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ride to the abode...abode of the Gods!!!

28/09/08 0610hrs: faack am late...shyt wanted 2 start at 0600hrs to bangalaore..no sweat..1 no. sms to mamada n naai-gun tat i woke up late thanx 2 penelope cruz's dreams and thanx 2 the movie Blow the previous night :P

finished my daily chores and the lil prayer and a pious visit to the nearby temple and final ciao to my parents n doggie am off to bangalore...

Fully pepped up and the gleeming machismo500 with shyt loads of torque waitin to be bhajooed in the open highway..wat more could one throttle happy bugger ask for :)

the usual stop at GP palace in namakal for his famous peper rava dosai and regular nicotene breaks saw me outside bangalore by 1130hrs...and thanx to the sunday traffic from electronic city delayed me by an hour...freakin hell...saddled up with loads of luggage n burning in my textile jacket i somehow beat the traffic and head to omr 2 meet up with naai roast and head to his pad drop em luggage and get ready to head to the Taj Westend for lunch thanx 2 mamada and mamada thanked Accenture though :P

met up with the ALT OD buggers had a beer and some gud siesta and head back 2 naai-roasts place to get ready for the briyani bash...

now if u guys wonderin ..wat this chut is talkin only abt reachin bangalore and eating food..well it was that time of the year for the religious long trip (which started from last year though)

we guys were riding through whole of uttaranchal and return riding back 2 trichy/bangalore/hyd

the usual suspects of this year were

mamada

mamidi

tiger

naai-gun

naai-roast

sim/gin

last year at leh we guys were talkin abt how wonderful it is to get away from our hectic/boring lives once a year for a few days and ride into some part of the country and rejuvinate the bored mechanical souls of our's

so this year we guys had planned for uttaranchal...and planning the stay n all other issues from may onwards..many people dropped out of this ride and only six of us ended up riding...

so lemme countinue with my hogging session wala story now...

so after the lunch at Taj me n naai-roast hitched a ride while comin to the hotel with naai-gun so on the way back i told naai-gun to stop at Thoms to pick up my one eyed pirate Capt.Morgan but in vain..the reply was..."ishtock illa saar"

crap..wookay lets take the old basta i mean old monk and i headed to DD's place...slept for sometime woke up by 6 ready and we guys started to naai-guns place for the briyani bash..the pre ride party...

all the riders with famil were there ..some gud time we had there and gave naai-gun the taste of "this is wat freakin happens wen u invite bikers to ya place" and had an awsome eve thanx to mr&mrs naai-gun

next 2 days was basically hoggin meat and beer at pecos n styx with em friends and on 30th mrng packed my luggage and shipped my base at Mamadas place and we all went and shipped our bikes and bid adieu to naai-roast who was off 2 delhi tat noon itself with some personel work and he would join in the night jus on 3rd mrng for the ride..and we guys headed home and as usual.."sunset ke baadh daaru nahi piya toh body shake hoota" kissa's saw me n mamada drinkin tat eve

and on wednesday went to JC the regular weekely gang up of the RTMC brethren and saw me rag-1 Adrian grease n thambi head to Sherlock Holmes for the rum session and mamada ganged up with us after work and we guys ended up havin a few extra merry drinks and reached home by 2315hrs and saw mamada packin his cramster by 2330hrs with lil shriya helpin him with his packin...

0345hrs saw the cab at mamada's place and we guys head out to the airport to catch our flight to delhi...and by 0900hrs we guys were at sahara international hotel in Delhi and the the bulleter brethern followed us there...rajan , bawa n kam from the beasters where there they took us to Anands in CP for some awsome briyani n kebabs and hen we guys got our bike sout and head to gaurav's place for chai and laughter session and by tat time rajan n kam had crossed into UP border nand got us some much needed old monk(dry day tha yaar tats y the trouble of headin to UP)the party shifted to sahara international and this is where mamada was addressed with respect as “buzurg” J

mrng the lohe ki gaand rajan took us to India gate where we officially started our ride and led us outta delhi traffic to the moradabad highway..thanx a ton bro...

now we guys were on the big ride and ya all pepped and sudenly 85 km away from delhi am doin 100+ and my bike starts wobbling....cut the gears and halt the bike and see a flat rear...GRRR FIRANG THE DAMN SLIME IS A WASTE OF MONEY MAN!!! thanx to tiger he got some bloke to remove the tyre an d fix the flat and we guys headed towards Ramnagar where we were supposed to meet the KMVN guy to show us to our tent..passing through UP was really a burden u can say..senseless driving and bad roads half the way...guess Mayawati should stop buying dimonds for herself with the public money and use tat money to build the highways...reached Ramnagar and met up with the KMVN in charge who told us the route to our tent stay tat night in a village called Dikhula...rode fully exhausted and suddenly a very small ghatty section came...i was more than delighted in seeing the blinding curves...a few minutes passed and we guys were at the tent...and i told the buggers "macha no one is in the tent and we r the 1st customers this season in this tent so lets keep the luggage on the bike and just ride out like this 2morrow"

all were like...kya baa chutiyapan kar raha hain looks like took all the luggage in and i was u freakin loosers 2morrow mrng lets see who is ready 1st types grin inside me....after the usual old monk session n dinner we guys went and crashed...

at midnight i heard thunder and heavy rain..damn hell my luggage is gettin wet...my Ipod n wat not faack i wake up run out of the tent thadar slip in the slush covered in slush from head to toe...somehow take my we luggage in and head to the bathroom n wash the mud and am completely wet...and all tat at midnight when there was no current also and so an hour went by cleaning my stuff and me and went to sleep by 2ish and these buggers woke up in the mrng by 4ish somethin to go to the jungle safari to see some peacocks n deer(come to campion school trichy i will show u even crocs and some funny lizzards along with the deers and pecocks u loosers hehehehe) and the wet hair in the night i was cold and feelin a bit feverish so i slept and woke up at 10ish with a tad bit of headache..neways found out these buggers saw deers n peacocks and some jungle fowl and saw tiger written on a board ...

neways we guys get ready waitin to head out 2 nanital after seeing Jim Corbetts house..while me n mamada were standin out waitin for the boys to come out we see a firang couple on a 1150gs crusing along in full gear...wat a bike tat is...

so we guys head out to Jim Corbetts house see it and we guys head to Nanital and as we entered it we saw a big board

"welcome to bara bazar" which mamada read out as "welcome to BRA bazzar" and tats wat even naai-roast sms'd to Rashi adrians fiance who stays in Nanital..so we guys planned to meet by 7 and we guys head to the hotel..man wat a room we guys had...awsome view of the lake ...

