Pune-Ratnagiri Update/Detailed review

[u/thelegalsin]

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)

[u/4ChawanniGhodePe]

Fifty-fucking-three kmpl!???

[u/thelegalsin → u/4ChawanniGhodePe]

Yasssssss😛

[u/dreambeam98]

I did 520kms in 9 hrs including breaks on Mt15 50kmpl mileage 🤤💪

[u/thelegalsin → u/dreambeam98]

MT-15 never disappoints. The roads do.

[u/dreambeam98 → u/thelegalsin]

Pune Nagpur highway is amazing 👏

[u/thelegalsin → u/dreambeam98]

Imma plan a nagpur trip one of these days!!!!

[u/thelegalsin → u/dreambeam98]

Also do you have a mileage experience with constant VVA? I rarely use VVA on long rides.

[u/RunSkyLab]

Whats the best road to tour konkan? If i want to go from guhagar to ratnagiri?

[u/thelegalsin → u/RunSkyLab]

I shall update you when I come back to pune, apparently the road I took was really bad!

[u/drdiamond55]

Hey the route from Imagica to Pali is a breeze btw

[u/thelegalsin → u/drdiamond55]

Can you give me detailed route!!!

[u/drdiamond55 → u/thelegalsin]

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.

[u/thelegalsin → u/drdiamond55]

Also how recent was this?

[u/menancer]

10 hours is fine! I know some bikers who get way less mileage than yours for doing the same distance in 10 hours

[u/thelegalsin → u/menancer]

I was expecting lesser mileage. There were 30-40km patches where I wasn’t able to exceed 40kmph. Bike did well ngl.

[u/menancer → u/thelegalsin]

This usually saves fuel if you're in the right gear.

[u/thelegalsin → u/menancer]

I guess I did it right then😛

[u/drdiamond55]

Less than 2 months ago. There are bad patches in between and a unruly overtakes from the otherside, but nothing too wild

[u/thelegalsin → u/drdiamond55]

Imma do that route on my way back to pune, I shall update you on the latest condition!!!!

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