1st October 2019, 21:03 | #1 |
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| Ride to Lavasa on a couple of Dominars This Saturday, a couple of us BHPians, me and sunilch took off for a loosely coupled ride to Lavasa. I say loosely coupled because we were not together throughout the ride. Both of us rode at our own pace. I broke for pictures for long periods and caught up with Sunil down the road. On the way back, he had to return earlier as he had an appointment at Pune. But, we had big touch points during the ride when we met, compared notes, and generally discussed our lives. Overall, it was quite a nice outing. The ride itself was quickly put together over Whatsapp. No major planning was done. Here are the essential notes - About routes, destination and logistics -
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About my motorcycle - My last ride was to Lonavla on March 2nd. Almost 7 months had passed with no bike usage. And yet, on Saturday, I simply cranked the engine, swung my legs over the seat and got going. No chain lubing, no oil change, no filter cleaning, no nothing. Not even a simple wipe down. At best, once in a couple of weeks, on my way back from work, I may have cranked the engine and left it running for 5 or 10 minutes before shutting it off. The bike has certainly not moved from its parking spot since early March. In my opinion, the Dominar is that high performance and low maintenance beast that we all yearn for. Fast riding, rough riding, no riding, good roads, bad roads and no roads - this bike does it all. I am hoping; no I am praying actually, that Bajaj takes that Duke 790's engine, de-tunes it and plonks it into a bigger Dominar. I am so buying that bike. About myself -
About life - Finally, there really is nothing like a motorcycle ride to soothe the soul. About real estate and investments (off-topic) - I thanked the good Lord that I didn't have the money to invest in Lavasa when it was being marketed as sheer paradise. The Lavasa that we saw was nothing short of a ghost town. I simply cannot imagine the financial losses of those who had sunk their hard-earned cash into this flight of fancy. Now, enough with the talking. Let us look at some pictures. Enroute to Lavasa. Although it looked like a cliched prop from a 90s movie, that bullock cart added a nice touch. Lavasa - Bird's eye view from the road. Pic by Sunil Down by the lake at the center of town. You can see the extent of incomplete construction. Pic by Sunil At the promenade. There were very few people there that day. It looks like a nice place to eat a packed picnic lunch. The restaurants there did not inspire any confidence. Pic by Sunil. Taking a break. Two Dominars. Valley view. Brilliant pic by Sunil. This is the only spot that I found where I could park my bike to get an unobstructed view. It can be dangerous to have small children along as the drop is quite steep there. But, it did make for a nice picture. Could not resist a view from the edge. As I was getting ready to leave, the weather suddenly changed. So, i had to get out all the rain covers and was feeling hassled. But, in the end, I think that this is the best picture of the lot. Awesome lake picture. Taken by Sunil. Another nice picture from Sunil. Down by another lake before exiting the area. This picture is purely to illustrate the position of that sling bag. Notice how low it hangs; that frees up all the space above to ventilate. Incidentally, I was trying to gnash the stems of my glasses into the side of my temples. This helmet is just ghastly tight. Cheers |
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1st October 2019, 22:40 | #2 |
Team-BHP Support | re: Ride to Lavasa on a couple of Dominars Moving thread from Assembly Line to Travelogues. Thanks for sharing, Mohan! |
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