The Official Bangalore Offline Meet (G2G) Thread

[bluevolt]

Ride to Nandi hills tomorrow morning (Sunday, Oct 17th).

Meeting point : In front of Esteem Mall just after the Hebbal flyover at 5.30 am sharp.

We will leave from the venue at 5.45 am sharp.

Confirmed till now...

1. Ark - Black ninja

2. Rohit - Green ninja

3. vkushal - green ninja

4. Alok - green ninja

5. n_aditya - green ninja

Ninja Turtles - enjoy the ride tomorrow! I won't be popping in like I did last time because I washed my leather suit today and that will take 3-4 days to dry completely.

[killer_instinct]

Saw the Ninja attack on Nandi now... if I sleep now... there is no way I am gonna wake up at 5 am.. Not this time

[ericin]

trying to join, guys )
the last one , R15 huh )

[n_aditya]

The ride started off well today. Alok and Rohit couldnt join us. So it was Tibby, Ark, Vkushal and prad.cs apart from myself.

We gathered at Esteem Mall (pradeep was a lil ahead) and a lil distance after crossing the airport we stopped to take pics of the sunrise.

Pics dont do justice but the sun had an awesome orange glow. Looked great but unfortunately my P&S camera could only do this much.

We heard a rumble in the distance coming towards us and it was a Lamborghini Gallardo. I was ogling at the car and only after it passed us i realized i had the cam in my hands. Took a pic (not very happy with it).

We reached Nandi and a lil while later we were joined by 3 other SBK's.... 2 Gixxer 1000's and a CBR 600. The CBR had a Micron exhaust and sounded insane while the white GSX-R had the Hot Bodies GP exhaust. Was pretty loud at idle and low revv's. The other GSX-R too sounded nice even with stock pipes.

On the way back, I went ahead to take video clips on the other riders and of course video's of the said superbikes on the only smooth sweepping curve on the hill.

Unfortunately Pradeep crashed downhill and called me for help. Pradeep was descending on 4th or 5th gear which was the error he committed (according to him). Trying to avoid an incorrectly parked car and avoiding running into the kerb sent him to the ground. Pradeep was lucky to escape with just bruises on his hands and knees. Badly bruised actually as he was not wearing gloves. Luckily he had bought a new LS2 helmet which was better than the earlier one (as said by him). He landed on his head and the helmet did its job well.

We called his friend and requested him to come to the airport so he could ride back with pradeep pillion. That done, we took pradeep to a resto nearby for breakfast as he needed it very badly. He sat pillion on his bike while vkushal rode and tibby accompanied them so vkushal could come back for his bike along with tibby.

After breakfast Pradeep could ride and so we rode to the airport where his friend was waiting. We dropped him off and rode ahead to witness another gory scene.

A duo was sprawled on the right lane (fallen off a bike) and the guy probably hadn't strapped his helmet. Helmet was thrown away i guess when he fell. The lady was badly injured with a head injury and blood was all over the road. CPR was being administered to both till the ambulance arrived. Hopefully both survive. The scene was horrible.. the lady looked like she wouldn't make it

Please Please always wear a helmet... PILLION RIDER TOO !!! And please STRAP it on. A helmet which is not strapped on is as good as not wearing one. Ride/drive safe, use your mirrors and anticipate problems so you can avoid it in time.

We went to CCD on a lil ahead for some coffee and breakfast for ourselves and an R1 joined us. Sadly the bike was not being cared for much. Both the brake fluid reservoirs were less than the lower level.

Reached home a lil past 1pm.

Guys who would like to ride with us henceforth please note... Helmet, armored jacket, full finger (is that what its called?), knee guards are mandatory. Please dont misunderstand me. I dont make the rules or dictate stuff. I am saying this in the interest of your personal safety. I have witnessed 2 crashed in the last 15 days and by luck both riders escaped major injuries (one was adequately geared except for knee guards).

Back to topic, here are the pics.

[johnblr]

Awesome so many active ninja riders around. Good going bikers

[n_aditya]

some more pics...

[n_aditya]

last set of pics from today mornings ride.

We will ride to Coorg in the next few weeks (overnight stay).

Those who want to join, please watch out for updates.

[madhav krishna]

some more pics...

Is that an activa in the first pic?? Were the activas also in the ride?? How did they catch up with the speeds of the ninjas & the mighty SBK's??

[vkuchhal]

last set of pics from today mornings ride.

We will ride to Coorg in the next few weeks (overnight stay).

Those who want to join, please watch out for updates.

Thanks aditya, for the pics and travelogue...

need to get a set of knee guards.. but won't be going for cramster for obvious reasons..

[n_aditya]

Is that an activa in the first pic?? Were the activas also in the ride?? How did they catch up with the speeds of the ninjas & the mighty SBK's??

No activa's. That was a random bike parked on the side of the road while i had stopped for shooting pics.

@vibhor - get A* knee guards. The bionic ones cost 5k. They feel so comfy i could go to bed with them on.

[madhav krishna]

No activa's. That was a random bike parked on the side of the road while i had stopped for shooting pics.

And i had imagined a lot of things about the activa in the ride in this few mins.

[avinrichards]

Nice to see the Ninja's rolling together

@aditya: man those sbk's look sweet! was there yesterday and there was a R6 who had come just for the curves. He did like 4-5 laps of the hill !

[strider]

@Aditya-Nice ride guys...
I know those SBKs the CBR belongs to a friend mine Irfan and the Black/Gold Gixxer to his cousin Tabrez...very nice guys probably would have given you guys a pillion ride, had anyone asked for it..

[n_aditya]

I know those SBKs the CBR belongs to a friend mine Irfan and the Black/Gold Gixxer to his cousin Tabrez...very nice guys probably would have given you guys a pillion ride, had anyone asked for it..

I spoke to Irfan for a few mins. Pretty down to earth guy.

Pillion ride on those machines? No sir, not for me.

I had an opportunity to ride pillion on a GSXR1000 in Pune last year and luckily i didnt have a heart attack. I cant even sit pillion on a puny commuter bike. For me its the drivers/riders seat. That said i wouldnt even ride these bikes if offered.

[tibby]

Nice writeup there Adi. There's nothing else I could add.

Awesome so many active ninja riders around. Good going bikers

What else can the mini-SBK owners do in B'lore, apart from riding on weekends.

@vibhor - get A* knee guards. The bionic ones cost 5k. They feel so comfy i could go to bed with them on.

@Aditya-Nice ride guys...
I know those SBKs the CBR belongs to a friend mine Irfan and the Black/Gold Gixxer to his cousin Tabrez...very nice guys probably would have given you guys a pillion ride, had anyone asked for it..

You missed this one!!
I didn't have a chat witht he SBK guys, but Adi did.
They seemed like guys next door (with SBKs ), but only had a helmet for riding gear!! & the 2 pillion riders didn't even have that. I must say, they had too much faith/courage/foolhardiness in them..

Pillion ride on those machines? No sir, not for me.

I had an opportunity to ride pillion on a GSXR1000 in Pune last year and luckily i didnt have a heart attack. I cant even sit pillion on a puny commuter bike. For me its the drivers/riders seat. That said i wouldnt even ride these bikes if offered.

Haha.. I know how petrified you are/sound when taken pillion..