MKM ride, Day 9:Smile! you're on camera

Tweedle dum and tweedle dumber...
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MKM ride, Day 9:Phoenix mills

And we are at Phoenix mills Mumbai out to meet people who have been following the trip so far. If you guys are free and got some time we are here till 8.
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MKM ride, Day 9:Sea Link

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MKM ride, Day 9:Mira road

Mira road mumbai traffic joyful
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MKM ride, Day 9:Maharashtra

We have ridden into Maharastra the 9th state on out journey to Bangalore. Today we ride into Mumbai and do our stuff and then go and spend a night at home before taking off towards Pune.
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Here comes the rain

The first rain in Mumbai and just our luck we were on the road and yea we got drenched down to the bone(nothing new there). The downpour was welcome to counter the mad heat but that means it horrid to ride in. Time to ship our bikes north as the mountains are calling(lots more on this later this month).
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Kashid Beach Ride

A few months ago we did a post called the Malshej Ghat Weekend Ride where Mehdi was testing his Contour helmet camera. Well it seems he has got the hang of it because here is another cool video from him taken on a Ride to Kashid beach.

A Sunday morning ride to Kashid beach for beakfast and back via the ferry from Rewas to Bau Cha Dakha (Fishermen's Warf) in Mumbai Harbour. The roads weren't anything to write home about. The ferry ride back was nice, may be a bit too long taking almost 2 hours. But it sure beats dealing with the traffic getting back into the city.

Rider Mania ride

Back to Bombay, joining up on NH4. Now its a dual carriageway all the way home.
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Rider Mania ride, day 3, morning

Thick fog delayed the planned early start. In a strange synchronous kind of way, the hotel we pulled into on a deserted stretch of the NH 17 highway had a familiar face. KY Nachre was a waiter at Cafe City restaurant in Worli Naka, Mumbai where I used to go for kheema pao and over the years got to Nachre quite well. Nachre has moved back to his village and is working at Sidhant Hotel. What are the chances of bumping into him after so many years? This happens only when riding!
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Boy racers

Is it just me or has anybody else noticed when riding and you overtake one of those Boy racers (on their Pulsars, RTS's, Hunks etc with a girl clutching on for dear life as a pillion) on your Enfield (which is louder than most) it is like you have challenged him to a death race. Instantly you hear that he has dropped a gear and clutching the bike and is trying to get by you however he can regardless to his or his bombshells safety.

This happened to me two nights ago when I overtook a guy on an RTR he obviously took it to heart and went nuts trying to overtake me. I was not slow mind you but was not fast either. He would overtake me and then get stuck in traffic. At one traffic light I pulled up and parked next to him he and his "chick" gave me the stare while he revved his engine (Whack job) and took off with his bike screaming. After overtaking him again because he got him stuck in traffic, he pulled his most death defying move ever. He dropped a gear and decided to overtake a bus pulling up to a stop avoiding people standing on the road and a tree in his way. With his "chick" looking back laughing. Weird !!!

Whatever these guys were on they need to share...