The Beast Xperience

This happened after the first service of my Pulsar. It was Friday morning when Niri (office pal – just for the intro, he is more than that) invited me for a tripJ to Dharmasthala. So we had the plan done sitting in the office cafeteria and we were 6 of us on three bikes. All set for the ride and it was May 1st 2005 that my alloys rolled on the highways of Karnataka. It was around 4.30 A.M I started my bike, breaking the silence of Jayangar 8th block, where I stay. I went to Raghu’s house near Bashyam circle, picked him and went on to the Shell Bunk where we all met up for the biking!! All said and done it was my first experience and I was exited and passionate about this and I was waiting to unleash the power of the beast that I have. Well most interesting part is I didn’t know the route as I was new to the roads of Karnataka. So allowed Niri to go ahead and I followed him and another friend of mine YT followed me. The wheels started to roll and it was around 5.30 A.M we were heading towards Nelmangala over taking all the Lorries, we kept a comfortable speed and that was around 60KmHr. We took the left at Nelmangala circle and drove towards Hassan. I know I was little bit careful driving this time because my bike was new J and there was a lot of Lorry traffic. Raghu my pillion was so silent and I could hear only my bike sound. We were slow and around 7.30 AM we reached the Bellur cross, filled our stomach with masala dosas and Idlis.We crossed Hassan and we picked up another guy Harisha from Hassan. We again started and went a few kilometers ahead I saw a road that was clear, my confidence was high and I decided to unleash the power of my bike then the throttle accelerated and I could see the divider lines rolling fast and then I over took Niri and was hitting 105Kmph. I didn’t feel a shake in my bike It was rolling stable on this big empty road. I just leaned on the tank and I did ask Raghu to lean over me and all I could see is every thing around me moving fast. Then I slowed down a bit and Niri over took me and stopped me and then he took us to a small temple built by his grandfather. Once the worship was over we again rode towards Dharmasthala. I was slow after this and I didn’t know the route and I was following Niri and we reached the ghat roads and I was waiting to ride on them. Once we were close to cheeknalli cross we had a stop and we had few photo sessions. Then the vehicle rolled towards kotigehara where we had our lunch. Then came the ghat roads with beautiful scenery and it was hot. The turns and the bends were tackled with perfection by all of us. As we moved ahead every one was really tired and there was a small river going below the bridged road, we came to the banks and parked the vehicle then. dammar we all were jumping in the water. It was 4.00PM one place where we could really cool our bodies. After the bath we got there on the bikes then went towards Dharmasthala we stopped again in Ujirre had “Gud-bud” then the vehicle rolled to Dharmasthala. Finally we reached Dharmasthala at 6.00 P.M. We loaded our luggages in the room and then we had another bath after which we went to the dinner given by the temple trust. The dinner was simple but very tasty. The jack fruit sambhar was the highlight of the dinner. The day got over after our dinner and next day morning we all went to the Dharmasthala temple. After the worship we got our bikes ready and we didn’t take the same route to Bangalore. Instead we took the Shiradi ghat which looked more green and beautiful than the Charmadi ghat. The place was so beautiful and there was absolute no traffic and we were in good speed rocking all the way till we found our next stop Manjirabad. The place was without any human being but it was green, the old fort Manjirabad was built by Tippu Sultan , the place is so beautiful. From the top of one of the watching tower you can see the green Shiradi ghat and the extensions of Western Ghats. It is believed that there is an underground tunnel that connects with Tippus fort in Srirangapatinam.We had some nice pics of the fort and then we left the place and reached Hassan around 4.30 P.M
From Hassan we took the same road NH48. Then we reached Bangalore around 7.00PM and the trip got over L. My first trip was so exiting in a way that we traveled almost 650kms in 2 days of time and I have another 1500 Kms to travel in the city for the second service. The next day alarm rang and I got ready to enter the IT world…..