r/indianbikes • u/hell_volhard • 1h ago
#RoadTrip ๐ฃ๏ธ Lucknow --> Bengaluru | Street Triple RS
A while back, I had asked here about the best Packers & Movers to transport my Striple from Lucknow to Bangalore.
The overwhelming response was basically: โJust ride it yourself.โ So I decided to take a leap of faith and couple of days off from work and actually rode it all the way for 2095 kms.
Route I took -
Lucknow --> Kanpur --> Jhansi --> Sagar --> Nagpur (Day 1)
Nagpur --> Hyderabad on NH44 (Day 2)
Hyderabad --> Bangalore on NH44 (Day 3)
The portion between Jhansi and Nagpur was the worst due to bad roads and heavy rains. The bike held superbly although got extremely dirty. NH44 was good with a bit of construction and rough patches here and there. Apart from it everything was good. T
Cost-
I burned around 14.1k worth of petrol and got an average mileage of 17kmpl (A bit low due to too much traffic in Hyderabad and Bangalore)
In addition to this got my bike cleaned and coolant topup at the service centre for 1k in Hyderabad.
Flight tickets :(
Things which I could have done better -
Taken one more stop between Lucknow and Nagpur (the full stretch was ~900 kms which I believe was too much)
Should have got my bike cleaned at Nagpur. (The radiator was so dirty that there was no proper cooling due to which the bike got overheated in Hyderbad and a bit of the coolant leaked)
An amazing experience as I would describe, a bit tiring though but worth it as there are no scratches, damages on the bike and it is in perfect condition which brings me peace of mind....