Inquiring for a Royal Getaway to Pondicherry leaving Hyderabad

atrocious · 15th August 2010, 03:09

Fellow Bhpians

Need your experiences and updates on a Royal Enfield Trip to Pondicherry coming extended weekend (beginning Friday 20th evening, back Tuesday 24th afternoon/evening).

Two choices: a) Kurnool-Chittoor-Pondicherry
b) Nalgonda-ECR-Chennai-Pondicherry

Route regulars or recent have-beens please enlighten on feasibility, safety inter alia merits/demerits of respective routes for a biking trip, rather a Royal Enfield biking trip.

I understand that scores of travellers do the circuit in cars but I'm interested in a biker oriented evaluation. Help...?

PS: Riders interested are welcome and invited to join. Leave a message if you please.

ranjitp1 · 15th August 2010, 15:19

Route wise I would take the Kurnool route,as HYD-Kurnool is in supreme condition at the moment,going via NH5(Nalgonda route)it is quite an iffy road till you reach NH5 from Hyd(there are numerous places where you could join up NH5,the most reccomended one being at Chilkaluripeta.)Also going via NH5-ECR would mean you would have to negotiate Chennai city traffic to get onto ECR-Not an advisable option at all.

atrocious · 19th August 2010, 15:35

Thanks... Someone who did this recently...? What is the reasonable time to cover the distance...? Good places to rest etc...

ampere · 19th August 2010, 16:19

Kurnool Chitoor is definitely better. We are talking about 750 odd Km distance. Do you plan to cover it in a day?
You will to a take night halt, if there are kids.

NH18 (Kurnool-Kadappa-Pileru-Chitoor) has high traffic and the highway is 2L.
Need to watch out.

roadracer · 19th August 2010, 20:22

I would advice you to bypass Chennai and take the Tindivanam route. You would save time.

aargee · 19th August 2010, 21:49

Friends of mine did a trip from Chennai to Horsley hillsby motorcycle last weekend via Vellore-Chittoor-Madanapalle & the roads were excellent upto Horsley; infact they were more than inviting. So from Chittoor onwards, all way upto Pondi, roads are excellent.

As roadracer says, avoid ECR & take Tindivanam route, which is also a good option.

15th August 2010, 03:09	#1
atrocious BHPian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 41 Thanked: 9 Times	Inquiring for a Royal Getaway to Pondicherry leaving Hyderabad Fellow Bhpians Need your experiences and updates on a Royal Enfield Trip to Pondicherry coming extended weekend (beginning Friday 20th evening, back Tuesday 24th afternoon/evening). Two choices: a) Kurnool-Chittoor-Pondicherry b) Nalgonda-ECR-Chennai-Pondicherry Route regulars or recent have-beens please enlighten on feasibility, safety inter alia merits/demerits of respective routes for a biking trip, rather a Royal Enfield biking trip. I understand that scores of travellers do the circuit in cars but I'm interested in a biker oriented evaluation. Help...? PS: Riders interested are welcome and invited to join. Leave a message if you please.
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15th August 2010, 15:19	#2
ranjitp1 Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 3,712 Thanked: 1,926 Times	Route wise I would take the Kurnool route,as HYD-Kurnool is in supreme condition at the moment,going via NH5(Nalgonda route)it is quite an iffy road till you reach NH5 from Hyd(there are numerous places where you could join up NH5,the most reccomended one being at Chilkaluripeta.)Also going via NH5-ECR would mean you would have to negotiate Chennai city traffic to get onto ECR-Not an advisable option at all.
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19th August 2010, 15:35	#3
atrocious BHPian Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Hyderabad Posts: 41 Thanked: 9 Times	Thanks... Someone who did this recently...? What is the reasonable time to cover the distance...? Good places to rest etc...
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19th August 2010, 16:19	#4
ampere Team-BHP Support Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Bangalore Posts: 17,950 Thanked: 12,937 Times View My Garage	Kurnool Chitoor is definitely better. We are talking about 750 odd Km distance. Do you plan to cover it in a day? You will to a take night halt, if there are kids. NH18 (Kurnool-Kadappa-Pileru-Chitoor) has high traffic and the highway is 2L. Need to watch out.
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19th August 2010, 20:22	#5
roadracer BANNED Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Chennai Posts: 131 Thanked: Once	I would advice you to bypass Chennai and take the Tindivanam route. You would save time.
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19th August 2010, 21:49	#6
aargee Senior - BHPian Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: TSTN Posts: 6,236 Thanked: 9,641 Times	Friends of mine did a trip from Chennai to Horsley hillsby motorcycle last weekend via Vellore-Chittoor-Madanapalle & the roads were excellent upto Horsley; infact they were more than inviting. So from Chittoor onwards, all way upto Pondi, roads are excellent. As roadracer says, avoid ECR & take Tindivanam route, which is also a good option.
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