Back from a very "short" ride as some people might call it to be and not their kinds, but one of the best rides for me. And, for the others too i guess.
Distance covered- 420km.
People and the bikes-
Aditya and Sumana- 350 standard
Govi- 500LB
Dawg- 350 machismo
Pawan- 350 machismo
Prabhakar- Pulsar 220
Manish- 350 standard
To start of with, Govi and I wanted to ride to some place simply because it was quite sometime we went for a ride. The weather being relentless on us, didn't have a much of a choice and time constraints too. Dawg was waiting for a ride for quite sometime too so we thought we'd ride to Warangal 'cos its not too far and a familiar place for Govi and Manish.
Planned to start 4.30 pm, Pawan, Sumana and Myself ended up starting at about 5 pm from the start point. Joined Dawg and Prabhakar at Uppal and left from there at about 7pm ! Reasons being Pawan's bike and My bike giving some initial problems and also, Manish and Govi getting stuck at work. Our bikes had a minute electrical wiring problem which luckily wasn't a serious one. Got the bikes fixed by Raju mechanic at the Royal Enfield Showroom, Uppal. Manish was already on the Ghatkesar road and rode all the way to Uppal just for fun and joined us there.
Once we reached Bhongir, Manish had to get back to the city urgently for some important and he left. Govi couldn't make it cos of the office work. The rest of us continued to ride on from there. The roads were just close to being perfect. It was bout 8 or so and still there was prominent HOT wind blowing and no sign of any cold breeze. Slight cold breeze at couple of places relieved us a bit. Didn't really realize when we crossed Ghanpur, Ramapuram and reached Kazipet, halted there for few minutes. Reached Warangal at about 10 pm and to our luck the hotels were full. Had to look around for a bit and checked in at Ratna Hotel. Freshened up, got some food and other stuff, and we all took a plunge into a night of good long conversations.
It was around 2 a.m and we decided to take a nap for a bit as we planned to visit the Pakhal lake at 5 a.m and possibly get the best sunrise view. I could barely sleep for 15 minutes and we were up again at 5. The 50km ride to the lake was amazing and very relaxing. The scenic view of the lake was astounding and actually defied "PEACE". The splashing sound of the water suddenly seemed liked the best sound I ever heard, yes! much more than the music of slayer and lamb of god! Though it must not be one of the best lakes or even close to being one, it was a nice experience for me. The off-roading here beats the Toopran ride off-roading outright! Steep rocky slopes and rough muddy road could be taken of just like those of concrete are. It was fun riding on those after a long time. I'm sure Manish would 've loved the place just for the road. Was about 11 a.m by the time we got out from the lake and cos of the heat again, we headed back to the hotel straight. All these guys went off to sleep and then the "mad-man" of the ride Govi calls me at 11.30 a.m; "Dude, I'm starting for Warangal now. See you there!" Inspite of me trying to persuade him forget the ride and just chill there cos the heat was just getting worse, the guy didn't listen and started for Warangal. If I'm not wrong, he was in my room at about 1.30p.m. I'm sure he must've smoked the roads with just one break for a couple of minutes. Wonder how he did that in HOT afternoon!
We started at about 4.30p.m, looked at couple of temples, the fort and some other places. Once done with warangal, the ride to hyd was AWESOME. We left warangal at about 6/6.30 and man..I've never knew a 500LB could actually FLY. Read a whole lotta reviews about the bike but seeing the way Govi ripped the bike, it was a treat for the eyes. Earlier I thought 1.2lacs for a RE was a lil too much, but now I don't ve any hesitations in taking my statement back. I was actually getting a glimpse of his noon ride during the evening ride. To my surprise, My bike was at its best until now. I never enjoyed riding my bike as much as I did today. I guess even Govi was surprised a couple of times seeing my bike just GO. And this justifies my statement about this ride being one of the best for me.
Took a lotta "short" breaks while coming back and were later cruising on 60kmph. Reached Uppal at about 9p.m and dispersed from there to our respective places.
Things i liked about the ride - no problem whatsoever with any rider, no issues with any bikes, new member Prabhakar mixing up well, Govi coming there inspite of the heat and also knowing that we'd be in warangal only for a couple of hours more, Probably the best performance of my bike till date and above all, learn't what a 500LB is all about.
