The chill wintry morning of December 3rd 2006 saw a total of 14 motos of various engine capacities (150cc to 1300cc!) and their fully geared riders line-up at TOP-GEAR for the proposed days outing under the blue skies and the warm sunlight! The days route traversing thru Magadi town, Somanahalli(?) , Ramnagar(of Sholay fame!), Bidadi, Omi’s Ranch, Harohalli and back was originally to include a ride/visit to the Manchenabele Dam side but with the arrival of one Honda CB-750 and a 1300cc Honda X4 brought abrupt changes in the day’s route since these motos were but thorough-bred ‘street-machines’ and the route to Manchenabele being being pure “Off-Road” country! So Manchenabele was skipped altogether.
Coming from various walks of life, the riders and their machines that day were(alphabetically):
Arun Ramdass on a Yamaha RD350, Aditya Nadkarni(RD350), Anand(TVS-Victor), “Parsi-Baba”(?)(Honda X-4), Harsha(RD350), Gururaj(Honda-Unicorn), Indivar Reddy(Bullet-350), Omi Bhagtani(RD350), Rishad Minocher(Honda CB-750),Rajesh(RD350), Santosh(RD350), Suresh Reddy(BMW 1150GS), Surjeet(Yezdi-Roadking) and me on my Honda XR600R!
My now 19-year ol’ XR failed to fire-up that morning delaying the start of the ride by coupla minutes but eventually, post vigorous kick-starting it did “ignite” to be joined in by the rumble nay cacophony of 14 ‘big-bore’ motorcycles starting up at once which turned several heads(!) and attracted a fair number of eager spectators even at that early hour on a lazy Sunday morning! The walkers, joggers and athletes in the making out that morning just ‘froze’ in their steps at the sight of so many motorcycles at once!
Lead by Harsha the convoy of motos wound it’s way thru the city streets towards Magadi town as we now left the city’s hustle-bustle and straightened out the lesser traveled ‘interstates’! The single-pistoned “thumpers” roared-by followed by the bunch of ‘twin’ pistoned RD’s which buzzed playing the “twin-cylinder” symphony and the ‘multi-cylinders’ flew-by past the humble rural folks who’re momentarily amazed by the sight of so many motorcycles of various hues and sounds! The ‘road-hugging’ black & chrome Honda X-4 and the b-i-g BMW-GS with its ‘monstrous’ size and a rumbling exhaust node sure was a crowd-puller extraordinaire!
The days route took us all thru some of the most scenic and hidden routes seldom traversed by the Bangalore city-dwellers primarily ‘cause these are but the very remote, internal, connecting roads linking small towns whilst passing 100-meter long villages en-route! Today’s 160+ Kms. ride had us tackle good to bad to no roads(!) in stages as we passed thru some lush green forests, vast bush-lands, winding and windy roads amidst hillocks aplenty nearing the town of Ramnagar which shot to fame post the film, Sholay! We didn’t encounter dreaded dacoit ‘Gabbar Singh’ but we did halt to demolish steaming hot ‘rice-pancakes’, a.k.a “idlis’ at a roadside hotel dishing out these, before washing them down with fresh, aromatic, home-made coffee!
With most RD’s then going almost ‘full-bore’ on this stretch of the Mysore-Bangalore expressway we deviated off Bidadi town towards the town of Harohalli which happens be yet another of ‘em link-roads to the Kanakapura road. But this 1st sunday’s ride was to culminate at Omi’s 2-acre ranch adjoining a lake at the Mudennahalli village.
Pulling over at Omi’s ranch, with a tiny li’l farm house within, it was time to relax and unwind with coupla ‘chilled-ones’(!) amidst jokes and fun and pun aplenty as all of us squatted in the verandah and later at the lake-shore, under the cool, shady bamboo-groove. Omi’s ‘man-Friday’ Mr. Devraj, meanwhile, deputed by Omi, organized some wholesome home-made lunch and fried fish, caught off the adjoining lake!
Leaving Omi ranch at 17:00 hours we rode out into the sunset and some 40-km. later it was back to the chaotic city life of Bangalore city as there was immense traffic nearing the city. Stopping by near the Metro mart we had but a last round of coffee before bidding adieu and ‘das-vi-daania’(Russian for: till we’ll meet again!). Yes!....till we meet again or ‘ride-again’ next 1st Sunday in 2007 i.e;!!