we all went to freshen up and sent our clothes for dry cleaning cos we were headin out from there the next eve...so the previous nights slushed out clothes went for a gud wash and after a shave and a gud hot water shower was ready for the eve :)

met up with rashi and she took us to her home and met her mom n dad and ya her dog rusty

had some awesome dosa’s and we guys planned to meet her the next morning and head to the governers bunglow and to see the golf course and then head to the zoo

from there we guys head back 2 our hotel room and the old monk was flowing and so were the good times J

mrning came we guys all got ready and we were supposed to meet Rashi at the governers bunglow so me n mamada started out 1^st cos the other guys were getting ready…the road to the governers bunglow were steep and awesome ghatti section…I belive my bikes sound was heard in the hotel wen the guys were abt to start 2 the governers bunglow…me n mamada has a blastin ride up there and enjoyed every bit of it…

met up with rashi and met her uncle and aunt and he showed us the governers bunglow and the golfcourse and we guys had some chai and from there rashi showed us the way to the nanital zoo and she left…we guys saw the zoo saw some big cats and headed out for a lazy late lunch and last min shoppin and headed back 2 hotel

saddled up all raring to go to naukuchiataal helmet on abt to start the bike and I noticed my helmet visor was filled with dead insects so I just pulled out the water bottle from tigers bag and poured it on my helmet while it was still on my head and then I was stinkin like liquior and visor was red for a flash ..tat bugger had poured his khodays in tat water bottle….wat a chut he is..sheesh…cleaned it rode to naukuchia taal and saw the dorm and was like uuugh is this where we gonna stay for the nite the loo looked as if it hasn’t been clean from independence days…spoke to the hotel guy and got the loo of another room and was happy J

morning came we guys were saddled up and ready to ride to raniketh…so we started…10 minutes into the ride and we all going slow through the village roads and suddenly mamada decides to do a suryanamaskaram the reason..as usual the same reason for all his falls he was riding slow…

picked up his bike and and a few kicks later the bike was back to shape..so we guys start riding..and suddenly our man Naai-gun starts riding slow ..slow and I mean real SLOW..on the ghats..we asked him ..wat happened ne problem with the bike and all he was like…”macha after seeing mamadas fall I don’t wanna ride fast man still cant get it outta my head”…chal no probs we guys ride hard tat day and in the eve reach ranikhet and start the drinkin session and all in real high sprits..tiger freakin didn’t eat tat night so u guys must have guessed how drunk was he..and tats wen “dalthi kya thume” was invented…tat night was one of the best nights our man seizure sultan called us and was completely drunk and cursing us for takin him along..though he backed out of the ride cos he didn’t get leave J

and spoke to bala n unkill doss and tat night got to speak to unkill doss’s new aunty J and bala telling us tat he was planning to marry her and all and we gud souls tried savin the poor auntyJ

morning came as uaual we all ready and saddled up like some wild west movie chuts ready to ride into the desert aaah I mean ghats J

our destination for the day was birthi falls… which was 210 kms away…and we guys started by 8 in the morning..rode hard the whole day just to reach Thal by 4.30 in the eve…and we were exhausted and we had more 75 kms to go …and we all were like faack night ride in the ghats..neways we had to reach birthi by night cos we had booked our accommodation there…

crossed tejam the foothills to birthi and munsiyari..and rode and there was a huge movement of the Indo Tibet police force there and suddenly at one of their camps they stopped me and said” saar tamilnadu aaa..namba madurai neenga indha oor” was gud to see the TN doods serving up there..and they said tat Nepal border was just 70 kms from there. .okay a big VANAKAM to them and started riding and saw some really slush filled roads the sand was so wet tat even though I had the ceat secura tyre on front I was riding like a drunk bastard wriggling all over the road…and after tat crossing I stopped for some snaps and mamada joined me…and we rode just to be suddenly stopped in the middle of water crossing by mamidi shouting “be careful this is a slippery water crossing” almost fell cos like a fool I kept my leg in the water to come to a halt to listen to wat he said ..then rode across and mamada n me thought lets wait till the late kate naai-gun comes(remember is the dood who is riding slow) then we all started riding and it was dark…real DARK and mamada gives lift to a local bugger who knew the place …so we rode and kept on riding…into the night with the grin of the night is young types…the road was filled with dips and there were a few tricky watercrossing tat u couldn’t see cos they were in the dip…saw tiger bouncing like a tennis ball …tats wen his rear shocks went for a total toss…

all fine rode into the night and naai-gun had crossed a water crossing and telling us to ride slow as its slippery and mamada decides to do a suryanamaskaram tat to full 60 degree style ..along with the pillion…again went and picked up his bike and had to pull it and he managaed to ride pass it in the second attempt…mamada was pissed with himself..tats wen I told him tat its high time he starts ripping cos he is falling always in slow speeds ..this dialogue of mine kept haunting him throughout the ride though hehehe!!!

Tat new found friend of mamada showed us the wineshop and we picked up our beloved Rum and rode to the KVMN guest house in birthi and there was no current past 2 days tats wat the manager told us..no probs the weather was cold and he gave us loads of cvandles to light …must have been the manager’s lucky day we didn’t set the guest house on fire J

Woke up to the wonderful sight of birthi falls from our windows and really felt like an awesome day to ride and we guys rode back till baijanath the same way we took yesterday and then had to take a diversion to reach Gwaldham..so rode and had some gud breakfast at tejam and from there me n mamada started cos others were still having breakfast and we guys thought lets go regroup at the chai shop we stopped at yesterday..so me n mamada were full bhajoo and reached tat tea shop and we guys were sipping on some gud chai kadak adrak wali chai..and we were there for like half an hour and we see naai-gun to our surprise(remember he is the slowest of us all) he comes there says ..tiger had a flat he is fixing it and coming ..and on top of tat we said..macha gud man full bhajooing u doing ..he replied..i don’t kno man am in tat mode now and enjoying it and am heading forward and he started…so after the chai me n mamda started and 5 kms ahead mamada had a flat.. called for a puncture dood from a nearby village and we ended up spending an hour there and by tat time tiger mamadi n naai-roast were therefixed the puncture and we were laughing abt how the 500’S have had punctures …we rode and reached Gwaldham to see nanda devi in its full glory from the village..came to our rooms and freshened up and got a call from mom n dad tat my mamaji had passed away…next morning we guys woke up by 5 am..ready to ride by 6 and the destination was joshimath and then from thee head to auli and tapovan and come back 2 joshimath…

Tiger mamidi n naai-gun ripped away leaving me mamada n naai-roast on our own so we took our own time and rode…stopped for breakfast some 30 kms away and we started and crossed one water-crossing and suddenly I felt my clutch giving up…the leaver was like dangling as if the cable had cut..but the cable was fine…mamada opened his tool kit..called up raja motors trichy and saw the clutch cam was broken..freakkkk in the idle of nowhere….fixed the gearbox back and rode 30 kms to a small place called Karnaprayag and went to a mech got it opened again and welded tat damn thing and was happy tat I could ride again and fixed it back started the bike…10 meters ..again it was off…no one had that in Karnaprayag…called up the beaster boys for help and Rajan the LKG spoke to the north sales head of RE and he arranged the part with a mech reaching early in the morning with the spare parts…so naai-roast pushed ahead and me n mamada searched and hunted for a room and at last we found a 8 bedroom room and ended up takin tat room for the night..tats where we tasted the infamous Raffles RumJ and tats where mamada was so dunk tat he doesn’t remember nethin J rather he was shaken and stirred tat night:P

