IFMR India

Rotary Goodwill Ride
2024-02-16 - 2024-03-01
Come experience the culture, scenic beauty and hospitality of your Indian friends from the 16th February 2024, this is the 5th International Ride Organised by IFMR India. Join us for the ‘Rotary Goodwill Ride’
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Over Night Ride Ahmedabad
2024-01-20 08:00 - 2024-01-21 17:00 UTC

Monthly Ride of January 2024
2024-01-07

December 17th - from Sub Chapter Ahmedabad
2023-12-17

Day 12, December 12th - Rann of Kutch Ride
2023-12-12
Today morning we started from statue of unity ( SOU) at 9:30 am , since it was the last day and we all wanted to rest up, we decided to start leisurely , president briefed us on the ride , Ashok offered the prayers and we had Mahadev Dambal leading us for the day , it was a three hour ride to Ahmedabad with quick stops for tea and the next stop at Inder Residency , where we were staying the night , everyone reached the place by about 1:30 pm and we all settled down in the room and relaxed , later at 6:30 President Praveen of the Newly Founded sub chapter at Ahmedabad visited us , We thanked him for his support for the ride by offering us his personal vehicle as our back up for the entire trip .. all of us had a relaxed day and we retired for the day . Untill next ride , see you soon..

Day 11, December 12th - Rann of Kutch Ride
2023-12-12

Day 10, December 12th - Rann of Kutch Ride
2023-12-12

Day 9 - December 11th - Rann of Kutch Ride
2023-12-11

Day - 8, December 10th. Rann of Kutch Ride
2023-12-10

Day 7th, December 9, Rann of Kutch Ride
2023-12-09

Multi Bike Related Program
2023-12-08 08:00 - 17:00
3rd December, 2023 Sunday. Multi bike related program – Rann of Kutch Ride/Charter of Ahmedabad Sub Chapter/ All Chapter meet in Ahmedabad.
Ifmr INDIA had planned an ambitious program for 5th December at Ahmedabad. As our Rotarian Biker friends from Ahmedabad had shown their desire to start a new Sub Chapter in Gujarat and with over two months of meetings and orientation with them, they had fixed the date of Chartering them as 5th December, keeping in mind the same Imfr India Chapter decided to hold Annual All Chapter meet along with it, it also planned a Rann of Kutch Ride for 8 days starting from Ahmedabad on 7th December till 14th December, covering all important places in Gujarat.
Accordingly 4 riders – President Rajesh AR, Past President Ajit, Core Committee member Srikanth and member Vinay decided to ride from Bangalore to Ahmedabad by road on their bikes covering a distance of 1500 km over next two days and participate in Rann of Kutch ride, 4 other members had decided to fly to Ahmedabad on 5th December and join the same on 7th December on hired bikes from Ahmedabad. Sharing the journey of 3rd December starting from Bangalore as Day ONE & TWO
Day 1 – 3rd Dec 2023
We grouped up at the KLE Dental College Gates on Tumkur road at 6:15am and we had Rtn.Prashanth Babu, Prashanth Mishra and Puneet Bajaj who came in early in the morning just to send us off , a big thank you to them, soon after best wishes and warm hugs we started the ride towards Ahmedabad, The ride till Ilkal where we had our lunch was for lack of a better word, climate controlled, overcast sky and smooth open roads we couldn’t ask for more. We tasted the local dishes of the north Karnataka region and the taste was amazing in Hotel Prashant a few kms after Ilkal. Then we proceeded towards Sholapur and reached our destination just before sunset. As we were taking breaks regularly in-between for every 100km we were in a good shape for the evening at Sholapur where we enjoyed the taste of street food right outside the hotel center point.
Day 2 – 4th Dec 2023
We started our journey early this morning when it was still dark at around 6AM. On route we were accompanied by Rtn. Abhay Raje from Ahmednagar before joining us we were welcomed warmly by him and his wife with an “Aukshan Ceremony(Aarti)” at their residence in Ahmed Nagar for good luck and success and eventually we achieved our set target to Surat in the state of Gujarat. On route we passed through the Dang State Forest and boy was it “Dang”. Gujrat welcomed us with fountains to this road in the hilly town of Saputara. The roads through this forest area were the most enjoyable and a stark contrast from the harsh conditions in rural Maharashtra that we had previously left behind. My motorcycle also showed a range of 440kms for the first time since it was bought when riding in this region. When we reached Surat, we rode across huge industrial complexes and funny smelling air due to various industries spewed all around the national highway. We finally found the place of our stay in Raj Hans Belleza and a humongous dwelling unit built in roman style. Even the main road design of this region gave the Las Vegas vibes. Post dinner we slept deeply as we needed it badly.
Day 3- 5th Dec surat to Ahmedabad –
We left Surat after having Poha ordered from swiggy, we took close to 2 hrs reaching the NH48 as we were staying close to the coast in Surat, onroute while crossing a bridge we found 100s of seagulls flying around as people were feeding them. After these beautiful early sights we were welcomed by heavy duty dumpers and commercial truck traffic all through the highway till Ahmedabad, we stopped for lunch en route and finally reached our hotel Radisson Blue, tired but still looking forward to the evening program. The 5 star hotel did help reduce our fatigue with assured hygiene measures.