Notes By Satya aka "Cowboy"
The chill wintry morning of December 3rd 2006 saw a total of 14 motos of various engine capacities (150cc to 1300cc!) and their fully geared riders line-up at TOP-GEAR for the proposed days outing under the blue skies and the warm sunlight! The days route traversing thru Magadi town, Somanahalli(?) , Ramnagar(of Sholay fame!), Bidadi, Omi’s Ranch, Harohalli and back was originally to include a ride/visit to the Manchenabele Dam side but with the arrival of one Honda CB-750 and a 1300cc Honda X4 brought abrupt changes in the day’s route since these motos were but thorough-bred ‘street-machines’ and the route to Manchenabele being being pure “Off-Road” country! So Manchenabele was skipped altogether.
Coming from various walks of life, the riders and their machines that day were(alphabetically):
Arun Ramdass on a Yamaha RD350, Aditya Nadkarni(RD350), Anand(TVS-Victor), “Parsi-Baba”(?)(Honda X-4), Harsha(RD350), Gururaj(Honda-Unicorn), Indivar Reddy(Bullet-350), Omi Bhagtani(RD350), Rishad Minocher(Honda CB-750),Rajesh(RD350), Santosh(RD350), Suresh Reddy(BMW 1150GS), Surjeet(Yezdi-Roadking) and me on my Honda XR600R!
My now 19-year ol’ XR failed to fire-up that morning delaying the start of the ride by coupla minutes but eventually, post vigorous kick-starting it did “ignite” to be joined in by the rumble nay cacophony of 14 ‘big-bore’ motorcycles starting up at once which turned several heads(!) and attracted a fair number of eager spectators even at that early hour on a lazy Sunday morning! The walkers, joggers and athletes in the making out that morning just ‘froze’ in their steps at the sight of so many motorcycles at once!
Lead by Harsha the convoy of motos wound it’s way thru the city streets towards Magadi town as we now left the city’s hustle-bustle and straightened out the lesser traveled ‘interstates’! The single-pistoned “thumpers” roared-by followed by the bunch of ‘twin’ pistoned RD’s which buzzed playing the “twin-cylinder” symphony and the ‘multi-cylinders’ flew-by past the humble rural folks who’re momentarily amazed by the sight of so many motorcycles of various hues and sounds! The ‘road-hugging’ black & chrome Honda X-4 and the b-i-g BMW-GS with its ‘monstrous’ size and a rumbling exhaust node sure was a crowd-puller extraordinaire!
The days route took us all thru some of the most scenic and hidden routes seldom traversed by the Bangalore city-dwellers primarily ‘cause these are but the very remote, internal, connecting roads linking small towns whilst passing 100-meter long villages en-route! Today’s 160+ Kms. ride had us tackle good to bad to no roads(!) in stages as we passed thru some lush green forests, vast bush-lands, winding and windy roads amidst hillocks aplenty nearing the town of Ramnagar which shot to fame post the film, Sholay! We didn’t encounter dreaded dacoit ‘Gabbar Singh’ but we did halt to demolish steaming hot ‘rice-pancakes’, a.k.a “idlis’ at a roadside hotel dishing out these, before washing them down with fresh, aromatic, home-made coffee!
With most RD’s then going almost ‘full-bore’ on this stretch of the Mysore-Bangalore expressway we deviated off Bidadi town towards the town of Harohalli which happens be yet another of ‘em link-roads to the Kanakapura road. But this 1st sunday’s ride was to culminate at Omi’s 2-acre ranch adjoining a lake at the Mudennahalli village.
Pulling over at Omi’s ranch, with a tiny li’l farm house within, it was time to relax and unwind with coupla ‘chilled-ones’(!) amidst jokes and fun and pun aplenty as all of us squatted in the verandah and later at the lake-shore, under the cool, shady bamboo-groove. Omi’s ‘man-Friday’ Mr. Devraj, meanwhile, deputed by Omi, organized some wholesome home-made lunch and fried fish, caught off the adjoining lake!
Leaving Omi ranch at 17:00 hours we rode out into the sunset and some 40-km. later it was back to the chaotic city life of Bangalore city as there was immense traffic nearing the city. Stopping by near the Metro mart we had but a last round of coffee before bidding adieu and ‘das-vi-daania’(Russian for: till we’ll meet again!). Yes!....till we meet again or ‘ride-again’ next 1st Sunday in 2007 i.e;!!
Notes By Satya aka "Cowboy"
3 comments:
The next ride is planned for 14 Jan 07..
guys if ur interested. send in a mail with ur profile, we prefer to ride with like minded people..
Santosh
getoffurass.travel@gmail.com
Cool!!
dropping by anita's post on the metblogs, would love to do an FSR with you folks!!
rajesh at dangi dot com
hey Cowboys,
When are we doing the next ride, feel like such a geek for missing the Dandeli ride, and where is the next destination?
keep me posted,
Suru
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