The Official Mumbai Offline Meet(G2G) Thread

[alankarmisra]

lol.. sure sure.. where? oberoi mall?

works. what-o-clock?

[razorBlades]

works. what-o-clock?

actually you can come directly to eternity since going via powai will be a round way for you

if its okay then we can meet up at 5:45 AM??

[MotorBreath!]

@Razor/Alankar: As am coming pillion with Alankar, I'll co-ordinate with Alankar bout the meeting point on Friday itself and will come to ETERNITY thru POWAI (I somehow like that route).

P.S.: Razor have you checked the new pic i've tagged u in on FB??

[alankarmisra]

actually you can come directly to eternity since going via powai will be a round way for you

Since Motor insists we will manage to come to Eternity on our own, I will c u at Eternity itself.

[ttusharz]

@ razor, sat 6.30am meet @ eternity mall.ride to malshej & i'll back frm there . done?

[Anup Abraham]

+1 So do we add you on the list?

No man i have a wedding to attend in Kolhapur so there is a one day ride to kolhapur.
Sun morning ride/drive to kolhapur attend wedding at noon leave by 3 and be back in mumbai.
I dont wanna go, i am being forced into.

ahhh.. anup.. you are alive on xbhp

yes pretty much..although in coma stage here...nobody knows me so no one replies to me...so its a silent journey most of the times..

[MotorBreath!]

nobody knows me so no one replies to me...

Oh c'mon I remember you.. we've had 3 over-night xBhp G2Gs so far.. yea?

[razorBlades]

@Razor/Alankar: As am coming pillion with Alankar, I'll co-ordinate with Alankar bout the meeting point on Friday itself and will come to ETERNITY thru POWAI (I somehow like that route).

P.S.: Razor have you checked the new pic i've tagged u in on FB??

still in office what have u done this time to stoner?

Since Motor insists we will manage to come to Eternity on our own, I will c u at Eternity itself.

@ razor, sat 6.30am meet @ eternity mall.ride to malshej & i'll back frm there . done?

cool(s)

yes pretty much..although in coma stage here...nobody knows me so no one replies to me...so its a silent journey most of the times..

lol.. i know what you mean.. until before this malshej plan, i was invisible to everyone too

[winzeee]

Im also coming Malshej.But saturday ?? Why not sunday??
Any one from pune ??

Anup Wazup man.We all know you.You are riding the oldest bike in our group.How can we forget that lol.Chal lets ride to malshej, or other wize meet us at motocafe pune.


This chap can describe Everything Brilliantly.(10hut)


We have all sorts of riders in our group and you will always end up with a handful of riders chiming in for a ride whatever the nature of the ride..
As vishwas says there are 5 kinds of riders in our fraternity

1. Rippers, love the quickblast onto the highway. A mad dash on NH4 towards vai,mahabaleshwar is the most sought after activity by these self proclaimed high speed morons.. This kind of riding often is a quest to boasting three digit figures at breakfast tables and nothing more.
2. Cornering Junkies, may go slow on the straights but will always try to be MotoGP racers in the corners..lavasa and aamby are likend to isle of man and mullholland highway by these riders. Such is the insanity of this bunch. Breakfast talks boil down to sharing knowledge about which corners had oil spills and how you felt on top of yourself this fine morning.The reality is that everyone is shitting their pants and blaming it on the tyre traction and paved/unpaved roads. If you want to have a false sense of being good at riding you have to embrace this category of riders.
3. Tourers. Question...why would anyone tour ? These guys have insane departure times, the likes of 3 am and they find a ride in summer at 12 noon exciting. There are no breakfast talks here cause there are no breakfasts at all. These riders feed on bugs and flies cruising innocently into their mouths at a mere speed of............................... 80 kmph !! Everytime I have toured on a motorcycle I have felt like a taxi driver.
4. Off roaders !! Wanna thrash your bike ?? You cannot better an offroader at this. Theres no better way to burn money than thrashing your baby on roads I wouldnt ride a bulldozer on. While the rest of the world is working out ways to increase tyre traction these bunch of riders love it when they have none at all. You also go tumbling down a valley only to be loud enough to ruin a fishermans 3 hour catch ! The world hates you if you are an offroader..ok thats not true but the fishermen sure do.
5. Confused riders..these riders love the quickblasts on the highway and love offroading too. There are days when they love cornering and touring too. They are confused ! They tend to attend all rides and make their presence and sweaty odours felt at every ride. These guys smell of sweat all the time. They are always returning from some ride.

