My journey as a Bullet-eer

My first half marathon - 17th Jan 2010

2010-01-24T08:05:00.000-08:00

It was 6.45 am when i reached the MMRDA grounds (mumbai) to run my first Half marathon. Man, i was excited and wanted to complete the first longest race of my life. I had decided to do run as long as i can in my first strech before i walk a bit.

The route of the Half marathon was nice this time, which started from MMRDA grounds, Bandra going on Worli sea link, Marine drive and ending at Azad grounds (VT Station).

Neha had come to the starting point with me.

I started off at around 6.50 or so (being at the pretty last in the start order), it was difficult to pass many people as it was too crowded. There were estimated 10000+ people running Half marathon this year(male & female).

The Sea link was about 2 ~ 3 kms from the starting point, and it was fun to run on a great engineering marvel in India. The sad part was that there was no provision of any water bottle/medical point on the whole of the Worli sea-link. The first was at 2km checkpoint, and the next was at 8km.

I managed to run for about 16kms flat out, but then i was getting tired( it was the max i had run even in my practice runs). I walked for about 200 mtrs and begin running again. I ran for another km and walked 500mt . It was already 18km checkpoint that i had crossed, and i was really tired. I wanted to this race to end, but then my Ipod started playing "The Who- We wont get fooled again", and the solo at the end just began playing. Pete Townshend's "yeahhhhhhhhhhh" was my motivating factor. I began running again thinking that there's no stopping now, just 3 km more to go. I was running at a very slow pace, but i was just saving energy to run the last sprint.
Last 500mts and i began running at a fast pace, even though i couldn't feel any energy left. I ran till the finish , and yea "i did it".

I check my Ipod lap timing and it clocked 2hrs 42 mins.

Not bad for a first time runner. The funny part was that about 20mins later, the Full Marathon had finished :D ( winner clocking 2hrs 12 mins)

Some of my marathon pics

The official clock timing is ; 2hrs 42 mins 52 sec

More running to follow.
till then,
"Its never too hot, its never too cold. You are never too tired, never too busy. Put on your shoes and RUN!"

Trip 2009 - Dandeli - Hampi

2009-12-27T22:23:00.000-08:00

Mas breaks...Wat to do? where to go?The planning of the trip began in november as we had leaves in the last week of december (yay Symantec:D ). We did many hours of route planning in google maps, did research on places to go. Earlier it was planned to go to Pune - Nagarhole - Banglore - Pune, but then it would have been too hectic as we planned to stay in B'lore for 3 days. Finally we choose "Dandeli" as the place to go... but 5 days there... naa, we need to add another destination to our itinerary.

One "travel Advisor" of mine suggested Hampi and Badami Caves & it was just 250 kms from Dandeli. So Hampi added as the 2nd destination to our trip and we are good to go.

We began looking for places to stay and everything was full. Finally, we found some place by "Karnataka Forest Department" at a whooping price of Rs 500 per night (deluxe Tents).
In Hampi we booked a hotel by KSTDC - Mauraya Bhuvneshwari.
All set and done, now was the time for bike preparations and gear purchasing for my ardhangani :)

More to follow...

Mumbai Marathon 2010

2009-07-16T10:44:00.000-07:00

Here is the link to register, but unfortunately the registrations for Dream Run are closed.

So i have applied for the Half Marathon (21 kms)... Man i know its tough coz i am a damn lazy bum (Modesty shown here.
But i have started training and here is the schedule

Training Schedule

Will be posting more on my schedules :)

Keep training till then

Dream Route # 1

2009-07-13T03:58:00.000-07:00

Well its one of our dream to travel across india, the upper half has been explored, the bottom part is yet to be explored by both of us.

Our plan would be to travel from Mumbai to Kanyakumari but it depends whichever of 3000kms or 12 days finish first.
Ideally we would have like to have it done on our bullet, but being on road is what that matters.

First pit would start off with a splashhhhh at the beautiful beaches of Harihareshwar & Ratnagiri.
We believe that no journey is complete without a bash in Goaaaaa.
Next we head to Dandeli, which is famous for its water adventure sports. Having spent a day with all water around we head next to Hampi, where the dreams are carved in stone, via Badami, famous for its temples of Aihole.

