I'll do that swapnil... see u in the ride buddy...

Hey MG.. thanx for supporting the point.. I think it's very essential in longer rides..
But why der isn't active response to that point...? May b people dont want to b left alone..

@Ketan: Very good point there, I was first one to come at MCdonald for divagar, i was also there with you during our mumbai event , we where only ones with Rajr that day.


Then again i was first one with snehmads for sat's g2g , No one was around later ajikya ans cosgeo came.


I am not bragging abt my Punctuality but i guess waiting over for 30min is fine 1hr is too much....then we start ripping to make up the time and chances are someone might end up with accident.


Let's go in a relax manner when there is no traffic early morning, we should really utilise the time in morning during summers specially.

hey...sorry cudnt make it for the dhaba meet...

So, as per my deleted previous post....with improper english.. I had said that i will be going to Goa anywhere between 7th to 10th. Its more of a holiday for me & my group. There are 4 bikes confirmed for the Goa ride. I'll try to sync with you guys and try to ride with you people. If possible, then we can accompany you till ratnagiri and then move ahead to Goa after you people separate...If me & my group leave on the 7th, then i guess I might ride back to B'bay with yuo guys.Thats it from my side, will try to sync and let you know.

First of all welcome to XBHP bro
THis is not a fastest finger first going on, or you will get a prize for reaching there first. ITs a group ride, not a solo.
No problems, shuru shuru mein aisa hota hai. Simple tip should solve your problem there. here it goes, (common sense actually) try co-ordinating with people by giving them a call on their mobile phones and ask them where they have reached, accordingly leave your place.
As far as your catching up idea goes, it will not work in case of newbies joining in. Not coz they have less skills or control on their bike, they are just not used to the highways, and shit happens over their. No need to take all that risk. I think the above mentioned tip should slve all yours and others problems who are complaining.
Incidentally bike rides are a common passion,hobby or in some cases a past-time, or for some its all about posing.. so take it easy brother...just realxx.

I think you are talking about the bloddy 400 kms odd(thane-satara) catch up that i did in like 3.5 hrs with like 3 breaks...my little iron butt On my 180 with a candle light headlamp, following the road divider at more than constant 95 km/hr... again as you mentioned about newbies.....verrryy risky..

Wow! thats really scary dude...where did you learn to be so HARSH man!
some opinion there, feeling worried to ride with you now. Bloddy i will be all decked up and i reach the meeting point late you guys leave, shit that will be like the last time will even call you!

Its all about the GANG riding there. Otherwise you are most welcome to go all alone. THats how you bond, thats how you have friends you can count on when you are in trouble,esp. during the ride. Believe it or not, but i do, that shows what you are made of and how much of a team player you are.

@all newbies...get one thing straight, why do you ride in group?? why do you tell at home that you ae with 15 other guys?? safety, sense of security, the awesome riding pleasure and the sessions together at the destination follow. If you think the other guy is a "TROUBLE" stay at home or ride solo. Cause i doubt if i can count on such a person with my life. God forbid if something happens to me, I would rather not count on you in the first place. I am sure this is making a lot of sense. Please think about it. Very imp.

please read the above mentioned tip. should save you a lot of time and surprises. Well summer ho ya winter, unlike european countries here in India, after 11.30 am the heat gets into every corner of your body....

^^ finally I agree.
Wanted to type all this stuff by vikram but my fingers were playing slowest fingers first
Anyways there's a need to find a middle path neither being too disciplined nor being too lenient ..
Garmi ke liye shadowboy konkan mein bahot sara nariyal pani pee lena

As I had mentioned, please give ur opinions/reviews on what I thought.. I'll take this as an opinion.. nothing more than that...

To sum it up from my side..If waiting for hour(s) just for the sake of GANG riding is fine...then it's fine.. But then I dont understand what's the point in deciding a particular time for the meet. Anyone can come any time and accordingly the one who reaches first will call every single person that m there and now u can come.. I am all happy to wait for u guys.

