Ride to Leh in 2010

[Prasham]

Most people that do Delhi-Manali in a day's time start early morning by around 4 am or so... Otherwise getting through delhi's traffic becomes a big trouble. Moreover you will have to climb hills in the dark which is highly unrecommended BTW bilaspur onwards road is full of ghat type "twisties" with some traffic as well. So Bilaspur - Manali may take more time that you may have estimated.

If you guys are bringing your bikes by train or cargo... make the start point to be Ambala. Most trains and cargo services have it on the route.

[Roxx]

Originally Posted by lifebyroad

Roxx,

Below is the spec of Gladi,

Gladiator Type RS

Engine type :Air-cooled, 4-stroke, SOHC, 2-valve
Cylinder arrangement :Single cylinder
Displacement :123.7cc
Bore & Stroke :54.0 × 54.0mm
Compression ratio :10.0:1
Maximum power :11PS (8.0kW) / 7,500rpm
Maximum torque :10.4N.m / 6,500rpm
Starting system :Kick start / Electric start
Primary / Secondary
reduction ratio. :3.4 / 3.214
Clutch type :Multiplate wet type
Transmission type :5 Speed constant mesh
Gear ratios :1st=3.000, 2nd＝1.777, 3rd:=1.316,4th=1.045, 5th=0.875
Tyre :2.75" in front, 3.00" rear.

I found pulsar 150 to do ladakh which has 14 PS power. Will 11 ps will suffer a lot. Right now I can not afford to have another bigger capacity bike. Neither I like to do Ladakh with out my own bike.

I have rode the bike constantly on 65/70 kmph for almost eight hrs. So I will be with you not letting you board or sleepy.

Are you late riser?? 11 am from Delhi !!. I hope you would not like to ride hill in night.
Hence you want to cover more than 500 kms in just 7/8 hrs. Which means at average speed of above 60kmph. (I done the same but in plain in highway). So you are will be near to 100 kmph on plain and 40/50 in hill. Boss man gaye tussi.

Here I would kike to suggest starting for manali right after reaching in Delhi and marketing required things and stay at Chandigarh will be fine. In that case we will be ahead of schedule, will not have 14 hrs long journey for manali, have adequate time to complete the stretch without much strain giving ourselves.

Please suggest.

I had suggest July since financial year end works some times go till June. Just end of the first qtr may be good time to apply leave for all.

Why you are afraid of not to have snow while we will cover roads above ice line. I almost saw none of the picture without snow in la's.

.. with the term "low capacity bike" i thought about Platina, CT-100.etc.. i mean to say that in those terrains, its better to ride bikes having much weight, but not too much.. like my Apache is 139kgs when empty tank and no extras.. i think its better to have mag wheels than Spoke.. because we are going to ride in jumpy and bumpy roads too, so i think, just in case if we have an accident, hard jerk from front or sumthing like that the spoked wheels may get bend and the mag wheels wont.. so i prefer mag wheels first...

i think gladiater will work.. but pulsar will be better.. in pulsar you wont get better fuel Average than in gladiater... and you are rite, we are more comfortable with our own bikes... its up to you, take which ever bike you wish...

take a look here, these are photos from my trip to Lahul, Kinnaur, Spiti in may-June 2009..
i mean, just see the roads in there,
i guess we may have even harder roads or a small strech in our trip.. Picasa Web Albums - Roxx - My Study Imag...
So, just think if your bike can bear the pain..

i am not a late riser, i hate sleeping untill i am tired or something like that... sorry, it was a mistake in calculating... we will start early or may be too early... and i wish to reach manali before evening.. we sud do it in a day's time... if i had to ride alone then i would start at about 2am from Delhi and also have a photo session in the morning..!!

i didnt said for stay between Delhi-Manali.., i just wanted to confirm.. a night halt in Chandighad will be a waste of time... my capacity to Ride is about 52Hours normally, i am Riding to Bangalore and Delhi with no night halts.. it takes about 16hours for delhi and 30hours for Bangalore since November 2008...

i am not afraid of snow.. in la's there will be snow, i wanna see the snow everywhere, even next to the roads we ride...

i need to think if we are gonna ride in July... i may not be able to get leave in july...

