The Official Cochin Offline Meet(G2G) Thread

[vishnups17]

@praveen

started riding a motorised cycle on a chetak classic.
Learned to accelerate on Y RX100&135.

Learn not to fall down, the patience to heal wound on knee and to ride long on a classic Pulsar 150(still running)&180.....
Planning for more dream desinations on a new ZMR

Wow u changed ur signature,nice one dude

[avinrichards]

just had the Famous Cochin E2G with Ranjith , Aashiq , Swaroop , John and Arnie

[praveenmemala]

thanks man

@praveenWow u changed ur signature,nice one dude

Thanks dude...
@avinrichards:@the food circle near manorama? Hope swaroop had the same snack meal...

[RanjithMN]

no no...we had Biriyani(apparently John's fav. food) at Paragon!

[lijok]

no no...we had Biriyani(apparently John's fav. food) at Paragon!

is it Paragon or aragon :P

[RanjithMN]

its use to be Paragon..now i guess its Aragon!

[avinrichards]

Thanks dude...
@avinrichards:@the food circle near manorama? Hope swaroop had the same snack meal...

is it Paragon or aragon :P

its use to be Paragon..now i guess its Aragon!

was too busy with the biryani , did not notice the missing 'P'

[praveenmemala]

biriyani e2g?

was too busy with the biryani , did not notice the missing 'P'

Ohh... It was a biriyani e2g...
I again feel that I missed a cool chap...

[Hyperion]

Need some advice

Guys, I need some help. I am planning to ride down to Kerala around end of September. I have a couple of questions,

1. What will be the rains like around that time in Kerala?
2. What are some good motorcycling places to visit around that time? Bear in mind that I only have about 2 days in Kerala, after which I must turn back.

I will be coming down along NH17, through Karnataka.

Thanks.

[praveenmemala]

tips re

Guys, I need some help. I am planning to ride down to Kerala around end of September. I have a couple of questions,

1. What will be the rains like around that time in Kerala?
2. What are some good motorcycling places to visit around that time? Bear in mind that I only have about 2 days in Kerala, after which I must turn back.

I will be coming down along NH17, through Karnataka.

Thanks.

1. Its not a time of heavy rains actually. But as you may know there re some variations in climate nowadays. September is expected for medium rainfalls.
2. It depends from where you re heading towards Kerala. AS you know even Kerala is small state, 2 days is too short even to touch corner. So please tell us from where you re entering Kerala or which is the place you ll be visiting before entering Kerala. And re you planning to ride back to Pune from Kerala itself?

[Hyperion]

1. Its not a time of heavy rains actually. But as you may know there re some variations in climate nowadays. September is expected for medium rainfalls.
2. It depends from where you re heading towards Kerala. AS you know even Kerala is small state, 2 days is too short even to touch corner. So please tell us from where you re entering Kerala or which is the place you ll be visiting before entering Kerala. And re you planning to ride back to Pune from Kerala itself?

Thanks.

I am planning to come down along the following route,
Pune->Karwar->Gokarna->Kerala , along the NH17.

The plan is go through Bangalore and via NH4 to Pune.

[vishnups17]

Thanks.

I am planning to come down along the following route,
Pune->Karwar->Gokarna->Kerala , along the NH17.

The plan is go through Bangalore and via NH4 to Pune.

Are u heading to kochi??

Check these link

[Hyperion]

Are u heading to kochi??

Check these link

Thanks.
Probably not.

Currently the plan is to go through Gokarna along the coast turn inside at Kundapura->Agumbe->Kudremukh->Mangalore->Bekal Fort->Kozhikode->Wayanad->Ooty->Gundlupet->Bangalore->Pune.

[praveenmemala]

Thanks.
Probably not.

Currently the plan is to go through Gokarna along the coast turn inside at Kundapura->Agumbe->Kudremukh->Mangalore->Bekal Fort->Kozhikode->Wayanad->Ooty->Gundlupet->Bangalore->Pune.

Ok. Fine. So you have got a better plan. And I think its the best one that you can plan for two days. Is kozhikode is a must for you to visit... Or taken the place to turn to wayanad. If it is so, ok no problem. Its a town good place worth visit. Thats all. And the road from there to wayanad is awesome too...
And if you have taken that place just as a turning point, reconsider it by turning from Thaliparamba, a town 21 kms before Kannur. Advantage here is that you can reach Mananthavadi (one of the three major towns in Wayanad near where most of the places worth watch are located) by riding 99 kms. If you take the other route you ll reach the place by riding 200 kms only.
By taking the kozhikode stretch you can have these places to visit.
1. Muzhuppilangad drive in beach
2. Thalassery fort
3. Kannur fort
4. Thamarassery hill way...

Both stretches re good in terms of tarmac...

[neil.jericho]

^^ Praveen - You are our official Kerala xBhp tour & route guide !

I am planning on taking some days off post monsoons and exploring Kerala, will take inputs from you then.