Day 6 - December 8th - Rann of Kutch Ride.
2023-12-08

Day 5 - 7th December - Ahmedabad
2023-12-07

Day 4 - Wednesday, December 6th. Ahmedabad
2023-12-06

Big Day ANNUAL ALL Chapters Meet & CHARTER of IFMR India
2023-12-05

Monthly ride to Kotilingeswar Temple
2023-12-03

Felicitation function of Mental Health Awareness Riders
2023-11-17

Monthly Ride - Shivgang
2023-11-09 08:00 - 17:00

World Polio Day - Bike Rally
2023-10-28 08:00 - 17:00

IFMR Sub Chapters from Thrissur and Cochin members visit Bangalore for their Cause Ride.
2023-10-19 08:00 - 2023-10-25 20:00
October 19th – Sub Chapter Thrissur and Cochin members visit Bangalore for their Cause Ride.

Our IFMR Sub Chapters from Cochin/Thrissur were on a Cause Ride to southern states of India, covering 2.5k km, with 12 riders.

Their scheduled arrival to Bangalore was 19th October coming from Cochin. It was the turn of IFMR India Chapter to host our biking friends from Kerala for the first time. As per our culture and tradition of Bharat, Athithi Devo Bhava, a small team of 7 members was formed to organise a good stay, lavish dinner and felicitation was planned. Unfortunately 3 of the senior members from IFMR India, including the President Rajesh AR were unavailable due to the prior travel schedule but they ensured that nothing was left to chance.

The venue for the stay and Dinner party for Kerala riders was The Century Club. Invite was sent to all the members of IFMR India Chapter well in advance to join the event. Both our DG from 3191 and 3192 were invited to join the meeting and understand the cause for which this ride was organised by Kerala riders. Already DG from Kerala were in touch with our DG’s. Around 8 pm all the riders reached the venue, got delayed due to back to back club meetings on their way to Bangalore en route. After 15 minutes of refreshments, the meeting started, it was chaired by Secretary Rtn Vinod Agarwal and assisted by Treasurer Rtn Raghvendra Inamdar. Rtn Shyam and Rtn Rajesh from Kerala made an excellent presentation on their cause of helping rural areas with a medical kit costing 25k which reduces the mortality rates of pregnant mothers while delivering babies. Instantly over 5 to 6 kit commitments were received from the members present. Rotary Junction promised to support 2 kit and Past President of Lakeside Rtn Prassanna Kumari promised to support one kit. A few more commitments were received. Both DG’s Rtn Srinivas Murthy and Rtn Uday Bhaskar were asked to speak and both lauded the efforts of Kerala riders. Both promised to do their best for the cause. Soon it was time for felicitation by Ifmr INDIA CHAPTER to all our Kerala riders. Chairman of the evening Rtn Vinod Agarwal, requested all the PP present in the hall, Rtn Ramdas Pai, Rtn Jayaprakash, Rtn Prashanth Babu and Rtn Arun Belur along with both DG’s to do the honours of felicitating each of 12 Kerala riders, with a world famous Kannada flag colors scarf and a goodie bag with our merchandise items. Rtn Punit had organised these beautiful scarves, thanks to him. The flag exchange took place between both the chapters. IFMR INDIA CHAPTER also felicitated the DG’s too in a similar way of giving scarves and presented a hand crafted special pin, they had received from Pune Baner club. Soon it was a photo opportunity time for all, many group and solo pictures were taken. Rtn Raghvendra Inamdar proposed the vote of thanks and profusely thanked each and every member for coming to the meeting and people who worked behind the scene to make this event a grand and memorable one. The meeting was adjourned and the dinner party started soon, it was a great bonding and bonhomie time for all.

