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[barrm101]

hello, a quick introduction, I just bought my first bike last weekend, a Royal Enfield Bullet 350 standard. I'm Irish living in India, and with the state of the roads and road users over here i figure i'm going to need all the help i can get to stay alive , this looks like a good place to pick up some tips.

I'm madly in love with my Bull, running her in at the moment, which is just as well, 50km/h is plenty fast on the roads out here. I've gotten f*ck all done at work this week, i spend all day thinking about possible modifications for the bike, or trips for the weekend. I'm going to get a sprung single seat for her, and maybe a retro silencer. apart from that i want to keep as much of the original gear as possible. It's class, brand new bike, registration + tax for life, and 1 years insurance came to under 1000 quid stg. keepin her on the roads another thing, she's a thirsty lady. luckily petrol here is reasonably cheap.

Anyhow, just wanted to say hello, and check if there are any other Bullet owners/Indian bikers here.
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[TheShaggyDA]

Greetings

Classic 500 Bullet owner here. 8 weeks and loving it. Loads of Enfield info can be had on the notice board at https://www.hitchcocksmotorcycles.com/

Surprises me to hear you say it's thirsty - is that anything to do with the quality of the fuel out there? I've heard it quoted that tankers in India should show a "fairly flammable" warning sticker
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[barrm101]

cool, thanks for the link. I was considering a 500, but i figured as my first bike that'd be a bit unneccessary.

I'd say the fuel efficiency thing is just relative to other Indian manufactured bikes, mostly 100-150cc japanese bikes made assembled locally. That's the main consideration in buying a bike here, they get about 70-80km/ltr, compared to the Bullet's 30-40. It's all good though, you can't put a price on that single cylinder thump
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[pipnet11]

I also have a 500 classic, certainly isnt thirsty for me. They look great and are simple to work on. I have just rebuit the gearbox as the kickstart seal had gone due to our friendly indians not tightening the bolts up on the inner cover. It was a simple task even for me, as i was doing it for the first time so didnt really know what I was doing. Should get it going again tomorrow....cue the rain!!
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