Morning came the mech came and fixed the bike and camman the enjaaiment started ..rode to gopeshwar with mamada and checked in2 GVMN and waitin for the doods to arrive and they reached and telling em abt the problem my bike had n all and then crashed

Our destination for the day was rudraprayag via chopta where the boys went for a small trek to tugnath cave but the returned from half the way taats another thing….riding up there was the most amazing ride ever..hardly 10feet broad roads almost covered with trees couldn’t see the sunlightand suddenly we reached the top of the mountain and there it was chopped right on the peak and I rode into tat and as soon as I crossed it I saw the big snow clad mountains..Badrinath..man wat a sight…I was shivering but I didn’t bother cos the sight of tat snow filled mountain top mesmerized me…the guys came and we went ahead to the place where where the trek started…I sat in the tea shop and had some amazing pepper tee and Maggie noodles and suddenly the owner of the tea shop pulled out his chillum and was smoking to glory

Neways these guys came back in an hour and said they turned back half the way ..and then we guys rode started heading to rudraprayag…the road was bad..real bad and then suddenly 20 kms before Rudraprayag we started riding on 4lane ghats most of it was still a dirt track type road and the BRO was laying the roads..so the ride was amazing…I reaced this tunnel which once crossed come Rudraprayag..rode into it and rode back like 10 times waitin for the guys to come…and then we all rode in to the GVMN where we had our dormitory booked for us….

Evening came me n naai-gun went and almost screwed the managers case for the ill maintained toilets …hell man they cleaned it up and all and next morning we guys started riding towards Uttarkashi…

The roads were awesome really awesome and some lovely state highway maintained ghats sections..bliss it was….reached the GVMN guest house was gud to see some really amazing rooms in like days…and then freshened up and all karaoke session and then mamada gets a call from his home and he tells us tat he will be headin back 2 delhi the next day and then to Bangalore cos of some urgenscy…but tat night we guys were full on singing almost all the classic roack no’s and tiger singing “lady in red” in repeat mode…morning came mamada left to delhi and the boys to gangotri I was in the room cos I was sick had some fever..slept and woke up and I headed to the bhairav temple dad was telling me and had some awesome darshan and then came back 2 the room after a heavy breakfast of hot jalebee’s and fafda J and again the feverish feeling crept in and an hour later the boys rode in and we all packed and slept …

We guys were up early and after getting ready and saddled up we guys started riding to rishikesh

Started from the room and we all got split in search of petrol and ATM …and I saw the buggers all go ahead of me…and then after the fuel stop I started riding solo and 2-3 minutes later saw mamadi and naai-roast in the ghats and I was still sleepy cos the damn gaandu smile tiger came barging in our room at 6 in the morning and put on the tube light 2 search his mobile which tat drunk fool had kept below his pillow in the night….neways started takin naai-roast lines on the ghats and almost met the reaper…then I started takin my own lines down the hill and suddenly I saw smoke from his rear wheel..his brake shoe was smoking…guess wat mamidi and he were trying to tighten the chain ended up tightning the brake I guess..neways stopped him and gave the 2 paisa gyan I knew abt it and called up Kam to get the number of the dood of dehradun bikers club…and called him up and planned to meet him in the entrence of dehradun and get the brake shoe fixed…so entered the city and called him and he came and he was one sweet chap who was very friendly and took us to his mech and while getting the brake shoe fixed spoke about their club and his rides and got to kno each other more better…neways after it got fixed he led us to the rishikesh highway which was real far from the place..

Neways me and naai-roast started bhaojing towards rishikesh 2 meet up with the guys there who were already there…I was pissed riding in the traffic rules ignorant place and one sardar ji came up2 me and said…”boss mere ko follow kijeya” he was doin 100+ on a 180 pusi tat to with his wife on the right lanne and me behind him and after overtakin the trucks bid bye to him and rode non-stop to rishikesh and went to Ranjit Royal Enfield where the boys where there

The man there had 2 BSA’s restored and a old 1921 harley Davidson parked in his basement which he has been restoring for the last 6 years…man wat a bike tat was…

Neways we parked our bikes there for service and just carried the essentials like the old monk and camera and we hopped on into a sumo for a 2 hrs drive to the tents and from the main road walked a mile to reach the tents…the view was amazing with the full moon smiling on us and the ganges flowing just a few feet away from us…we guys had a blast tat night and morning came we guys went in the raft till a point where u have to head up again to the roads and catch a bus for an hors drive and reach the rafting place…the downhill drive made mamidi naai-roast and me sick..so we guys headed back 2 to Ranjith Royal Enfield and we had a gud shower and a gud power nap and ready to ride wen tiger reached…we all started heading towards the highway to Delhi and were doing gud speeds and we were stuck in traffic before Merut where the railway buggers weren’t able to open the railway crossing gates..sheesh…tiger and naai-gun reached and re-grouped over there..and after tat crossing we guys stopped in Merut for chai and sutta and called up Bawa and Kam askin the route 2 Ginger hotel delhi and started from there…

As usual I was way ahead every1 and there was new strech of 4 lane highway which was open and I was doing my own comfortable speeds and there was a safari on my left which I didn’t even bother by dipping the headlight or honking..after abt a minute or two I heard someone honking at me and it was the safari dood..he put down his passenger windo and started shouting “oye oye” I just turned and looked at him..and he showed me his hand gun and had tat look in his face”behenchod tapkaloo kya” I seeing the gun shat my loads u can say I left the throttle and halted there..was shaken up and smoked a few nicotine sticks and emptied my camelbak and was still shaking the guys planned to ride in a group till delhi and we guys reached outskirts of delhi before the Noida turn where our man naai-roast was heading to and tiger told him to be a gud boi and return the tank top and ladies watch to some1 J

Reached some flyover in delhi and me and mamidi were on our own and met up with Hasmukh and Rajan who were waitin for us near his house with a gud chilled beer J Bawa and Kam arrived shortly and we guys had some gud hot tea at Hasmukhs house and rode to ginger hotel to continue the party there ..tiger and naai-gun had checked in and all freshened up and we guys just started opening the bottles and talking about the ride and sharing the good and bad times and saw Rajan the LKG getting drunk on 2 teas :P

And at 2 we guys headed to the hotel below and ate the Hundi Briyani which haunted us till late noon the next day…after dinner the boys left with Rajan staying back 2 show us the route tomorrow and we guys woke up at 6 in the mrng to leave for Bhopal(bollocks we reached Bhopal)

Somehow started from there by 6.30 am with rajan showing us the way to the agra highway After about 2 and a half hours we see thank u for visiting Delhi man we were pissed riding we had countinious traffic and exhaustion from previous days ride and the traffic this morning also caused us to become snappy and more than tat we buggers were burping Old Monk and Hundi Briyani ..stopped at faridabad for chai and getting us back into our senses..and after tat chai break in a signal in haryana saw a traffic cop stopping our side of the traffic and I see a localite just go up2 him and say in a rough way “ abbey hat subah subah dhimag mat kha mera” and the cop let him go I ws like WTF…neways we guys stopping more frequently for chai and busy burping the briyani and old monk..and the traffic in agra got us more snappy..we guys just wanted 2 head out straight in2 the highway with no traffic….all in all crossing mathura agra and gwalior tats it we guys couldn’t take more of the bad roads and the gun trotting ppl on bikes..but heck we guys had to reach shivpuri 20 kms before shivpuri we guys all stopped and we were cursing ourselves for thking this route …the roads are narrow and road is just a name given to some patches of black tar…and all three of us have no idea how e reached the place thanx to the unmarked speedbreaker we guys came back 2 our senses…neways checkedin2 a hotel room and slept like logs and tat was just one half of the much needed sleep

