Riding through the roof of the world

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This is my first forum and my first sharing of my trips. hope you like it and please share your experiences too.
This year my ride to the highest motor able road took me through an extremely tough terrain. Baralacha La pass at 160040 ft was riddled with glacier water and snow, hated it at that time but now i can't forget how much fun it was.

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sorry, it's 16040ft

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Enduro have too many people so the ride becomes slow and tiresome. We do this ride every year with a small group of people.

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The stock tires on the Royal Enfield do pretty well. Although studded ones would be nice especially on broken down roads

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The absolutely beautiful Mori Plains

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The ancient town of Lamayuru. The first settlers came here around 2000 years ago.

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The sun setting on Nubra Valley at 12000ft. Nubra Valley is at the base of Siachen Glacier.

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You get a lot of stops(man-made and natural) on the road for photos, cigarettes and to look around

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Yes that is the fuel injected Royal Enfield 500cc Classic. The bikes were incredible. So far i've made 3 trips and taken 4 of my 5 bikes and not a single glitch. Although i travel with a back up vehicle, a mechanic and spare parts but none of the spares were used and the mechanic was on the trip enjoying it like a vacation. Its best to be prepared though cause there are sections in the trip where for hundreds of kilometers there is not a living soul around on both sides.

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Manali a cool hill station in Himachal Pradesh before the real ride into the wilderness begins

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This picture looks like something out of Tin Tin... one of my favorite pictures. This baby was taken at Rohtang La Pass 13050ft.

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Thank you for your interest bikers

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Edited by Built2ride on Monday 21st October 14:42

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Here i am with my first bike tour client Mr Dan Llind from USA. The man is 70 years old and rides for hours with never ending excitement. Truly inspirational dude. He sold his BMW R1100 in the early 90's and gave up biking. After this tour he went back home a bought a BMW K1200 and has been touring all over America.

this picture was taken on The Highest Pass of the world, Khardung La 18380ft.

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That's me with my plumbers smile trying to help a stranded solo rider before Sarchu at 13500 ft. The bike kept misfiring, we checked the Point and cleaned the carburetor. We worked on his bike for hours and finally figured out that removing the dirty stock air filter would do the job. The look on his face was priceless, he had been waiting an hour to see a single living soul but it turned out to be eight bikers with a whole lot of tools and spares.

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Hi s3fella, the bike looks great and I especially like that big 70 on the tool box. small details like that make a project stand out. Wanted to ask u how much did the coloured rims cost?

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these are all my bikes, I have 5 of these new efi royal Enfield for my tours, a double cabin jeep as back up vehicle for a mechanic, doctor and luggage and enough space to load up two bikes to let the client rest sit in the back and rest. I am based in a small hill station called Mussoorie 300km north of the capital Delhi. we take tours in the Himalayas and Rajasthan ( land of the kings)

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Met these Himalayan shepherds moving more than 600 sheep and 50 horses. These two boys were responsible for 150 sheep. Shared some biscuits and road stories with them.These boys live at an average height of 12000 feet and move more than 20-30 km a day with the herd. What a life!

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Sure! Bring a cook and a bartender too. Then we'll really have a tour to remember

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haven't yet toured Nepal but its a possibility. Some really great places to ride. Pokhara, Kathmandu, birganj. It would be more fun to continue to Sikkim and then Bhutan. You would need to get 4 bikers interested and we can make it a reality.