Guess, with a single candle they meant I've been a better rider for a year ? Or a lone rider ?(which am definitely not)
Thursday, September 04, 2008
My Birthday Cake
My friends Rajan and Partha got this cake for my Birthday! All they can think of is as a Biker. hmm...
Guess, with a single candle they meant I've been a better rider for a year ? Or a lone rider ?(which am definitely not)
Guess, with a single candle they meant I've been a better rider for a year ? Or a lone rider ?(which am definitely not)
Nilgiris - Travelling on the Toy Train
It sure brought out my childhood memories of going to Ooty on the toy train twenty years ago. Not much of a change this time around. Many Coffee (or Tea?) plantations all over. The place seems so beautiful. I'll post those photos latter. But here are some photos I've taken from the Toy Train. The good old steam engine pushed the 4 tiny coaches up the Nilgris allthe way up to Ooty. The Railway charges just Rs 7 for the ride up.
With steep rocky cliffs on one side and deep and scenic valleys on the other, the train huffed and puffed all the way up. One could feel jerks when the engine ramming the wheels with power!
Here you could see the engine being loaded with coal in one of the stations before coonoor.
Steam Power! Water being filled into the tanks to make steam.
One of the stations before Coonoor(name of staion i dont remember). Great views of valleys nearby. Also south indian snaks like vada, bhajji, masala dosa ... all fresh and hot were available at the stalls here.
One of the shots from the train.
After reaching Coonoor the steam engine is replaced with a diesel engine thats more smoother than the good old Steam engine.
With steep rocky cliffs on one side and deep and scenic valleys on the other, the train huffed and puffed all the way up. One could feel jerks when the engine ramming the wheels with power!
Here you could see the engine being loaded with coal in one of the stations before coonoor.
Steam Power! Water being filled into the tanks to make steam.
One of the stations before Coonoor(name of staion i dont remember). Great views of valleys nearby. Also south indian snaks like vada, bhajji, masala dosa ... all fresh and hot were available at the stalls here.
One of the shots from the train.After reaching Coonoor the steam engine is replaced with a diesel engine thats more smoother than the good old Steam engine.
Wednesday, January 02, 2008
Happy New Year
Happy New Year all Bikers
May the good Lord God Bless this year, a safe one for us and a bless us with great bike tirps and nice bike be available in India :)
Wednesday, December 12, 2007
Ninja 250R - Spec
Engine 4-stroke Parallel twin, DOHC, Liquid cooled, 8-Valve, w/ counterbalancer
Displacement 248 cc
Starting Electric
Bore x stroke 62.0 x 41.2 mm
Compression ratio 12.4:1
Carburetion Keihin CVK30 (2), Constant velocity, diaphragm-type
Ignition CDI (electronic advance)
Spark plug NGK CR8HSA, CR8HIX, CR8HVXoption CR7HSA, CR7HIX
Transmission 6-speed, Constant mesh, Return shift
Clutch Wet, Multi-disc, Manual, Cable-actuated
Max horsepower 36 bhp (27 kW) @ 12000 rpm
Max Torque 24 Nm @ 10000 rpm
Performance 0-100 km/h in 5.75 s
1/4 mile 14.6 s @ 88 mph
Maximum speed 160 km/h
Fuel Efficiency 28 km/l
Frame Tubular Diamond design
Rake/trail 27 degrees/84 mm
Suspension, front Hydraulic telescopic fork
Suspension, rear UNI-TRAK system with single shock
Wheelbase 1400 mm
Wheel travel, front 140 mm
Wheel travel, rear 5.1 in 130 mm
Tire, front 100/80x16
Tire, rear 130/80x16
Brakes, front/rear Single hydraulic disc
Overall length 80.1 in (2034 mm)
Overall width 28.0 in (711 mm)
Overall height 43.1 in (1095 mm)
Ground clearance 6.1 in (155 mm)
Seat height 29.3 in (744 mm)
Weight dry/wet (138/161 kg)
Max load 154 kg
Fuel capacity 18 l
Fuel type Min 91 Research / 87 avg. octane unleaded
Oil capacity 1.9 l
Oil type SE-SG Class SAE 10W40-20W50
Aquilla 250
Today I spotted a Aquilla 250 on the outer ring road here in bangalore. Looks like a Harley and sounds like a sportster instead of being a thumper.
The bike has a V twin 25o CC. The guy has imported the bike. It had costed him Rs 2 Lakh.
I wish I could get Ninja 25o ;)
The bike has a V twin 25o CC. The guy has imported the bike. It had costed him Rs 2 Lakh.
I wish I could get Ninja 25o ;)
Friday, June 29, 2007
Tuesday, June 26, 2007
Kakabe Trip
Kakabe - Bangalore trip
date: 13th May.
Days 2.
Activities: Biking, Trekking the thadiandimol hill
Route: Bangalore - Mysore - Virajpet - Kakabe
distance: 260km
Gang: Addi, Hubert, Kokil, sha
Its been a while since we did this trip. And my passion for biking(real biking) is slowly bein killed Im wondering when i would have my next bike trip. I dont want to do a 2 day trip...not even a 3 day trip...I want little more. Meanwhile I dream of a perfect bike trip let me blog my last trip not yet documented here.
Back to the subject: We started from bangalore on 11th of may 2007. We were 4 inall. Kokil the new biker in the gang rode on his 180cc. We reached Virajpet at midnight and stayed there for the night.