Rides being suggested will more or less fall under the above 5 categories and whaterver the case be you will always end up with enough riders.

[spiderweb]

^^^Some Examples: (through my perspective)

Spider : 1) 2) 3)
Razor : 1) 2) 3) 4)
Darknight : 1) 2) 4) 5)
Ketan : 1) 2) 3) 5)
MG : 3) 4)
NV : 1) 2)
Shiva : 1) 2) 3)
Anup : 3) 5)
Sagar46 : 1) 2)
Vishwas, Inder : where the hell do you guys belong?


1[*]Rippers, love the quickblast onto the highway. A mad dash on NH4 towards vai,mahabaleshwar is the most sought after activity by these self proclaimed high speed morons.. This kind of riding often is a quest to boasting three digit figures at breakfast tables and nothing more.

2[*]Cornering Junkies, may go slow on the straights but will always try to be MotoGP racers in the corners..lavasa and aamby are likend to isle of man and mullholland highway by these riders. Such is the insanity of this bunch. Breakfast talks boil down to sharing knowledge about which corners had oil spills and how you felt on top of yourself this fine morning.The reality is that everyone is shitting their pants and blaming it on the tyre traction and paved/unpaved roads. If you want to have a false sense of being good at riding you have to embrace this category of riders.

3[*]Tourers. Question...why would anyone tour ? These guys have insane departure times, the likes of 3 am and they find a ride in summer at 12 noon exciting. There are no breakfast talks here cause there are no breakfasts at all. These riders feed on bugs and flies cruising innocently into their mouths at a mere speed of............................... 80 kmph !! Everytime I have toured on a motorcycle I have felt like a taxi driver.

4[*]Off roaders !! Wanna thrash your bike ?? You cannot better an offroader at this. Theres no better way to burn money than thrashing your baby on roads I wouldnt ride a bulldozer on. While the rest of the world is working out ways to increase tyre traction these bunch of riders love it when they have none at all. You also go tumbling down a valley only to be loud enough to ruin a fishermans 3 hour catch ! The world hates you if you are an offroader..ok thats not true but the fishermen sure do.

5[*]Confused riders..these riders love the quickblasts on the highway and love offroading too. There are days when they love cornering and touring too. They are confused ! They tend to attend all rides and make their presence and sweaty odours felt at every ride. These guys smell of sweat all the time. They are always returning from some ride.

[spiderweb]

I envy that Mumbai xbhp dont have active & responsible members like NV (NiranjanVaidya, Pune)... Read ON (quoted from Pune offline thread)

An eye-opener of a session yesterday prompted and required an immediate action plan. Fortunately, the several xBhpians present yesterday made the task much easier.
A large part of xBhp is all about exploring places and riding to places for the sheer pleasure of it. For the past few months, the Pune gang witnessed an off season of riding; this was mostly due to year end activities at work place, examinations and/or some work that just needed attention. In all this humdrum, a handful of members still managed a ride or two to Lavassa and Amby Valley. It is time that we changed our destination; at least once a month.
In addition to this, the regular G2Gs that we have and the topics that we discuss were reviewed and it was evident that bikes or biking as such have taken a back seat.
It was a collective opinion yesterday that a change of location as well as culture is needed.
With this thought, the following points were discussed.
1. Once a month, a volunteer will do the talking and sharing. He may share his ride experiences, bike knowledge, photos or videos; in fact anything that relates to biking. We shall call this activity MotoSession (nothing to do with MotoCafe )
2. Every month, an xBhpian will voluntarily plan a one day trip.
a. These trips should be in a 250 KM radius around Pune
b. The member who volunteers will plan, moderate, control and execute everything related to the trip.
3. It was reiterated that the quality of our meets needs improvement and hence some measures and efforts from all the members are necessary.
4. It was also planned that from now on, the trip originator will collect a specified amount of money from all the participants before the ride commences. This will cover up for all the expenses of the group. Any deficit or surplus can be adjusted at the end of the trip or as required.
The responsibility of organizing a trip for the month of May is mine. I am posting a separate thread for the same. The MotoSession this time would be held by Surojit.
@Surojit: Please decide a date and convey the same.
Additionally, on the trip to Amby, last Sunday i.e. 16th May 2010, it was observed that a lot of xBhpians from Mumbai turned up without a proper riding gear. The seniors tried to prevent the same but in some cases, it was a hopeless cause.
I will be posting something regarding this on the Mumbai Offline thread too, but it is high time that we all realized the importance of riding gear. I am thankful to my Pune team who has all upheld our safety cause.

