Royal Enfield Cafe Racer

[Hillbilly]

This is the brand new Cafe Racer from Royal Enfield available sometime this year. Yes, it's still got the 27hp 500cc single banger, but it sure is sexy and will obviously pass as a LAMS bike:

[willytheekid]

:gob:...WANT!!


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQCP85FngzE

[Brian d marge]

A year or so Enfield was one of , if not the no1 selling bike in the UK , They really are listening to their customers , unlike the big four !

I LOVE my old one , but if I needed a new bike , then that would be it
and what a great learners bike !

Stephen

[Road kill]

A cafe "the clubman" based on the last carbed models has been available for at lest the last 12 months but none in NZ yet,,yes I did ask the local dealer.

This one looks like rather nice up dated version and with 27hp it should be quite handy as well.

"Very much like":2thumbsup

[ducatilover]

:sweatdrop I really do like.
Was looking at a late model Enfield the other day and contemplating having three bikes in the garage. Would be beautiful to chug around on eh?

[Eddieb]

This is the brand new Cafe Racer from Royal Enfield available sometime this year. Yes, it's still got the 27hp 500cc single banger, but it sure is sexy and will obviously pass as a LAMS bike:

Now that is a sexy bike.

[Woodman]

Best looking new bike I seen for a long time.

I want one.

[wysper]

Have to agree with the rest, that is a nice bike.

[pete376403]

Its in their (RE) DNA

250 Continental GT - 1966

[Rhys]

That would be a learner bike you would never sell :2thumbsup

[Edbear]

Its in their (RE) DNA

Sweet!

250 Continental GT - 1966


That would be a learner bike you would never sell :2thumbsup

Hayup! I would have one in a heartbeat!

[Grizzo]

Cor wallop! Bike porn:clap::clap:

[ellipsis]

...oh the irony...bike porn..i want...sexy...yes yes yes...made in india...hahahahahahaha...fucking children...(i'd like one too)...

[Berries]

....made in india.....
Just poppadum the money on the counter.

Nice looking bike and would be tempted if it had a little bit more power.

[GrayWolf]

dammit, that would be a perfect complimentary bike to own alongside the MT.....
It''s so reminiscent of the 250 Conty, and that was on pretty little bike as well.... wonder if they'll produce an 'Egli' style hot up kit for it?

It has to be in the list for prettiest new bike of the year :gob::gob::gob::gob:

if this is accurate for tech spec, 30+bhp and a 535cc bore out? Could be a possible 160-180kph top end?

ENGINE SPECIFICATIONS
Displacement: 535cc
Engine: 535cc
Maximum Power: 36 Bhp (Expected)
Maximum Torque: NA
Gears: 5 Speed
Clutch: Wet Multi Plate
Bore: 0
Stroke: 0
No. of Cylinders: 1
Cylinder Configuration: NA
Engine Block Material: NA
Chassis Type: Tubular Steel
Cooling Type: Air Cooling
Carburetor: NA
Motor Power: 12V

DIMENSIONS
Length: 2089.00 mm
Width: 692.00 mm
Height: 1054.00 mm
OTHER SPECIFICATIONS
Weight: 187.00 kg
Ground Clearance: 140.00 mm
Fuel Tank: 14.30 ltrs
Wheelbase: 1358.00 mm

and check out the Thunderbird 500 http://www.zigwheels.com/reviews-advice/reviews/royal-enfield-thunderbird-500-road-test/15031/

http://www.motorbeam.com/bikes/royal-enfield-thunderbird/royal-enfield-thunderbird-500-test-ride-review/

[Brian d marge]

Now , this is the new engine and it is built for India where gasoline is expensive in a manner of words so less than 30 haaahaa
my "racing Enfield tops out about 22 to 25 ish , but has lots of torque ,( cant remember how much ) up there though
If I was younger , and in my Ducati stage , i would have bought this bike
settled on a ducati single though ...fully worked ( the engine cost the same as a 750 bonnie ....)
No , im going to build this chop , and honest to god this is the LAST bike I build buy , beg steal or borrow
Honest guv

Stephen

[Hillbilly]

Here's another better look at this new Cafe Racer:

[Sable]

Like the bike but it does look Indian (i.e. cheap and cobbled together), and please tell me the Ohlins shocks are a joke.

