The Official Mumbai Offline Meet(G2G) Thread

[alankarmisra]

kaun kya bola

agar hoga to isi side hoga iss baar & I will also have a special surprise ready from my side

I'm out this weekend - either riding to Pune with Satyen or riding to "I have no idea where" with Biru cause you know Biru Bola Goa, pahuncha Katmandu.

[satyenpoojary]

Psst - Am riding on thursday night or Friday Morning, working on Friday and THEN the fun time begins.


and Who all are in for the DK bhaus G2G at Panvel
- DK
- Satyen
- Alankar

[saurabhjd]

Psst - Am riding on thursday night or Friday Morning, working on Friday and THEN the fun time begins.


and Who all are in for the DK bhaus G2G at Panvel
- DK
- Satyen
- Alankar
- Saurabh


confirm dates please?? out, if this weekend is planned.

[alankarmisra]

Psst - Am riding on thursday night or Friday Morning, working on Friday and THEN the fun time begins.
and Who all are in for the DK bhaus G2G at Panvel
- DK
- Satyen
- Alankar
- Saurabh
confirm dates please?? out, if this weekend is planned.

Haan when is this??!! Saturday/Sunday I'm riding. So unless its next to next weekend...

[beruoist]

I am in,when is this

Cheers
Biru

[viraj_s85]

Psst - Am riding on thursday night or Friday Morning, working on Friday and THEN the fun time begins.


and Who all are in for the DK bhaus G2G at Panvel
- DK
- Satyen
- Alankar

Damn will miss this one unless you guys plan it on 19th or afterwards... gone be busy for few days

[Jdsouza81]

Visited Aurangabad last week. My friends reached there a day earlier due to leave constraints I reached the next day.

Day 1: Start from Mumbai (5 AM) - Kasara Ghat - Ghoti - Sinnar - Aurangabad (11 AM). Met my friends there and started for Lonar again.
Aurangabad - Lonar - Aurangabad
Total distance travelled by me on Day 1: 670 Kms

Road conditions on NH3 are amazing. Ghoti-Sinnar is also nice. Sinnar - Kopargaon is in Ok condition and Kopargaon to Aurangabad is in Bad state. Better avoid this route.

I would suggest you take Mumbai - Chakan - Ahmednagar - Aurangabad route (which we took on return journey). This route is in awesome condition and you can easily keep triple digit speeds here.

Nothing much to see near Lonar and the distance from Aurangabad is also a concern if you plan on the same day.
Dont miss Daulatabad fort. Its one of the best and well maintained forts in Maharashtra.

On Day 2 we did Daulatabad, Ellora and Ghrishneshwar.
On Day 3: Panchakki, Biwi Ka Maqbara and return trip via Ahmednagar.

Thanks. Unfortunately, I wont be able to make it this time.

Thanks for this info. I am also planning to do this on 23-24-25 march (if heat is not much). I will avoid Kopargaon route. Ahmednagar route is really awesome, did it few months ago by car, planning to do it on return leg.

Rony, I might join you for this trip. Just that my bank account status at month-ends dont support my overnight trips.

[jayhaywalker]

I would agree with all people who said that the Chakan route to Aurangabad is best. The roads are wonderful from Auranagabad to Chakan and vice versa, you can easily maintain triple digit speeds.

2yrs ago, one fine friday, i woke up in the morning and packed for Aurangabad. I had been working up the courage for an adventurous long ride, but that day i was like phuck it, now or never. My main objectives were to see Ellora and Ajanta. However after reaching there, i went everywhere accept Ajanta, as i didnt feel like riding a further 100kms to Ajanta.

I set off at 1000hrs went via Nashik reached Aurangabad at 2000hrs. After reaching Nashik there is this right turn somewhere which puts you on the straight road towards Aurangabad. This road is narrow and has vineyards on both sides for a long stretch, enchanting but not very smooth. I stopped at a lone tea place, made of blonde straws, when i was nearly an hour away from sunset and maybe 2 hours away from aurangababd. Rested for 20-30mins and moved on. After sometime Hotel California started playing through my earphones, and thinking of the ghosts on that dark and narrow road with vineyards on either side was the best feeling i had.