Where as if a particular time is decided, then there has to be some reason behind it. So instead of thinking all the possible mishaps that may happen if someone's left alone, if that person makes it a point to be there at the venue on time or atleast with a plus/minus 20-30 minutes will solve the entire problem.

To talk on my point that u said wont work(newbies dont have enough knowledge of highways) I've already mensioned that we wont leave the meeting point without informing/talking the late coming riders. Why do u v write all the details in threads when we start discussing a particular ride? So that everyone who's participating/riding should have atleast a brief idea of what roads are v using where and when r v heading. This way that person will definitely have some idea of the roads to b used. Adding to it, we'll inform him what route to take and I HAD SPECIFICALLY WRITTEN THAT WE'LL KEEP MOVING AT MODERATE SPEED UNTILL THE ENTIRE GROUP IS FORMED. That way, we can cover atleast some amount of distance in that time which we would have wasted just waiting for late coming riders.

I dont understand what's the big deal in being in time or atleast within half n hours range of the decided time. And talking bout team effort or looking from team effort's point of view, it's just because we think it team's way we'll b riding slow and will b in touch wid those who r late and eventually catch up wid them on the way. It's not that if that person gets late we'll completely ignore him/them and keep riding in our own style. Once all the members are together we can enjoy what u wrote above "safety, sense of security, the awesome riding pleasure and .."

I mean that's what I think.. again..like I said..it's an opinion/suggestion..No one's here to make hard and fast rules untill they are acted up on by everyone.

Rahi baat mujhe welcome karne ki...buddy i think u r a lill late to welcome me.. It's been quite a while I m riding with xbhp.. of course not as experienced as u r.. but that's what i feel..

And yeah..again.. thanx for reminding we live in India.. may b SB and I never traveled that far to feel the heat after 11.30am. or may be we are too worried bout our asses melting down in immense heat.. We'll adjust to it...

Thank you!

Tik hai na...i know but a little discipline is required rest everything is fine..its the brotherhood we share , it's the common passion we share and that's the reason why we all are here in this community.

When i crashed i have already witnessed the true brotherwoodship from all riders..the feel was so good like you have people to take care of you..that too underthe most critical suitations. i shall never forget those days and the trip to divagar for me will be cherish for the years to come.

DK: Saale this time it will VAT69+Beer to cool me off.

@Rossi: Easy brother dil pe mat le, u wanna come late it's ok we will wait for ya abhi kush

Zandu****** ...bas ho gaya abhi.ketan U got your live discussion on the issue
Ab time daal 6.45 a.m, panvel MacD.Aur agar koi 20-25 min se jyada late aya toh my guarantee ki raat mein mein le loonga
Toh guys weigh your options and decide accordingly..
Cheers...

Arre that's past tense.. U didnt read wht i said.. I have already set peace from my end.. I m ready to wait for every one for any amount of time.. There wont b a single word from my end on that topic no matter what happens..

SB sir... u listening..

Ok.. I'll put the time as 6.45am.

Guys just to facilitate last minute changes please subscribe to this Google SMS service. Like in case of rider reaching late or something of that sort.

This channel was already present but I found only 8 subscribers. In Bangalore we use to intimate members about new G2G threads (like in this case Ganpatipule ride).

Here is the link. Just register your Mobile no.

http://labs.google.co.in/smschannels/subscribe/xBhp-Mumbai

P.S: Don't use this channel for normal discussion, since receiving 10-15 sms a day will be dam annoying. Just for important announcement.

@Sandy: Just signed in.. hope more and more people sign-in into that, this way we can take care of the last min. cancellations and late-comings to some extent.

@me_is_rossi-Your words make me feel that being punctual is a crime.

I just put forward the same rule that we follow for Delhi xBhp group and everybody respects it.

This was my last post for this topic.

