The plan was to leave early in the morning around 4:30 AM, the water tank in the house had run dry and getting water into the pipes Akhil woke me up, it was around 4:30 then, quickly took a shower and we were all set to leave by 5 AM, Joe in mean time was waiting for us, he sent us off and we started ripping to catch the sunrise, when we reached Neyyatinkara there was a 2 kms jam, we did everything to get out of the jam, even the narrow NH slowed us down.. we knew we would miss the sunrise, around 7 the sun was hitting directly into our eyes which made worse to ride, the other factor was the wind, considering my weight and my bike weight the wind was easily throwing me off the road :D Finally we reached out destination, KanyaKumari, we stopped near some scenic spot.
Do i need to say more
The two R's 
End of the land 
One at the end of the land 
Me posing :DAfter spending enough time we reluctantly moved on has we had a long way to go back, next 30 kms were narrow, patchy roads. In this route we found some 1K+ wind mills for almost 10 kms, it was a sight to pass through these.
Wind mill surrounded road
After which we hit the GQ and we thought it would be a rip session for the rest of the day but we were wrong, after traveling for 10 kms we knew it would be hard for the rest of the day because of the deviations the road had every 2 kms. It was around 11, we found some decent restaurant and had our breakfast. We met with some elderly people there you were obviously surprised seeing a 12L bike touring and another exhibition started which went on for 15 mins :D.
Soon we were cursing on the GQ around 100 kmphr easily but every 2 kms there was diversion which made the road two lane, now this was pain. The roads were like this till Salem. Even though the road is completed dont know why they have not opened yet. To add to this there was a light drizzle. The R1 needed fuel badly so we took a detour to Kovilpatti, after some wanderings we finally got the pump with premium petrol, then left for Madurai. Reached Madurai around 3 , went in search of the famous 'GowriShankar hotel', soon found it, had full meals. Yummy food i should say. The owner was kind enough to get us a table at the entrance of the hotel so that we could see our bikes.
After one more heavy meal we started towards Madurai, it was not even 10 mins we left i was feeling very sleepy, so stopped and Akhil asked me to sleep for some time, i slept for good 20 mins next to the road :D. After i woke up we headed towards Salem, It was around 4:30 and we had to cover 220 kms, it was not the distance which was bothering us but the roads, we encountered at least 70 diversion, this took out all the juice out of us. I was bit ok but it was Akhil who was completely drained out. It was 6:30 and my headlights came up for the first time in the trip. We reached outskirts of Namakkal and stopped for refueling the One. The pump belonged to some local MLA, we came to know Namakkal had pretty good hotels, so we decided to halt there, it was 20 kms away. The MLA was insisting us to stay in Namakkal in his friends hotel which had 5-star facilities with 3-star prices, we were not so comfortable to stay after we spoke with MLA . So we started with two minds whether to stay at Namakkal or head to Salem. While i was leading with all this going in my mind and totally exhausted, one Innova zoomed past us, he was sure in some hurry. Akhil said if we can tail him we can manage to reach Salem. Next 50 kms was rip session for us, the Innova guy was making some unbelievable overtakes. It was dangerous but we had no other way. It was all fine till some Balero guy joined the rip session of ours, seeing Balero zoom past Innova the Innova guy went mad, he started belting more, so we decided to stop following him. Made a small stop relaxed for few mins and started, in 20 mins we reached Salem. Found some decent place to stay where there was basement parking. We even had no mood to have dinner, checked into the rooms and crashed :)
One of the many diversions :mad:
Look how clean the R1 is :D
Click here for Day 5 (Salem - Bangalore)
Wind mill surrounded road After which we hit the GQ and we thought it would be a rip session for the rest of the day but we were wrong, after traveling for 10 kms we knew it would be hard for the rest of the day because of the deviations the road had every 2 kms. It was around 11, we found some decent restaurant and had our breakfast. We met with some elderly people there you were obviously surprised seeing a 12L bike touring and another exhibition started which went on for 15 mins :D.
Soon we were cursing on the GQ around 100 kmphr easily but every 2 kms there was diversion which made the road two lane, now this was pain. The roads were like this till Salem. Even though the road is completed dont know why they have not opened yet. To add to this there was a light drizzle. The R1 needed fuel badly so we took a detour to Kovilpatti, after some wanderings we finally got the pump with premium petrol, then left for Madurai. Reached Madurai around 3 , went in search of the famous 'GowriShankar hotel', soon found it, had full meals. Yummy food i should say. The owner was kind enough to get us a table at the entrance of the hotel so that we could see our bikes.
After one more heavy meal we started towards Madurai, it was not even 10 mins we left i was feeling very sleepy, so stopped and Akhil asked me to sleep for some time, i slept for good 20 mins next to the road :D. After i woke up we headed towards Salem, It was around 4:30 and we had to cover 220 kms, it was not the distance which was bothering us but the roads, we encountered at least 70 diversion, this took out all the juice out of us. I was bit ok but it was Akhil who was completely drained out. It was 6:30 and my headlights came up for the first time in the trip. We reached outskirts of Namakkal and stopped for refueling the One. The pump belonged to some local MLA, we came to know Namakkal had pretty good hotels, so we decided to halt there, it was 20 kms away. The MLA was insisting us to stay in Namakkal in his friends hotel which had 5-star facilities with 3-star prices, we were not so comfortable to stay after we spoke with MLA . So we started with two minds whether to stay at Namakkal or head to Salem. While i was leading with all this going in my mind and totally exhausted, one Innova zoomed past us, he was sure in some hurry. Akhil said if we can tail him we can manage to reach Salem. Next 50 kms was rip session for us, the Innova guy was making some unbelievable overtakes. It was dangerous but we had no other way. It was all fine till some Balero guy joined the rip session of ours, seeing Balero zoom past Innova the Innova guy went mad, he started belting more, so we decided to stop following him. Made a small stop relaxed for few mins and started, in 20 mins we reached Salem. Found some decent place to stay where there was basement parking. We even had no mood to have dinner, checked into the rooms and crashed :)
One of the many diversions :mad: Look how clean the R1 is :D Click here for Day 5 (Salem - Bangalore)
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