It was decided to flag off the riders the next morning at 6 am, Rtn Punit, Rtn Raghvendra Inamdar and Rtn Vinod Agarwal had come at 6 am to give a send off to our Kerala riders. After a few group photos, all riders were flagged off by Rtn Vinod Agarwal. Rtn Punit and Rtn Raghvendra Inamdar joined them for a good 40 km ride up to Chikballapur. A good event came to an end. Long live IFMR INDIA

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World Mental Health Day
2023-10-10 08:00
World Mental Health Day- 10th October 2023

After completing our Awareness bike ride last month for 12 days in spreading the message of Mental Health Matters. We were invited to join the District 3192 event on World Mental Health Day at Orion Mall by none other than the DG Rtn Srinivas Murthy ji. Out of 8 riders only 4 could attend as the rest 4 were traveling. It was a grand meeting with over 200 people attending it.

Many programs were organised by the Mental Health Chair Rtn Rashmi Tankshali. All the riders present were introduced and were recognised, DG spoke in length about our ride. IFMR INDIA President Rajesh AR was asked to share the experience of the 12 day ride, covering 4 states, 4000 km, 10 Districts and 28 cities. He spoke in detail about the same, thanking each and every District official in making our ride a very meaningful one. It was a 100% successful mission.

Attaching a few pictures from the event of 10th October evening. Thank you District 3192 for the felicitation.

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IFMR Monthly Ride : Sunday 1st Oct 2023
2023-10-01 08:00 - 2023-10-11 00:00
Monthly ride : Sunday 1st Oct 2023.
As much as IFMR believes in “more the merrier” it also follows “the show must go on”. Although there were just 8 riders today we in the true IFMR spirit had a wonderful disciplined ride to MandarGiri some 53 kms from KLE DENTAL Yeshwanthpur . The riders as usual gathered on a wonderful overcast Sunday morning. After briefing by Mandar Dixit and the customary prayer by Shirish Nene we started our trip. The weather was great but the traffic on NH 4 was predictably high.
The distance was quickly covered in less than 1 hr and after a cup of hot tea we visited the Jain temple atop the hill.
The Jain temple we were told is over 1200 yrs old and was recently renovated. The members who visited the place 4 yrs back will
find the place changed . The view from the top of the hill was quite breathtaking , there was a strong breeze Flowing which made the experience awesome. After the usual sightseeing we started our return journey having a sumptuous breakfast at “Namaste Bangalore” .
Most of us were back
Home by 12 noon.
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Mysore City Bike Rally
2023-09-02 15:00 - 2023-09-03 11:00
SEP 2 AT 3 PM – SEP 3 AT 11 AM
A bike rally in the morning of 3rd September, going around the City of Mysore to create an awareness on Avoidable Blindness, an event organised by multi districts of Rotary.

Annual Group Photo shoot at Madhavan Park
2023-08-27
Date was informed to all the members one month in advance so that they can schedule their travel plans. Finally we had 43 members, 3 Anns and 3 District dignitaries joining us for the photo shoot. All had come on time, all were colour coordinated with Riding Vest and Club Jersey. It was a great bonhomie time for many as few don’t join for ride meets and were meeting after long time.

President Rajesh AR, welcomed all for the morning event, requested all to observe a minute silence for an ex-members sudden demise last night. After which our ace Photographer Rtn. Chandru from Rotary District took the centre stage, made everyone sit in order and started the photo shoot by taking pics in various orders, sitting, standing, without vest, Past Presidents group picture and Core Committee group picture. Many did not lose the opportunity for their solo and their close friends group photos. Soon we were joined by District members, PDG KP Nagesh, PDG Nagendra Prasad and Rtn Kiran. They all addressed us and thanked IFMR India for being the most popular, disciplined and best organised Fellowship group in Rotary. President Rajesh AR requested our own member and DGE Mahadev Prasad to unveil new merchandise for our members, a Luggage Tag and ID acrylic cards with individual names in a set of two cards were released, first set was presented to Past Prez and Founder member Rtn Zarryl Lobo and requested others to collect their set from Secretary Vinod. This was a public image and publicity idea to spread awareness about Rotary in general and IFMR in particular and members not to lose their luggage while traveling. It was highly appreciated by one and all. All district dignitaries were given one set each.