[lifebyroad]

Roxx,

Gladi weight 117 kg in dry. 130 kg with full tank. Me is 72 kg and luggage is not going to be more than 25 kg. Hope it won't let me down.

You are MAD BIKER. 52 hrs without halt. Only Serious bike rider can do that.
I will be more surprised if you did not got a change of clutch plates.

I mean to say WHY YOU ARE AFRAID NOT TO HAVE SNOW IN JULY. It was not that you are afraid of snow.

What is the probable time you get leave.

As far as I know paths to leh opened in mid of June. So think abt it.

I am in service sector by work. My company & I do salary processing. Last five years I did not get any leave beyond 20th and before 30/31 even 5th of the next month. So my only chance of having leave is from 3rd to max 20/21 of the month.

Aug there are 2 important days in my life. 15th is Anniversary, 29th my Baby's birth day. So you can understand if I go in aug then I have to give divorce before I go to Leh.

[Prasham]

Originally Posted by lifebyroad

Aug there are 2 important days in my life. 15th is Anniversary, 29th my Baby's birth day. So you can understand if I go in aug then I have to give divorce before I go to Leh.

Well then you shall a third important occasion in August

@ Roxx: Its great to know about your rides.

[mahesh123]

Originally Posted by Schumi

Hi Jiten and Amit. I am Sushrut Khaladkar from Pune.I am also planning to go to Leh in july-Aug, if everything goes according to plan. One of my friend is supposed to join me, but his decision is looking very dicey. So in the end, I may be left all by myself. So lets see. Would be glad if we are able to plan together.

Hey schmi,

I am mahesh from pune.i al also too interested to this trip. please send your contact detiles to missionleh@gmail.com
so i will directalt communicate with You.

Pls reply.

Mahesh...

[Roxx]

Originally Posted by lifebyroad

Roxx,

Gladi weight 117 kg in dry. 130 kg with full tank. Me is 72 kg and luggage is not going to be more than 25 kg. Hope it won't let me down.

You are MAD BIKER. 52 hrs without halt. Only Serious bike rider can do that.
I will be more surprised if you did not got a change of clutch plates.

I mean to say WHY YOU ARE AFRAID NOT TO HAVE SNOW IN JULY. It was not that you are afraid of snow.

What is the probable time you get leave.

As far as I know paths to leh opened in mid of June. So think abt it.

I am in service sector by work. My company & I do salary processing. Last five years I did not get any leave beyond 20th and before 30/31 even 5th of the next month. So my only chance of having leave is from 3rd to max 20/21 of the month.

Aug there are 2 important days in my life. 15th is Anniversary, 29th my Baby's birth day. So you can understand if I go in aug then I have to give divorce before I go to Leh.

i can have leave maximum of first 14days of any month, and extra days will be counted as "Leave without Pay".. Moreover my trip wont be finished after we do "Leh 2010" and i wish to finish touring Leh-Ladakh nearby 12july..

and about the snow.. its because, i think there will be less snow in july... in reallity i dont know... its just my thinking...

[Roxx]

Originally Posted by Prasham

Well then you shall a third important occasion in August

@ Roxx: Its great to know about your rides.

its good to know... i also love knowing others rides, it gives new ideas and helps in planning too...

[lifebyroad]

Originally Posted by Prasham

Well then you shall a third important occasion in August

@ Roxx: Its great to know about your rides.

I do have a baby. So can't think abt that.

[lifebyroad]

@ All

One Question.

Are we carrying tents or going to stay in rented tents.

[Roxx]

Originally Posted by lifebyroad

@ All

One Question.

Are we carrying tents or going to stay in rented tents.

i dont have any tent... so i will be sleeping in rented tents or watever will be available...