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Hello BHPians,
This is my archetypal thread connected team-bhp, truly precise elated and looking guardant to your opinions guys.
I've been speechmaking threads and blogs connected this forum since I was a kid XD, precocious I've graduated from my college, I americium a Software Engineer now, and with my archetypal month's salary, I person booked a Royal Enfield Himalayan Scram 411 .
All it took was a Ladakh roadworthy travel and the anticipation of this motorcycle getting discontinued.
My assemblage days ended with maine utilizing my roommate's Shine successful Pune.
Really not a atrocious motorcycle for regular commute to my internship office, but I was radiating a 20-year-old-uncle vibe with that motorcycle nether the seat.
BAD JOKE, anyways,
I was by past gonna beryllium a nonmigratory of Pune and needed to ain a 2 wheeler.
Decided to enactment distant from each concern entries similar Harley, Triumph, BMW which shared platforms, with immoderate established brands present arsenic they truly were not a merchandise of archetypal company's vision. I'd person alternatively gone with their Indian siblings.
It had to beryllium thing precise unique, truthful ne'er thought astir apaches and hornets oregon FZs.
The 1 motorcycle I had my eyes connected was Honda CB300R, it had the essence of Honda, by the mode it looked, by the mode it was positioned, took a trial thrust and damn it was a precise adjacent transportation to the engine, it surely wanted to beryllium rode fast, IT IS A REAL HONDA.
~30 ps of powerfulness and 27 Nm torque with a precise airy 146 kg chassis is.....
FAST !!! I was getting huffy for that machine.
But past came my last semester exams and whoa, I've completed my college, which ended with maine readying a Bike travel successful Ladakh with my 2 friends and a relative of 1 of them. The way was
Srinagar to Kargil:
Himilayan 411, Cold breeze, Greens and whites and mountains , everything cleanable for a large commencement to this trip.
The motorcycle is surely a gem of a design. I was comfy to grip the motorcycle on the atrocious roads with a pillion for agelong run, I felt assured to thrust it, but it is simply a precise dense motorcycle for me. After a good, time agelong run, we reached Kargil.
Kargil to Leh:
The altitude was expanding constantly, but the roads were smooth.
The Himis we had were the BS6 ones, the older ones are said to person anemic chassis and much prime issues. Leh was colder. The adjacent day, we were acceptable for Khardungla pass, erstwhile the highest motorable pass.
Leh to Nubra via Khardungla pass:
The soil dunes were astonishing to look astatine but, precise tricky to thrust connected erstwhile successful path. Nubra was wherever we stayed for the night.
So, this was my archetypal each motorcycle trip, the organisation we had gone with was Deyor. The batch was of ~35 radical from each and each portion of India. From Tripura, Tamil Nadu, Rajasthan, Haryana, Gujarat, MP, Bengal, Bihar, Karnataka, Andhra, Delhi and Maharashtra to database them. Our ages were quiescent little than the batch's mean property including their employees and the marshal.
People were truly great, the bonding was adjacent better.
Nubra to Pangong Tso:
Our destination was inactive 40 mins distant and we were shivering already. Somehow, we made it to Pangong. The nighttime was fun, immoderate drinks, euphony and bonfire was each it took for everyone to get up and dance, it was truly precise precious.
Pangong Tso to Hanle:
The Instrument Cluster is astir a portion of art!
Sadly, Umling La was not the portion of the itinerary.
Hanle to Tso Moriri:
Roads are present little asphalt and much earth. These bikes are truly meant for this, it is their location turf.
Tso Moriri to Sarchu:
Views from Ghata Loops were breathtaking. The travel of the time was long, but the off-roading was longer.
We were crossing the borderline and entering Himachal astatine Sarchu, our enactment for the evening.
Sarchu to Jispa and Jispa to Manali:
Crossing the authorities borderline brought america caller bikes, with HP plates. The batch had a bulk of 411 Himis and immoderate fistful 450 Himis and Scram 411s.
I was sharing my motorcycle arsenic a duel rider with my person but they had other bikes, truthful this gave maine a Scram 411 for my ain till Manali.
The motorcycle was already precise alluring.
The roadworthy to and distant from Barcha La Pass truly gave maine an accidental to cognize this bike, Scram 411. I recovered myself getting much and much attached to the machine. It truly did well, I was assured capable to onslaught the corners, it is truly something.
The travel ends!!
This arc volition beryllium etched successful golden successful my communicative of life.
Now backmost to being a regular quality present successful the City, it was time, and I knew it, I saw it coming.
This volition beryllium my archetypal large acquisition from my precise archetypal earnings.
To immoderate ADRENALINE RUSH!!!
Went for a trial thrust to spot however it fares connected the roads of Pune, and I consciousness positive. Booked the motorcycle asap arsenic it is apt to get discontinued soon.
Delivery is connected Dussehra. Excited!
Will support updated with the travel up threads.
Regards,
Harsh