Close to 9 am, all were asked to join for breakfast at the adjacent restaurant Brahmins Coffee and Tiffins, soon all our members had taken over the restaurant, filled with only our members, all were exchanging pleasantries and happy to have joined for the photo shoot. A great event came to a close around 10 am, all bid goodbye and left for the home.

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Overnight Ride to Coorg
2023-08-12 08:00 - 2023-08-14 17:00
August 12th to 14th Overnight Ride to Coorg. Covering 600 km

Participating Members: Ajit SR, Vijay Mane, Prashanth Babu, Y C Roy, Ravish, Jayaprakash, S Raju, SR Raju, TV Rajan, Adarsh, Manjunath, Krishnan, Rajasekhar, Ashok, Mandar, Punit, Prashant Mishra, Rajesh AR, Karate, Ganesh, Dipesh, Jeet, Vinay, Asad, Vinod, Sanjay, and Sathyakanth with his son.

Thrissur Sub Chapter members: Shyam Mohan, Pualy, Ameesh and Stanley

This rides announcement had created a big buzz among all the members, over 38 members had shown initial interest immediately after its announcement twenty days before the event itself.. Finally 36 members registered for it and 4 had to drop out due to health/personal commitment. But the final 32 itself was one of the biggest contingents of riders for an overnight ride in IFMR India.. It had 28 members from India Chapter, Bangalore and 4 riders joined from Thrissur Sub Chapter. Another unique feature in this ride was that we had 6 past and present presidents joining and icing on the cake was 11 riders from a single Rotary Club – Cubbon Park, had there been an award for highest participation from a single club award, it would have gone to them. What a great camaraderie they share.

As usual on the 12th morning all the riders were at the start point on time, President Rajesh had a briefing session, group/riders sequence was announced and prayer was recited by Secretary Vinod. Our first stop was at Dhruvtare restaurant, a clear 90 km from the start point. All the restaurants were running packed due to heavy traffic on the highway due to an extended weekend holiday, Dhruvtare was no different but the staff were familiar with our riders and without putting us on the waitlist we were accommodated despite a houseful board outside. All enjoyed the breakfast and took an adequate break for the long journey ahead. Soon we were on the highway, weather was perfect for riding, stopped at one or two stops for refueling of petrol and tea break and reached for our lunch break at Somwarpet, an authentic vegetarian restaurant, Kalyan Bhawan, was booked before hand by President Rajesh, and ably guided by our member Dayanand Allapur who owns a huge coffee estate nearby. After a sumptuous sit down lunch all visited Dayanand’s estate and kingdom. All were greeted by him and his family, he took us around his new house under construction and gave a detailed overview of his estate, after spending close to one hour and a few group pictures we started our final leg of the trip to Hodduru, Coorg. It started raining on the way and all stopped to wear their rain gears, all riders were rain compliant and without any break continued the ride. Reached our resort and President Rajesh friend Mr Rajendra’s house close to 5 pm, all were welcomed by him and all were made comfortable in their respective rooms and decided to join for evening get together at 7 pm. After a quick coffee for all, we were taken to a village temple of host Rajendra ji and President Rajesh AR nearby, it was a 500 years old temple which their family trust have given a new structure by retaining the old idols and original place, this temple is maintained by Rajendra ji family. It was good to see how people are religiously committed by donating their wealth for a good cause.

The party started sharp at 7 pm and all were enjoying the hospitality of Rajendra ji and President Rajesh, all were treated to some authentic Coorg cuisine food, drinks, dance and Masti continued till midnight as if there was no tomorrow. We were joined by 3 Rotarian Ann, including President Rajesh wife Rama ji. She too sang many songs. Amongst us we had a guest member, past president of IFMR India Chapter visiting from Kuwait, Rtn Sathykant, he was introduced to all by President Rajesh and as a token of goodwill gesture our pin was presented to him, he had joined this ride with his son. Soon there was an act by Dipesh, Vijay and Prashanth Babu, where they roasted a few of our IFMR members with their stand up act, it was good to hear what people think of other members. Slowly all retired to their rooms.