[Road kill]

Like the bike but it does look Indian (i.e. cheap and cobbled together), and please tell me the Ohlins shocks are a joke.

So tell us how it looks cheap and cobbled togeather,,,,you ever actually seen one ?

Ohlins shocks,,,,,yeah about time a manufacturer put decent suspension on a bike as stock.

About the only thing funny about it are the suckers like you that remain loyal to the Jap big four that have been treating you like fools for so long you now think it's normal.

[Sable]

So tell us how it looks cheap and cobbled togeather,,,,you ever actually seen one ?

Ohlins shocks,,,,,yeah about time a manufacturer put decent suspension on a bike as stock.

About the only thing funny about it are the suckers like you that remain loyal to the Jap big four that have been treating you like fools for so long you now think it's normal.

Listen here fuckwit, it looks parts bin in regards to the lack of fine detailing even compared to say a GB500, as for Ohlins shocks on a cheap Indian made bike with 27 horsepower it'll drive the purchase price up massively and it doesn't even need them. I have no particular loyalty to any brand and I am amazed you somehow were able to infer some sort of perverse love for the Japanese from a couple of offhand comments. I buy my vehicles purely based on price and value for said price, NOT manufacturer or region which is why I have had amongst others a $1600 FZR1000, a $1500 GB400, a $500 Volvo and RG150, a $1000 Subaru and an X7 that came as a bunch of rusty bits in boxes, which for some reason you felt the need to red rep me for.

Idiot.

[ducatilover]

Listen here fuckwit, it looks parts bin in regards to the lack of fine detailing even compared to say a GB500, as for Ohlins shocks on a cheap Indian made bike with 27 horsepower it'll drive the purchase price up massively and it doesn't even need them. I have no particular loyalty to any brand and I am amazed you somehow were able to infer some sort of perverse love for the Japanese from a couple of offhand comments. I buy my vehicles purely based on price and value for said price, NOT manufacturer or region which is why I have had amongst others a $1600 FZR1000, a $1500 GB400, a $500 Volvo and RG150, a $1000 Subaru and an X7 that came as a bunch of rusty bits in boxes, which for some reason you felt the need to red rep me for.

Idiot.
I got given my Volvo.

I must win

[unstuck]

I got given my Volvo.

I must win

You havnt won yet chap, you still either have to buy a boat to use your anchor(volvo) with or find some other sucker to take it away for you.:yes:

[ducatilover]

You havnt won yet chap, you still either have to buy a boat to use your anchor(volvo) with or find some other sucker to take it away for you.:yes:
I sold my boat :bleh: and I like my Ovlov, it's beige, like me

[actungbaby]

This is the brand new Cafe Racer from Royal Enfield available sometime this year. Yes, it's still got the 27hp 500cc single banger, but it sure is sexy and will obviously pass as a LAMS bike:

Nice i like one of those with some father beans mmmm

[Flip]

What a great looking bike.

Count me in.

[Motu]

it looks parts bin in regards to the lack of fine detailing

Idiot.

Duh - that's what a cafe racer is. The working class kids in England who couldn't possibly afford a Manx or a Goldstar, stripped their mundane go to work bike down, and using bits from here and there cobbled together something that looked like a racer they could ride on the street. So what if it was only a Bullet or B31, it was still better than what they started with.

This is a factory cafe racer, so doesn't impress me much - but it is made from a much more mundane source....bits taken off, bits from here put on there. In that light it makes the grade for me.

[Sable]

Duh - that's what a cafe racer is. The working class kids in England who couldn't possibly afford a Manx or a Goldstar, stripped their mundane go to work bike down, and using bits from here and there cobbled together something that looked like a racer they could ride on the street. So what if it was only a Bullet or B31, it was still better than what they started with.
No shit sherlock.

This is a factory cafe racer, so doesn't impress me much - but it is made from a much more mundane source....bits taken off, bits from here put on there. In that light it makes the grade for me.
And my complete quote

it looks parts bin in regards to the lack of fine detailing even compared to say a GB500 (ANOTHER FACTORY CAFE RACER)
Idiot.
You will also note that I said I liked it.