Spending a night in the Imperial City of Palaces, Mysore wouldn't be a bad idea either.
Next pit stop would be a Safari at Bandipur National Park. I guess taking one day break would be relaxing after being on road for 6 days,after all its not a race.

We cross borders into "The Gods Own Country" - Kerala and reach Pallakad to eat something and then move for some backwaters at Kumarakom.
Fresh tea at Munnar after such a long drive would be great, so we plan to halt at Munnar overnight and enjoy the hill station.

We return via a different route

View on Google Map

Great Driving Challenge

2009-07-08T00:51:00.001-07:00

Please vote for us and also forward it your friends....

Himalayan Odeyssey 2008

2008-04-21T01:42:00.000-07:00

Registrations are open ppl....
and here is a tentative schedule

Date	Sector	Distance(km)	Altitude	Accomodation
27th June	Delhi (Check=in & briefing day)	-	-	Dormatory/Hotel
28th June	Delhi to Chandigarh	240 kms	365 meters	Hotel
29th June	Chandigarh to Manali	320 kms	2050 meters	Hotel
30th June	Manali to Keylong	115 kms	3350 meters	Fixed Camp/ Hotel
1st July	Keylong to Sarchu	109 kms	4253 meters	Fixed Camp
2nd July	Sarchu to Rumtse	173 kms	4325 meters	Mobile Camp
3rd July	Rumtse to Leh	78 kms	3506 meters	Hotel
4th July	Leh	-	3506 meters	Hotel
5th July	Leh/ Khardong La/ Leh	78 kms	5580 meters	Hotel
6th July	Leh to Tso Kar	130 kms	4485 meters	Mobile Camp
7th July	Tso Kar to Keylong	223/263 kms	3142/3350 metes	Fixed Camp/ Hotel
8th July	Keylong to Kaza	170 kms	3600 meters	Hotel
9th July	Kaza to Kalpa	217 kms	2900 meters	Hotel
10th July	Kalpa to Rampur	115 kms	1005 meters	Hotel
11th July	Rampur to Solan via Shimla	165 kms	1467 meters	Hotel
12th July	Solan to Delhi	280 kms	Bypass Chandigarh & Ambala	-

So get ready...apply for leaves and happy riding!

Update 1:
Application has been sent...
Some guys from Roadshakers are planning to ride from Pune to Delhi - Le -Delhi - Pune
but i am plannin to do only Pune - Delhi - Le - Delhi.
dont have enuff leaves :((

Update 2:

I am in for the Trip... Man its gonna be an awesome ride.

So next thing is buying proper gears for the ride..

Here are some links

Khardungle - Wikipedia

Rider Mania 2008 - Ramoji Film City Hyderabad

2008-01-21T19:30:00.000-08:00

16th Jan 08
Destination Solarpur : around 250 kms from Pune.
Started around 5.30 from Pune towards Solapur, where all the Roadshakers and Indiethumppers were going to rest. The road was good for around 40-50 kms and then it turned into a typical national highway types. It was getting dark and i hadnt slept properly last day coz i wanted to complete my freaking work. My PM didnt knew that i was going for a Bullet ride and not to my home or some personal work :D

I was riding leisurely at 70-80kmph. Didnt wanna push it hard at night when you cant see the road. The worst part of the oncoming traffic was the ST buses, bloody then dnt give a fuck if you are a 2 wheeler, "Get off the damn road. Fuck you" is what the message you get form them.

On my breaks, everyone was curious as to where are all so many bullets going. (Few or rather around 80 bullets had already reached solapur)
Reached solapur at around 11 taking only one dinner break and one tea break.
Regrouped with the Roadshakers, and slept.
Saw that 2 bikes had a breakdown, one met with an accident and broke the forks, other with a floating bush breakdown.

17th Jan:
Destination Hyderabad : around 300kms from Solapur

The Day started and we all got up to meet the Indiethummpers at the required point.

The target was to reach hyderabad and have 'Hyderabadi Birayani' by lunch time. With 100 odd bikes... are you freakin kidding man????

