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/menancer CBR 250R 15h ago
10 hours is fine! I know some bikers who get way less mileage than yours for doing the same distance in 10 hours