[Motu]

GB500 - just Honda plagiarising another trend....there's money in it y'know. Enfield is offering a factory version of what customers have been doing to their bikes for 50 years.

[ducatilover]

GB500 - just Honda plagiarising another trend....there's money in it y'know. Enfield is offering a factory version of what customers have been doing to their bikes for 50 years.
I thought the GB models were a bit of a flop when new, like the NT650/BROS/Hawk GT?

It's kind of like a Thruxton then, or Yamaha SRV250? Factory Cafe style bikes rule.

[Motu]

It's kind of like a Thruxton then,

Velocette Thruxton - now that was a seriously good factory cafe racer.

[ducatilover]

Velocette Thruxton - now that was a seriously good factory cafe racer.
Beautiful looker that

My favourite modern Cafe would be the Duke Sprot classic 1000 :2thumbsup

[Motu]

I'd prefer to make my own....

[AllanB]

I'd prefer to make my own....

Ditto. But it is a spunky wee bike. Like the tank and pipe.

[Brian d marge]

Those shocks, IF they are after market and ohlins the I doubt they are on the production version
If they are , then they are the yamaha ? "In name only" units , as found on map Xjr, and such twin shock bikes

After massive investment by the eicher? Group , retooling Enfield's have become quite good. The materials were sometimes ....... But they have improved massively of late

Its a nice engine that one

Stephen

[GrayWolf]

Listen here fuckwit, it looks parts bin in regards to the lack of fine detailing even compared to say a GB500, as for Ohlins shocks on a cheap Indian made bike with 27 horsepower it'll drive the purchase price up massively and it doesn't even need them. I have no particular loyalty to any brand and I am amazed you somehow were able to infer some sort of perverse love for the Japanese from a couple of offhand comments. I buy my vehicles purely based on price and value for said price, NOT manufacturer or region which is why I have had amongst others a $1600 FZR1000, a $1500 GB400, a $500 Volvo and RG150, a $1000 Subaru and an X7 that came as a bunch of rusty bits in boxes, which for some reason you felt the need to red rep me for.

Idiot.

If you read the specs I posted it looks like it will be a 535 motor and about 35bhp.... thats as much as most of the old 'high power' Brit 500 sinlgle's produced. For the money and looks? It's a VIABLE option for those who always hankered for a Goldie, and it's just as pretty...

Ya been sniffing too much Bel Ray from your exhaust mate.

[Sable]

Wow, a massive 35hp. Still doesn't warrant Ohlins on a cheap production bike that makes ten less horsepower than my ancient 250. Does anyone have a valid point to make to me here or is it just a CanAm and a Harley rider being butthurt?

[Brian d marge]

Wow, a massive 35hp. Still doesn't warrant Ohlins on a cheap production bike that makes ten less horsepower than my ancient 250. Does anyone have a valid point to make to me here or is it just a CanAm and a Harley rider being butthurt?
My guess is you didn't read , about them being Yamaha shocks and know nowt about British singles, or Enfield's

Stephen

[GrayWolf]

Wow, a massive 35hp. Still doesn't warrant Ohlins on a cheap production bike that makes ten less horsepower than my ancient 250. Does anyone have a valid point to make to me here or is it just a CanAm and a Harley rider being butthurt?

Go buy a real bike, instead of a wee stroker.......

Or go and buy a REAL stroker..... H1/H2.......

or better still, grow up? and stop being a knob for the sake of it, and have something constructive to add?
only 35bhp is adequate, it has/will produce enough torque to perform in a reasonable fashion. You either 'dig it' or you dont... you like screaming engines and 'power bands' others prefer low revving 'high torque' motors....

[Eddieb]

At 35hp that's only 1 or 2 shy of what my DR650 produced as stock. With a bit of tuning the DR will now lift the front in 1st off the throttle. It is enough to have fun on twisty roads and the torque gives real world grin factor, not penis racing 'I've got a pooftenth more power than you'.

[ducatilover]

I'd prefer to make my own....