I tried my best, but the 50% crowd was out of xbhp & would have taken offence against our suggestions on safety, as it dosnt matter to them, ofcourse they being illitrate on the subject.
Also I hate to say this but most of the senior guys present were not bothered (they just reacted, "OMG so many gearless riders!") but did nothing or I guess too much is being expected from me.
Even a few senior riders were Gearless, came in a Tee n a Helmet.
Am not taking names, but some even tried to say that its not much important as long as they wear the basic safety gear, i.e, the Helmet.

*I wish we had some responsible members like you, sagar, etc.

[SAGARR_46]

I envy that Mumbai xbhp dont have active & responsible members like NV (NiranjanVaidya, Pune)... Read ON (quoted from Pune offline thread)

I tried my best, but the 50% crowd was out of xbhp & would have taken offence against our suggestions on safety, as it dosnt matter to them, ofcourse they being illitrate on the subject.
Also I hate to say this but most of the senior guys present were not bothered (they just reacted, "OMG so many gearless riders!") but did nothing or I guess too much is being expected from me.
Even a few senior riders were Gearless, came in a Tee n a Helmet.
Am not taking names, but some even tried to say that its not much important as long as they wear the basic safety gear, i.e, the Helmet.

*I wish we had some responsible members like you, sagar, etc.

I cannot agree more with Tenhut when it comes to the Pune-Mumbai g2gs. We should plan a combined g2g at least once a month if not more. I have ridden with Mumbai xbhpians quite a few times now but I still don't know most of them. Besides Spidy, Winzee and Dinesh I have hardly had an opportunity to properly interact with other members.

I also agree with NV on his point that biking takes a back seats in most of our Pune g2gs. NV and I have had long chats on this topic before and to be honest this has been one of the main reasons why I am not as regular for the g2gs anymore.

As far as the rides are concerned, I think we should definitely arrange more rides every month but we should leave it up to the members to decide if they want to tag along especially if we are looking at including offroading and touring trips. As tenhut pointed out, our clan has all kinds of riders and they should be given the opportunity and the freedom to do what they want to do, to ride the way they want to ride.

When it comes to safety, I am very very proud of the Pune gang. The safety measures which the senior members have laid down are being religiously and more importantly, willingly, followed by all the members. I have had the misfortune of sending some new joiners back home early morning on the day of the rides. But it was heartening to see how well they took it and were mature enough to understood the purpose behind these safety rules.

I feel for Spidy because I know how hard he tried to implement the safety regulations for the Amby g2g. But when you are planning on riding with such a big group, one person alone cannot take up such a big responsibility. Other members, senior and juniors alike, need to come forward and support guys like Spidy to ensure everyone on the ride is properly kitted. Those who aren't, need to be politely briefed on the safety regulations and why we have them in place before asking them to join us on the next ride.

[trustvishwas]

^^^Some Examples: (through my perspective)

Spider : 1) 2) 3)
Razor : 1) 2) 3) 4)
Darknight : 1) 2) 4) 5)
Ketan : 1) 2) 3) 5)
MG : 3) 4)
NV : 1) 2)
Shiva : 1) 2) 3)
Anup : 3) 5)
Sagar46 : 1) 2)
Vishwas, Inder : where the hell do you guys belong?

How you dare to put me in any of the category? I belong to the sixth category where the person advises everyone on everything and dosen't go to ride since he can't ride.

[Ameya220]

@Razor/Alankar: As am coming pillion with Alankar, I'll co-ordinate with Alankar bout the meeting point on Friday itself and will come to ETERNITY thru POWAI (I somehow like that route).

P.S.: Razor have you checked the new pic i've tagged u in on FB??

Wow U guys going again for a ride? saturday My working day. N I still Don't have safty Gears. Will buy it in next month. Juss PM me dude When You are going to Ladhak...will meet you for seeoff. And Also Pm me for the Ride in next month if any

[rishabhshukla14]

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