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[Silver Phantom]

Is anyone up for this.

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Round Trip Pune-Malshej-Murbad-Kasara Ghat (Upto Manas resort)- Return From Kasara (funnily it is not identifying and changing route to the return route )-Murbad-Malshej-Pune.

Mumbaikars can join in from Malshej.. Watsay.??

[Silver Phantom]

Thanks Mods...

So anyone up.. Please add in their Names.

There is no specific agenda.. Just start in the morning. ride and ride. and ride some more...
Anybody who just did the KAsara ghat recently, might want to relive it.

[arn]

Malshej is great fun, but there is little chance of going flat out on the curves, simply because the road is not dual carriageway. Malshej also tend to attract the crap of the earth on Sundays, you know, the beer guzzling dancing in the road clad in jangs type. Considering it's Sunday (Lonavla - avoid), for Pune Guys, perhaps Kambhatki ghat would be a much better place to practise corner carving, as it is a dual carriageway. Also, I'd gone to Murbad via Asangaon and the road was not in particularly great shape, even before the monsoon, dunno recent status.

Not that you wouldn't have a fun ride with the route shown, but our Kasara ride was a VERY focussed one! No scenery, no picnic, just streak over the curves, again, and again and again until the craving to rid the tyre of chicken strips was satisfied.

[Silver Phantom]

Doc the 24th comes on a saturday.
And yes, Malshej is a Scum-Magnate especially on Monsoon Sundays. Which is why Saturday.
Also i intend to do the ride more than snapography. probably a few snaps of the cornering, for the cornering, by the cornering. And this is a hopefully fixed plan. if anybody has any more suggestions, please do let it be known.

As far as khambatki is concerned, a few certain patches have gone bad, read as tar coming up in waves due to the immense weight of trucks, and heat, creating major peaks and valleys in the carriageway. also the truck traffic seems to own the land there. they are as bad as the malshej rowdy-crowdy.

[arn]

oops my bad!

I did not realize that Khambatki was in such bad shape. This road (NH3) is also an arterial truck road but Gammon India have built an excellent surface, which have survived the monsoon with barely a pothole.

[Silver Phantom]

arn, on 20 September 2011 - 09:23 PM, said:

oops my bad!

I did not realize that Khambatki was in such bad shape. This road (NH3) is also an arterial truck road but Gammon India have built an excellent surface, which have survived the monsoon with barely a pothole.

Dont feel bad my Doc. There are only a few such patches. but the major deterrent is the Truck traffic which plies between Pune and Kolhapur / Bangalore that use the road as if it was gifted to them as dowry...

[Revmaster]

Passed Khambatki a few days back. Being in a BMW (530d), couldn't quite figure the imperfections too well though

[Silver Phantom]

Revmaster, on 21 September 2011 - 06:35 PM, said:

Passed Khambatki a few days back. Being in a BMW (530d), couldn't quite figure the imperfections too well though

Jalaao...Aur Jalaoo. Bro u were in a BMW. I will be on a Unicorn. Difference of 2 wheels and leaning options. anyways, i will enjoy the Imperfectionist-Khambatki Ghat some other time.

Currently there are only 3guys including me who are ready. me from Pune, and 2 guys from Mumbai. Anybody else available???

[Ricci]

Sorry CV sir, I have plans for 24th , won't be riding along this time.

[rahul_rn]

din't see this one.. would love to come but i am getting a feeling you are talking about next month..
if yes then i guess i can't come.. thinking to head home that time.. blasting down the GQ should be fun..

sorry read the topic name now.. and this saturday my gr8 college will not permit me.. man really this schedule is killing me..

[satyenpoojary]

Come to kaas on Sunday man!

[rahul_rn]

sunday have viva... :   so cant miss in any condition.. man i really need a break..
after all this i am getting a feeling that i will get an internal back.. poeple will laugh at me for an internal back..

[NikhilB]

Silver Phantom, on 22 September 2011 - 11:06 AM, said:

Currently there are only 3guys including me who are ready. me from Pune, and 2 guys from Mumbai. Anybody else available???

I'm interested in tagging along with the Mumbai guys.

My no. is nine7six9two5seven1two6.
Could you tell the Mumbai guys to sms me the start time and place?