Ride#053_Mukteshwar-Nainital Hills
Ride Dates   : 15 Aug 2015 - 18 Aug 2015
Route Plan   : REBS>Puranpur>Khatima>Kathgodam>Mukteshwar>Nainital>Lucknow.
Distance       : Approx 900+ Km

Rider details :
MSB [RE AVL TB 350]
Ritesh Singh [RE TB 500]
Gaurav Awasthi [RE CL 350]
Mrigank Saha [RE CL 500]
Ashutosh Pilkhwal [RE TB 500]
Harsh [RE DS 500]
Vikas [RE TB 350]

DAY 1: In spite of the busy schedule of 15th August Ride, some of us has planned to extend this ride towards Nainital Hills. We started late at 1 pm from the REBS Lucknow, and took our first halt at Sidhauli for Tea Break. Soon we started our ride towards Khatima via Lakhimpur Khiri. But as we were on the lakhimpur khiri road the heavy rain started. We took shelter and covered our bags with polythenes. After half an hour break we again started the ride. And all the way from Gola to Puranpur we had to ride in heavy rain, so finally in Puranpur we decided to take night halt as we were fully drenched.

DAY 2: After a good night sleep we all were ready to explore the Pilibhit Jungle road which runs along the Sharda Canal. 

The off-road experience was awesome and riders enjoyed the jungle ride. Then we crossed a place called CHOR-Gallia another good road to ride. We halted for an hour in the Kathgodam RE Service centre, as two of our bikes needed minor repairing. Finally we reached Mukteshwar in the evening. Along the Mukteshwar hills we enjoyed the beautiful sun set. And finally we took The night halt at KMVN Mukteshwar TRH.

DAY 3: Early morning all the rider decided to do a short trek to visit the Mukteshwar Mandir situated at the top of the Hill. From the temple ground you can view the snow capped mountains and the valley.

After a heavy breakfast in the guest house as we were getting ready for our next destination Nainital, heavy rain welcomed us once again. So waited for a while and finally at noon we marched towards Nainital. 
We reached Nainital on time before the sunset and unpacked quickly to enjoy the famous boating in Naini Jheel. 

But once again we were welcomed by rain but we did the boating with stretched polythene & Umbrella on our heads. Afterward we did some shopping in the Mallital market and returned back enjoying the rush of tourist & localities in Tallital Market.

DAY 4: We started our return ride at 10:00 am and finally reached our home by 11:00 pm. The reason for the delay was primarily due to the worst roads in Baheri-Barielly road and also due to the heavy traffic encountered bareilly sahahjanpur road.  
This blog is written and shared by Manmohan Singh Bashera

A breakfast ride  for our 3rd GBM was organised on 2nd October ,2015 to discuss about our forthcoming December showcase event.
The ride started from Royal Enfield Brand Store, Badshahnagar at 9.30 A.M. The ride proceeded towards Kanpur Road via Amar Shaheed Path . There were two minor hiccups on the way. One was the wobbling rear tyre of Manish Raghav's bike and rear tyre puncture of Austin's bike near Amausi Airport. 

Full use of the delay in getting the puncture repaired was done by savouring on pakodas , ground nut, bananas and hot cup of tea on the roadside.

After the repairs we proceeded towards Sher-E-Punjab Dhaba for our meeting. 
Before the start of our meeting a small roleplay was performed by Manish Raghav.
Manish very efficiently played the role of snake charmer.

After that we had our meeting to discuss our various agendas which got winded up with sumptuous serving of Kadhai Chicken , Handi Chicken and Kadhai Paneer alongwith Tandoori Rotis.

After the food we all returned back to our places , fully enjoying the togetherness and camaraderie .

The Distinguished Gentleman's Ride 
On Sunday September 27th 2015, more than 36975 smartly-dressed gentlefolk in 410 cities from 79 countries straddled the saddles of their motorcycles to raise awareness and help fund the cure for prostate cancer.
Awadh Spirited Riders Association hosted the ride for the ride for the first time at Lucknow .
As the decision to host the ride was taken late , lots of deliberations were required to get our association registered for the ride. Thanks to Tarique Ahmed of Royal Mavericks , an Enfielder Group in Delhi for helping us in getting our group registered for the ride.
On 27th September , 2015 , 30 riders of ASRA all dressed in elegant formal suits assembled at Cafe Coffee Day , Indiranagar for the ride . After having a nice hot cup of coffee we started our ride.

