The Official Bangalore Offline Meet (G2G) Thread

[phanikar]

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Greetings guys. Need a little help in deciding a route to Karwar from Pune. I would be riding with my better half and a saddlebag.
I have 2 options from how to proceed from Belgaum.
Via Khanapur-Kumbarwada-Anshi or Via Hubli-Yellapur-Ankola route.
If anyone has traveled these roads in the recent past could you kindly post the road conditions/suggestions for these 2 routes. The Hubli-Yellapur road adds around 100 kms as compared to the Khanapur road. So I am considering taking the Khanapur-Kumbarwada-Anshi route, unless these roads are in a very bad shape.

The khanapur route is not worth to be taken , you have some bad patches which might be uncomfortable for the pillion. If you want to get to Belagaum, you can opt for karwar-pondaSanquelim-Chorla-Jamboti-Macche-belgaum route. Except for a small stretch near the border rest of the roads are very good. The conditions on the yellapur route is also good overall. You have to come back some distance to get to ankola bypass to turn left for hubli, which again adds more distance.

Personally I would prefer to take NH17 all the way till Pune. Going to hubli/belgaum and then riding to pune will add somewhere close to 150kms. Roads are good overall on NH17. Speeds might not be the same as you can have on NH4 , but neither too slow also.

[Viper1089]

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The khanapur route is not worth to be taken , you have some bad patches which might be uncomfortable for the pillion. If you want to get to Belagaum, you can opt for karwar-pondaSanquelim-Chorla-Jamboti-Macche-belgaum route. Except for a small stretch near the border rest of the roads are very good. The conditions on the yellapur route is also good overall. You have to come back some distance to get to ankola bypass to turn left for hubli, which again adds more distance.

Personally I would prefer to take NH17 all the way till Pune. Going to hubli/belgaum and then riding to pune will add somewhere close to 150kms. Roads are good overall on NH17. Speeds might not be the same as you can have on NH4 , but neither too slow also.

Thanks! I guess then it would make sense to take the chorla-ponda route while going and coming back too. NH17 is a riders delight. Though I wanted to avoid it all the way as its a single lane and is filled with careless drivers. But the Chorla route seems to meet my needs. I can maintain good speeds on NH4 and also I heard from a colleague that Chorla ghat is in pristine condition right now.
Thank you very much for your help [MENTION=20165]phanikar[/MENTION] . Really appreciate it.

[saket]

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Hello guys, I will be riding from mumbai to udupi and have mapped my route. Still i have a doubt. Should i take a west turn from hubli to ankola via yellapur and ride costal to udupi or should i go till ranebennur on nh4 and then turn west to udupi directly? Any ideas about the road conditions of both?

[phanikar]

Re: The Official Bangalore Offline Meet (G2G) Thread

Hello guys, I will be riding from mumbai to udupi and have mapped my route. Still i have a doubt. Should i take a west turn from hubli to ankola via yellapur and ride costal to udupi or should i go till ranebennur on nh4 and then turn west to udupi directly? Any ideas about the road conditions of both?

Roads are good on both the routes. Nothing to worry about.

[Sharrrrrrad]

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Hello guys, I will be riding from mumbai to udupi and have mapped my route. Still i have a doubt. Should i take a west turn from hubli to ankola via yellapur and ride costal to udupi or should i go till ranebennur on nh4 and then turn west to udupi directly? Any ideas about the road conditions of both?

The coastal road is good. And it is fun to ride too. Make sure you cover the journey from hubli to udupi in daylight. That road gets messy with trucks and busses in the night. Plus you miss all the beautiful vistas on the way if u r travelling at night.


Also, most importantly ride safe on that road. Make sure u never cross 70. Since its a two way traffic you have to be cautious while driving on that route, can't travel with same adrenaline as you travel on mumbai to hubli. I insist you take the hubli ankola Kumta udupi road as it's real fun to ride, but be safe.

Have fun, Cheers


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[Sunil Pradhan]

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The coastal road is good. And it is fun to ride too. Make sure you cover the journey from hubli to udupi in daylight. That road gets messy with trucks and busses in the night. Plus you miss all the beautiful vistas on the way if u r travelling at night.


Also, most importantly ride safe on that road. Make sure u never cross 70. Since its a two way traffic you have to be cautious while driving on that route, can't travel with same adrenaline as you travel on mumbai to hubli. I insist you take the hubli ankola Kumta udupi road as it's real fun to ride, but be safe.

