Team-BHP - South - North - East on a Yezdi D250 Classic

Hi guys,
So I am ready for the next ride. The planned ride is going to start from April 16-17th. The route plan is as follows

Bangalore - Goa
Goa - Mumbai
Mumbai - Indore
Indore - Delhi
Delhi - Allahabad
Allahabad - Varanasi - Kolkata

I will be travelling on my Yezdi D250 Classic. Presently, the bike is getting restored by Mr. Moosa at Bangalore.

I have already travelled on the Delhi - Kolkata patch on my RD350 (http://www.team-bhp.com/forum/route-...e-rd350-8.html) couple of years back and have some idea about the road conditions and other details. But I need your suggestion regarding the journey till Delhi.

How much time it will take to cover the different legs? How is the present road condition?

And also I will like to meet fellow members on my route - so, please get in touch.

Best regards
Mili

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Originally Posted by milindajp (Post 3655394)

How much time it will take depends entirely on the following:
1. Start times in the morning. The earlier you leave, the longer you could go that day
2. Your cruising speeds
3. Your breaks - minimise them and you could save upto 20% of the time on the road

Going by benchmarks of a car keeping comfortable cruising speeds of 100 kmph, not taking more than 2 breaks during the day (mex 2 hours), starting at 6 am, these would be my time estimates:

Bangalore - Goa, via Tumkur, Shimoga, HOnavar, till Panaji? - 12 hours

Goa - Mumbai, via Amboli, KOlhapur, Pune (no expressway for bikes) - 12 hours

Mumbai - Indore, via Nashik, Dhule, Dhamnod - 12 hours

Indore - Delhi, via Ujjain, Neemuch, Chittorgarh, Bhilwara & Jaipur - 15 hours

Delhi - Allahabad, via YEH, Kanpur - 12 hours slow down in the Agra-Kanpur sector due to road widening)

Allahabad - Varanasi - Kolkata - 12 hours

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Originally Posted by hvkumar (Post 3655538)

Thanks sir, it will be of great help to plan the route. But, as I never been on a Yezdi for long ride, I don't know if I will be able to cruise at more then 60-70 kmph.

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Originally Posted by milindajp (Post 3655553)

Thanks sir, it will be of great help to plan the route. But, as I never been on a Yezdi for long ride, I don't know if I will be able to cruise at more then 60-70 kmph.

I cruised at ~70-75 kmph when I went from Bangalore to Goa on my Yezdi RK in 2007. Do keep a spare tube and make best use of the low fuel rates in Goa.

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Originally Posted by milindajp (Post 3655553)

Thanks sir, it will be of great help to plan the route. But, as I never been on a Yezdi for long ride, I don't know if I will be able to cruise at more then 60-70 kmph.

You can cruise at 60-70kmph in an Yezdi, all day long. I have done Banglore - Udupi non stop in 8 hours, a distance of 425kms.

As HVK said, start early, try to hit the first stop after atleast 250-300kms. The more breaks you take, the more likely you lose time and you will feel this at the end of the day when you fall short of your destination or try to ride hard. Keep yourself hydrated. Invest in a good hydration bag. Travel light.

Just make sure you do not have a lean setting on the carb and keep the throttle a wee bit open when you are hitting an incline, do not close the throttle fully. This will cut off the fuel and makes the bike susceptible to seizures. Since the bike is being done up, put in a thousand kms before you venture out on this ride. It will help the machine to bed in properly and you can fix the jinx beforehand.

Carry a headlamp, clutch, accelarator and brake cables, fuel filter, fuel pipe. These are the most prone failure parts on the Yezdi.

The BJYMC gets together on the second sunday at Airlines hotel at 0800 in the morning. Get yourself into the team and speak to Roshan, Brian, Varun, Shashidharan and Amit. You will find all the details you need to have.

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Originally Posted by unk9ja (Post 3656173)

You can cruise at 60-70kmph in an Yezdi, all day long. I have done Banglore - Udupi non stop in 8 hours, a distance of 425kms.

As HVK said, start ....

Thanks brother for your suggestion. Will keep this in mind for sure.
I am not a resident Indian and entirely dependent on Moosa for the whole job. I had a word yesterday with him, and as per him the bike will be ready by end of this month.

So, as per schedule I have 15 days in hand before commencing the journey. I already requested him to do couple of hundred kms or as much as possible before I reach Bangalore.

Brother, can you please tell me exactly when this BJYMC meeting will be held? Does it held every month? I am in contact with John and till try to figure out if I will be fortunate enough to meet you guys.

A good news - I booked the ticket for the journey today. Well, very excited about this...)))

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Originally Posted by milindajp (Post 3657357)

Need suggestion : Which is the best action camera available in India (average budget) apart from GoPro.

Just throwing an option of GoPro again as the price is at par with budget action cameras - http://shop.gopro.com/cameras/hero/CHDHA-301.html

Couldn't check in eBay for you now, but I'm sure they should be having one

Stallion is the best bet as it is suited for the straight silencers. Colt is for upswept exhausts. But Cramster quality of late is not very encouraging.
No info on the Yezdi handlebars. I have one lying in the attic with me. If you would like to have it, I can scourge and take it down. It is old design with lever holders welded onto it and cables which can be run inside the handlebar.

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Originally Posted by unk9ja (Post 3658781)

Brother, a little confused. As per Cramster, they have a caution note for Yezdi because of the low exhaust clearance. Anyway, do you have any alternate other saddlebag brand in mind?

I would appreciate, if you can send me a close picture of the yezdi handlebar. If you meet any friend who have a Yezdi, take a picture. This is really urgent for me.

Thanks