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stinkwheel Bovine Proctologist
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Probably not interested in mine when the philosophy was "Well, we still have the factory and tooling and a seemingly inexhaustible supply of cheap labour and low grade scrap metal. Most of the tooling isn't completely broken and worn out yet so we'll keep making them until someone makes us stop.".
Eventually someone made them stop. Something about emissions. ____________________ “Rule one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”
I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles. |
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Ste Not Work Safe
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om15 Nova Slayer
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Posted: 16:54 - 08 May 2024 Post subject: |
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Since 2016 I have had one or more Royal Enfields in the fleet, mixed feelings, but this is my experience,
Classic 500, not a bad bike, ok for chugging around on, no serious problems and is ok for a second bike.
Himalayan 411, great bike, had a stalling issue which was fixed by fitting a booster plug, a good all round bike, reliable and pretty indestructible.
Interceptor 650, uncomfortable, poor brakes,poor suspension, spent a fortune on trying to make it lighter and better, (exhausts, brakes, suspension and so on), not a patch on a Bonneville.
Classic 350, heavy, underpowered, uncomfortable and drank oil, got rid of it after a year.
Bullet 500 B5, very happy with it, no problems, good second bike and has been reliable so far.
Royal Enfield are bringing in new models every year, very successful and popular, I think that they might be better on increasing quality rather than the mass production, but you pays yer money and takes yer chance.
I wouldn't have a Royal Enfield as a first bike, but an early one as a second bike run around is great.
For the price of a new Interceptor you can buy a good second hand Bonneville which would be a better more reliable bike. ____________________ Alcohol doesn't solve problems, but neither does milk |
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Posted: 09:33 - 09 May 2024 Post subject: |
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om15 wrote: | Since 2016 I have had one or more Royal Enfields in the fleet, mixed feelings, but this is my experience,
Classic 500, not a bad bike, ok for chugging around on, no serious problems and is ok for a second bike.
Himalayan 411, great bike, had a stalling issue which was fixed by fitting a booster plug, a good all round bike, reliable and pretty indestructible.
Interceptor 650, uncomfortable, poor brakes,poor suspension, spent a fortune on trying to make it lighter and better, (exhausts, brakes, suspension and so on), not a patch on a Bonneville.
Classic 350, heavy, underpowered, uncomfortable and drank oil, got rid of it after a year.
Bullet 500 B5, very happy with it, no problems, good second bike and has been reliable so far.
Royal Enfield are bringing in new models every year, very successful and popular, I think that they might be better on increasing quality rather than the mass production, but you pays yer money and takes yer chance.
I wouldn't have a Royal Enfield as a first bike, but an early one as a second bike run around is great.
For the price of a new Interceptor you can buy a good second hand Bonneville which would be a better more reliable bike. |
I had the misfortune of using a courtesy bike from a triumph dealer years ago.
They loaned.me a bonny.
Shite.
Too much Barrow Market nasty components as OEM switches and most panels and fixtures were Ching Chong Or Buhd Buhd
Defo not a bike to use as comparison.
In think the triumph and Enfield are in alignment. ____________________ Disclaimer: The comments above may be predicted text and not necessarily the opinion of MCN. |
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om15 Nova Slayer
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Posted: 11:26 - 09 May 2024 Post subject: |
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I have had five Royal Enfields and six Hinkley Triumphs, the first was a Trident 900 in 1998, followed by a Bonneville 790, an Adventurer 900, a T100 Bonneville and a Street Twin, last year I thought about which was the best one and bought a 2001 low mileage Bonneville 790, I enjoyed them all, but prefer the earlier models, never had a quality issue but do think the later models are mass produced to a price.
Here it is, great bike ____________________ Alcohol doesn't solve problems, but neither does milk |
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