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