The Official Pune Offline Meet(G2G) Thread

[trustvishwas]

@ all - can we please have some pics from yesterday's g2g ??

I don't think anyone carried camera.

[antz.bin]

I don't think anyone carried camera.

Actually I did carry a camera... but was too shaken to click any pictures.
@RR Thank you.

[beruoist]

True Wanderers Journey will be flagged off from Wrangler Showroom FC road on 03 June at 09:30 AM.See you guys there

Cheers
Biru

[abhijitkn]

Finally we meet!

The collective IQ of the discussions at this thread is mind numbingly low.....

Hi RR,

Nicely said, no one should take it personally or feel offended. Sometimes such words are required. That is why sometimes I like the way Team Bhp is run. Again no offence....

I don't think anyone carried camera.

Hi Vishwas,

It was nice meeting you all, it was my first meet and enjoyed it. Though I was riding slow, would never want to chase a Ninja Boy, that is how I ride...
Although I was introduced to all i don't remember their names now except for few, who actually has their photo on XBhp.
How is the person who crashed? How is he doing? Hope nothing more than the initial diagnosis. Sorry I don't remember his name. I would have stayed back but received repeated calls from home so had to leave.
And Srinath has few snaps. He clicked it when we were having breakfast.
Safe riding next time.

Hi Srinath,

Try to post the snaps.

[inder.cool]

Actually I did carry a camera... but was too shaken to click any pictures.

Shaken? why what happened?

[shrinathrao]

@ Eshan - What Anant, Vishwas and Ten hut told is fact, dont take it other way round. See we all do mistakes and even i did and made this offline thread a chat room when i had crashed and was in fracture. But i was made realized by many of them and learnt its wrong, and this all are not saying because you are bad or something, again remember when you need help we all are there for you but dont remove your frustrations here rising out of your personal issues.

@ anant, vishwas, abhijit - I will post the snaps tomorrow.

[niks_devil666]

@Utsav (and maybe Eshaan and Royd too) It is expected that you ride at least 2 seconds behind the vehicle in front at highway speeds at all times........ into each other during a group ride.

Why so technical ?

Ride in a way that u can spot one to two riders at the front and one/two in your mirrors. If every body does this instead of selfishly riding away to glory then a group will always stay together.

There should always be sufficient gap of atleast 20-30m between riders and should travel in staggered configuration (in the left lane on 4 lane roads)

[nav75]

Why so technical ?

To make it even more simpler.
Follow a rider in a way that you are able to see his face, in his bike's RVM. This way you will also become visible to the rider ahead of you.

[ROCKRZ]

@ashu aka HYPERION, i think you are talking about alignment. thats not what i am worried about now. my concern is with swing arm play.

a badly aligned rear/ front has the following symptoms.
1) it will tend to pull to one side.
2) it will slide into one direction if you lock the rear wheel.
3) it dont give you a wobble, it will give you a sensation of loading one arm more than the other.

what i am facing is the following:-

1) if i let go the handle, the bike goes in a straight line. but if i take a turn, it requires a lot of effort to get it straight. seems like it does not want to get out of the turn.
2) when ever i go over the while divider lines, the bike loses the composure.
3) any speeds over 60 and below 80, the front used to shake if hands are taken off. after the change of front bearing set, this has disappeared.
4) my old cd 100 feels better taking corners than the hunk. this is the sense, it does not give stray "losing composure" feeling.

well, I will be showing the bike to a couple of reputed mechs that i have noted yesterday and will get back soon as to is my rear busted or not

[satyenpoojary]

Who crashed? and how? and why?

[trustvishwas]

Who crashed? and how? and why?

How - He left road and ended up in a ditch
Bike - Ninja - front, side, rear fairing broken, clip-on bent, rear seat came off and did not fit again.
Why - Because senior experienced riders like utsav and shrinath were sitting in RKs while this noob was riding to Amby.

[abhijitkn]

3 Second rule..

To make it even more simpler.
Follow a rider in a way that you are able to see his face, in his bike's RVM. This way you will also become visible to the rider ahead of you.

To make it more simple follow 3 second rule, usually I follow 4-5 second, but that is when you want to follow. This this is how I was taught in US, but it was different there due to strict speeding restrictions and also traffic is not like India.

[RabidRacoon]

Vipin Rathore.
Cause (according to him and those who were following him) : target fixation.
All hell must have broken loose once he target fixated and he made no attempts to lean the bike. So ended up going straight on an otherwise flowing but tricky left hander and ended up somersaulting the bike into a ditch ;s

But an even bigger lesson to be learnt is the fact that altho the crash was nasty to say the least the guy was cladded in armour from top to bottom including proper riding pants and not some diesel lame levis jeans like I was wearing myself :s
No scratch...no blood...thanks to the gear..
But a fractured rib

[shrinathrao]

Vipin Rathore.
Cause (according to him and those who were following him) : target fixation.
All hell must have broken loose once he target fixated and he made no attempts to lean the bike. So ended up going straight on an otherwise flowing but tricky left hander and ended up somersaulting the bike into a ditch ;s

But an even bigger lesson to be learnt is the fact that altho the crash was nasty to say the least the guy was cladded in armour from top to bottom including proper riding pants and not some diesel lame levis jeans like I was wearing myself :s
No scratch...no blood...thanks to the gear..
But a fractured rib

I think the fractured rib raises the importance for use of a chest protector and regarding riding pants i think many are using it, but yes that is also a necessity.

[Controlled Madness]

Hi,

Has anyone purchased any of the new xbhp tees from Corporate Identitee?? Was curious to know reg the quality of fabric used.