JAN – APR 2025 · ONE MOTORCYCLE

The Great
India Ride

Home in Trivandrum to Kanyakumari, up to Ladakh, across to the Arunachal border, and back down the east coast, told in the order it happened.

18,000+
km ridden
…
Regions
3
Countries
…
Clips

FOR SALE · TRIVANDRUM

The bike that did all of this is for sale

I live abroad and it is barely getting ridden now, which is a waste of a motorcycle that has earned better. Everything below this line, every kilometre on the map, was done on this bike.

Model
CFMoto 650MT
Year
2023
Odometer
34,000 km
This ride
18,000 km
Asking
₹2,80,000
Registered
Tamil Nadu

WHAT IS ON IT

  • Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto
  • Brand new touring spec tyres
  • New chain and sprocket
  • Upgraded high amp battery
  • GPS tracking, stays live through months of standing
  • Auxiliary lights
  • USB power, two front and one rear
  • Professionally done wiring
  • Radiator guard
  • Adjustable mirrors and windscreen
  • Quick release tank bag
  • Two side pannier bags
  • Seat cover and bike cover
  • Serviced every 4,000 to 5,000 km

Everyone asks the same two questions, so here they are answered up front.

Where do you service it? I did, myself, every 4,000 to 5,000 km across the whole ride. It is a parallel twin and the consumables are generic. There is no CFMoto dealer in Kerala and I am not going to pretend otherwise. The nearest authorised dealer is Aroush Motors on KH Road in Bengaluru, and Chennai has one as well. Beyond that the routine work is well within any competent independent mechanic. I will hand over the service manual and walk the buyer through everything I did.

Will it break on you? It did not break on me. 18,000 km, Kanyakumari to Ladakh to the Arunachal border and back down the east coast, and it never once left me standing by the road. The map on this page is the receipt.

IN INDIA UNTIL OCTOBER · CAN DELIVER TO COIMBATORE OR CHENNAI

The 650MT front on, parked at home The bike beside a lake at sunset Loaded for touring under prayer flags at dusk Parked in front of a Mughal gateway in Lucknow Loaded and parked at a Himalayan viewpoint At the Welcome to Kohima gate in Nagaland On a tree lined road in the south On a river bridge in the hills Parked by the sea on a coastal highway Low angle, loaded for the road

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THE ROUTE BOOK

Ride it yourself

The ride was drawn before it was ridden, and the drawing is a loop anyone can run: five sectors, every waypoint with its distance and hours, and two join points at Bengaluru and Delhi where you can start, stop, or go home from where you began. Free to fork.

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