Mumbai to Kolkata : Accompanying An Good Old Friend

Trip ODO - 2300 Kms


Riders -
Beruoist - Blue R15
BibekJyoti.de - Black P200

Intial Plan

MUMBAI-TRIMBAKESHWAR-NASHIK-SAPTASHRUNGA GADH-SAPUTARA-MANDAVI-MUMBAI

Another lazy weekend was about to come, No plans cooking up in the market, Boredom getting ready to takeover.So I was just checking out the Photos in the Google map (location wise) and found plenty of beautiful pictures of the places around Mumbai. There I found Saputara and Saptashringa gadh. Peeked all the images and then made a ride plan to visit Nashik,Trimbakeshwar,Saputara and Saptashringa Gadh.

Total Km's - 870
Route
Day 1 - Mumbai - Trimbakeshwar - Nashik - Saptashringa gadh - Saputara
Day 2 - Saputara - Mandavi - Mumbai

HAMPI - BEAUTIFUL STONE ART'S..STANDING STILL AND SILENT FROM AGES

HAMPI CONQUERED
Riders
Ashish - Red R15
Beruoist aka Rohit - Blue R15
Bibek - Black P200

Route map

Mumbai - Pune - Satara - Sankeshwar - Gokak - Hospet - Hampi - Hubli - Dharwad - Belgaum - Kolhapur - Pune - Mumbai

Distance
Approx 1600

Initially my friend Ashish and Bibek were planning to visit Hyderabad just for touring sake and had some taste of the yummiest biryani, But situation around the Hyd is in bit unstable condition these days. So the HYD plan went in to the basket for later. So they planned to visit HAMPI, after listening their plan I jumped into the ride.
Plan was to meet at 4am morning at the Kalamboli Mcd.And surprisingly everyone was there on time.

3000 KM's SOLO : TOUR DE HOME

I was planning for my hometown ride for last couple of months and finally it happened. I covered and visited lots of places in between and also missed plenty of such places which I always wanted to visit. But it’s better to leave couple of things to create a chance for the next time. I had cooked up the log route wise rather than the day wise.

For most of the IT professionals December month is termed as the Honeymoon period, as none of the major work is carried out in this month. (Though some people think that IT wale saal bhar Velle aka Phokut rehte he)
So I took an opportunity to take a long leave to visit my hometown, as I haven't visited my place from last last year
Preparation part:-
1) Collected map and routes for my journey.Thanks to my fellow Mumbai Xbhpian's
2) Purchased a tubeless puncture kit, Accelarator wire, clutch wire, mini foot pump and couple of bungee cords.
3) Got my permanent license on the last day,packed RC book and Insurance papers and other useful document's
4) Hard cash, clothes and usual stuffs.
5) Got my bike serviced, Oil changed, chain lubed, brake oil and coolant level check.
I was all ready to rock on 9th of December 09.

Divegar - Shrivardhan..Beach fiesta - Presented by two crazy B's

No its not what you guys thought of while reading the Thread title


Actually me(Biru) and Bibek went for ride where we covered Shrivardhan and Diveagar.We did a lot of offroading on the beach,for the beach as well ..the sweet companions we found on the diveagar beach etc etc

Route we took was

Mumbai --> Mangaon(via NH17)
Mangaon --> Shriwardhan(state highway)
Shriwardhan --> Divegar (11 kms strech in very bad condition)
Divegar --> Mangaon...and back to Mumbai

Mumbai - Mahabaleshwar - Sangli..First 900Kms solo ride

MUMBAI TO SANGLI

Route:- Mumbai to Poladpur(NH17) -- Poladpur to Mahabaleshwar (Road in pretty bad condition) -- Mahabaleshwar to Satara (State Highway )

It was a marriage invitation from one of my friend, which strategically turned into a Tour. Actually I was having no idea how I will be reaching Sangli by other options. So I chose the most usual option

Friday Night parties are hard to skip. That is the one of the reason i had missed most of the Rides happened on Saturday's .So it was a regular Friday. With small booze party concluded by couple of Cards session.

Salav Ganesh Temple -- Alibaug -- Roha beach

Another fundoo ride..with fundoo fun.I had bowled up a hindi log for this ride,Read it and have FUN.

"Ek aur saaptahaant ..aur Vicharan ewam bhraman ki Yojana lagbhag taya thi.Lekin har baar ki tarah se iss baar ki bhraman yojana thodi Prathak thi..ek uddeshya liye hue thi.Mumbai XBHP ke abhinna angg rahe Bibek baabu sheegrha hi Mumbai XBHP ko tyaag kar Kolkata visthaapit ho rahe he.

Temple on the Edge - Chirner

What a weekend it was.
Saturday- A quick run to Daman and
Sunday - Chirner Offroading.
Unfortunately didn't took my camera on the Daman ride,but we have captured plenty of shots of our Offroading to one of the temple near by Chirner.
Riders..
Bibekjyoti.de P200
Biru R15

Weekend was approaching and everyone was up and ready with his own personal plan.Couple of people going Pune,Couple of people going Matheran,Some of the Junta was thinking of the HD thingy and rest of the herd was deciding to chill out at home.

Virgin Beach - Ganpatipule

Ganpatipule is regarded as one of the most beautiful beaches of Mahrashtra with its clear and pristine waters and beach covered with fresh greeneries. Fine, sifted, silver sands and a gentle lapping sea, which soothes frayed nerves, are features of this beach.


The town possesses a pastoral beauty untouched by commercialisation. The roadside sceneries on the way to Ganapatipule are captivating with narrow roads, red soil, roofed houses, clean courtyards, innumerable fruit bearing trees and casuarinas lining.

An ancient pilgrim center, Ganpatipule is one of the ‘Ashta Ganapatis’ (eight Ganpatis) of India and called the ‘Paschim Dwar-Dewata’ (Western Sentinel God).

DEVBAANDH--IN THE HEART OF JOHAR

Devbaandh is a small village, situated in the middle of Johar District, amidst the western ghats on the Bombay-Nasik route.The ghat was alluringly beautiful and the twisties were so much tempting.
Devbaandh, the name of the village reflects a sense of divinity, people living in it had. The dam that was built on a small river was running behind the aashram...
Riders
Spiderweb - Karizma R
Shiva - Karizma R
MotorBreath - P200
Bibekjyoti.de - P200
Shadowboy - R15
Beruoist -R15
rio.acharya - RTR 180
Nitin ( SB's frnd) - P180