Tips To Plan For Motorbike Tour To Leh And Ladakh

A bike journey of 469 kilometers in Leh-Manali is actually considered as a holy pilgrimage by both the bikers of India and abroad. This journey tests the biker’s ability to face the odds and the patience for hardships. It makes them resolve to reach the destination. Leh-Manali bike trip is one of the world’s extreme trips in the road with the most scenic and spectacular drives for the biker. Are you planning to go for a Mountain Biking Tour in Ladakh? Overland Escape offers adventurous Ladakh Mountain Biking Tour Package with interesting inbound and outbound tour itineraries.

The following are few tips to plan your bike trip:

1. Do a thorough Research: Many things can go wrong without thorough research. Do thorough research about the routes and the places you are planning to visit. Different websites help you to do the research.

2. Biker’s Physical Fitness: The initial preparation needed for riding is mental fitness as you have to get prepared to face anything. The biker should also consider taking stamina building exercises before the trip. You require lot of effort for this trip as it demands lot of energy. The high altitude may cause Acute Mountain Sickness (AMS) due to low oxygen level in the high altitude and so the body may find it difficult to adapt and adjust to the height and weather. The most common side effects of AMS are vomiting, headache, nose bleeding, breathlessness, nausea.

3. Choose the suitable route: The usual route to Leh is through Manali. If the number of days is less the bikers choose this Manali route. The Manali – Leh ride is done in two days stopping at Sarchu and the return is also in the same way. But there are drawbacks in this route. Altitude is not a factor till Manali. Beyond Manali the biker would find it difficult to get acclimatize and most of the bikers get AMS after reaching Sarchu. So the bikers are forced to take one day off from their ride to acclimatize to the changing weather and environment. Though the bikers get recovered from AMS, they have to be careful in the rest of their trip.

4. Buffer days in your planning schedule: It is always good to keep buffer days considering the landslides, AMS, unpredictable weather, rain and snowfall. There is also chance for flat tire or mechanical failures in the bike.

5. Climate: To get acclimatize in your journey plan to have one or two days off in Leh. This stay in Leh facilitates in acclimatization.

6. Clothes and Accessories: You would be aware of the climate that you face during the ride, for which you have to pack the necessary clothes and accessories as follows:

• Jacket (Riding gear), Gloves, helmet, Knee guard and balaclava.
• Toiletries such as Toothpaste, soaps, sunscreen and brush
• To withstand the bone chilling cold, have extra thermal liners
• To protect from rain have rain clothes and covers for the bags
• Have extra pair of shoes and avoid carrying chappals or sandals

7. Keep your Motorcycle in good condition: Before starting Leh-Manali Highway. Service your bike well. On the way there would be limited stocks of your preferred oil available. So carry with you your preferred oil. To be safe you can have a funnel, cutter, torch that run on batteries , petrol container and extra bungee cords. Some of the spare parts like spark plugs, tubes, accelerator cables, clutch cables, bike charger and above the very crucial requirement is tool kit.

8. Keep all the documents safe: The following documents should be in possession during your ride. Valid driving license, bike registration documents, insurance paper, certificate for date of birth, identity proof. Have a copy of all these documents. You also can have laminated maps of the highways, places which will facilitate your trip.

9. Electronic Gadgets: Have spare batteries for your cameras, cell phones and other electronic items. For tracking you need GPS, so have a mobile mount. It is good to have extra memory cards, pen drives with connector to have more memory space.

10. Medical Kit: Have a kit with tablets for fever, cold, headache, muscle and joint pains. You can also carry glucose packets for emergency use.

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