700 Kilometers in 12 hours!

700 Kilometers in 12 hours! Eventful road trip I made Chennai – Bangalore – Chennai. The reason for making this trip was something personal but I can certainly share the pleasure of riding or I should say riding hard. When I say hard riding itRiding Hard!!! means maintaining speed levels at 100 km/hr on our road conditions.

30th January 2006 was that even full day. My Bullet was back from my mechanic on Saturday with it new core silencer. I was initially skeptical to go for this silencer but I did not regret after hearing the beat this produced when I open the throttle. Already with the open carb my Thunderbird can clock 120 km/hr and now with this new silencer by Bullet is Fast & Mean which makes all living things on the road to take notice! Ok now with the new addition to my list of modifications topped out oil, new brake shoes for the rear tires and new brushes for the front disks I felt something was coming and I topped the 25 liter gas tank with fuel on Saturday.

Intuition turned reality on Sunday I had to leave for Bangalore and I made the decision to ride down to Bangalore at 11:00 Hrs I started off from home at 11:45 Hrs after idling the engine for a few minutes and I hit the road after weaving through our city roads and crossed Poonamalee – Chennai City outskirts. Now I started to open the throttle and rock the highway. After this it was only music or I should say rocking on the highway I was clocking between 100 – 110 km/hr. The ride was uneventful but for a few on lookers along the road and quite a number of cars, busses and trucks that I overtook. I could see a few giggles and people looking with envy. I made it nonstop to Bangalore by 16:30 Hrs went straight into the Forum in Koramangala had Pizza, some Cold Macaroni with pineapple, tomato soup and washed down with Pepsi. Nothing like a good meal after a ride!

Spent couple or relaxing hours and completed the chore I came for …..Kick started from Bangalore at 19:30 Hrs once again the chaotic city traffic even on a Sunday is painful I tool a wrong turn somewhere and was roaming within the city limits for over 25 minutes and finally hit the highway which opened up with minimal Sunday traffic. There is nothing like riding a Bullet dark highway, with just the thumping sound you leave behind the bright stars up above with the cold wind flowing all around you and the dark road that lie ahead at 100 km/hr – Nothing like that! Sadly I did play it safe and maintained my speed at 80 km/hr. amazing how the bullet eases along whenever the vehicle hits a pot hole or bumps of unfinished parts of the road. I did had to concentrate slightly harder when riding in the dark than in the morning as the air was a bit misty restricting the line of sight and cold wind was making my palms feel numb most of the time.

I wanted to make the return trip non stop to home – Chennai but I made a 10 minute pit stop somewhere near Kanchipuram, 55 Kilometers before Chennai as I felt my eyes were going tired. I had some tea and bottle of water and threw a couple of Boomers and started to chew them and before the chewing gums could loose their sweetness I reached home at the stroke of midnight. I was on my bed in 30 minutes after cleaning up and slept peacefully having enjoyed the ride and also knowing that I am home safe thanking my steed (or I should say Bull) for bringing me home safe.

Ride Well My Friends!