Have fun, Cheers


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agreed!!!

The nh17 is all fun to ride with d occassional village or town unlike d nh4 wich i feel is pretty boring.and would take d same time as d route from Hubli.roads from ratnagiri till kumta r 2 lane. Are well laid tarmac with occassional rough patch.

Ride safe.


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[saquib3005]

The Official Bangalore Offline Meet (G2G) Thread

Was out Of discussion from long time
Never late than ever

Two more riders from Bangalore set for SS attempt
All the best [MENTION=61921]SuvraGanguly[/MENTION] and [MENTION=62178]jeevan.life[/MENTION]









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[zawarester1]

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Wishing u both good luck guys godspeed


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[Guest]

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all the best [MENTION=61921]SuvraGanguly[/MENTION] and [MENTION=62178]jeevan.life[/MENTION]

[Divya Sharan]

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All the very best [MENTION=61921]SuvraGanguly[/MENTION] and [MENTION=62178]jeevan.life[/MENTION].

One thing I cannot understand is why wasn't I notified of this when we had a discussion well in advance about me want-ing to be a part of the witnesses (whenever the SS attempt happens) and contribute in some way?
Well since many things aren't put out in the open, I don't want to speculate further. But it was a let down for me at least.

[saket]

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The coastal road is good. And it is fun to ride too. Make sure you cover the journey from hubli to udupi in daylight. That road gets messy with trucks and busses in the night. Plus you miss all the beautiful vistas on the way if u r travelling at night.


Also, most importantly ride safe on that road. Make sure u never cross 70. Since its a two way traffic you have to be cautious while driving on that route, can't travel with same adrenaline as you travel on mumbai to hubli. I insist you take the hubli ankola Kumta udupi road as it's real fun to ride, but be safe.

Have fun, Cheers


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Thanks for your suggestions. I reached safely. The costal road is great.
Milestones
Kolhapur 7am
Hubli 12 noon
Ankola 3 pm
Udupi 9pm
I had a flat tyre before hubli and got a bit delayed. Fortunately it was in front of a petrol pump. The last 100kms was riding in the dark after 6pm so rode very slow. And BTW I ride a 110cc hero xpro so riding long and fast is very risky

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[saquib3005]

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One thing I cannot understand is why wasn't I notified of this when we had a discussion well in advance about me want-ing to be a part of the witnesses (whenever the SS attempt happens) and contribute in some way?
Well since many things aren't put out in the open, I don't want to speculate further. But it was a let down for me at least.

Divya chill ok
Nothing big deal
How much I know he didn't informed anyone because their sole motive was to try out because they didn't wanted to push to attempt and finish it somehow.

Rather his plan started when I was on my Pune-Indore trip and if you would have observed he used to continuously ask me about road conditions on whatsapp group.
Still he/they were unsure.

And moreover he informed me last evening that thy are trying out so called me up in phone for latest/final updates of Bangalore Pune road.
As a good luck adieu I and Sauban only went to great them.
So nothing big deal .
Rather he only told witness ka proof no one checks, it's all on papers.

So no worries, their are more people who will now turn up and guess people are already planning too, so many more stuff to come up.
There are always numerous situations with dozen more internal situations, so nothing to speculate rather nothing to go haywire from it.
Peace.


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[SuvraGanguly]

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thank you for all the wishes, I and jeevan were able to complete ss successfully.

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[sumit.rhl]

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Hi buddies,

Sorry for the intrusion.

Can someone help me with info on, best road to take from coorg to gokarna, and how r the road conditions?

Thank you

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[SuvraGanguly]

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Hi buddies,

Sorry for the intrusion.

Can someone help me with info on, best road to take from coorg to gokarna, and how r the road conditions?

Thank you

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there are multiple routes which you can take to go to gokarna from coorg. however, the best route for me is to take the mangalore route (it will save you some odd 100 kms or so). From madikeri, take the SH 88 all the way till Mani where you join the Bangalore-Mangalore highway. This part of SH 88 is not perfect, with some potholes, at places, but would not make you feel uncomfortable. Once you hit the Bangalore Mangalore highway, you would encounter good tarmac. Once you reach Mangalore, you would reach a junction from where you should take the right towards Udupi (the NH 17). Road is in pretty good shape and you would enjoy riding here for sure, especially at one place you would encounter Kali river on your right and the Arabian sea on your left. This NH 17 takes you directly to Gokarna.