Delhi-Narkanda-Rohru-Jalori-Gushani:3rd-6th NOV

himalayas_beckon

hey all
finally after digging into my maps,searchin thousand of routes, pleadin with boss for offs, i am finally doing this trip..

i am biker, using the hero honda karizma.

30th oct:
Leave Pune by 4am and meet Arn just after Panvel. He will ride with me till Ahmedabad, which we intend to reach by 3pm. I continue to Udaipur for the night, he turns back. Night at Udaipur (will be there by around 7pm)

31st oct:
Start off for delhi by 4am. Plan to reach by 3pm.

1st and 2nd
Celebrate Diwali, meet special frenz

3rd Nov
Delhi - Ambala - Shimla - Narkanda - Baggi - Rohru (app 477kms)
4am - 4pm. Stay at the HPTDC rest house

4th Nov
Rohru - Chirgaon - Larot - till the point there is no road - Rohru (app 75kms)
Dinner on the river bed with a bonfire

5th Nov
Rohru - Baggi - Narkanda - Jalori Pass - Gushani (166kms)
Will be crossing Jalori Pass! in winters!!
Will stay in the Himalayan trout house centre. in open tents!

6th Nov
Gushani - Sundernagar - Swarghat - Pinjore - Delhi (523kms)
A rather long drive, but most of it on good roads. so we should be back home by 8pm

7th Nov
Wake up by 8am (in order to get full sleep) and leave back for Pune by 9am.
Night would be at Ahmedabad (app 890kms/13 hrs)

8th Nov
Ahmedabad - Pune (675kms/11hrs)
Hit the office by around 4pm..

Total Distance for me: app 4378kms

so any of you on this route and intend to meet up and ride along as a pillion, get in touch..

the time in which i am covering the distances may seem fast, but i am used to these speeds. been touring for quite a while now

crimsonriver

Kewl! So finally the itinerary is finalized.. All da best!

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-m2-

That's a pretty ambitious schedule, HB! That's a better average than I used to do with a BMW on north american roads!

Have a great trip!!!

sunilg

if u find a pillion, tell him/her to fasten the seatbelts


ride safe

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himalayas_beckon

@crimson: yeah man..
@m2 : basically, the pune-delhi and delhi-pune will be a very fast one,keepin the bike around the 100km/h mark.. but in himalayas,we will take it slowly
@sunilg : well, the road to ahmedabad from delhi is all four lane.. keeping a constant 100km/h can give you an overall avg of 75km/h with ease :-)

@wanna be pillions: i will be carrying cramster saddle and tank bags, so the rear seat will be totally empty

TREKorDIE

Good luck HB

HAPPY BIKING

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himalayas_beckon

in around 6 days i will be off from pune for this great ride.. and around 12-14 riders will join me from delhi for the trip ahead!

kaushiks

best wishes. would be interested to know if you can keep with a schedule like this. post observations. also 14 riders is a lot. no?

Hippie at Heart

Looks like a re-run of now defunct Raid De Himalayas to me but then it was a rally.. this one sound pretty ambitious for a stock bike are you guys racing against each other for fun no service crew or props or pit stops or just race till it splutters, stall and die?

sunilg

stupid working conditions here in INdia don't allow us to go on a ride lasting for weeks or even months.......... so, have to use every drop of 4-5 days which we've got....... 4-5 days' visit is not a justice to Himalay but its fun anyways!!! what say Beckon??

Lovemax

Hellos Hippie Sir,
Now this is can actually be defunct version of RDH besides its got the Himalayas Becon in it to boost the driving functionality of all....
I am sure its not a race but yes for sure it would have been an amazing experience if they could have pit stops and race till they could have lasted and finally stopped till it stalled .... You make me splitter and splatter with the [blush]

@ Himalayan_ Beckon : I am sure you gonna have a good time, after all you have got a wonderful itineary lined up for u, dost. I do see a major change in Northern climate this year as its winters bit earlier then usual routine. I am sure its gonna facinate you while crossing over from Jalori Pass.


After all its gonna be the longest trip for u, mate ..cheers
Happy Planning ahead
hope to meet u soon ...
soooner
FreeBirD

Styler

Hi,

I'm Planning to drive from Shimla through Jalori Pass to Manali, Nagar on the 31st Oct...
Is the road through Jalori Pass from Ani to Banjar Motorable right now..???
Once i'm there i will give you the exact situation Himalayas Becon.
Dhananjay would be the best source of information but it seems he's on a trip of his own and not online for the last few days.
Anybody got info on the ground situation on the road please post it here ?
Once i'm there I'll Post the latest info for Himalayas Beacon, because i'll be a few days ahead of you.

Lovemax

By Tues. I will be able to post about it, heading towards lower shimla distt.
Right into a smaller pasture near Solan - to my small home.

Will update the conditions if I can have any update about the same...HB!

Birdie!!

saajan_20

himalaya s beckon
dude how was the trip u riding from pune all the way man that give s me the much wanted confidence boost am drivning from mumbai to delhi and am concerned about the road condition s and aveage speed s to expect ??
u just mentioned in ur first post the road from ahdbd to delhi is 4 laned
what about the road from mumbai to ahmdbd do post all ur reaching time and avreage speed s and fuel average u get on ur karizma ?
please put light on the road conditon s enlightened one
regards
saaajan

himalayas_beckon

hi
i hv put up the pics at http://www.indiamike.com/india/showthread.php?
t=17544

i cruised at around 100-105km/h and my bike had a payload of around 100kilos (me 84 plus all the luggage n winter clothing).. with all this i got around 29kmpl which is damm good considering the speeds i was doing..

roads r the best after ahmedabad..
overall riding time is around 24hrs.. include time for breaks n stops.. i didnt sleep, jus kept taking small breaks

u plannin d trip kya ?