Buddi lane is good for lodging {but drinking may not be permissible} and food. Lots of meat dishes, there is a place also serving beef. Oh yh dont forget Aurangabad caves, most tourists think ellora and aurangabad caves are the same. Plus ellora caves are a good 20kms before aurangabad, from where you have to go up quite a bit for ellora, daulatabad fort and mahismal towers etc. Also the only good petrol pump in aurangabad is the Bharat petrol pump where you can get premium-speed petrol, rest dont have premium fuel.

While coming back i decided to take the route via Pune, despite everyone advising me not to. I found the roads were too awesome, so flat and wide that i felt guilty not to maintain triple digits. You could feel yourself get drunk on speed, beware. When i started i didnt know there was a pune bypass at Chakan. I found this out just a few meters before i had to take a right turn for it. I had stopped for tea, and whenever i do, i always gather a bit of intel about the roads ahead, detours and any POIs. When i began i was thinking of sleeping at a mates place in pune, but by then i really wanted to cocoon in my own bed. So i took the detour. Reached home before 2200hrs, i had started at 1400hrs.

Start friday back sunday.

[alankarmisra]

Young riders pick a destination and go... Old riders pick a direction and go.

and still older riders just go :P

[Jeff007]

Hi, myself Jeff from Thane and I'm new to xBHP

[alankarmisra]

Hi, myself Jeff from Thane and I'm new to xBHP

Welcome aboard Jeff! Stay tuned to this thread and join us on one of the rides so we can get to know you better! *evil laugh*

And now, watch this video and say good things about it :P I'm kidding. This eez for everyone to see.

[nin]

@ashish I am in touch with them...and just in case they do need more AB+ve blood...guys please come forward and help...

@the garma garmi about the last dhaba thing...since i wasnt there(may be thats why there isnt a big fight ) i have no idea about it...can someone tell me what had happened..i can add some fuel to the fire !

and whats with the dhaba g2g at DK's ? if its somewhere around 12-13thfeb i guess i know what its all about ! I will join in..

@alankar bhaiya...i was watching the video alongside...though i found it to be very dull (picturewise) i loved the audio song in background and the concept of the video...the way it has been presented...
P.S. I havent forgotten about the rajmachi stuff that you were editing..when is going to be up ?

[alankarmisra]

@alankar bhaiya...i was watching the video alongside...though i found it to be very dull (picturewise) i loved the audio song in background and the concept of the video...the way it has been presented...
P.S. I havent forgotten about the rajmachi stuff that you were editing..when is going to be up ?

Agreed about the dull picture quality! Somehow the color correction went off when I uploaded it to YouTube! Looks ok on my local machine. Oh well, lesson learnt ;-) Will try and have a higher gamma next time I upload it to YouTube.

Rajmachi video is happening next... no wait... I have a lot of footage of the Amby valley bit which I couldn't put into this video due to time constraints, will make one of that and THEN work on Rajmachi. Couldn't take your clips from Datye, woh bhi karna hai. Hoyega hoyega!

[nin]

I promise uske pehle main apna edit karke upload kar doonga (video) ! lagi 1000ki...

P.S. bet ko seriously mat lena

I think me doing that would help you to get some footage from there..so i'l try my best !

[alankarmisra]

I promise uske pehle main apna edit karke upload kar doonga (video) ! lagi 1000ki...

P.S. bet ko seriously mat lena

I think me doing that would help you to get some footage from there..so i'l try my best !

Ha ha no I'd prefer the raw footage cause otherwise there's a quality degradation (taking it from YouTube that is). Raw footage will be sabse best. I'll speak to Datye and figure out how I can get the footage from him.

You can of course put up your own video re. Its good fun to cut videos so yeah go for it!