Saturday 7AM with 40 odd km to ride we started towards Kakkabe. Kakkabe is a beautiful place with all mist covered valleys and beautiful town. We stayed at one MR Ashok's homestay. It was Rs 1000 bucks a day. Its damn expensive for the place but no other go. Ashok does homestay as a parallel job while he manages his farms and stuff. Not to mention his food is tasting real good. simple but great...esp for us bachelors whose tongue were murdered by the hotel food.
The agenda for saturday is to trek the thadiandimol hill there. Sha brought a copy of the BIKES mag. all of us were admiring each bike piture in the book forgetting all about the trek. 12pm we had our lunch and started towards the base of the hill on our motorcycles.
There was a jeep track that goes up through tough way which i wanted to climb and so i pursued it. But after a few meters the rest of the gang were not intrested in riskin on that track parked their bikes and started trekking. Poor huez the biker also followed their idea. huez was thinking probably after the trek he can climb the track on his bike. [tamil]Aanal avanoda kanavulla yaaro mannu alli pottutanga da. Rain screwed the track which became muddy and slippery and huez's pulsar had no grip on the track. Dejected and tired of the scramblign on the dirt returned back to the camp.
Sunday is nice time to go back(no other way...) to the freak crazy city. I wish i have a farm in this place and settle up there.( my dad wont sponsor that though).
We started around 12pm after Ashok's nice meal towards bangalore. Here huez decided to ride nonstop towards bangalore. But soon he stopped at virajpet for tea and to sync with the rest of the "slow" gang. Again he stopped as he lost sight of these guys for a long time. Assuring that they are on the right track started again.
We met 10 odd enfields creating noise like hell(they call it thumping) on the way...poor guys they donno to ride faster than a 60. As I over took them(10 in row) at 120km/hr on my Pulsar(mind u it has DTSI) they might've cursed themselves for their slowness. I wish i have a 4 cylinder bike to rock more. Dont recomment a 350cc chunk of metal..u kno wat i mean ;)
huez's dream of nonstop riding kinda worked out for him. He had only stopped for lunch and to pee...ofcourse. And we all reached bangalore safely by 6:30 sunday.
My sincere thanks to:
All bikers of this trip
special thanks to Varun who helped me with vocabulary.
Disclaimer:
No hard fealings...And no Regrets.
Now iam back dreaming about my new multicylinder bike(GOD im waiting)... And a "real" bike trip.
date: 13th May.
Days 2.
Activities: Biking, Trekking the thadiandimol hill
Route: Bangalore - Mysore - Virajpet - Kakabe
distance: 260km
Gang: Addi, Hubert, Kokil, sha
Its been a while since we did this trip. And my passion for biking(real biking) is slowly bein killed Im wondering when i would have my next bike trip. I dont want to do a 2 day trip...not even a 3 day trip...I want little more. Meanwhile I dream of a perfect bike trip let me blog my last trip not yet documented here.
Back to the subject: We started from bangalore on 11th of may 2007. We were 4 inall. Kokil the new biker in the gang rode on his 180cc. We reached Virajpet at midnight and stayed there for the night.
Saturday 7AM with 40 odd km to ride we started towards Kakkabe. Kakkabe is a beautiful place with all mist covered valleys and beautiful town. We stayed at one MR Ashok's homestay. It was Rs 1000 bucks a day. Its damn expensive for the place but no other go. Ashok does homestay as a parallel job while he manages his farms and stuff. Not to mention his food is tasting real good. simple but great...esp for us bachelors whose tongue were murdered by the hotel food.
The agenda for saturday is to trek the thadiandimol hill there. Sha brought a copy of the BIKES mag. all of us were admiring each bike piture in the book forgetting all about the trek. 12pm we had our lunch and started towards the base of the hill on our motorcycles.
There was a jeep track that goes up through tough way which i wanted to climb and so i pursued it. But after a few meters the rest of the gang were not intrested in riskin on that track parked their bikes and started trekking. Poor huez the biker also followed their idea. huez was thinking probably after the trek he can climb the track on his bike. [tamil]Aanal avanoda kanavulla yaaro mannu alli pottutanga da. Rain screwed the track which became muddy and slippery and huez's pulsar had no grip on the track. Dejected and tired of the scramblign on the dirt returned back to the camp.
Sunday is nice time to go back(no other way...) to the freak crazy city. I wish i have a farm in this place and settle up there.( my dad wont sponsor that though).
We started around 12pm after Ashok's nice meal towards bangalore. Here huez decided to ride nonstop towards bangalore. But soon he stopped at virajpet for tea and to sync with the rest of the "slow" gang. Again he stopped as he lost sight of these guys for a long time. Assuring that they are on the right track started again.
We met 10 odd enfields creating noise like hell(they call it thumping) on the way...poor guys they donno to ride faster than a 60. As I over took them(10 in row) at 120km/hr on my Pulsar(mind u it has DTSI) they might've cursed themselves for their slowness. I wish i have a 4 cylinder bike to rock more. Dont recomment a 350cc chunk of metal..u kno wat i mean ;)
huez's dream of nonstop riding kinda worked out for him. He had only stopped for lunch and to pee...ofcourse. And we all reached bangalore safely by 6:30 sunday.
My sincere thanks to:
All bikers of this trip
special thanks to Varun who helped me with vocabulary.
Disclaimer:
No hard fealings...And no Regrets.
Now iam back dreaming about my new multicylinder bike(GOD im waiting)... And a "real" bike trip.
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