Morning came we guys ready to ride and our destination for the day was Itarsi at mamidi’s friends house with a lunch stop at Bhopal at mamidis friends place..after a gud sleep we guys were in a good mood to ride and enjoyed the ride though hampered the feeling we guys were in a real gud mood for the ride and enjoyed it…reached Bhopal met mamidis friend who is a dentist..had a few laughs with him one sip beer and some proper lunch and at 6 in the eve we guys started riding towards Itarsi..just 90 kms away Jthere was shyt loads of traffic outside the BHEL township but once we crossed it the road was all ours u can say amazing single lane roads with white lines and all I was havin a blast enjoyin the ride in my solace and I stopped 25 kms before itarsi waitin for the two biker bro’s had a smoke called up mamidis friend told him 2 keep the booze tap open cos we comin J

Started from there and we saw some light up in the sky I thought it might be some refinery burning some excess gas…and we rode and suddenly I see a long que of trucks cars etc…I rode up ahead in the front and was stopped by truckers and they said “boss tanker palat gayi hain kabi bhi phat saktha hain” and I am telling mamidi and tiger this tiger is full josh “macha come ra will go till possible or come back”

We park our bikes ahead of every1 else and remove the helmet and all and we see 2 cars coming from the oncoming side and we ask him the situation and he says “boss jaan haath mein rakh kea aye hain kabi bhi phat sakta hain” and we guys were getting ready to walk back behin some truck and suddenly we hear this high DB boom which was vibrating the whole ghats and the fire was so bright we could see the whole ghat section clearly.. and the fire started spreading and we could see the fire coming towards us started the bikes and turned back and rode some km away ..every1 was takin the longer route 2 itarsi which was some 70 km off no roads and 10 feet broad ghats…and completely covered in sand roads…we guys reached Itarsi at 11.15 in the night to be welcomed by mamidis friend and daughter the swwet lil one..we guys stopped at a boozer to get some booze and mamidis friends daughter scremed out.. ”papa yeah gandi cheez kyun khareed rahe hain aap sirf gandhe loog peethe hain” me and tiger were laughin our nuts out and the boozer shop dood was also laughing out..reached there and I felt like home afterall we were stopping at a sindhi brethren’s house..we had a gud session and slept well and woke up at 8ish and we guys started from there at 11ish..after all we had just 300 kms to ride today to reach Nagpur at buddy anukarans place J

The roads were absoloutely awesome good roads and once crossed in2 maharashtra the roads were bliss called up anukaran to tell him I am 90 kms away from him and I started bhajoing towards Nagpur and met up with the gud ol dood bear hugs and a ciggi later mamidi and tiger reached and we guys headed to naukarans place..said hi to his parents went up and freshened up the booze was out with anukaran makin me merry with the greens J

A gud session till 7ish Thomas walked in said hi to him..inder and other members came and our Chennai boi DJ came and bumped in2 the party was gud 2 meet the trichy/Chennai/friends of mbmc/pusi boi in nagpur caught up on old times and had a blast and we guys started 2 sharms ka dhaba for dinner wat a drive it was..came back at 1ish and crashed and woke up at 7 and all ready and saddled up by 8 and anukaran rode till the highway and showed us the HYD route and returned “paaji the stay was awesome at ya place loved the evening and thanx for lighting me up by playin the AIC unplugged gud time we guys had and DJ thanx for makin it in the evening man was gud catchin up with u 2 man”

Reached HYD by evening 6 and rode straight into mamidi’s house to be welcomed by his son J

Freshened up mamidis cuz and wife had arranged the much required MEAT and paradise briyani and man wat an amazing pan which suited my size J and ya before that we guys were busy on the old monk bottles…mamidis’s home ministry was a proper tanjore mami who enjoyed the tamil nadu lingo…missed u gunfight…and by 8-9 in the eve mamidis friends from Winspeed racing were at his place and the party was on till 2ish..and tiger had plans to start for Bangalore by 8 in the morning….as susual he started saying we will ride at 6am after his qtr and cutting quota was done…I very much knew tat we will not be riding so I was off to sleep and was woken up at 7am by mamidi who wanted to ask us weather to show him the route to the highway the damn tiger was snoring away to glory so told him chuck it macha one more night party at ya place and was off to sleep and woke up at at 10 am freshened up read the damn newspaper after almost 19 days…and our man tiger wakes up at 1 in the noon..so much for riding at 6 am u talli bugger…

Mamidi came home at 5ish and I had 2 meet my cuz sister near paradise and mamidi dropped me there and these guys had a small “karobar” (read as car-o-bar) session and waitin for me somewhere nearby to pick me up…went to mamidis place had some gud home food and crashed and were up by 5.30 and we got ready and saddled up by 6.30am and mamidi home ministry and the kiddo drove along with us till the new airport some 60 kms and bid us bye…thanx mamidi for the stay and the lovely food

So we guys were on our own now and ya I forgot from shivpuri tiger’s bike was smoking out almost like a 2stroke cos of his piston rings..guess he even managed to calculate oil level average along with the petrol average :P

So we guys rode in constant 100’s and his 2 chettiar stops is wat tat delayed us …just 20 kms before karnataka rain started pelting on us…we stopped at chickbalapur for some coffe and dosa…and started out again in the rain to reach Bangalore…after the BAIL airport traffic slowed us down and we guys reached hebbal flyover and after a last ciggi on the ride we guys parted and I started out towards Java City where all the RTMC brethren meet up on Wednesdays…met our man an?l on the way near the sanjay nagar signal and told him will catch up with hi at JC and carried on to JC..all the guys were there had a hot mysore Kappi and to my surprise met Rashi at JC and Adrian came down to and said he aint be joinin us for the lil session which was a bit later and he better be a choclate lover boy for the eve :P

Thambi, maggie and me headed for Sherlock Holmes and mamada joined us there and at 11ish we left and reached mamadas place and after a much needed sleep was up 2 take the bike 2 muneer bee for genral check up and then eve went on as usual session at mamadas’s place ..rajeev parnipuran had come down with his cuz who designs speedo’s for Harleys and he showed us a sample and after a long karaoke session slept after midnight and started at 8.30 am from Bangalore just to be caught in outer ring road traffic till noon 12pm..sheesh….was getting toasted in the jacket and the clutch wasn’t workin at all had had to mercilessly stamp on the gear shifter to engage the gears …

Neways was at hours by 12.40 and from there nonstop ride and was at home by 5 in the evenin

