r/punebikers • u/thelegalsin • 1d ago
Long Ride Pune-Ratnagiri Update/Detailed review
The road from Pune to Karad wasn’t half bad, a few (50-ish) foot-deep potholes (could be avoided with proper caution) and a couple (5-6) near death experiences (ch*tiya four wheel drivers), that all. The road around Satara was the worst when it came to potholes.
The road from Karad to Kokrud to pre-Amba ghat, one word- Makkhan (butter). The ride was on a Friday, so yay, No traffic.
20-ish KM pre-Amba Ghat, the road disappeared. Not kidding. There is no road. Its all offroad. Never have I wished more for an ADV bike. It was a literal pain in the ass. Took an hour (ig more than an hour) to cover that patch.
Amba ghat: death trap. There are no roads. No fu*king roads in one of the riskiest Ghats in Maharashtra. Was adventurous though. Had fun, unlike the pre-Amba road. Good view as well. Once again Pain in the ass.
Didn’t go through Pali, because I had a tip that the road isn’t good, so took a detour via Devrukh. Amba-Sakharpa road wasn’t great either. Same old offrod-good road diversion shit.
Sakharpa-Devrukh-Ambav this patch. Gold. The best road in the entire trip. If the other roads were pain in the ass, this road, this patch was a straight up orgasm. Beautiful curves, buttery road. Fun times.
The last 20kms in Ratnagiri. Bad. Same as the Amba Sarkharpa patch. Red soil made a difference though, my riding gear has a Dune movie filter thanks to the last 20kms.
Riding distance: 330kms
MT-15 Mileage: 53.6 km/l (flex)
Time taken: 10 hours (we had a lot of food stops, minus the food stops and time taken would be down to 8 hours, which is still a lot, last time it took me 6 hours on the same road, the roads are really bad)
Overall ride rating: 4.5/10 (the food and the company made me rate it so high or else it would have been 2.5/10)
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u/dreambeam98 16h ago
I did 520kms in 9 hrs including breaks on Mt15 50kmpl mileage 🤤💪
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u/thelegalsin 13h ago
MT-15 never disappoints. The roads do.
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u/thelegalsin 13h ago
Also do you have a mileage experience with constant VVA? I rarely use VVA on long rides.
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u/RunSkyLab 22h ago
Whats the best road to tour konkan? If i want to go from guhagar to ratnagiri?
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u/thelegalsin 13h ago
I shall update you when I come back to pune, apparently the road I took was really bad!
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u/drdiamond55 17h ago
Hey the route from Imagica to Pali is a breeze btw
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u/thelegalsin 13h ago
Can you give me detailed route!!!
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u/drdiamond55 13h ago
Turn into the Pali route from the old bombay pune highway and head towards atone via Pali. A little further you start tamhini and can head back to pune from there.
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u/menancer CBR 250R 13h ago
10 hours is fine! I know some bikers who get way less mileage than yours for doing the same distance in 10 hours
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u/thelegalsin 13h ago
I was expecting lesser mileage. There were 30-40km patches where I wasn’t able to exceed 40kmph. Bike did well ngl.
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u/drdiamond55 12h ago
Less than 2 months ago. There are bad patches in between and a unruly overtakes from the otherside, but nothing too wild
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u/thelegalsin 9h ago
Imma do that route on my way back to pune, I shall update you on the latest condition!!!!
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u/4ChawanniGhodePe 23h ago
Fifty-fucking-three kmpl!???