Anyone coming at anytime, is like very extreme/absurd statement to make. You got the whole concept of calling and co-ordinating with the gang members WRONG. Let me explain it with an example as to how it is traditionally done; (phew! last attempt now)
the meet is at panvel mcd at 7 pm. I consider a lag of 10-15 naturally (traffic/or any reason). I call up guys riding from bhandup/mulund/vikhroli/powai or sometimes make people come from ghodbunder. all this starts happening at 6.15-6.30 pm. coz that place is like half an hour away from my place. let the numbver of people meeting be 15;therefore if 7-8 or more people are from these areas, i already have half the gang with me. So i reach the destination with most of the people till 7-7:15pm. Now again, meeting up with these guys at a common place before reaching McD is crucial. So i might end up waiting for them at that common place. doesnt matter i dont reach mcd's witout them come what may. I start calling people even before i am on my bike yaar!! i keep doing that till i meet them. I used to harass anup like anything man.. So try it. start being a nagging wife...till the get used to you, and turn up before you call, trust me that happens

dost, catch up ka funda hi nahi pata...ok lets take a live scenario this time, when we went to hampi; the meet up time was 10pm panvel McD. these guys come meet up and leave as you proposed. i was late coz of quite a few reasons. I reached panvel at 12am! grabbed a quick Mcchicken, coke and fries. Ek dum full, started ripping straight away.(P.S. i was constantly in touch with cos and anup right from thane-McD and Mcd-satara) Reached pune at 2.30 am! took a pee break. Went inside pune by mistake, did KP-kothrud and then bangy highyway. So while i was doing this, these guys were taking like hundreds of breaks, doing TP riding at around 60..THe point is; they had done the same amount of distance covered by me from 12-3.30 am till satara (where i caught up with them)
which they did from 10 pm -3.30 am!!! So jaldi nikal ke KYA fayda hua?????? agar koi new bie hota, toh he would have surely taken more than that time, so again you would have gone slower and slower, again there are quite a few times where there is no network, bike kharab ho gay, puncture ho gaya, in the middle of nowhere no cell phone, water depleting, you are loaded with cash, but no dhanas around. Just imagine the poor guys state!! you sure you would want to put anyone through that.??!

@sb- its a very important discussion that needs to be addressed to. Coz whatevr you post on the thread is just theory..THis practice was started by chetan i f remmbr correctly. it was for showing our parents that we are not a bunch of rowdies. but the again as i said it was for showing.

Just route map is not enough for you to know which truck driver is drunk or what to do when you are blinded by an innovas HID with a curve coming ahead. TRust me on that one. We are talkin something serious.
IF anyone is having any doubts or "suggestions" please let it Flow. Would like to clear the air here. Very imp.

WAs expecting a wiser interpretation there! Anyways good for you.

Perfectly agree with you bro...
Its all about enjoying the ride, the food & the destination!
ANd I'll rather prefer things the way they are...

@Meisrossi, Ketan: Guys keep your language n anger in control plz. This is not the way xbhp'ian seniors should behave.
n I dont agree with any of you, now...

@Meisrossi: Nah! I was talking about our hampi ride, where you caught us midway after pune.
Ofcourse being panctual is not a crime bro
But Delhi n Mumbai are two opposite corners of the world (hope u'll agree on that), traffic conditions n roads here are a big problem, n you never know when they attack you! So rules n ways had to be different.
As most of the people are working, last minute changes, cancellations & meetings cant be avoided

Thats just my opinion
Same here, my last post on the topic

@All Newbies: Guys just a request to keep away from these matters, Enjoy the discussion & wait for the output.

CHILL GUYS...
Am not in a mood to fight. PEACE
thx.

I did not expect this kind of a discrepancy related to issues like "coming late".... seasoned riders are well aware of this stuff and understand them... and know how things turn. There is actually no need to discuss about this.

@Vikram: Bas kar yaar.... dont go high.... initially he suggested something.... and ur like taking him left right on each word.