Was a wonderful ride though missed mamada and rag-1 and the last years gang..but ya learnt one thing never freakin ride in UP after 8 in the night J

at last the time has come 2 get ready for the big ride this year...its been a long time from no's and yes and many ppl dropping out and joining in ..all the headache glitches are over and we freakin riding the next week :) well as usual the only bloke tat i am from trichy :) and RTMC doods ...heigh me to a rtmc dood now so lets reframe the line.... as usual the rtmc guys are startin for the ride on 3rd oct mornin from delhi headin 2 uttaranchal and covering most of it... as of now in attendence are the usual suspects with 2 new suspects :)
neways since we ridin to uttaranchal the land of Gods thought lets name this ride
"ride to the abobe...abode of the Gods" alla james bond style :P
the twist of this ride comes wen we reach delhi after covering uttaranchal...
Tiger & I are eiding back to bangalore/ trichy from delhi..so the leg 2 of the ride is what keepin me excited :)
the usual mech rounds is over the bike is alost brand new ..new tyres with slime in em..new clutch plates new cables ..wiring completely wrapped up in tape and yes new insurence :P
neways have posted up the logo of the ride also as well and plz do comment on how it looks ..after really long like 4 years worked on fotoshop and worked on it...

Goblin...the new member in the family

booked a avl500 machismo before leaving for the mountains...and as i came back from the mountains was itchin 2 go grab the bike from the RE Brandstore in adyar in chennai....

AUG4th was the d day..picked up my new baby and shipped it 2 trichy and enjoyin every moment of ownin it...

named her Goblin(meaning-A goblin is an evil or merely mischievous creature of folklore) cos the bike looks like an good ol' classic royal enfield..but has the power 2 put the plastic bikes 2 shame and yes the best touring bike

lookin forward 2 clock many miles on it...

sim

ALTITUDE OVERDOSE

got leh'd, kargil'd,drass'd n more :)

well 07..had big plans fer this year...n as may came was busy mentally preparin myself n started all damn cardio exercise n all 2 get my self ready fer the BIG RIDE 2 THE MOUNTAINS...june came nervousness started takin over..weather my bike would bring me back safe n all those thoughts started chewin my brains out...n on 7th july was in chennai 2 join the guyz n fly wid em 2 delhi 2 start the big ride...

the guyz who i did this ride along wid are

Bala aka cashew-nut

Manoaj aka dosai

Narren aka chief

Vijay aka kattu panni aka katz

Ajith aka gunfight

Sridhar Doss aka unkill doss

Muthu aka mamada

Vijay Raghavan aka rag-1

Sultan aka seizure chootan aka cabret aka jalsa

Sanjeeva Thimmareddy aka tigress

Prashanth Roopraj aka pachu

Simmrit aka sim aka AMS

reached Delhi by midnite wishin bala happy 37th or 38th bday ;) n unkill doss's friend srivats was waitin fer us at the airport 2 take us 2 his guest house...

man wat a sweet chap he had filled the fridge wid beers n a scotch bottle n some koroungu ratam...we guyz were drinkin till day break n slept for a few minutes n woke up 2 pick up the bikes from the station...

reached the station and called up the agent who got our bikes 2 delhi he gave us some other address...so went there...we reached tat place n called him he gave us another address...so we went there n he tells us 2 come 2 Lahori gate...so we go there...pick up our babies n ride back 2 gurgaon where we were all stayin ...

the plan was to reach gurgaon n atleast hit chandigarh by nite..but mr.seizure had not yet arrived 2 delhi so Muthu n group who were in pahadganj area were stuck till he came n picked up his bike...so the plan changed and we decided 2 start ridin at 4 in the mornin ..so back 2 wat we guyz do best....DRINKIN the shyt outta us:)..eve came the Beasters came over 2 the guest house..man those guyz kno how 2 freakin spread the biker brotherhood...n 1st time saw the softer side of BAWA..a total softie he was ...we guyz had our share of jokes n all left 2 Halki Anch a restaurant in gurgaon...n GPS aka Arpan led us 2 the place...n wat amazin dinner it was...thanx 2 Bala fer the orders....dinner over..the Beasters bid adiue n wished us luck fer the ride n left....

mornin came we guyz were ready 2 hit the road by 4.30 am...left gurgaon n after around 25km..our man katz say's he has left his wallet back at the guest house..so camman the gurgaon fer me n him...the guyz chilled out at the traffic signal while we picked up his wallet n came back....

all started well n we reached the ambala highway n met up wid the bangalore boyz...n camman the ALTITUDE OVERDOSE gang rode till Ambala where our man dosai had 2 pick up his riding gear from dipesh who was returnin after finishin the Himalayan Odyessy 07...n he informed us tat the roads were bit rough 2 chandigarh..so we decided 2 go 2 Kalka n then do Jalori-La n then go 2 manali...

so this was the plan and we guyz started 2 kalka...we guyz took a deviation 2 avoid chandigarh city ...n our man dosai missed the deviation n was on his own..so we all waited fer over half an hour..n we decided tat we sms him n tell him 2 meet us on Kalka n we guyz rode on 2 Kalka...we rode through slush heavy rains...n was wet till the last wrinkle in my B@#*s ...reached Kalka n had a gud refreshin beer n me n Bla hogged on the panner n had an amazin lunch...

the plan was 2 reach chaiyl by eve n spend the night over there...and so we guyz started...taddaaa...gunfights bike had a problem..so bala,ajith,chief,dosai n katz stayed back n they said tat they will fix ajiths bike n catch us in chaiyl...so me,muthu,unkilldoss,rag-1,siezure,tiger n pachu started ridin 2 chaiyl...amazin roads...me, muthuana, seizure were havin a blast on the ghats rippin the ass off the bikes ...took a sutta break just after solan n we called up ajith 2 find out there whereabouts..n they said tat they will catch us in the mornin in Kufri...so we guyz rode 2 Kufri n stayed over at a place called..CEDDAR PALACE n we had our very own...mallU butler u can say..he was so excited 2 see south sider's tat he was doin his best 2 keep us happy ...mornin came n we guyz saw the 1st glimpse of snow capped mountains...man wat a sight were they...

all were ready 2 hit the road..n me n paachu started out n took the RIGHT turn 2 kufri...n we guyz rode for sometime and realised tat this was not the route we guyz rode yesterday...n thought we guyz are gonna havee 2 ride 2 manali all alone...so sms'd these guyz tat wil meet u all in Kufri n we guyz rode throught the most excitin roads...small water crossings 2 small landslides...and after an hours ride we guyz were in kufri n i get a call from mamada tat they are 30 km behind us and tat they had taken the longer route which was 70 km from chaiyl n we guyz had taken 31 km of pure amazin green ghats 2 kufri...waited fer the guyz at kufri n they arrived...had breakfast..n saw Rag-1 bullying pachu and snatching his toast(pun intended)u should have seen the fear in Pachu's eyes...he shat his loads:)...came 2 kno from the guyz tat tigers bike was punctured in chaiyl so he is gonna start along wid seizure after fixing his puncture...n we guyz missed em in Kufri after waitin fer more than an hour..so we sms'd em 2 meet us in Narkanda which has the last petrol bunk till Aut...

