Roayal Enfield
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Rob is due in Thailand on the 27th October.
Hope this helps :thumbup:
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http://www.ridehigh.com
Rob is due in Thailand on the 27th October.
Hope this helps :thumbup:
Just took a ride, 3 guys, 3 Enfields, 1500 klms across Laos.
Superb machines ideally suited for roads there; sizeable potholes, dirt
roads, cows, chickens, pigs, wild truckers etc.
Zero problems.
The Enfields just take it all in their stride and have style doing it.
Low down grunt, great sound and safe, cause people hear you thumping along.
Just one puncture from a 1" nail, while on a 100 klm unpaved road.
Wheel out (QD wheels are great), new tube in, fixed on the side of the
road in 10 minutes and riding again.
Anyone who cant appreciate how great these bikes are, obviously hasn't
ridden them any distance.
Preferable in those conditions to any skittery high C of G trail bike or revvy plastic
crotch rocket or even a Triumph twin.
I'd buy one tomorrow if they were on sale here. Great machines.
There is a very good reason why they have been making them basically
the same for 50 odd years.
PS. By the way.... it's ROYAL.
Superb machines ideally suited for roads there; sizeable potholes, dirt
roads, cows, chickens, pigs, wild truckers etc.
Zero problems.
The Enfields just take it all in their stride and have style doing it.
Low down grunt, great sound and safe, cause people hear you thumping along.
Just one puncture from a 1" nail, while on a 100 klm unpaved road.
Wheel out (QD wheels are great), new tube in, fixed on the side of the
road in 10 minutes and riding again.
Anyone who cant appreciate how great these bikes are, obviously hasn't
ridden them any distance.
Preferable in those conditions to any skittery high C of G trail bike or revvy plastic
crotch rocket or even a Triumph twin.
I'd buy one tomorrow if they were on sale here. Great machines.
There is a very good reason why they have been making them basically
the same for 50 odd years.
PS. By the way.... it's ROYAL.
Royal Enfield were my introduction to motorcycling in Thailand in November 2004. Quite adequate for here & very tough. Didn't like the right hand gear change set up but the new ones are now left handed like everyone else. They are pretty robust beasts to say the least.Also fuel consumption is pretty good - going on for 90 mpg.. Rumour had it some while ago that BritBike Bkk were going to sell them but I've heard nothing since. Perhaps the high import tax made the idea unviable.
I have a 500 Bullet here in CM, RH shift with a new 5 speed box, front disc, Boyer ignition, and a few goodies from Hitchocks in the UK
Lovely classic bike and rides like one
pic here:
http://s650.photobucket.com/albums/uu22 ... let%20500/
Lovely classic bike and rides like one
pic here:
http://s650.photobucket.com/albums/uu22 ... let%20500/