[praveen_v]

Hey E_L.. that was a great work from you I was not able to place a few names and it was a great idea from you.

[bottle]

Originally Posted by esteem_lover

That leaves out just A & B. One of them is vince, i guess

B is vince .. he had accompanied me during the drive

[the_trooper]

Originally Posted by supremeBaleno

We missed you at the meet, Ravi. I thought you said you would be making it to the meet. What happened ? A real bad hangover ? No excuse though, because I woke up with the worst hangover in recent times and still made it.

LOL. That sure was one heck of a conversation.

hahaha...naw, no hangover can keep me away from a car/bike meet.

i had gone to meet the guys for lunch, and was then supposed to head to mahabs to meet you guys.

Thats when the Jawa 350 i was riding gave up the ghost and refused to move. Even a rescue Bullet couldn't tow it. So by the time I got it moving, it was already 5 in the evening and it was too late to go fetch a spare bike. Thats when I started calling Mahendra and pestering for updates

[nitrous]

Thanks for the pestering ,trooper.
Im sending a certain hotrod your way in return.
PS: I remember riding a Yamaha VMAX 1200 cruiser like the one U have in your avatar. I usually don't exaggerate.But,man! This shaft driven bike will take you to the gates of hell and back!

[headers]

Originally Posted by nitrous

Thanks for the pestering ,trooper.
Im sending a certain hotrod your way in return.
PS: I remember riding a Yamaha VMAX 1200 cruiser like the one U have in your avatar. I usually don't exaggerate.But,man! This shaft driven bike will take you to the gates of hell and back!

LOL: It shafted Nitrous, Ravi.. Can one imagine Nitrous on a bike and being Shafted?

[headers]

Originally Posted by supremeBaleno

BTW, from the Baleno to the Alto, it was such a big come-down. Reaching 100kmph seemed so big a deal, overtaking needed a/c to be off etc etc - next time I will stick to my car.

Biju, you are one spoilt brat! Waiting for a drag with you! the next meet..

BTW, why not have another yelagiri meet, organiser John, can you fix a date and do the needful? April mid seems a good idea?

[Saiyan]

Originally Posted by headers

Biju, you are one spoilt brat! Waiting for a drag with you! the next meet..

BTW, why not have another yelagiri meet, organiser John, can you fix a date and do the needful? April mid seems a good idea?

That would be great , i enjoyed the last trip

[speedzak]

Wow! A very wonderful meet accompanied by wonderful reports and pics. Great!
Hats off to you guys. Next time, why don't you invite one of us outsiders as CHEAP guests?

[supremeBaleno]

Originally Posted by headers

Waiting for a drag with you! the next meet..

Sure, man.

Originally Posted by headers

BTW, why not have another yelagiri meet, organiser John, can you fix a date and do the needful? April mid seems a good idea?

Nice idea.

Originally Posted by speedzak

Next time, why don't you invite one of us outsiders as CHEAP guests?

Sure, zak. Why don't you do the honours for our next meet ?

Apart from those in the Mahabs group snap, there were some tbhp-ians who came to the meeting point at TIDEL, but did not join the drive. They must be in the other photos taken at TIDEL. How about putting a name to them also ?

[Blue Thunder]

Originally Posted by the_trooper

...the Jawa 350 ...

Jawa 350 ???

Best of both worlds (Jawa Yezdi 250 and RD350), eh !!!

[bottle]

Originally Posted by supremeBaleno

BTW, from the Baleno to the Alto, it was such a big come-down. Reaching 100kmph seemed so big a deal, overtaking needed a/c to be off etc etc - next time I will stick to my car.

but anand also had an alto and he was having some serious fun.. guess your car had more baggage

[the_trooper]

Originally Posted by Blue Thunder

Jawa 350 ???

Best of both worlds (Jawa Yezdi 250 and RD350), eh !!!

if you dont know, I guess you really dont know.

They had a limited run in India. We've got about 18-20 of these running in existance among friends. Am sure there are more of them around, but unaware of their existance.

It was badged a Yezdi coz it was made in the Jawa factory in Mysore. Most of the bikes today are running brand new engines which a collector friend of ours in Bangalore managed to bring out when the factory closed down.

bike pictured here is from a friend's bike in Bangalore.

cheers

[supremeBaleno]

Originally Posted by bottle

but anand also had an alto and he was having some serious fun.. guess your car had more baggage

Baggage ? As in people ? Only 2 of us. BTW, once I ignored the 4th and 5th gears, it did make it a wee bit more interesting.

[headers]

Originally Posted by the_trooper

Most of the bikes today are running brand new engines which a collector friend of ours in Bangalore managed to bring out when the factory closed down.

Ravi, That is one amazing bike man..Have ridden one many many years ago..! Brilliant engine and pretty decent handling..but no BRAKES!!

Do you have one now..maybe i could borrow it for a day to rekindle my memories!

[Blue Thunder]

Originally Posted by the_trooper

...They had a limited run in India. We've got about 18-20 of these running in existance among friends. Am sure there are more of them around, but unaware of their existance.
...

Amazing there has been a 350cc bike from Jawa, Mysore,and I didnt know about it : shame on me !!!

the_trooper, I would like to see on of these bikes, the one you mentioned, is it your's, is it in Chennai?

Thanx.

(PS....I didnt realise this was the 300th post on this wonderful thread :-))