As I mentioned earlier, I have started some self training to get comfortable with the weight and height of the bike. Did some village roads last week but it wasn’t challenging enough. Plan for the day: Choose some incline ‘no-roads’ and remove the fear of doing it with heavy bike. Experience some ‘no-roads’, gravel, loose stone…
Installed Givi XS307 Tankbag Dhruv (cousin) was riding from Bangalore to Pune so went to ‘see him off’ 🙂 Beautiful 300km ride Started from Electronic city, took NICE road and exit at Tumkur road. Crazy traffic at the exit of NICE road, lots of trucks trying to get on AH47. Traffic was lot worse on…
We left Pune around 5am and reached our home in Electronics City by 4:30pm, way way ahead of my expectations. I recently did exact same distance (approx 990km) in my car and it took us around 1 hr more. Experience: Bike is amazing. Very smooth. 0 vibrations, very good handling. We were mostly cruising between…
After almost 5 months of google, forum discussions, visiting showrooms etc finally our Ducati is home. Welcome Multistrada 1200S 2016. We visited Bavaria Motors Pune on 5th Sep, met Prasad and Vistasp. The whole experience was 10 times better than Bangalore. We went on multiple rides. Condition of bike at Bavaria Motor was so much…
More than tips these are just my brain dump, how my mind works when I ride. You may find some of these as being over careful but thats how I ride :). These are very specific to riding on ‘highways’, I will write separate post around hill/village riding. Don’t focus on vehicle just in front of…
PS: This was our original route but what we did was little different. I will update day wise notes later. Day 2: Day 3: Day 4: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/w4ixwbmgrn3vh9z/Day%204.1.jpg?dl=0 Day 5: Sela Pass Day 7: Hornbill festival: Doyang – camping: Mokokchung Mon
PS: I will keep updating the blog with details. Map: http://bit.ly/rajasthan-2013 Day 1 (Click on the link for map) Non-stop 14 hrs ride to Satara. Saw couple of accidents on the way. Was lucky to get out of highway blockade, they stopped all 4-wheelers but let 2-wheelers pass. Found a cheap hotel to stay: https://goo.gl/maps/79w4FFan9Aw Day 2 Day…
PS: I will update day wise details later. Map: http://bit.ly/nepal-2012
I am simply noting several learnings from the book. Author has done series of experiments (explained in the book) that lead to these findings. People dont know what they want until they see things in context Relativity helps us make decisions in life Use decoys Survey: Man’s happiness depends on wife’s sister’s salary Tip: Go…
There is something about being on the road whether its a highway or hairpin bends, village roads, good roads, bad roads; once I am there I feel connected to the nature, I feel happy, I feel I am at home. Here are some of the destinations I have been to on my bike. Some on Honda unicorn…