in the Tourer section by opening a new thread but it has gone missing

The moderator has to approve it than it will be visible.