those guyz smsd back tat thy have fuelled in n stopped at a dhaba 2 grab sumthin 2 eat...n we guyz started...n again we rode in heavy rains 2 the dhaba n started 2 ride 2 Jalori-la reached the foot hills where even the Sutlej river starts ...man wat a sight n we rode fer like 25 km along wid the river ...though we were higher than the river..we could hear the river water gushing wid all its force...this is wen Balas health became bad...he had high temprature...so bala popped his pills n we were back on the roads again...started stopping 2 pick up apples from the apple farms...n rode 2 a point jus 15 km's from Jalori-la the bike wasnt even moving in 1st gear...man the roads were extint...the roads were steep...i gave up for a moment ..n then started slowly...n i mean it slowly 5-10kmph speed rode 2 jalori-la...had a good sutta break n we guyz rode down...man it was fun riding down the road was steep n since the roads were extint we had a good time comin down the ghats...it had become dark..n me personally leading unkill doss...we guyz reached Aut...n we guyz waited here fer bala ,dosai,chief n katz...so mamada told me, tiger n unkill doss 2 get some place at kullu...so we guyz rode n found a place wid room views of kullu airport....n river Beas flowing next 2 it....

man tat nite was a mixed nite..bala n chief both had 100+ fever...n katz was already snoring from the second he saw the bed...so we guyz started drinkin...n seizure got drunk...drunk is not the word rather...he was smashed..pissed...out..blown...name it...one quick session near the WC n he was flat like a slab...

mornin bala was taken 2 the doc n he was told 2 take a dayz rest...

mamada, rag1, tigress, pachu n i started fer manali n the road beyond...as we started climbin the ghats 2 manali..man it was growin greens both sides..i was like man am in paradise :)..we guyz rode up n picked up cash from ATM'S n all tat last minute work..n started fer Rohtang-la...once in the outskirts of manali we guyz saw the huge mountains n glaciers...n rode on we guys stopped before Rohtang fer some tea n snacks...n rode 2 Rohtang-la n saw glacier on the either side of the roads...n yes was a lil tipsy..thanx 2 the lack of oxygen n AMS was slightly gettin over me...

mamada said lets descend..n we started 2 ride as we descended i was back 2 normal...n we guyz rode through some twisties n good roads...wen we were stopped it a intersection...from there the roads became EXTINT...crossed the 1st major water crossing n bent my brake lever...it was standin out...almost 7-8 inches away from the footrest....some how rode 2 Tandi the last petrol bunk for the next 365km...n he was closing the petrol bunk our man rag-1 somehow talked him in2 getting us some petrol...n we guyz rode 2 Keylong just rode where there was a path ...couldnt see nething in the pitch dark...

we found a place called Nalwa e-doormatary...fukked up place but we needed sleep...so slept...in the mornin me n mamada got ready2 get some petrol cos my bike hardly gave any milage:)

so got 10 litres of xtra fuel n rode 2 the place where we guyz stayed n packed our luggage n had breakfast..n started 2 ride....we planned 2 ride 2 pang fer the night...but as we rode up and down...n reached Baralacha-la AMS had taken me under its wings :)..was so didorientated n fukkd somehow rode 2 Sarchu and saw a tent serving food...jus went and slept there..rag1 also became a victim of AMS so did tiger n pachu..the only 1 who was fine was mamada...he spoke 2 some army jawans n the tent owner n they all recomanded tat it is better 2 stay at Sarchu because pang is a closed valley n more higher than sarchu...

so we all moved in2 a seprate tent n was off 2 sleep...was pukin the whole night n man froze my b@^*s wen i came 2 pee in the night...was -2 something..sheesh..back 2 sleep n woke up early in the mornin..n my 1st time chettiar in the open air...rather cold open air...all set after chai n we guyz rode towards Paang...man we guyz were cold...i was wearin a levis..a leather pant over it n waterproof pants on top n my legs were freezin n shakin like twigs(dont picturize it..wont make sense..my legs n twigs)

our man tigress was wearin ventilated jeans..n his numb'd his manhood...we guyz stopped at Paang fer chai n we all padded our bodies wid thermals n we were so cold tat we were holdin the tea kettle in our palms n nothin happened...we guyz rode through Lachlung-la Naki-la n reached Tanglang-la n i was so fukkkkkkd...AMS was all over me..couldnt walk stand...n i told the guyz will meet ya all down n i started descending...it was the worst ride i ever had in my life..was completely disorianted..was sleepin every 2 minutes..twice i almost ran over the cliff's n the third time i slept i was almost ran over by a lorry n almost fell..somehow managed n balanced the fall...(this is how i tore my rain pants)just stopped poured water on my head n drank some water n rode down 2 the nearest tent n slept fer a good 2 hours...muthu ana n tiger saw my bike n stopped..tiger pushed off n muthu stayed back n had some chai n a few minutes sleep...n we both were up after hearing a couple from the states talkin in hindi ..n they were good at it...even i was feelin better AMS was a long gone history ...was back in action n ripped wid muthu ana 2 leh...the strech from Rumtse to Leh is the most beutiful strech...u can see the whole sorroundings change from brown to green...brown sand to pinkinsh sand..n good roads..met up wid the guyz in Karu..30km before leh n rode on 2gather..n next stop was Hotel Padma Ling at changspa road....wat an amazin place n the owner Singh DOrje was a sweet heart ...the 1st thing we saw wen we entered the hotel was a KTM standing...man wat a sight was tat bike...the whole hotel was taken by the bikers...all of us had a much needed bath and a shave n yes a good chettiar meet...all set after tat we guyz ordered dinner in the hotel and we called 2 the dining room n we were suprised tat the owner was playin good classic rock...n was playin all our requests...man wat an evenin it was...good rock music agter 5dayz on road just listening 2 the bullets sound...all of us had a good meal n we guyz were off snoring away 2 glory in a gud bed...

mornin came we guys were up n we didnt get the inner line permits cos it was a state wide holiday in rememberance of some blast which rocked J&K some 10 years ago..so we guyz were chumma takin rest...rather a much deserved rest...muthu ana was sleepin cos he had kind of sprained a back muscle while drying his back after a shower(ha ha)...newayz spoke to the guyz they said they were still in Keylong as chief's bike had a busted front fork...so they would fix it n leave the next day..n they informed us tat unkill doss n seizure had left yesterday itself so they should b there today or tomorrow in leh...

i had a strong gutsy feelin tat unkill doss would have pushed n will reach leh by eve...so noon went n eve came ...tiger wanted 2 meet biskoot n gang who were also in leh so we went 2 the leh market where biskoot was stayin...n as i guessed unkill doss n sultan had arrived..heard the loud goldie from seizure's bike..i saw em down the road n waved at them..n took them 2 the hotel...n ya it was a blast tat eve...the ol wise man was in the presence...wat every1 noticed was how close he(unkill doss) n seizure had become..unkill doss even saved half bucket of hot water for him...y this was so special is cos the hotel gave only half a bucket of hot water n unkill doss saved half of tat water for seizure...sigh how cute;) caaman the booze session started at IBEX n we had gr8 time in the eve....