Anyways we started off our engines, rode on to get our tanks filled (stomach included). On the way, someones silencer fell off and he didnt knew till a person riding behind him told him so :). Apprarently the joint's welding broke and the nut went missing, but nothing to fear when Baljeet is here, he had some spare nuts which he put on and fitted the silencer for the time being.

We rode for another 200kms, me being the last of the lots :D and reached Kamat.
I started off solo from there and covered another 50 kms and there were all the roadshakers and indiethumppers waiting for their laggards.

We stopped for about 2hrs doing nothing except for chatting and resting.
Started off from there at around 5 and hardly i had gone 10kms when someone stopped me sayin that his bikes' got some problem. he stopped the people coming from behind and luckily our Pickup van was leading the pack and was way ahead :)

So we asked some people to go and catchup with the van and ask it to return.
We waited and waited for the van to come but it didnt, so we loaded the bullet up on a truck...Fuck man it was heavy, it took about 6 ppl to climb it up :D

From there i went on to Hi-Tech city hyderabad, where as all these people wnt to Ramoji Film city.

Met Koshi, Johri and Das and had dinner and chatted.

18th Jan - Day 1 of the Rider Mania.
Destination : Ramoji Film City, around 65kms frm Koshi's place

The Film city was freaking huge... Koshi told me that it does have some record for being the largest film city.

We reached the venue and got our selves registered, unpacked and went on to enjoy the party and have a great time . All fellow riders from all the places of India.

Delhi - Royal Beasts
Pune - Roadshakers
Mumbai - IndieThummpers
Bangalore - RTMC
Chennai - Madbulls
Hyderabad - Wanderers (The amazing Hosts)
Calcutta - Eastern Bulls
Gujrat
Gwalior - Solo
Nagpur - WanderLust
Individuals
and believe it or not
Miroram - Shillong (3 guys, they took 5 days to reach hyderabad and had their first accident in Hyderabad . Lol)

The schedule of the event was as follows :

In DJ - BlackJack was freaking amazing, playin all Rock numbers and making us have a damn good time.

At night after the Arm Wrestling, the figure of Eight, Assembly war, we had a rock show organized inside the Main Ramoji film city.

We had a great time and we were flying high so it was even a better view from the top ;)

19th Jan - Day 2 of Rider Mania

Day 2 started late with the usual hangovers and late sleep, but once all were down we were to go on a Film City ride and towards the dirt track.

Before the ride , this beaty came in and everyone was astonished to see an Indian Chief in such a great condition.
This beaty or a beast rather has a 1200cc engine...and guess the Year : 1946

The Film City ride with roadshakers.

The Dirt event and slow race events.

we rode fast...

& we fell...

And the winner was... Inder ( this guy had a superb control on turns...too good)

The Party on 20th

One crazy and cool bike that i really liked :

20th Jan
Destination : Pune, around 600kms

Road Trip - Jaipur to Pune

2007-11-15T20:32:00.000-08:00

Mom - If you come, i wont talk to you
Papa - Arpan ko bola hai ki teri petrol tank mein chini daal de
bhatti - ch*tiya
sonali - you have gone crazy
deepak - abe tu nahin jaa raha hai ... bas!!!
arpan - aapni bike aur xbox mera :P
nishant - g@nd mein kidha hai kya.. but mast trip hogi sir
rohit (nishant's frnd) - abe tu maal le ke jaa raha hai kya ?
roadshakers - Just keep it cool n u'll make it... its electra na... no problem man...

Day 1:

Pune to mumbai : drove cooly , stopping at lonvala n reaching vashi in just 4 hrs.. no problem at all, but vashi was jam packed with traffic... humid and traffic was irritating me,.. so i planned to stop at nishant's place.

I met with a small accident, luckily the saddle bags saved us from major damage, only thing was that my right side mirror broke off and i had to drive my journey without a right mirror.

