Getting Leh'd : Fuel issues

Saddles up and ready to go!!
Photo Courtesy : Anil

It was a comparatively relaxed start from the military camp at Udhampur. Everyone saddled up and assembled for a briefing. The lead announced that the two runners would switch positions. Gogo would become the lead runner & Vikram the sweep runner. Also discussed was the stops and the route. The itenary was to cross patnitop, reach peerah for brunch, then cross the famous jawahar tunnel and aim to hit Srinagar by 5.30pm.

Getting Leh'd : Crossing in to J&K

Riders getting Ready.
Photo Courtesy : Para

My phone's alarm started buzzing at 3.30am. Somewhere in the dream I was in, I kept hearing this annoying sound, and that pulled me out of my sleep. I sat up with a jerk on the bed, a disturbing habit of mine, which normally scares the hell out of whoever is sleeping next to me, but not Bala. I struggled trying to wake up the grunting boar (literally how Bala sounds when he's asleep). Seeing many of the other riders through the window, I saw they were already saddling up, and so I ran to the bathroom and brushed my teeth. There was no need to bathe, as I had smartly done it the previous evening.

Getting LEH'd : The start

Getting Leh'd : The Epic Saga Unfolds!!

Ride to the upper fort (Melukote)

Hi guys!! I'm back after almost a month of not riding anywhere. Well, after a rather sleepless night, enjoying with my club brothers and watching RCB win their last match of the running in this year's IPL, I woke up, after about an hour of sleep at 5am on Sunday, 19th May, 2013. For the first time, there were 6 bullets parked in my house. A fact that I am indeed very proud off, and one that even my grandfather loved. We got ready, had some coffee and hurried onto our bikes being already quite late. We were supposed to be at the start point, 25kms away, by 6.30, and the time was already 6.25. Well, the others would have to wait.

Ready to leave

Pre-ride breifing by Shridhar

Kolli Hills - The winding mountains

At the start point

This was a well planned ride. A sync ride for the 2013 Leh riders. A ride meant for us to get to know each other better, understand riding patterns and just have a jolly good time. I have been preparing myself for the mecca of rides to Leh for quite some time now, learning from my mechanic on how to fix various problems that might arise in the bike. I was hoping to utilize my newly learnt knowledge during this preparatory ride to Kolli hills, and so was all the more eager. We were 13 of us in the group, expecting 3 more to join us at Kolli hills directly.

One Ride, One spirit - 2013

Pre-Ride Briefing. Photo Courtesy : Vinay BR

One Ride, an event started by Royal Enfield in 2011. Their mission was simple. They asked all RE owners to take their bike out and go on a ride on the first Sunday of every April. This is where Royal Indians Enfield Owners Club comes in. The thought of going for a ride is great, but where? with who? and how to handle breakdowns?? That's why, we as a club, sent out invites to as many Royal Enfield Owners as we could asking them to ride to Tonnure Kere with us. Finally, on 7th April, 2013, at 6am, there were 120 bullets standing in front of ISKCON, raging to go. Many riders were new, while few were club members gone absconding. It was great fun to meet people after such a long time, and made me proud to be part of such a buzzing club!!

300 kms for a Dosa!!

Yes!! It's as crazy as the title suggests. We at RIEOC, are just that crazy about riding our bullets!! It all started as just another discussion on what to do on the upcoming Sunday. This soon changed to a plan to ride till Mysore, to enjoy some amazing dosas from Hotel Mylari, Nazarbad. The last few rides had all been executed flawlessly. They hadn't been boring, but they certainly lacked the excitement and anxiety when everything goes wrong!! Not saying that everything went wrong in this ride, but a few things certainly did.