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all the above is true

i would always recommend lalli singh but do as you like for a week.
for that itinerary you will be on the road every day with little time to enjoy the areas you will be in.
you might consider a train to agra for the taj majal and back to delhi the same night...or an overnight slow train arriving in the early morning and ready to go. then, take your trip up north of delhi to amritsar and the mountains.
it will still be tight, but doable.
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i would always recommend lalli singh but do as you like for a week.
for that itinerary you will be on the road every day with little time to enjoy the areas you will be in.
you might consider a train to agra for the taj majal and back to delhi the same night...or an overnight slow train arriving in the early morning and ready to go. then, take your trip up north of delhi to amritsar and the mountains.
it will still be tight, but doable.
I would agree with mitchell but if you planning to go by trains, i should let you know that these days the train schedules are severely impacted due to dense fogs. Trains have been delayed or cancelled.

So keep that in mind.
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Some movies of traveling in India on the motorbike on Going East - Home
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Some movies of traveling in India on the motorbike on Going East - Home
Dude, I am sure its a great movie and you enjoyed making it but you should stop posting the same link in all the threads. Wont be long till mods think you are spamming. Lets get back to the thread now
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I was going to reply and give an idea of what it's like, but dodgydago has said almost everything there is to say.

Turning right at a T-junction has to be the most hilarious manoeuvre of all! The important thing to stress is the lack of road rage and the cooperation.

I first rode in India five years ago on a twist-n-go scooter having not riden a motorbike in the previous 28 years. No crash hat, no protective gear, but I was obviously very careful and came to no harm. In fact it started me biking again after all these years!

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Lalli Singh

Do you also support Lalli Singh as a reliable Enfield source? We'll be staying in India 4 weeks next year and this time we want to rent a bike from Delhi. Also found "Tony Bullet" and "New Delhi Motorcycle House". Any comments (from anyone) on them?

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Indian driving IS that bad, and worse. Even if you dont get totalled, you´ll be stressed so much you wont enjoy it. Rajastan riding is OK but big cities? Never.

If you ride there let us know how you got on, even if you´re playing a harp.
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Drove in the last ten years about 20.000 km 2 up on an enfield from north to south and east to west en crossed many big cities (f.i. Delhi, Calcutta, Hyderabad, Bangalore) and still alive. Advice in big cities: ask a riksja rider to guide you to your hotel. easy.
We crossed India in a landrover too, but that was more dangerous. On a bike it is easy to go in the ditch.
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