Day 2:

Started at 5.30am and i was bit worried that if my clutch oil level is ok coz of the last night accident with resulted in a spill. This caused a delay in my trip as i had to stop to enquire about clutch oils at many petrol pump n shops. Finally i got it checked at some place and resumed my roadtrip.
It was going fine.. i had to take breaks in between coz of my back pain. It started raining and that too heavily. it got me delay by roughly 45 mins. Lunch time and again it startd to rain like hell... delay again 1hr, finally i decided to move and reach baroda and reached baroda after 4 hrs of drive...
Time 8.30 pm... reached baroda , had my dinner, booked a room. and slept at 1

Total distance covered :roughly 500 kms

Day 3:

Next day woke up at 8, left baroda at 10. Relaxed and fresh, drove like mad, this time i took lesser stops and tried to cover more distance , but the roads were pathetic.. it took me 5 hours to cover arnd 200 kms... after my lunch, i reached shamlaji and frm there the road to udaipur was mind blowing, amzaing to drive and i managed to cover 140 kms in under 2.30 hours. Night halt at udaipur as someppl told me that not to go beyond udaipur if you get late.

I finally got my rear view mirror changed at udaipur and had dal-bati there.

Distance covered 350 kms

Day 4:

Start from udaipur: 8.45 am
The drive from udaipur to ajmer was not as great as what i had experienced while reaching udaipur, but the traffic was less. It was a one way lane(both side) , plus a bit uphill and downhill till around 50-60 kms. fewer halts as before, i guess my body was getting used to the ride, no more back pains... i could finally drive for 2 hrs nonstop. I was a bit worried that my engine doesnt overheat. Lunch time 70 kms before ajmer. After ajmer, it was kishangard where the express way would start.
I was waiting for the expressway to begin...

Finally i was on expressway and jaipur was just 110 kms frm there. Home finally.... Was driving at 80kms....wanted to reach and give my parents a suprise :)
Reached jaipur and home at 7. mom was shocked to see me., n when she asked me hw did i come , then she was like... i am not talking to u,
papa was suprised to hear my voice too :P

Distance covered: 450 kms

Woo-hoo i reached jaipur, just 1 hour after Arpan arrived(on a plane). Mom and dad were shocked to see me first and Arpan got all the beatings for not telling them about my crazy plan :D

But thankfully, nothing went wrong in the whole trip. Thank god for it :)

Looking for a next trip like this, but next time, its gonna be Himalayas'

Independence Rock XXII

2007-09-12T03:11:00.000-07:00

Checkout my Blog on Independence Rock XXII

My Ranting Blog...

Rockon!

Running In Completed

2007-08-22T22:15:00.000-07:00

Woo hooo....
i completed 2000 kms in under 2 months time...
man this bullet, it surely goes places.... :D

Me the Mechanic

2007-08-22T22:11:00.000-07:00

Yey!!! i repaired my bullet on my own :)
There was some electrical problem in the front, some loose wiring which was causing the bullet to turn off when i turned the handle sideways.
After findin out that the showroom's mechs were not available and i hd to bring the baby there, i decided to try some stuff on my own.
So first i figured out tat it was an electric problem, i was scared that it cud hv been an engine problem, but thank god i figured it out in time :)
So i opened up the battery, and checked the wirings... All fine.
Opened the side boxes to check the fuse.... Fine
Now i opened the light, and tried to check the large number of wires,... ahh a loose one finally after 10 mins of twisting the handle sideways ... Joined it and rode back on my bullet for a test ride. :D

Ps : i got the teflon coating done yest, and heres the shine i got

Tikona

2007-08-19T22:50:00.000-07:00

Tikona - the Pyramidal Fort.

An old deserted fort that not many trekkers too are aware of is Tikona, a little known peak pyramidal near Lonavala. The trek is in itself a very rewarding experience what with mist-drenched paths, the wet earth, and wild flowers dotting the countryside.

The fort gets its name from its pyramidal shape, which is instantly recognizable at the end of a gently arching mud trail. This mud trail like most others tends to get very slushy after a shower. In case the showers are heavy then one can always take shelter in the old temple at the base of the fort. Now the trail leading up from the base to the peak is not a very clear cut one and it does make one wonder where to begin the climb.

It is also called as 'Vitangagad'. One can reach 6 Kms to 'Tikona Peth' village from Kale colony - near Kamshet. 'Tikona Peth' is the village nearest to fort Tikona. Though Tikona is not very difficult, but its 'Bale killa' is a difficult job.

it is located at a height of 3580 ft. above sea level

We - Atul, Kamal, IP and Me, found Tikona to be quite an easy trek, considering the reviews i found on net and grading it as a Moderate Difficulty level.

