Saturday morning OTR - Pune

whicked wheels · 16th March 2010, 10:58

Ibrahim with his Safari, both he and his Safari did not fail to impress. The safari with low ground did not dampen his spirits he was trying everything that was done by the jeeps. Ibrahim has good control on his safari and the way he handled it, was very opposite to the way he handles his gypsy. he was slowly crawling the safari over the obstacles with good control of the throttle, but he did have to sacrifice a little by ripping of his fender cladding. But no one could handle the safari better hats off to you Ibrahim.

vinod_nookala · 16th March 2010, 16:22

Some nice axle bending sessions! Liked safari flexing its suspension.

jaysmokesleaves · 16th March 2010, 21:34

Guys, it looks like a wonderful OTR spot and you guys sure seem to have had fun. Do PM me if you guys have any plans this coming weekend, I would love to join you guys. Ibrahim has my number too.

Cheers,

Jay

suman · 17th March 2010, 11:56

Man, that's some seriously amazing stuff with the Safari - hats off to man & machine

tsk1979 · 17th March 2010, 12:07

LOL Fender cladding. I presume he would need to spend around 90 rupees or so in getting in fixed again. Each of the broken locks can be had for 15rs from TASS or 6-7rs in the open market.
I lost mine once, but in my case it fell off after most of the OTR was over.
The bug problem is that the fender cladding doubles up as "mudflap" for the front wheel. So it extends quite low, and if the front wheel comes down a rut or something, it can easily get ripped off.

Other than that another achillis heel of the safari is the brake booster(I heard its fixed in newer models). It sits quite low at the level of the skid plate, and is quite prone to grounding esp in ruts.

Last but not the least, the skid plate side wall sometimes flexes in a way that it start touching the front tires. But nothing that cannot be fixed with some hammering!

dwaraka · 17th March 2010, 13:34

That's great show there.

whicked wheels · 17th March 2010, 16:13

Some more pics of Ibrahim and his Safari.

jkdas · 18th March 2010, 09:24

Wow !

The Safari pix are impressive.

sunil_k_u · 30th April 2010, 22:50

The machine being tested to its extremes awesome pictures.

Understood that many a times, some of the wheels were in the air. How was the taking off from this position? I'm sure the 4 x 4 would have done it; but what was the feeling inside the cabin?

16th March 2010, 10:58	#16
whicked wheels BHPian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PUNE Posts: 366 Thanked: 61 Times View My Garage	Ibrahim with his Safari, both he and his Safari did not fail to impress. The safari with low ground did not dampen his spirits he was trying everything that was done by the jeeps. Ibrahim has good control on his safari and the way he handled it, was very opposite to the way he handles his gypsy. he was slowly crawling the safari over the obstacles with good control of the throttle, but he did have to sacrifice a little by ripping of his fender cladding. But no one could handle the safari better hats off to you Ibrahim. Attached Thumbnails
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16th March 2010, 16:22	#17
vinod_nookala Senior - BHPian Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Mumbai Posts: 1,737 Thanked: 430 Times View My Garage	Some nice axle bending sessions! Liked safari flexing its suspension.
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16th March 2010, 21:34	#18
jaysmokesleaves Senior - BHPian Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Mostly Mumbai Posts: 1,702 Thanked: 1,452 Times	Guys, it looks like a wonderful OTR spot and you guys sure seem to have had fun. Do PM me if you guys have any plans this coming weekend, I would love to join you guys. Ibrahim has my number too. Cheers, Jay
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17th March 2010, 11:56	#19
suman Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Kolkata Posts: 4,589 Thanked: 279 Times View My Garage	Man, that's some seriously amazing stuff with the Safari - hats off to man & machine
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17th March 2010, 12:07	#20
tsk1979 Team-BHP Support Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: San Jose, CA Posts: 23,717 Thanked: 22,825 Times View My Garage	LOL Fender cladding. I presume he would need to spend around 90 rupees or so in getting in fixed again. Each of the broken locks can be had for 15rs from TASS or 6-7rs in the open market. I lost mine once, but in my case it fell off after most of the OTR was over. The bug problem is that the fender cladding doubles up as "mudflap" for the front wheel. So it extends quite low, and if the front wheel comes down a rut or something, it can easily get ripped off. Other than that another achillis heel of the safari is the brake booster(I heard its fixed in newer models). It sits quite low at the level of the skid plate, and is quite prone to grounding esp in ruts. Last but not the least, the skid plate side wall sometimes flexes in a way that it start touching the front tires. But nothing that cannot be fixed with some hammering!
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17th March 2010, 13:34	#21
dwaraka Senior - BHPian Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Bangalore Posts: 1,240 Thanked: 229 Times	That's great show there.
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17th March 2010, 16:13	#22
whicked wheels BHPian Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: PUNE Posts: 366 Thanked: 61 Times View My Garage	Some more pics of Ibrahim and his Safari. Attached Thumbnails
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18th March 2010, 09:24	#23
jkdas Senior - BHPian Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Thiruvananthapu Posts: 9,687 Thanked: 1,492 Times View My Garage	Wow ! The Safari pix are impressive.
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30th April 2010, 22:50	#24
sunil_k_u BHPian Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 134 Thanked: 104 Times	The machine being tested to its extremes awesome pictures. Understood that many a times, some of the wheels were in the air. How was the taking off from this position? I'm sure the 4 x 4 would have done it; but what was the feeling inside the cabin?
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