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Author Topic: Who has a new Royal Enfield?  (Read 7874 times)
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« on: September 09, 2011, 08:44:22 AM »
Anyone?

they seem nice enough.
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« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2011, 03:00:38 PM »
I rode one of those when I was back in India.. This was abt 5 years ago..
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« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2011, 03:18:51 PM »
No ..but they are one seriously cool bike

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« Reply #3 on: September 09, 2011, 03:25:07 PM »
500 cc single with EFI but only 27 hp

seems they could do a lot better
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« Reply #4 on: September 09, 2011, 04:03:08 PM »
They look very nice but I'm weary of their quality, being mfg'd in India these days and all..
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« Reply #5 on: September 09, 2011, 04:16:40 PM »
we sell them, seem pretty good so far quality wise, built very tough!!  We have only sold the newest generation UCE motor ones and all is good.  We have sold about a 12 in our first year with them.
The newest ones use Keihin FI, hydraulic valve adjust and nice solid electrical connectors throughout.   
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« Reply #6 on: September 09, 2011, 04:53:55 PM »
Quote from: ducatiz on September 09, 2011, 03:25:07 PM
500 cc single with EFI but only 27 hp

seems they could do a lot better

Gentle compression ratio, an under-square motor, probably relatively low-revving.

Bet it'll run forever and a day, though.
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« Reply #7 on: September 09, 2011, 06:31:59 PM »
  My local BMW dealer sells them, I was impressed when I first saw one in person that they are all steel and not cheap plastic like I was imagining they might be and have a large aftermarket selection here and in the UK.  Cool
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« Reply #8 on: September 09, 2011, 08:33:17 PM »
Quote from: zarn02 on September 09, 2011, 04:53:55 PM
Gentle compression ratio, an under-square motor, probably relatively low-revving.

Bet it'll run forever and a day, though.

Seems one could up the compression and increase the valves, anything to get above 40hp.
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« Reply #9 on: September 10, 2011, 01:25:03 AM »
Metal tanks. no E10 issues !

Hand painting of the Royal Enfield Tank
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royal enfield commercial 2007
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« Reply #10 on: September 10, 2011, 06:28:02 AM »
I looked at one at the local dealer.  Looks like a pretty well built machine that would do what it is intended to do competently.  You want a performance machine look elsewhere.  You want a machine that would be basic transportation and last, it might be this bike.  Reliability is yet to be determined but one way to get reliability is mild tuning.

Of course, this is all just my opinion...
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« Reply #11 on: September 10, 2011, 07:10:45 AM »
british engineering and reliability are two things that just never seem to look correct together in a sentence.
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« Reply #12 on: September 10, 2011, 07:19:53 AM »
I would like to have one to put around town now that the Vespa is gone.  Hell, in India there were more Enfield's on the road than people.  They can't be that bad.  Dolph
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« Reply #13 on: September 10, 2011, 04:03:17 PM »
I've had one for about a year and 7800 miles now.  Nice bike, does everything I need it to do.  I've had a few minor problems, nothing I couldn't sort out with some warranty parts from the dealer.  They all seem to have minor issues.  If nothing else, all the nuts and bolts keep coming loose for the first few months Smiley  There are a few people on the forum who got lemons with lots of big problems but that's definitely a small minority.  There are many people with one or two problems that are usually sorted at the dealer.  The distributor for the US (Classic Motor Works) stands behind the bikes and is willing to both help their dealers and get them in line if you've had a bad experience.

All in all I'd say that they do need a little more TLC than Japanese bikes.  I've found the level of maintenance and problems is about where I was with my '03 800 Monster.  And like a Ducati, there's no other bike out that feels like and RE when you ride it Cheesy

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« Reply #14 on: September 10, 2011, 04:50:56 PM »
Quote from: thought on September 10, 2011, 07:10:45 AM
british engineering and reliability are two things that just never seem to look correct together in a sentence.
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Edit: they do look cool
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