Mornin came we guyz were all set 2 take the bikes 2 Mohan Sharma..the bullet mech in Leh..man he was such a sweetheart..came shook hands welcomed us and left all his work n began checking our bikes one by one...after the bike session we guyz were off 2 a place called Golden Dragon a chinese restaurant in leh...man wat amazin food...n the best part was they served KINGFISHER man wat a relif from tat local beer godfather...had a few beers n had some good lunch n man was just waitin 2 go hit the bed..all of us went crashed for sometime n woke up at 4 and went 2 recive the guyz on the highway...gunfight n katz reached n they told us the big accident Bala had n how the kids we met at kufri are ridin dosai's bike while dosai is riding balas bike...n bala was coming in a truck and would reach in the night...so slowly chief n dosai also came n showed the guyz their room n wished Narren happy birthday...the man is 32 yr's young :)..so after freshin up all of us met down at the dining room n camman the party...n ya during tat day the inner line permits came...n the gang who reached early planned 2 do Pang Tso lake in the mornin..bala had reached and was sick really sick so bala's friend who was comin in the mornin ...capt. had to be recived so chief said he will pick up capt. n take bala to the hospital

mornin came n some brilliant guy said we r going to the lake so no need thermals..n me 2 happily wore a gud ol levis n a jacket san's thermal n started riding...we rode 60 km...n man it was gettin cold by every km...suddenly it started snowing...n i was gone ...i was cold..n i saw unkill doss in front of me braving the cold n riding...n more than that gunfight was also riding..n he rode without taking any rest though he reached last eve..n i thought how can i chicken out wid gunfight n unkill doss ahead of me..and suddenly i saw unkill doss n ajith stopped n called me n told me "we guyz are turning back"..as i heard them i was the first guy 2 turn n start riding back 2 leh:)...then suddenly after a km ajith stops me n sayz ..macha wait here i will go check on unkill doss..n i am waitin there standing there in snow trying to hold ma balls in place for ten minutes..n then i turn back n ride and i see ajith, unkill doss, tiger ,pachu n biskoot standing below a makeshift tent...was cursin gunfight for makin me freeze my nuts in the snow...newayz 10 minutes after a smoke we guyz started descending n rode 2 the dhaba where we had our breakfast..n gulped down a large number of chai's 2 bring us back 2 planet earth...me gunfight n unkill doss had anamazin ride back 2 the hotel...and started waitin fer the guyz 2 come cos we knew no way they would have made it 2 the lake...n slowly these guys at aroun 1-2 in the noon they came...n tellin us how they 2 were stuck in the snow n turned back...me ajith unkilldoss n dosai went for shopping 2 the local tibetean market n shopped n met up wid capt. n chief n they told us tat bala's condition was really bad...n suffering from HAPA n had pnemonia in his lungs...so eve came we took turns n went and met Bala at the hospital...the sweetest thing about bala was..though he was really sick ..he was up2 his sweet ol charm of comforting everyone and was just waitin 2 get out of the hospital n get a drink... :)night dawned and we guyz went 2 a restaurent next 2 the hotel where we stayed and man wat good food and the locals were so friendly n shared their Royal Stag wid gunfight..sitting n having dinner near the Bonfire was really amazing

anyways mornin came n D-day had arrived the day we guyz were riding to KHARDUNG-LA worlds highest motorable road...man wat excitement 2 ride up there..n capt. was riding along wid us on dosai's bike...the best part was he was not familiar with the bike and he rode it up 2 khardung-la without any hasseles we all were so happy once we reached there..we had ridden to the worlds highest motorable road and we guys had a group snap wid the ALTIDUDE TEE n not allowinng other tourists 2 take the snap at the memorial..we picked up souviner's n all and rode down 2 leh...had an amazing ride...n as we reached Leh the first leg of the ride was over....tiger wanted 2 see pong tso badly so he pachu n biskoot and gang decided 2 hire a scorpio n spend the night there...muthu ana n me talked rag-1 to also join the gang and go 2 pong tso.....so again caaman the drinking session ...n we guyz went 2 la pizzaria n they said no bonfire 2nite so we guyz headed back 2 the hotel 2 the good ol dining room...

Mornin came we guyz were up and readyt 2 ride out but waitin for rag-1, pachu, tiger 2 come n leave with us..we guyz settled the room bill till then and we guyz left as they arrived..and man we started fer kargil....down some 30 km we saw magnetic hill..man the bike was in neutrel and the bike was movin..unbeliveable....crossed it and stopped after aroun 70 km fer lunch at a small village..had some fukkd up lunch and we guyz started..n yes the unthinkable happened..my bike was out of fuel...n wen sultan was asked fer the tube 2 transfer petrol..boy was busy searchin for a tyre tube...man and tat is the time i learnt tat petrol is only fer vehicles and not for human body..was burpin petrol the whole day....we rode, rode n rode and stopped fer a chai at late in the eve some 30 km before kargil for tea...we guyz rode in2 kargil at night...n man wat a place it was...kinda felt was in Pakistan types cos the ppl were so shocked at lookin at us..so we guyz decided 2 ride 2 drass for the night cos traffic is open at 5 in the mornin till 8 in the mornin at Zorjila..tats y we rode past kargil...n we stopped at this ghaty area and ate dinner and the people said the pass is open all the time ..no timings past a year and a half...n guyz had a misconception tat the kargil war memorial is in kargil..so we guyz decided 2 sleep in the ghats..and rag1 came up wid a bright idea of askin the military ppl tat weather we could use any of their empty rooms 2 spend the night..after a faild attempt we guyz thought of sleeping in tat small shop...and one bus driver offered his bus 2 sleep in..so every1 was happy..but me bein a grumpy ass...said will sleep in my sleeping bag outside the dhaba...so did unkill doss and tiger think...after every1 went 2 crash unkill doss brought the OLD MONK outside..man wat a perfect time fer some alchol..me unkill doss n tiger had a few shots and wen we about 2 finish..seizure came out complaining tat he couldnt sleep thanx 2 gunfights snoring or roar :)

mornin we were woken up by gud ol rag1...wake up guyz we have 2 push 2day 2 reach srinagar was the words tat woke us up...we were up and rode back 2 Kargil 2 see the war memorial..and all the ppl were suprised tat we were searchin for the war memorial in kargil..cos the war memorial is in Drass..so we guyz rode back the same way n rode in2 Drass..man as we saw the war memorial ..a sense of pride shined in everyones eyes..saw the memorial the list of ppl who martyr'd for the country ..n i even took a snap of Maj.Sarvanan's name who is from trichy...saw Tololing mountain, Tiger hill, Batra hill and all the places which were taken over by the paki's and the extremist's..and we rode in2 Drass and saw the board which say'z worlds second coldest inhabited place-60degrees in 1995..we rode 2 a hotel had some breakfast...n refilled our beedi stock..n started towardsthe mighty Zorji-la..man wat a road...full of fresh silt and a single watercrossing which had some cute chicks standing..me n muthu thought unkill doss would have stopped fer sure 2 charm the young ones :) and we rode down 2 the place the guyz were standing..we saw a board welcoming all the amarnath yatris n we were there fer half an hour...n left tat place and rode 2 Sonmarg 2 go grab some food..n we found a dosa place where the cook was a mallu and he serves amazing dosa's ...we were seeing military trucks jus crossing n thought it was normal..and so we guyz started riding towards srinagar and we saw military ppl wid AK47's and bomb dedector's and we kept on riding 2 srinagar and we found us a good cozy house boat and settled there..and then we came 2 kno tat the place where we were standing at the entrence of Amarnath yatri board..hardly half a km from there a grenade attack had happened and many ppl lost their lives...newayz had an amazin dinner and yes kingfisher was there 2 cool us off after the extreme heat of srinagar...