The next morning the schedule was to visit an irrigated paddy field owned by Rajendra ji, which is slushy and play all kind of games like volleyball, tug of war, running in the slush etc. All had come prepared to experience this event, unique for people living in cities. All spent close to two hours here playing and doing mud spa. After a clean wash, all had breakfast, again with Coorg cousine preparation. President Rajesh had planned a bike ride in and around Coorg covering offbeat places after the Breakfast. All joined in this adventure trip covering 120 km. It had all the elements of fun and thrill, off roading, steep climbing and many water crossings too. Saw some beautiful rolling mountains, the hidden secrets of Coorg natures beauty, stopped at many places and took some stunning pictures. Close to 2 pm reached our venue for lunch, East End hotel, a very popular restaurant in Coorg, to our surprise our Hassan Sub Chapter riders numbering over 23 were present there, they were returning from their bike ride from Mahe, they had come in 15 bikes and two cars. It was a great bonhomie time for all. Took a few group photos with over 55 IFMR’IAN together. Bid goodbye to them and returned to our base for our second day’s fellowship in the evening, all were little exhausted but the party continued for the second evening, our Thrissur members took over the centre stage and belted out few karaoke numbers, we had a new induction of member from Thrissur Sub Chapter, Stanley, President Rajesh pinned IFMR India pin and welcomed him to the world of IFMR. The party continued till 11 pm and all had an early dinner with new delicacies of Coorg cuisine especially the non vegetarian ones. The next morning we had to return back all retired early. After an early breakfast next morning all were ready to saddle up for the return journey to Bangalore. All expressed their thanks and gratitude to our host Rajendra ji and his wife for going out of their way to give us some lifetime memorable moments. All took many group pictures with them, thanked them and bid goodbye and started our return journey to Bangalore. With few tea/lunch breaks in between, all were home by the evening with lifetime memories. Biggest thanks goes to our President Rtn Rajesh AR who had worked and planned on this trip with his friend Mr. Rajendra long ago, whatever he had thought of was executed perfectly.

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Over Night Ride August 2023
2023-08-12 07:45 - 2023-08-14 14:00
August 12th to 14th Overnight Ride to Coorg. Covering 600 km

Participating Members: Ajit SR, Vijay Mane, Prashanth Babu, Y C Roy, Ravish, Jayaprakash, S Raju, SR Raju, TV Rajan, Adarsh, Manjunath, Krishnan, Rajasekhar, Ashok, Mandar, Punit, Prashant Mishra, Rajesh AR, Karate, Ganesh, Dipesh, Jeet, Vinay, Asad, Vinod, Sanjay, and Sathyakanth with his son.

Thrissur Sub Chapter members: Shyam Mohan, Pualy, Ameesh and Stanley

This rides announcement had created a big buzz among all the members, over 38 members had shown initial interest immediately after its announcement twenty days before the event itself.. Finally 36 members registered for it and 4 had to drop out due to health/personal commitment. But the final 32 itself was one of the biggest contingents of riders for an overnight ride in IFMR India.. It had 28 members from India Chapter, Bangalore and 4 riders joined from Thrissur Sub Chapter. Another unique feature in this ride was that we had 6 past and present presidents joining and icing on the cake was 11 riders from a single Rotary Club – Cubbon Park, had there been an award for highest participation from a single club award, it would have gone to them. What a great camaraderie they share.

