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BHPian Join Date: Nov 2014 Location: KA03/UP80/DL7S
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My personal 2 cents : I find it easier to bear the pain in back than my left leg and more importantly my brain. ![]() ![]() |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Feb 2014 Location: KA-01 / TN-22
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The flip side of this option is to keep your fingers crossed till you reach your destination (home,office) as the driving style of the cabbies leaves a lot to be desired. | |
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Bangalore
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A Scooty will be worse than a Jupiter. Maybe better for your wife to use the Jupiter. Overall, Riding has become a pain due to the traffic and pollution. I have now mostly switched to BMTC Volvo's. Works well for my timings and route. Last edited by Rajeevraj : 1st February 2016 at 13:53. | |
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BHPian Join Date: Oct 2015 Location: Hosur
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| ![]() 1. I work in shifts and it changes almost every week and someday I will be on week offs and it changes often, hence using an office cab is not viable for me. Also the cabs come too early. 2. My wife finds the Jupiter to be heavy and hence is not comfortable with it. Probably next week I will get her scooty for her. I am still thinking of commuting by 1 wheeler. Apart from Pulsar & Enfield, is there any other bikes which will be comfortable for Bangalore roads? |
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I think with a powerful bike with a good suspension setup, it shouldnt be a problem to commute. Just that one must avoid any hits to the back, as it will create severe problems in the long run. At least a paining ankle can be rectified, but a back with spine injury is a lot more serious. I find driving the car in early hours is good. I havent had any issues with left leg so far. If I decide to come to work late, then thats a different story in the evening. And moreover I cant sit idle in a cab or bus for two hours. Somehow my office TTs even after breaking countless rules and driving like maniacs they are quite slow. In cab I have to sit for an hour in the morning and two hours minimum in the evening. Whereas in my own car it takes forty minutes in the morning and on an average 1.5 hours in the evening. And best irony is that if I take bus, I get leg and back pain after sitting for two hours which I dont get in car ![]() Quote:
![]() Coming to the actual matter, you either have to get a helmet lock that can hold two helmets, or get an elastic rope to tie the helmet to the rear seat and lock it in place. Last edited by audioholic : 1st February 2016 at 14:31. | ||
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Bangalore
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| ![]() I ride a motorcycle. I usually drop colleagues to their PGs nearby. Ever since the helmet rule started, I have asked them to buy helmets. But they don't. I have since decided to carry a helmet along with the bike. Anyone has any ideas on how to secure a helmet onto the rear seat? I don't want it hanging around on the side since that is a recipe for disaster. |
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Distinguished - BHPian ![]() ![]() | ![]() Peaceful drive today into Hebbal from north BLR because multiple police squads were stopping all city-bound LCV, HCV and private buses etc. and shooing them away from Yelahanka onwards. Looks like the state government is (for once) dead serious on putting on a good show for the Invest Karnataka meet. Just cutting out the LCVs meant a huge number of badly driven Aces, Dosts, Tempo Traveler and Tata Winger type were absent from the morning commute. |
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I somehow find travelling in a Volvo bus a pain due to the lack of headrest unlike the normal BMTC (AL/TATA) buses. Not sure why BMTC has not provided headrest on the Volvo buses. |
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: May 2009 Location: Atlanta, GA
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Senior - BHPian ![]() Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Bangalore
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The rear seat of the Hunk is bad enough as it is. If I fix this to the grab rail, no pretty girl will sit on my bike ever again. ![]() On a more serious note, the helmet lock will end up rubbing against the tailbone of the pillion. Hence, I am a little against it. But at this point, I am not sure what options I have left. | |
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BHPian Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: Bengaluru
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http://www.amazon.in/KUMAR-AUTOMOTIV...4-eb6e24428e38 https://paytm.com/shop/p/cycle-city-...FRAjaAod4BcJpA http://lockitt.com/Lockitt/product/HLKM624.html http://lockitt.com/Lockitt/product/HLHS201.html Third one looks cool but not sure if they are available in India yet. All the above ones helps in two ways 1. Can have two helmets locked easily. 2. Can be simply removed when not needed so that it does not affect the pillion. Last edited by TorqueyTechie : 1st February 2016 at 18:08. | |
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| ![]() Invest Karnataka 2016, Feb 03 - 05: Brace yourself for the next 3 days as the meet is happening right at Palace Grounds and expect traffic to get messy around here. Plan your Airport visits accordingly, keep tab on Googlemaps to gauge traffic pattern on these 3 days (Feb 3-5) and decide a detour based on this. As for me, I will take a call whether to sit at home for the next 3 days and work from home or drive to work by looking at the traffic pattern around Palace Grounds as this might hinder my return drive as I pass this place around 0530pm. Today, I saw traffic cops on duty right at 0630 manning strategic entry point (Hebbal) & stopping by trucks and even LCVs and Mini LCVs to enter into the City. This point had already become chaotic primarily because cops were stopping them right where the flyover starts and others wanting to get onto the flyover into the city getting stuck behind them. On Yesterday, around 0415pm, saw beeline of trucks parked aside at NICE entry (& Exit) at EC/Hosur Road toll gate. Those who were parked were those typical long haulers taking NICE for Pune/Mumbai as it was evident when I looked a these trucks. Poor fellas don't even enter the City anyway and were made to stop here for god knows how long. Authorities trying to depict a cleaner and less chaotic image of Bengaluru Roads over the next 5 days - Ban Trucks, Ban Private buses etc, Pain median and lane markers and so much more. |
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| ![]() Today since private buses were not let into the city they were all over the ring road trying to find some alternatives. But this is just a desperate move by the government to give a faint impression that traffic is smooth inside the city. Now that the traffic issues have become a known fact among most MNCs, I dont think Mr. CM will be able to woo many investors into Bangalore at least, even if he promises empty roads for the coming five days. |
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BHPian Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: London
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| ![]() The One Ways implemented behind Graphite India is working I believe. ![]() Also, a red swift had rare ended a white ecosport right in front of JPMC Signal causing a bit of traffic jam in the morning. OT : A lady riding a honda dio was contiguously honking and wanted me to move to right so that she can over take from left side in front of Iblur Camp. I was on extreme left and the traffic was flowing. This lady overtakes me from right and hurled some abuse at me with hand gesture. I was amused by her behavior ![]() |
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