From Indiranagar we proceeded towards Gomtinagar where we went to Patrakarpuram and Manoj Pandey Chowk and then assembled at 1090 Women's Helpline Intersection for a photo session.

After the photo session we had a brief stopover at LA Martiniere College for another round of intermingling and photo session.

From La Martiniere College we proceeded towards Mahanagar via Hazratganj and Parivartan Chowk .
Our ride culminated at Classics Sweets Intersection at Mahanagar.
Prizes were awarded to fellow riders in different categories. 
Prize for the most Distinguished Gentleman was awarded to Austin Raj, prize for Most Distinguished Gentleman (Runner-up) was awarded to Manish Raghav, prize for Most Distinguished Rider and Pillion was awarded to Kay Kay and his wife Neha , prize for the Most Distinguished Moustache was awarded to Somendra Banerjee and the coveted prize for The Most Distinguished Eldest Rider was awarded to Mr Naresh Dixit

The judges for the event announcing the prizes.

Overall it was a wonderful morning with gentlemen fellow riders in their wonderful suits.
We will again have the ride next year with hopefully more riders joining us for the noble cause
Till then bye bye 

ASRA THE STORY SO FAR

Today on the 20th day of August , 2015 I on behalf of my fellow riders proudly announce that our group is now officially registered under Society Registration Act 1860. This announcement was long awaited by all fellow members. After a lot a deliberation things started falling in place and finally the day of reckoning has arrived.
Here is the official document we all longed to see.

It all started in the month of February , 2011 when a group of amateur Enfield bikers went on a ride from Lucknow to Bithoor. Among them four bikers Mr Piyush Gupta , Mr Somendra Banerjee , Mr Prashant Tewari and Mr Mayank Tewari did some brainstorming and came up with an idea to form an Enfield rider group to provide a platform for budding adventure bikers to join for rides and spread the spirit of brotherhood .
Here are our fantastic four .

Mr Piyush Gupta 

Mr Somendra Banerjee

Mr Prashant Tewari

Mr Mayank Tiwari

The ride and the group of bikers on that memorable ride when ASR originally took shape .

After the group was formed , given a name , Mr Manmohan Singh Bashera joined the group and alongwith Mr Piyush Gupta took up the cudgels of development and day to day functioning of the group.

A thought of registering the group originated but due to certain factors registration somehow did not take shape.

After organising rides for so many years it was thought over to change a leisure rider group to a more serious group where members will look forward to spread social messages , look after welfare of the society and organise charitable programs alongwith adventure rides which will beour main area of interest. Mr Ritesh Singh and Mr Manmohan Singh Bashera

 took the initiative to register the group and the day of reckoning has finally arrived.

Kudos to our founder members and to all who has lent support for the cause.

LONG LIVE AWADH SPIRITED RIDERS ASSOCIATION

Hi everyone , I am back again with report of our Independence Day Ride dubbed as "Ride for the nation"
Patriotic fervour gripped our fellow riders on Independence Day. Each and everyone wore patriotism on their sleeves as they gathered at Royal Enfield Brand Store sharp at 8.15 A.M. After a short briefing , it was time for felicitation of Ladakh returned riders who were each presented with customised T-shirts with the slogan "Ladakh , I got Leh'ed". After that we had our customary flag hoisting at 8.45 A.M.

After flag hoisting riders proceeded towards Polytechnic Chouraha en route faizabad Road and then proceeded towards 1090 helpline chouraha where they had a small photo session.

From 1090 helpline riders proceeded towards the east terrace of famous heritage building Constantia of La Martiniere College where a group of riders from Delhi in the name of "Soul Thumpers" were waiting to greet them. After exchange of pleasantries , Principal of La Martiniere College , Mr Carlyle Mcfarland addressed the riders and welcomed them.

Students of La Martiniere thoroughly enjoyed the company of riders and riders also complimented the same.

Then riders proceeded to Smritika , a war memorial to pay homage to our martyrs . After that cold drinks was served courtesy Ritesh Singh , Royal Enfield Brand Store Manager. Another round of photo session took place 

From Smritika riders proceeded towards Brand Store via Cantonment and Hazratganj. The ride culminated at brand store at 12.30 P.M where lunch packets sponsored by Royal Enfield were provided to all riders .

There was a gathering of around 100 riders which makes it one of the biggest moment of this years ride calender.

Thanks to all who made the event a success.

Jai Hind , Jai Bharat