As usual on the 12th morning all the riders were at the start point on time, President Rajesh had a briefing session, group/riders sequence was announced and prayer was recited by Secretary Vinod. Our first stop was at Dhruvtare restaurant, a clear 90 km from the start point. All the restaurants were running packed due to heavy traffic on the highway due to an extended weekend holiday, Dhruvtare was no different but the staff were familiar with our riders and without putting us on the waitlist we were accommodated despite a houseful board outside. All enjoyed the breakfast and took an adequate break for the long journey ahead. Soon we were on the highway, weather was perfect for riding, stopped at one or two stops for refueling of petrol and tea break and reached for our lunch break at Somwarpet, an authentic vegetarian restaurant, Kalyan Bhawan, was booked before hand by President Rajesh, and ably guided by our member Dayanand Allapur who owns a huge coffee estate nearby. After a sumptuous sit down lunch all visited Dayanand’s estate and kingdom. All were greeted by him and his family, he took us around his new house under construction and gave a detailed overview of his estate, after spending close to one hour and a few group pictures we started our final leg of the trip to Hodduru, Coorg. It started raining on the way and all stopped to wear their rain gears, all riders were rain compliant and without any break continued the ride. Reached our resort and President Rajesh friend Mr Rajendra’s house close to 5 pm, all were welcomed by him and all were made comfortable in their respective rooms and decided to join for evening get together at 7 pm. After a quick coffee for all, we were taken to a village temple of host Rajendra ji and President Rajesh AR nearby, it was a 500 years old temple which their family trust have given a new structure by retaining the old idols and original place, this temple is maintained by Rajendra ji family. It was good to see how people are religiously committed by donating their wealth for a good cause.

The party started sharp at 7 pm and all were enjoying the hospitality of Rajendra ji and President Rajesh, all were treated to some authentic Coorg cuisine food, drinks, dance and Masti continued till midnight as if there was no tomorrow. We were joined by 3 Rotarian Ann, including President Rajesh wife Rama ji. She too sang many songs. Amongst us we had a guest member, past president of IFMR India Chapter visiting from Kuwait, Rtn Sathykant, he was introduced to all by President Rajesh and as a token of goodwill gesture our pin was presented to him, he had joined this ride with his son. Soon there was an act by Dipesh, Vijay and Prashanth Babu, where they roasted a few of our IFMR members with their stand up act, it was good to hear what people think of other members. Slowly all retired to their rooms.

The next morning the schedule was to visit an irrigated paddy field owned by Rajendra ji, which is slushy and play all kind of games like volleyball, tug of war, running in the slush etc. All had come prepared to experience this event, unique for people living in cities. All spent close to two hours here playing and doing mud spa. After a clean wash, all had breakfast, again with Coorg cousine preparation. President Rajesh had planned a bike ride in and around Coorg covering offbeat places after the Breakfast. All joined in this adventure trip covering 120 km. It had all the elements of fun and thrill, off roading, steep climbing and many water crossings too. Saw some beautiful rolling mountains, the hidden secrets of Coorg natures beauty, stopped at many places and took some stunning pictures. Close to 2 pm reached our venue for lunch, East End hotel, a very popular restaurant in Coorg, to our surprise our Hassan Sub Chapter riders numbering over 23 were present there, they were returning from their bike ride from Mahe, they had come in 15 bikes and two cars. It was a great bonhomie time for all. Took a few group photos with over 55 IFMR’IAN together. Bid goodbye to them and returned to our base for our second day’s fellowship in the evening, all were little exhausted but the party continued for the second evening, our Thrissur members took over the centre stage and belted out few karaoke numbers, we had a new induction of member from Thrissur Sub Chapter, Stanley, President Rajesh pinned IFMR India pin and welcomed him to the world of IFMR. The party continued till 11 pm and all had an early dinner with new delicacies of Coorg cuisine especially the non vegetarian ones. The next morning we had to return back all retired early. After an early breakfast next morning all were ready to saddle up for the return journey to Bangalore. All expressed their thanks and gratitude to our host Rajendra ji and his wife for going out of their way to give us some lifetime memorable moments. All took many group pictures with them, thanked them and bid goodbye and started our return journey to Bangalore. With few tea/lunch breaks in between, all were home by the evening with lifetime memories. Biggest thanks goes to our President Rtn Rajesh AR who had worked and planned on this trip with his friend Mr. Rajendra long ago, whatever he had thought of was executed perfectly.

