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Suitor_Stu
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PostPosted: 11:15 - 31 Aug 2007    Post subject: Joined a 1% Club Reply with quote

I've just joined the most exclusive 1% club of them all...I have just become one of the few people who has bought a bike after making a thread about it!

It's an Indian Royal Enfield Bullet 500 Millitary, which I picked up yesterday from the good people at Drysdale Motorcycles in Perth.

Paid £1600 for it, but given that it had only done 122kms when i took delivery of it i'm pretty chuffed with that!

Still being very wary of throttle use since i've got to run it in myself, but had an amazing ride back to Dundee yesterday via all the B roads while basking in sunshine!

Anyway, I'll get a few pics up soon, but here's the one I took with my phone camera before picking it up just to start.

Cheers for all who replied to my thread, and I'm sure I'll be asking a few more questions in the Workshop section in coming weeks!

Cheers, Stu
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lukamon
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PostPosted: 17:00 - 31 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

look like an ex- army bike thats gone round the clock Laughing Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 17:08 - 31 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

That's really good for £1600. I like it a lot.

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PostPosted: 17:19 - 31 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice looking bike, and they fitted a handy storage container on the back for the oil-absorbant granules you're gonna need Very Happy
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PostPosted: 17:22 - 31 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Thats cool.

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PostPosted: 17:24 - 31 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nice bike but convert it to girder forks, tellies will never catch on.
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PostPosted: 17:52 - 31 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

I like it, thats a nice example of biking history you've got there.

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PostPosted: 17:54 - 31 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Flipk wrote:
I like it, thats a nice example of biking history you've got there.

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How is it ? Its brand new !
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Lanny
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PostPosted: 19:08 - 31 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

jamie stokes wrote:



How is it ? Its brand new !


Cos they`re still made the same way they`ve always made `em
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Lanny
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PostPosted: 19:24 - 31 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lanny wrote:
jamie stokes wrote:



How is it ? Its brand new !


Cos they`re still made the same way they`ve always made `em


How can you disagree?????

Check out the history of the bike before you rubbish someone else`s comment Middle Finger
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PostPosted: 19:29 - 31 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

That powerplant and most of the cycle parts have been in continuous production for over 50 years therefore booking its place in the history books. Rolling Eyes
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Jamie S
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PostPosted: 19:29 - 31 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lanny wrote:
How can you disagree?????Check out the history of the bike before you rubbish someone else`s comment Middle Finger


Well for starters there not even made in brittain any more, they also have indicators and various other non original bits..
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Lanny
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PostPosted: 19:30 - 31 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

jamie stokes wrote:
Yes I like it and its a really nice bike ,im not disputing that.(in case you don't know I like old bikes.) Rolling Eyes
Its the fact you say "thats a nice example of biking history you've got there", its not got any part in biking history at all mate, end of!



How can it not have any part in Biking history???? Surprised

Any bike that is made the way it`s always been made (with only very minor changes) HAS to have a place in biking history

I had an old Enfield over 30 years ago, and it wasn`t a lot different to this one
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Lanny
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PostPosted: 19:32 - 31 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

jamie stokes wrote:
Lanny wrote:
How can you disagree?????Check out the history of the bike before you rubbish someone else`s comment Middle Finger


Well for starters there not even made in brittain any more, they also have indicators and various other non original bits..


Well if they didn`t have Indicators and various other none original bits, they wouldn`t be allowed on the bloody road
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PostPosted: 20:35 - 31 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Lol Lenny, disagree with the Stokes and his Karma bashing will haunt you Laughing
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PostPosted: 20:35 - 31 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

jamie stokes wrote:
Yes I like it and its a really nice bike ,im not disputing that.(in case you don't know I like old bikes.) Rolling Eyes
Its the fact you say "thats a nice example of biking history you've got there", its not got any part in biking history at all mate, end of!


Just because they are still manufactured to this day does not make them modern by any standards, whoopee it has electric starter and a few mod cons.

The fact is that bike is Iconic, bit like the original mini.

If i had said "Thats a nice example of a sports 600" i would have been wrong.

It is a piece of biking history end of.

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Attached a photo i just dug up on google of a 1960's enfield bullet, not a military version but hmm looks exactly the same even the pipework going up the side of the cylinder. Middle Finger you mr stokes Twisted Evil
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PostPosted: 20:38 - 31 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

kwaker6r wrote:
Lol Lenny, disagree with the Stokes and his Karma bashing will haunt you Laughing


Who`s Lenny? Confused
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PostPosted: 20:41 - 31 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Embarassed Laughing
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PostPosted: 22:06 - 31 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

I've never been into old style bikes, but I really like that. Can just imagine ambling round the countryside on it!

Sounds like a bargain @ 1600 quid too! Well Done! Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 23:28 - 31 Aug 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

Id love one, but id forsake purism for electronic ignition and left foot gear change and go for an electra model.
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PostPosted: 10:04 - 02 Sep 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

cheers guys!

This exact model is just kickstart only, so my thighs have def grown a few cms in daimeter in the last week! I've been on a scooter mainly for the last 2 years (with occasional off-roading) but i've still managed to have a few occasions where i've knocked it down a cog at 40mph because the shifter is 1up 3 down...oh well, i'll learn sooner or later
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PostPosted: 10:29 - 02 Sep 2007    Post subject: Reply with quote

jamie stokes wrote:
Yes I like it and its a really nice bike ,im not disputing that.(in case you don't know I like old bikes.) Rolling Eyes
Its the fact you say "thats a nice example of biking history you've got there", its not got any part in biking history at all mate, end of!
oh well we've got your dulux coated bucket to aspire to at least...
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