Compassion Personified

October 1st week-Planned 5 day ride with BN(Bike Nomads) It was two months since i got the bike and hadn't done a long trip, Then came the ride to Shimoga-Sagar-Sigandur-Jog-Kollur-Maravanthe-Udupi-Mangalore-Bangalore. Riders & their Ride Vasanth(05 Karizma) Diwakar(08- Karizma) Sachin(05-P150) Sai(07-Thunderbird) Santoosh(08-R15) From Mangalore Sujay(07-P200) Rajat(07-Dio) Day 1. Planned to meet all of them at Nelamangala Cross, it is about 35 kms from Bangalore.The meeting time was 6 am. Met Vasanth at Metro at 530am and then proceeded to Nelamangala. I had'n met Diwakar and Sai previously. They came at 630am after getting lost while trying to get out of bangalore, A brief Intro and we were off.. Started towards Tumkur which is 70 kms , and it was pretty cold, Sachin had bought a Spine protector for Sujay , i asked him whether i could try it on My bike.He obliged. After using it for about 80-100kms , my back started aching badly, It doesn get along well with the R15 posi

A Sunday afteroon , not the time to be at home . Called Mrugesh , Vasanth ,Praveenkm to find out if they would be interested to join me to hesarghatta. Got a red flag from all of them. so My cam , bike and me were on the move. Left home, then headed to Bel circle , bad roads here. Then reached T Dasarahalli , where u need to take diversion to the right for HesarGhatta .From there on to my surprise, The road's been tarred , first time in so many years i could do three figures on this road , else previously always would be only 60-70kmph with odd tar road here and there.nice few sweeping curves also , This bike loves the curves. Reached Hesarghatta , its 32kms from home. A typical green view welcomed me , im more than happy coming here again and again , the land looks like savannah( - the tall grass). There are 2 resorts here , Taj Kuteeram and Our Native Village. And Nrityagram (dance institute) and a Film institute. There are no Roads from the entrance the Greenery that welcomes u

Vasanth on the R15 Yamaha India's latest offering is the yzf r15, a 150 cc liquid cooled , 6 speed transmission , dual discs , r1 styling , monoshock at the rear , digital speedometer and all that gadgets. Previously owned a pulsar 180 dts-i 04 model ,had been 4 years since i was riding the same thing , was more than satisfied with it ,did over a lac of kms as a student , but needed a change now , so was looking for a new bike , what options was i left with ? zma/thunderbird/rtr fi/220/r15/fz150 These were the options that i had to choose between. Zma and 220 were a no no to me , i love the zma , but wouldn buy a 5 year old bike which would be phased out anytime.plus compared to my old bike , i wouldn gain on power , would just be a refinement and handling upgrade. 220 ---i dint find it special , plus lacks something as refinement.its a straight line rocket. rest naaaaaaaaa... thunderbird - would be a new segment , but for i wanted to get rid of the vibes thing , been with vibes fo

Its the battle of the king vs the queen . so many ppl have given their opinions , reviews and comments on the same topic before.So here's my take on it. Its actually not a shoot out , but its the pros n cons or why you should and should not buy the bike. im familiar with both the bikes as in to have ridden for over a period of time. both the bikes are "premium products" thats what they call it. lets hit the road -- The zma is the elegant beauty that u can find on the road . its five years old now , still does manage to grab attention of ppl once it goes past them .until its approaching you , you dont know that its comin ,its that quiet. from the last 5 years there havent been any performance upgrades on this bike. does it really need any ? i think yes , needs a fuel injection system to get its fuel efficiency up . the rest is no pblmo... its the boss of plastic bikes on the highway. can ride all day long on it , how many ever kms , any road conditions or even no road and

Here i am .... Can Actually say back from hiberbation. A new look , new hair style , a new me! Done a few rides recently ooty , tirupati,coorg, kemmangundi.. bought new gadgets .. things going on smoothly, dint have the time/mood to update this space , will do so now on santa