It is raining and with roads leading into clouds above. A white R15 V2.0 is going ahead of me, a green FZ coming behind me. We are going through Ghats, full lush green, as green as it can get, coupled with stones lying there. The road is single lane and sharp U-bends every few hundred meters. Indicators of all three are on, and we take a left uphill bend, and WOAAAHH... a ghostly lake greets us....
"Vyom uth jaa..vyom uth hum log late ho gaye, 6:00 baj gaye hain and hum log paanch baje nikalne wale the"....
"I know..Vikas..mera phone baja tha parr tum log aise ghode bech ke so rahe the, mein bhi so gaya"
"Utha deta yaar"
"Arey chill it's for good, you had rest, we will make up for time lost"
And now I was finally awake. Vikas was getting ready, Akshat still cuddled up under sheets. My mind was already running fast thinking about dream I just had and how true will it, we had already supposedly lost 1 hour of drive plus will lose atleast 1 more.
Our plan for day was to first go to Trimbakeshwar, Bhandardhara, Nashik via Belapur and return to Pune before Sun set..and as the day progressed, we were put to good number of tests...
All of us finally got ready by 7 am and a blue print was laid out. Breakfast, Godavari Ghat, Bhandadhara via NH3. (Period). From here everything would be according to run time and fatigue level. So we had a quicky breakfast, and by 8 we were on Godavari Ghat, where Vikas went down for darshan, while I and Akshat decided to click few pics..But Alas!!! it started raining...
Vikas came back in 15 mins, and we got our fuel tanks to top, air checked, and we roared engine in the silent Sunday morning of Nashik ..and as we picked up speeds, so did rains...by the time we reached NH3, it was raining heavy, but yes we all were in raincoats.
Now because of rain, I hadn't realized that NH3 was actually very very good. 6 lane roads, as straight as they can be and to add to awesome view, on both side of highway, contoured green plateau lawn. They seemed like freshly laid carpet of grass. AWESOME! AWESOME! AWESOME!..
Cruising at speed of 80+, with rain so fast that no droplets were getting stagnant on helmet visor and all three of us riding parallel to each other...you have to be there or done that to know the feeling I am so unable to describe...
When we churned up those around 40-50 kms of Highway, we didn't realize, and when left turn for Bhandardhara did actually come, we did think twice of continuing on the highway, but then what would have happened to picture I had, and we took left turn. Few kms later only, I started to feel that well, today may all the dreams, all the pictures I had about this trip will come true. And as soon as I thought this, in few minutes, rains slowed down to drizzle, and we immediately stopped, because photographer in me was craving to get hold of his gadget...
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| The Most Amazing pic of all ...because It's for the love of Roads we ride..and that is in Focus |
And from here it was dream perfect ride, Ghats leading into clouds, narrowest single lane roads, and all behind the one ahead of one :P ...It was awesomest ghat riding experience I had till date. And we are riding, we are riding, leaning into left than right, again left and again right, then a small twist of wrist on the straight, then brake and lean left...
and a straight comes, I twisted the throttle, but AntiqueBlue didn't respond, I did same again, no response, and engine shuts off, Vikas and Akshat zoom past me..I am honking non stop, they didn't stop, and my bike isn't starting. First thought, my battery must have gone dead, it was weak already, but on second thought how can that be, bike was running...I am sitting on bike like that for like 10 seconds and I suddenly realize there is something wet falling on my shoes, and I look down...and to my HAW!!!... petrol is flowing out of lock..I put it to off position immediately..and then I realize fuel pipe is missing (from one side, didn't check carb side). Immediately called Vikas, and after that, starting walking back following petrol trail...but no luck.
Akshat and Vikas are back meanwhile, we both did a quick search...no luck, Akshat decided to go ahead 9Kms and we will search here. Just then I don't know what I thought, but I opened up my bike, seat and panels, and called my mechanic, where is carb end of fuel pipe, who told..and I was like Woah, pipe toh yahin hai, bas ek jagah se nikal gaya. Fitted it in and we again started toward Bhandaradhara...went to Mechanic and got fuel pipe tightened and headed toward Bhandardhara Backwaters...and boy, yes it was ghostly, yes it has that greenish tinge to it, yet seemed so pure and yes it was in midst of hills with raining, perfect Mystic Scenery. But sadly no Photos because of rains... So we keep going ahead, again awesome roads, gentle curves, but alas, here comes off roading junction, and how did Pulsar faired, well it was capable... :)
And we reached Randha falls and yes rains have stopped..
Well the above Note shows the slowness of our travel. In around 4 and half hour just 82 kms, But are we having fun, yes we were..lots of that.. and while returning, I was fortunate enough to click the Bhandardhara back water, though not exactly way I wanted, but for time rain slowed only this much was possible..
And yes awesome scenery didn't leave us yet ..
Let the Last two pictures do the talking now...
And at the End of Ride we had done
1. Dark time ride,
2. Straight Bursts
3. Battling Cross winds
4. City Traffic Rides
5. Every type of Ghat riding
6. Off roading
7. Rain riding
8. Loads of Choclates
9. A small Bike problem
10. A small crash
11. Seen rainbow
12. Completed everything on schedule
And Ghar aake awesome food ...
A weekend well spent :)
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