We took a shortcut from the village and managed to reach half way up the mountain in just 15 mins, thanks to the villager who told us bout the shortcut :)

We found another 'Hotel' up the way and had our tea and poha there. Poha was served hot and on some kind of a banana leaf....
Suddenly we smelled the sweet smell of Grass.... and i asked that guy if he has some... An old man came out and sold us some ganja for 20 bucks... ( now i know where to get ganja frm ;) )

Anyways we moved on and manageed to complete the whole trek in under 2 hours, tat included our snacks break .
On our way back, we stopped at Toni da dhaaba and had food and drove on.

Here are the pics

Tikona Trek

All the pics can be viewed on my Webshots page. The link is on the right side named as "Webshots - 1"

Till then....
Happy Trekking and Ride safe

Rajgad

2007-08-16T05:46:00.000-07:00

Last week, the trek was to Rajgad. One of the prime and most important forts of Shivaji.

The trekkers included - Kamal, Atul, IP and yours hhhhhumbly.

The pics posted can be viewed at

Rajgad Photos

1000

2007-07-24T00:11:00.000-07:00

There were 1000 against 2 :)

I finally did 1000 kms on my 2 wheels in just under a month :D
This week the trip was to Lonavala. Weekend stay in Malawali with my friends - Sidhanshu, Garima, Gogo, Little n Tanu and Sid's Parents.

One tip: Avoid Lonavala/Khandala on weekends, bloody it was crowded like a Fish market, the whole fuckin ghaati log and not even one gud chic worth ogling :P

It wasnt raining either, so less water n more ghaati's

Sunday was a trip to Karla Caves... Even more ghaati's and there was a open rain dance going on... Total synchro mein :P

Eat Shit

2007-07-16T01:15:00.000-07:00

Dust on ur face...
Washed away by rain
dirty water splashed on ur face
Washed again by rain

thats what happenes when u ride without a helmet

but i dont care, i ride a Bullet Electra.
It feels gud to feel the rain hitting ur face , feels gud to get ur face dirty with mud.

All the other bikes seem soooo clumsy now-a-days and thank god i didnt buy a car:D

Be safe and ride with helmet.

Mulshi

2007-07-01T23:57:00.000-07:00

Trip to Mulshi on Bullet Electra... Went there alone as all my frnds suck... lazy a$$holes...
It was raining continously so cudnt click many photos, but anyhow below is the link to a complete set of the photos...

Here is the complete link to the photos
Trip to Mulshi

Tropenjaren - 500 cc Bullet Chopper

2007-06-29T00:53:00.000-07:00

The RoadShakers

2007-06-27T21:15:00.000-07:00

No i am not taking bout my blog... i am a modest man :P
I am taking about the biggest Bullet Club in Pune - The RoadShakers (that's where i copied my blogname :P)
The Roadshakers meet every wednesday at BU Bhandari (Pashan) aka Abhimaanshree, n just as my luck was gud i was passing that area yesterday at around 8, and i saw a line of bullets line up and suddendly heard a voice 'oye.... kahan ja raha hai'. I stopped immediately and saw someone waving a hand. I met these amazing guys n they asked me to ride with them till their meeting point. I said 'OK' :)
It was super fun riding with them in 2 lines, one behind the other, trying to keep as little space between the front bike so that no fucking person can enter the place. There was this guy K.D. , his bullet had the short silencer and it did had the super sexy noise, so anyone who tried to overtake or come in the line, he used to increase his acceleration soooooo much so as to make this loud noise to scare away that person....hehe i was real fun...
everyone on the road were lookin at around 20 bullets riding in 2 lines making as much noise as possible... Man it was fun....

Rest was all about the meeting they have discussing the next trip....
Till Then....

Keep Riding n Ride safe....

Electra-fied

2007-06-26T02:58:00.000-07:00

This wud be my first post as an Official Bullet owner....
I bought Bullet Electra on 22nd June, its Black in color and it looks FUCKIN AWESOME :D

This post will contain my journey as a 'Bulleteer' on my BLACK BEAST.

Keep riding ..... n Ride with the THUMP