The Official Chennai Offline Meet(G2G) Thread

[aargee]

Man... getting tired of ECR!

Heartiest welcome to the club!!!

[SriramEfunds]

@Ragav & Aargee:

Could you please come up with alternative destination for G2G breakfast/Dinner meet?

[cbz xtreme]

@Deva: I saw Raghav's light set up. That looks cool. Think you should try one such in your machine.

May be you can have the HID (as highbeam) for highways and a 55w Halo (as lowbeam) for city riding.

[Tarc]

@Ragav & Aargee:

Could you please come up with alternative destination for G2G breakfast/Dinner meet?

When is this g2g being planned?..this weekend?..

[deva_hunk]

When is this g2g being planned?..this weekend?..

My suggestion - lets gather during presence of daylight in a spot (Which is yet to be freezed) spend some time to hear things about Ananth Leh trip and related biking stuff, dinner and so on.

@Dinesh - 'bikerfas' what about your solo trip this week? Any updates?

[felix.ragav]

@ deva : Multipost! Please dont use different posts to reply to a gang. Use the @ symbol to refer to someone when you speak. How about B'lore highway? motel highway? Or Bessie dhaba... but it gets boring. So does ECR, but then again, it's everyone's say...

@ aargee: thanks ganesh. hopefully we will get to see and hear the RX. I'll bring along the crampbuster. Tarun tried mine out yesterday, but was not satisfied using it when riding around town. On the highways where you wont need to brake quite often, its a boon

@ Dinesh: when are you doing yelagiri mate? and Leh???

Ragav

[Aparajith]

@Deva: This will not affect any thing. Ur ust removing all electricals that consume power and re-directing it to ur H/L. Am paranoid of dead battery in the middle of the night on a highway! So did this.

@Others: We may have to shift our meetup location or atleast take care in the future due to this guys: http://thehindu.com/news/cities/Chen...icle497133.ece .Its better to meet in the early mornings and leave before the crowd gathers!

[deva_hunk]

@Deva: I saw Raghav's light set up. That looks cool. Think you should try one such in your machine.

May be you can have the HID (as highbeam) for highways and a 55w Halo (as lowbeam) for city riding.

Deepak, i too had that in mind. Yesterday myself, sriram and raghav went to besant nagar from my place. When checked during that drive, what i infer is the HID provides more visibility @20 feet. I feel much more throw is required when you use high beam option. I dropped that plan.

Awaiting more information to corner on a viable option.

[felix.ragav]

@ deva: as i explained earlier yesterday, the safest bet is going to be what Apar had Suggested to me during the meet, remove the number plate light and pilot. it saves 10 w, if possible you can remove the tail light bulb as well and place it with one fat ultra bright LED. It'll consume max 1 W. You'll be saving close to 12-13 W, with which you can run a 55W bulb without any conversions. No need to add rectifier as well. It's a simple DIY job. your HL will be 55/60 running on AC, without any problems.

@ apar: Sure thing, what about I tow a genset on my bike for some 1000W bulbs Completely legal.

@ sriram : My suggestion being, lets stick to some dhaba in the city. I would opt out of bessie bcoz there are too many posers with the slightest excuse to drive like hell on sunday nights! I'd say lets head to ECR just this once. Or motel Highway if possible. I'd happily suggest Sangeetha at RA puram, but its too comfortably close to my place, i could walk there and parking can be hell for 5-10 odd bikes! Highways are the best for this!

Sorry aargee , Dunno if people would ride to motel highway which is much closer to your place. do make it for this G2G !!

[SriramEfunds]

@Ragav & Aargee:

Could you please come up with alternative destination for G2G breakfast/Dinner meet?

Can Any one come up with suggestions?

[SriramEfunds]

@ deva: as i explained earlier yesterday, the safest bet is going to be what Apar had Suggested to me during the meet, remove the number plate light and pilot. it saves 10 w, if possible you can remove the tail light bulb as well and place it with one fat ultra bright LED. It'll consume max 1 W. You'll be saving close to 12-13 W, with which you can run a 55W bulb without any conversions. No need to add rectifier as well. It's a simple DIY job. your HL will be 55/60 running on AC, without any problems.

I would not do something like removing the tail bulb at least for safety reasons.

@ Deva - Can you think of something like adopting ZMA electrical on your bike? May be you can create a thread separately to discuss.

[abishekkrishna]

hey guys yesterday that is sunday after noon i saw a ninja 250 in chrompet signal i was aware of g2g ride to vedanthangal n must havebeen someone from xbhp returning home i saw it near chrompet signal [near chrompet bus stand] afternoon

[abishekkrishna]

guys i know there has been lots of g2gs in bessy i know all are bored of bessy but personally its the best reachable comfortable spot for g2g according to my opinion and its near to every one around the city now whos with me i think we can have g2g for evening for a change



now whos with me

[felix.ragav]

@ deva:

here are your options :
1. HID
2. Higher Power Bulb -55/60W after removing extra Load.
3. Coil rewinding, HID or 90/100 after wiring mods
4. Projector Mod on HL assy
5. Aftermarket Addon Spot lamps, but this would consume much more current and is no way better unless you rewind!

@ abhishek: that was Sunil AKA sunny. It's sad you didnt spot me the Ninja is much more eye catching

[aargee]

I'll come up with suggestion apart from what I'm posting now. Raghav & Sri, pls do not expect my presence for next 1-2 weeks or more. As I told before, though I WANT to join fro Horsley hill ride, my RX will not permit. Its clocked just 25 Kms till now, see my rantings thread on the update.

Apar has the article posted in an apt time; Like Kirosh said several weeks back that Cozee is no longer cozy & we need to change the location.

Alternate destinations
1. Barista, R.K. Salai; but the issue is, they keep opened past midnight, but not early morning
2. Triplicane beach (yeah, yet another beach)
3. Somewhere along ECR like view point, vision point whatever (once again)
4. CTC, our current meeting point; but we should all gather in few minutes & leave for the ride
5. Somewhere in North Chennai, like Thiruvotriyur OR somewhere on NH5 (Chennai-Kolkatta)
6. Somewhere on NH4 or Tambaram/Tambaram Bye-pass or Motel Highway?

Before throwing daggers on point 5&6, here're some pros that I see...
1. No question on food as we eat & we leave
2. Ample parking
3. No suspicious eyes
4. No disturbance to public as these places will be less crowded

Any other suggestions - most Welcome

i think we can have g2g for evening for a change

The problem with evening that I see is...
1. No short rides; by the time you come home, you're tired & want to sleep & prepare for office the next day
2. Need to ride along the when riding back home
3. Night rides & if rains, it becomes more messier
4. If for some reason the ride is struck, you're struck; atleast some help can be sought during the sunlight, but in the dark?
5. Miss the cool & breezy ride that you get only in the morning