Delhi - Manali - Leh Motorcycle tour

States of India travelled so far

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visited 9 states (25.7%)
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Rental and repairs

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The motorcycles were rented from Soni motors, Karol Bagh in Delhi.

Rental 900 rupees a day

Deposit 10,000 rupees.

4 bikes, 3 with electric start, 1 without (all good starters)
Front disc brake, rear drum brake.
Bikes were fitted with loud horns, (required to show/sound presence)
Front crash bars
Luggage racks (loads of space)
Box of spares (tubes, cables, foot pump, bulbs, nuts and bolts, levers, springs, clips and much more)
Spare keys.
Bike documents.
Insurance.
Pollution certificate

Only minor faults whilst on trip ( I did manage to damage my bike) on a trip of over 2700 Kms.

Repairs carried out by the following repairers.

Vijay in Manali, My crash repairs....

Mohan in Leh, gear selection repair....

Nigeen in Srinagar, Fork and wheel bearing repairs....

Trip completed

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Please Click here or on the above picture to read my trip report

Please Click here to see trip route....

Just a few pictures of our trip to the highest motorable roads in the world.

Pleqase look at my India Pics for more photographs at

http://mikec-india-pics.blogspot.com/

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Ready to depart on trip - Flights, Bikes all booked. The rest us up to fate.....

Trip Costs

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Trip Cost breakdown (known):

£325 Flight
£130 Bike Deposit
£173 Bike Hire (15days)
£15 Car parking

Estimated costs (guess):

£80 Accomodation
£80 Food
£60 Fuel ( This depends on how much & how far we ride)

Costs are worked out per person,the exchange rate as of today on XE is £1 =78.9730 INR

Riding in Europe

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Nice
average
speed....!

Smooth clear roads

Nearly ready to leave.......

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Everything seems to be in order.

Please.....

Look here at some random pictures of my previous trips to Delhi, Kashmir and Goa.

http://mikec-india-pics.blogspot.com/

Countdown time

2009-05-30T00:22:00.004+01:00

Four (4) weeks to go and we are off.

The accommodation and Bikes are booked in Delhi....

We have the maps.....

We hope we have the time to travel the distance....

But most of all we don't mind what happens or where we end up....

Map showing : Srinagar - Leh - Manali - Chandigarh

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Here a a few maps I have been able to find, they are a few years old but most of the roads etc will not have changed much. I have marked the route we intend to take at the start of our trip. However things may change.

Delhi to Manali

Manali - Leh

Map of Area

July 2009 Delhi - Manali - Leh and back

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Our trip will be in early July.

I am flying with friends into Delhi and hiring Enfields.

Trip at the moment will be Delhi - Manali - Leh and return.

Things may change......... Who knows......!!!!

There will be 4 riders and we propose to take 14/15 days to do the trip including stops and sightseeing.

Visa granted.

Flights booked.

Enfield 500's hired From Kaol Bagh, Delhi.

More information to follow..... but here's a little for starters...

This is what my tent looks like.

We will take tents and sleeping bags, just in case. hopefully they will stay in their bags.

Wet weather gear, warm clothing and camera ready to be packed.

A little about my previous rides

I shall start with my rides from the time I bought my Harley Davidson, In 2001

First overseas ride. Wales to Germany (Harwich - Hamburg) France -UK (Calais - Dover).
Good comfortable ride, my brother who loves his Triumph vowed that if he did another trip like that would only do it on a Harley. He now owns a HD Nightrain..( He didn't want all the chrome)

Having been bitten by the bug now. I have been on the following rides since, after meeting a bunch of like-minded guys.

France - Brittany (dry ride) 2004
Ireland - (got wet)2005
Scotland - (got wet again) 2006
Belgium and Holland (dry ride) 2008

It goes to show... If you go off riding, go abroad.

Motorcycling In India

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During the last few years I have travelled to Goa several times. On each visit I always hire a scooter and for longer trips I hire an Enfield.

Last year I travelled to Delhi and Kashmir.

Whilst in Kashmir I visited Srinagar, Pahalgam and Gulmarg.

On my most recent trip to Goa, I spent a few days travelling to Hampi. I did this journey by train.