Motorcycle Travellers Meet India (MTM India) 2013 was held near the outskirts of Tumkur last week, July 27-28. The weekend included talks, shows and tells, trip discussions, guidance and workshops. The event was not brand-specific and had all kinds of vehicles, from small two – strokes to large touring rigs. 
Category Archives: Weekend Rides
Rides that are a weekend long. Usually stuff that can be managed without taking additional time off.
Weekend at Horsely Hills
The Madras Bulls initiated a ride who’s primary role was to go and negotiate the bookings for their club anniversary that is coming up in a while, at Horsely Hills. They did invite us all and the whole thing turned out to be a big party in itself with a large turnout from RTMC, Madbulls and V40, totalling upto 70 riders. Excellent arrangements from all the organisers and Muthu who handled the transactions from our end. Continue reading Weekend at Horsely Hills
Ghat Bang: Locked throttle and two smoking barrels
Ghat bang, a name to a ride which was meant to wind through the twisties in the Nilgiris. The plan was to ride to Masinagudi the first day, chill out for the night around a camp fire and then ride through the twisties taking the route through the steep Kalhatti ghat, Ooty, Kotagiri, down and through Sathyamangalam, up Dhimbam, through the forest to Kollegal, Kanakpura and Bangalore. Continue reading Ghat Bang: Locked throttle and two smoking barrels
Linking 3 capital cities.
I’ve always believed that engines meant to last long durations are best run-in on the highway. This and in case you are going to blow/seize the engine up, you’d be better off doing it while running in on the highway knowing things can go wrong rather than on a ride when the motorcycle is lesser important than the journey itself. So I decided to do this by linking up the capital cities of a few states.
Its GREEN, but its not a Kawasaki
What I realized on this ride was that Mallus most often ridiculed for their pronunciations of words were ironically very particular about the pronounciation of Munnar. Every place I stopped for directions, I would say Munnar, only to be corrected and then given directions. It’s pronounced as Moonaar, for those who don’t want to go through this. Continue reading Its GREEN, but its not a Kawasaki