mornin we guyz were woken up by gud ol Rag1 and in the process of gettin ready cops came checking and a kanadiga cop was there..n tiger as ever started wooing him 2 pass the AK47 2 him fer a snap...n yes he did take a snap wid it and tat 2 in a towel..

we guyz rode in2 the city 2 a ATM and we ate some sweets n started for jammu...n hardly 50 km on the road ajith felt sleepy so we guyz stopped fer a chai sutta break...this is wen the adventure started...me muthu n unkill doss missed a turn and we overshot and by the time we guys turned and came the other guys were way ahead of us..so we were ridin alone now...hardly 20 km n me n muthu anna stop and wait fer unkill doss...no sign of him so we turn back...and we see him waitin in the side before 10 km wid a ripped accelerator cable..so camman the new cable wonlee...we broke our head tryin 2 fix the cable..the cable lock was sitting in its place so broke our head fer an hour and decided 2 fetch a mech..so camman the reverse ride took muthus bike went and fetched a mech and he came n fitted it in a sec...

now we guyz had 2 cover a long distance 2 catch up with the guyz...so we guyz started riding towards Jawhar Tunnel...n jus 10 km before the tunnel..the cops called us and tellin us 2 show our passports thinkin we guyz were firang's..he was suprised 2 see us desi guyz fully padded and riding :) then we guyz rumbled in2 the tunnel and after 3 km's of the tunnelwe could feel the climatic change..the weather was much better before the tunnel...and on this side it was more freakin hot...we guys planned 2 reach Udhampur via Patnitop n take a deviation 2 samba via Ramkot n the head 2 Jalandhar..so we rode 2 Udhampur and had a good chai n bread omlette break n took the deviation 2 ramkot...it was raining..n the worst part was ..my low beam was fuse..so i was managing wid the highbeam till a certain point and overshot a turn n stopped inches from a huuuuuge drop down some hundreds of feet...n unkill doss also followed me :) decided tat i will follow Unkill dossn started taggin behind him slowly ..n there was a strech 40 km before Samba ..no roads only stones and unkill doss hit a stone and had a fall..n i was right behind him...had 2 drop the bike if i didnt want him 2 go under my tire..so dropped my baby and lifted him up...we decided 2 stay back there and the truck drivers told us tat there is a govt guest house hardly a km behind..some how unkill rode the bike there and the bikes headlight was fukkd his engine started giving some funny sounds...and in tat fall my headlight also completely fused...so we checked in tat guest house...

for 700 bucks we got a full fledged Pent house apt. wid 2 rooms a hugggeeee balcony and a amazing view of the mansorvar lake...gave unkill doss the basic first aid...suspected a hair line fracture n removed a aluminium strip from my back belt and strapped it 2 his hand...had a drink had a nice eve of talkin...n slept only 2 wake up in the mornin 2 see unkill doss's hand swollen and not in a state of riding..the locals advised unkill doss 2 see the elder doctor of the villages who is famous fer fixing bones..so he went there and he had a relif in his face wen he cae back..now the other issue was we were not gettin any trucks 2 carry unkill doss's bike..so unkull had 2 ride 30 km 2 samba...he somehow rode the bike ..in pain..and reached samba..and got hold of Nitco parcel service and shipped his bike 2 chennai straight...n his cramsters came on my bike and he was a pillion wid mamada...this is wen the real ride started we guys had a hard kickass day of riding on plains...topping up fuel and oil was like in regular intervals..and came the eve..and mamada has tinted visor so we decided we ride 2 gather...we both ripped our bikes and zig zagged our way through the 6lane traffic giving shivers 2 the car drivers and reached Karnal 2 meet up wid the guyz who were waitin for us...reached the hotel and tiredness had taken its tool and i accidently dropped the whisky bottle..and we had 2 send tiger 2 pick up a new bottle..and came the drinkin session and the ride stories the fun we3 had till now...

mornin came and we guyz started for delhi...and had an amazing ride til the outskirts and where few guyz went 2 the ststion 2 parcel their bikes and 2 service few bikes...

me tiger pachu and unkill doss rode 2 Gurgaon 2 unkills friends guest house...where srivats cancelled all his appoinments and took unkill2 the doc...we guys freshened up till then and unkull came wid a glee in his face wid and camman the drinking session :)

muthu and group came and we all were talkin abt the trip..missing bala over the good dinner parcelled from Halki Aanch...mornin muthu,rag1 were off 2 bang..and by noon unkill doss was off 2 chennai..

Me,gunfight,tiger,pachu n seizure were all set 2 ride 2 Jaipur..n while startin the ride gunfights bike had some probs..thanx 2 the bang wid the auto the previous noon :) after fixing his bike cos of the crash he had somewhere near 2 where unkill doss n i fell:)... so he decided 2 b pillion wid seizure..we guyz rode slow cos the dry heat was 2 much n didnt want 2 torture the bike more...reached Jipur at eve...and stayed in this place called Madhav Palace where the guy asked us our DL's xerox and all tat crap n eve went 2 the city 2 pick up new shoes cos my Ambur shoe was eroded rather thanx 2 the geographical conditions of the ride:)..and we guys went 2 a neat place for dinner where rajasthani folk dance was shown...and this is where the biggest blunder happened by our man Gunfight..he clled the waiter and said.."dho papad idhar aavoo" the waiter was laughin his nuts away :)

after some gr8 dinner we went and crashed..mornin we woke up and decided 2 see jaipur...so we went 2 city palace cos hawa mahal and jal mahal were both under renovatin..saw some good restored manuscripts and royal belongings and came out and headed out to a restaurant called LB in main market which is like the best place for rajasthani and other cusines..so had a sweet breakfast and came 2 the room..n ya forgot tiger was off 2 meet his wife the previous eve...and after the breakfast he was again off 2 see his wife and returned at noon and we guys started for gurgaon...hardly 70 km we guys stopped at a highway coffe day and had some good coffe and eateries and posted up our napkin and we guys started 2 gurgaon and had an amazin ride..reached safely..no harm 2 man and machine..only ajith had damaged his..ahem...thanks 2 sultans rear seat...

next day we guys packed our bikes and in a moment we were done wid the ride just left with memories and good relishing moments we will never forget...

Now i take this oppourtunity 2 thank everyone who made this ride possible and thanx 2 everyone who made this ride the most special ride for me...we had our ups and downs but heck we had a blast..from falls to laughs...AMS to punctures...from chettiar sessions on the glacier to drinking petrol...re-naming session to biker brotherhood forever...

thanx guys

sim