3 States, 2425km solo ride Part-1

3 States: Karnataka - Andhra - Telangana

Route  :  Bangalore - Vijayawada - Rajahmundry - Vijayawada - Hyderabad - Yadgir - Mantralayam - Bangalore
Distance covered : 2425 KM
Trip Dates : July 12 - July 20

Bike condition after Trip:
                                       Rear tube replaced because of puncture.
                                       Chain Guard rubber case( 85/-) broken due to Puncture shop guy in a village.
                                       Battery box lock is not holding properly on bad roads.                                  
                                       Cramster Stallion Saddle bag torn little bit, it is rubbing with rear wheel at speed bumps.


Stats:
          Total KM     = 2425 km  + 170 km city ride before trip
          Total petrol   =  59.25 Liter
          Mileage        = 43.79 KMPL
          Total Budget for petrol :  4727/-
          Tube + puncture = 370 + 50 = 420/-

Things carried:
                         First aid kit
                         Clutch cable
                         Cramster Stallion Saddle bag & Plastic roap
                         DSG Nero jacket
                         FOX knee guards
                         DSG MotoMesh Gloves
                         Knight Hood Gloves (spare for rain ride)
                         Cramster balaclava
                         Studds 3G twin visor helmet
                         Route Map pics for entire trip ( If incase GPS does't help)
                         Canon Digital camera

       This is my first solo ride. I had been preparing from 1 month for this solo trip. Main reason for the trip is going home and then visiting my sister & brother places. Originally trip was planned for July 5th and applied for leave, given bike for general checkup and filled petrol also. But at last movement I was down with fever, so Trip got postponed for next week. 

    Finally week got finished and next morning is a big day. Packed all the stuff  before sleep and set alarm to 3 AM. Planned to start at 4 AM. As usual no sleep and woke up at 2:30 AM. Took bath and geared up. There is a chance of rubbing saddle bag with tire, so tied plastic rope as support and mounted saddle bag. 

Part - 1: A Visit to my Home

Route :  Bellandur  - whitefiled - kolar - chittoor - tirupati - naidupet - nellore - ongole -gunutr - vijayawada (nutakki)

Distance : 688 km

Time : 11 Hrs (3:20 AM to 2:10 PM.)

Speed Maintained : 100 KMPH

Breaks time : 1.30 Hr in total

          Started at 3:20 AM from Bellandur. Reached NH-4 after 22km at 3:50 AM. After 1st toll gate stopped for saddle bag inspection. It is slightly touching the rear wheel, so fasten the rope and started again. Stopped two more times for inspection and fasten the rope. since it is a plastic rope, getting loose at speed bumps. Took 30 mins break for breakfast after chittoor.  Thought of taking few snaps at Tirupati and srikalahasti, but felt like I need to go long way,  so no time for photoshoot.  That's the mistake I did,  not a single pic taken this day. Through out this ride mostly maintained 100 KMPH.  Till NH-5 , ride is so beautiful though the forest area and hills, once I touched NH-5, started dizzy feeling .... So maintained 10 mins break for every 100 KM. Luckly today weather is so nice, perfect for the long ride. Roads at guntur is like a F1 racing track, best ever road seen till now in my life. Reached home at 2:20 PM after a 688km ride. (my village (NUTAKKI) is 10km away from NH-5 before Vijayawda)

Road conditions:

   100 KM from Bangalore city is best 6 and 4 lane road.

    from  100 KM to 330 KM till NH-5 road is good but no divider. At few places small diversions due to flyover constriction.

    No need to tell about the butter smooth NH-5. At few places small diversions due to flyover constriction.

    From chilakarupet to Vijayawada road is like F1 track. 

Timing details:

 Bellandur (start) :   3:20 AM

 NH-4                :   3:50 AM  -  22 KM

 Chittoor             :   6:30 AM  - 190 KM

 Srikalahasti        :   8:35 AM  -  304 KM

 NH-5                :   9:18 AM  -  336 KM

Nellore               : 10:00 AM  -  393 KM

 ----                   :  11:11 AM - 464 KM   

Ongole               :  12:00 PM  - 510 KM

Vijayawada        :    2:12 PM  - 688 KM

While in return journey, used Telephone cable for saddle bag support, as plastic wire is not holding good.