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Touring on the R15

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