Approaching Nasik phata
Early birds Praveen & Navendu
Chotu in the Sunrise
Sunrise Pune Ishtyle - I hardly get to see this sight now a days..
Sunrise
Latecomes Mr Late Lateef - Nalin on a Borrowed (??) CBZ Extreme
Start off towards Nashik..
Vacant Highway..to Rajgurunagar
Twisties - First ghat section from Pune side. Hardly 3 KMs of ghats.
Revving hard on an open Straight stretch
Biswa going shutter happy. He tagged along in his Maruti 800. Basanti.
First sight of the Mountains
Lofty Peaks of the western ghats
Driving through shaded highway - Awesome roads.
Country side shot from Moving Bike
Speeding up....crossing 7K RPM
Crossed the 100 KMPH NOTCH. Actual speed cud well be 102. It was hard for the pillion to keep concentration and still take this snap.
View ahead
Road meets the Clouds
Navendu zipping past me
Nalin n Navendu leading the pack
Exchanging Rider Messages ..before twisting the wrist
Straight Road..open up !!!
The road dips up and down..like a roller coaster
Follow the Leader
Ghats section Part 2. Last mile towards Malshej
Twisties begin again...
WHOA !! Are we there Yet !!
Taking the Curves. Kudos to Camerawoman
YO..What an angle. I wonder how she could have taken this shot. What the hell was she thinking. Holding the grabrail, the camera , saying the prayers..focussing what???
Final passage - Khind to Malshej.
First view of the Lake
2 Generations of PERFORMANCE - CBZ and CBZ Extreme. Its more like grandfather and grandson..with the papa cbz star missing..!!
Biswa with his basanti n Old Tee..
Hills and Clouds..
Magnificient view
Slopes n cotton balls...
Just Ride..or Just Ride...the old and the new...
nalin n Navendu's special photographing point..
last set of twisties..flat out..but very curvy
Biswa..checking the curves
Floating clouds
Scenic beauty
Hills n skies
Basanti - The car broke the ultimate mileage record..something around 22 KM per LItre...
Twisty..
Me leaning out on the curve
Me starting off on my Twisty Cracking Run..
Taking the curves. Chotu handles like a dream.
Pulsar's amazing stability makes curves a adream to ride on
All Happy after some revvin time
Navendu taking the curve
Navendu's Extreme Lean ngle. a lil more and his main stand toe wud hit the ground..
Breakfast time...Poha Upma bread Omlette..tea Cofee and soft drinks..
Road from Mumbai side..
Valley of Flowers !!??
Lone tree ..
Waterfall..I guess this was the last surviving one
Clouds n valley
Peak and Valley
Yellow blossoms
Me riding chotu on the flat plateau
Slow riding to feel the wind..in myhair..(??)
Live Life on the Edge
Aggression Personafied
Chotu looking over the cliff
Livin on the EDGE !!
Most aggresive posture of the Pulsar
Rear End
BikeNomad Praveen & his Chotu..
Live Life Extreme..CBZ Extreme
Nalin's Extreme parked at the CLiff
CBZ Extreme against the Ghats
nalin n the Extreme
Nalin - All smiles with the CBZ Extreme - This guy shud be modelling
View of the Tunnel
CBZ Extreme - Angled Shot
CBZ Extreme
The Edge of the cliff. They say, on a awindy afternoon you can demonstrate anti-gravity here...
Lone Tree
Pulsar against the lofty peak
Pulsar against the backdrop of the peak
Ryan n his beast
Ryan - Stylised
Hrishikesh's Red Devil
Red Devil Wallpaper
Pulsar generations..
Reflections
Hrishi with his Red Devil
Hrishi - n his faithful steed
Hrishi n his steed
Hrishi - AGAIN !!
Nalin poses with the Pulsar
Nalin - See the BLONG effect
Nalin, Hrishi n the Red Devil
Hrishi
Pulsar 180 old n new..Both modified..
Ryans Bike
Aggressive stance
BAJAJ PULSAR 150 - Ad photo shoot
Yellow FLowers
Close up of the Floral pattern
Beast with Flowers
The BEAST unleashed
BULLS..Oops..or was it Buffaloes
Doc Arnob trying to get his bike on stand
Biswa trying to communicate with the wildlife
say cheese..
