Skandagiri Trek!

Hey Guys!

How about a Bike ride to the base of Skandagiri( 70km from BLR) and then treck to the top of the hill?

The trek takes 3.5 hours to the top and. Normally people start the treck early as 2AM and reach the top by 5.30 am to see the beautiful sun rise.

More info:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skandagiri

Cheers
Hubert

New bike ride planned!

We're gonna have a bike ride this Saturday, 10-10-2009. Place not yet decided yet. But it could be either:
Savana Durga ( 70 KM from BLR)
http://www.chennaitrekkers.org/2009/02/savan-durga-june-2008.html

shivaganga(60km from BLR)
http://nithinkamath.info/archives/2008/12/shivagangeshivaganga-betta-trip/comment-page-1/

Muthathi (80 km from BLR)
http://content.msn.co.in/MSNContribute/Story.aspx?PageID=98a816cb-8c39-489f-8318-eea436547564

YOU are Invited :)
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Karizma ZMR

Dear Indian Bikers!
NEWS! Good or Bad depends on you :) For we indians got another Fully Faired motorcycle! Its the Karizma ZMR!

TADA...here is the ZMR...

What it's got?

1. A full fairing
2. A new head light assembly
3. 17.6 bhp (wasn't the same as the Karizma R)
4. PGM FI
5. rear disc brake
6. Few other useless stuff

I say, isnt this bike looks 20 years old? Even the 80' have seen beautiful sports bikes(definitely not in India, though).

What's missing?
1. the Karizma is still in its teens - 17 bhp
2. An good looking fairing. Hey HH how about going naked with the ZMA like the ducati monster? that would look lot bettter!
3. Mono suspension on the rear
4. And many other stuff

I would only blame the Media(especially the bike magazines) These guys seriously OVER hype each new bike. WHY? Do they get paid for that by the motorcycle manufacturer or what? We poor bikers in India are already tired of waiting, please dont use words like "Back with a Vengeance" to describe this bike. Sure this bike has what it has: 17.6bhp, air cooled, fuel injected, 223cc single.

Okay, your thoughts please!

Yamaha YZF250 R4

Seems yamaha is planning to launch a 250 cc YZF!! Not in India rightnow though! The specs of the motorcycle is not yet out. The R4 resembles the R6 more. The R4 seems to have more aggressive sporty riding position compared to the Ninja250R.

Now thats gonna be a serious competition for the little Ninja.

Ninja 250R - with modifications

Here is a Ninja 250R fitted with performance parts and a dual tone paint job. Looks stunning isnt it ? Did you notice the swing arm and the slip-on exhaust?

Coonoor - pictures

Coonoor is a small sleepy town about 30 km from Ooty. The town spans across 3 - 4 hills. The hillscapes are full of coffee plantations.

There are some beautiful view points that one could visit which are Lambs rock, Dolphin's nose, Droog, Law's Falls and a beautiful and big Sim's Park.

2009 Pulsar 220 DTSi - What its missing

Watta hype!

There was too much hype around the "Fastest bike in India' thats to be launched june 23rd 09. Bike enthusiast all over India were too anxious whether the new bike from bajaj is gonna be a 250cc or a 300. Plus sites like bikeindia.in kindled the curiousity of the poor bikers over their forum.

Now that the "Fastest production bike in India" is anoounced, did it deserve that much hype?

Well, the new pulsar 220 DTSi has one more horse power, and the FI is gone and the carb is in. What else great about the bike? Anything to boast of ? Of course this new Tweak is 10k less on the bill. Somebody tell these guys there are amazingly performing machines available to the world (minus India). Either our bike makers grow up to build more powerful bikes(we are not asking much, a inline 250cc t0 400 is great) or stop hype it up killing our passion.

The new 220 DTSi is great on the value for money factor. But isnt this premium segment value performance than 10k more?

The new 220 DTSi could've sported atleast a 4 valve per cylinder, international styling, mono suspension on the rear. Say wat bikers ?