August 12th to 14th Overnight Ride to Coorg (1) August 12th to 14th Overnight Ride to Coorg (2) August 12th to 14th Overnight Ride to Coorg (3) August 12th to 14th Overnight Ride to Coorg (4) August 12th to 14th Overnight Ride to Coorg (5) August 12th to 14th Overnight Ride to Coorg (6) August 12th to 14th Overnight Ride to Coorg (7) August 12th to 14th Overnight Ride to Coorg (8) August 12th to 14th Overnight Ride to Coorg (9) August 12th to 14th Overnight Ride to Coorg (10) August 12th to 14th Overnight Ride to Coorg (11)

August 12th to 14th Overnight Ride to Coorg
2023-08-12 - 2023-08-14

August 8th - Installation of the new team of IFMR Hassan Sub Chapter
2023-08-08
August 8th – Installation of the new team of IFMR Hassan Sub Chapter.
Invite was received from Hassan Ifmr club well in advance and there was a special request from the most popular and God Father member Rtn Mohan to India Chapter members to attend the same. A total of 14 members decided to visit them, three cars were arranged and Rtn Manjunath Saligram decided to ride his bike to Hassan. All had reached sharp at 7.30 pm to the venue, Hotel Aarya Mansion, a star hotel in Hassan. There were over 40 members present to receive us from Bangalore, two couple members and Rtn. Manjunath were allotted rooms in the hotel as they opted to stay overnight after the function.
The installation function started without any delay, the chief guests were PDG Nagendra Prasad and Ifmr India Chapter President Rtn Rajesh AR. A new team for 23/24 was installed by PDG, few speeches and presentations followed, many were honoured with gifts, mementos, plant saplings and specially crafted scarfs. Rtn Venky was installed as the new President of Hassan Sub Chapter for 23/24. Rtn Vijay Mane was asked to show his dancing skill on signature dance steps on the popular tunes of Jerusalema. All just loved it and were trying to match with him on stage. After close to two hours of fun meeting all joined for a lovely dinner and bid goodbye to our hosts Hassan Sub Chapter. Best wishes to Hassan Sub Chapter for a great year.
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Rangasthala Ride
2023-08-06 06:45 - 10:45
August 6th, Sunday – ride to Rangasthala, Chikballapur. Distance 120km total.

Participating members: Ajit, Adarsh, Dipesh, Sanjay,Karate, Sudershan, Manjunath, Krishnan, Rajesh Sinha, Paul Sudhakar, R Raju, Mandar, Jai Shankar, S Raju, Venkateshwarn, Ashok, Ranga, Venky, Rajshekhar, Rajesh AR and Vinod

Prospective members: Jeet, Akash, Sudhir, Anand, Parikshit and Surendran

Despite back to back rides planned in a gap of the next 6 days, we had a record breaking participation today 21 Members and 6 Prospective, totalling 27 riders phew, some number to manage. All the riders had come on time, 6.45 am to the starting point. President Rtn. Rajesh AR took the centre stage, informed all about today’s ride and route, guided all with the safety instructions, especially to prospective riders. Gave stress on hand signals and safety gear adherence. Secretary Vinod read out the groupings of today’s ride with Lead, Sweep and riders sequence numbers, 3 groups were formed with 9 riders each and kept 2 prospective riders in each group, for better understanding of their riding skills. Rtn. S Raju was asked to offer today’s prayer for the success and safety of today’s ride and riders. Soon one by one the group started the ride with a gap of 5 minutes.

The weather was absolutely fantastic, it was overcast with a cool breeze, and the highway was with decent traffic to cruise at 80km. All the 3 groups covered 50 km and reached the breakfast point at Durga Sree Grand restaurant at Chikballapur, it was our Rtn Sudhakar Reddy’s find as he is a local boy of Chikballapur, thank you Sudhakar. All spent close to 45 minutes here, bonding over breakfast. The last leg of the ride was just 7 km, covered in no time, all visited the Temple of Rangasthala, offered prayers, understood the history of the temple and gathered for many group pictures around the temple. Local boy, Rtn Sudhakar Reddy and President Rtn Rajesh AR decided to wander inside the village side by covering small and scenic roads before we started our return trip. Around 10 km of village roads were covered before we headed to the Nandi hills road to exit to the main highway for a return trip. Just before Nandi Upachar, all stopped for regrouping and to disperse and say bye to all, as few wanted to go to different locations. It was great to see many members who were not seen for a very long time coming for today’s ride. Overall a great ride in IFMR. Thanks to all who had joined today’s ride.

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August 6th, Sunday - Ride to Rangasthala, Chikballapur
2023-08-06