Abey yeh kya kar raha hai !!..Doc ..
Hmm Take my fotograph
The Bike's point of view
We run over miles and miles of tarmac but we also stop to smell the flowers..BIKENOMADS..we are
Doc Arn's Artillery equipment
Smile BikeNomad - Face looks pretty good now after the patchwork
Thinking Caps
Point of view..
Helmet n Bike..Long perspective shot
Bulls..oops buffaloes again
Chew chew...
GULP
Hidden yet so aggressive..hiding in ambush for pouncing
Me with Chotu - Wear a helmet always
Riding on TOP
Attempting the longest jump on a 180 cc indegenious indian motorcycle.
Hmm..thought for some time and then looking at my previous track record..gave up the idea
Road at the entrance to the resort
BN Parking LOT
ZMA discussion!!..My chain tensioner rattles more than yours??
Bike Nomadsparking lot. 2 ZMA's and the LOT
Harshad's Easy Rider
ZMA vs ZMA
Amit's Pulsar
Roy's Gypsy. A nice metallic tint
Roy's Gypsy.
ZMA advice from Doc Arn to Prasad...
All Set to move to the Lake..post Breakfast
Here we go..for a dip in the lake....
Bike Nomads..riding
Riders
Riders - These photographs have been taken with Camera in left hand and throttle in right hand..LOL
Villager's shack
Fields of gold..Paddy
The actual Road to the Lake
Road ahead..
Bikers returninig- Wrong way taken
Returninig back from the wrong way
Lake view
Road
Tree stump - Cut,chopped or struct by lightning
Lake
Lake and Road
lake and Mountains
This is the Harishchandragadh fort on top. We decided to turn back as we didnt have enough time to climb plus there is no habitation around and in the heat there are high chances of dehydration.
It takes 2 to 3 hours to climb up to Harishchandra Gah from here. You ascend into the Gorge visible straight ahead, climb over to the other side and then take a track climbing the hillside behind to the left.
Clouds on Hills towards Otur side...
Clouds atop the highest peak in the sahyadris....
the gorge..pathway to heaven..
Who needs a bed when u have a bike !!
Afternoon siesta BikeNomad style
Stretch your legs..stretch your back.... RELAAAAX.....
Chotu looking at Harishchandragadh
Greenfields
Shiny Metal Monster
Road alongside the Lake
Nice dirt track. Ample opportunity for 5 kms of off roading
Nice dirt track
Dirt road disappearing into the horizon
Me ridindg on the road
heading back to civilization
lakeside view
Stopping along the lake
Bike next to the lake
Rockstar
Glitter effect
Shimmer effect
Shining water - No Thats not a crocodile
Bike with Helmets
2 headed monster
Lake Monster
Aggression
Stylised rear view
View form the lake...LOL..had to wade into the water to get this shot
Riders returninig from the DIP in the Lake
BN riders back to the resort
back to the resort
Me entering the resort gates
Amazing English the MTDC resort people had !!!
Headed off towards Mumbai..Post Lunch
Nalin moving towards Murbad
starting off on the first set of curves downhill...
Stopping at the overhang
Ghat roads...
Amazing road on the edge of the mountain
Straight stretch
tasty curves
Landslide prone region
Beware of falling ROCKS..
Smooth straight at foothills..
Surrounding hills of malshej
Surrounding hills of Malshej
Amazing roads form Murbad side
Lofty peaks
Stone walls
Pointy peak
Light trickling through trees
Afternoon glory
God speaketh to bikers...
Rest point at the end of the ghats...
The Awesome off roader
Prasad..taking a abreather
Here we go again..
Zooming off into the horizon
riping through straight stretches
easing off on curves
taking each curve with style
giving way to lesser mortals in cages
Final stop near Murbad where we broke off for Karjat..and Mumbai riders moved straight
Rear View...
Riders exchanging notes and goodbyes
Kaustubh..
Taking off
Doc Arn switching on his afterburnerss
Doc Arn..taking off
Road sign depicting way to Karjat - The most gruelling 70 odd kms we travelled
Sunset
setting sun
fireball
here it goes
going going..
going
reflections in twilight
GONE
Tired Bikers at Khopoli....