If you read the specs I posted it looks like it will be a 535 motor and about 35bhp.... thats as much as most of the old 'high power' Brit 500 sinlgle's produced. For the money and looks? It's a VIABLE option for those who always hankered for a Goldie, and it's just as pretty...

Ya been sniffing too much Bel Ray from your exhaust mate.
I bet it goes up hills well... and I also bet it loves low revs, which is good. Hopefully my silly little bike will be like that (but with 10hp more and 135kg wet)

[Edbear]

I'd prefer to make my own....

From scratch, no doubt..? :yes:

[Motu]

No, just from a piece of shit nobody wants.

[ducatilover]

No, just from a piece of shit nobody wants.
Like everything I own!

[Brian d marge]

No, just from a piece of shit nobody wants.

you will like my new bike then, frame in jig now .....

made from , scrap....and as close to zero yen as I can get it

Stephen

[unstuck]

Hmmmm, I wonder if I could cafe bob the old AG 175.:scratch:

[GrayWolf]

Hmmmm, I wonder if I could cafe bob the old AG 175.:scratch:

Errrrrrm! Hmmmm cafe bob a 2T? interrrrrrrresting notion :p Something like an old DT360/400, Er400 etc could be an interesting stroker, cafe racer?

[GrayWolf]

I bet it goes up hills well... and I also bet it loves low revs, which is good. Hopefully my silly little bike will be like that (but with 10hp more and 135kg wet)

Tell you what you missed out on the 'almost perfect' single concept,,,was at TSS, but would have set you back almost 5k.. they had one of those little Yammy SZR660's

TZR250 frame with the XTZ660 donk. ;)

[Eddieb]

Tell you what you missed out on the 'almost perfect' single concept,,,was at TSS, but would have set you back almost 5k.. they had one of those little Yammy SZR660's

TZR250 frame with the XTZ660 donk. ;)

Cool bikes except the tail section is seriously fugly.

[Banditbandit]

This is the brand new Cafe Racer from Royal Enfield available sometime this year. Yes, it's still got the 27hp 500cc single banger, but it sure is sexy and will obviously pass as a LAMS bike:

Yeah .. very nice ... a bit slow by today's standards ...

Have a look at what Enfields Pipeburn has on thier site ... some very tasty machinery here.

http://www.pipeburn.com/home/tag/royal-enfield

[ducatilover]

Tell you what you missed out on the 'almost perfect' single concept,,,was at TSS, but would have set you back almost 5k.. they had one of those little Yammy SZR660's

TZR250 frame with the XTZ660 donk. ;)
I could have a hell of a lot of fun with one of them.
:yes:

[Brian d marge]

Yeah .. very nice ... a bit slow by today's standards ...

Have a look at what Enfields Pipeburn has on thier site ... some very tasty machinery here.

http://www.pipeburn.com/home/tag/royal-enfield

must spread the love , sorry
got some good ideas from that sight

Heres my race bike

[Kickaha]

Heres my race bike

Very cool, I would love to see that in action

[unstuck]

must spread the love , sorry
got some good ideas from that sight

Heres my race bike

That is really cool. Must be a little uncomfortable carrying that stand around though.;)

[Brian d marge]

That is really cool. Must be a little uncomfortable carrying that stand around though.;)

Thats the brakes , usually I have some rope tied to it , but its hidden for the photo

I do have a video somewhere

Stephen

hope this works , sorry tis the only one and the bike was running like crap that day .....

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ok that didnt work .........

[unstuck]

You really should stay away from Kb when drunk. I copied and pasted that link:facepalm:

:sick:

You sad sad man. It came up with a one direction music video.

[Brian d marge]

You really should stay away from Kb when drunk. I copied and pasted that link:facepalm:

:sick:

You sad sad man. It came up with a one direction music video.

I got duck duck go what ever that is ....it was from facebook and it said copy and paste this link .,..so I did

epic fail

for the record , it was my second glass of homebrew

Dont know how to post the link then

Stephen

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151107805813317&set=vb.632368316&type=3

275951





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[Hillbilly]

This just in! I emailed the importers to see whether we will be seeing these in NZ and this is the reply:


Yes we will be importing later this year when they are available, Kiwi Rider Magazine have been asking when they can look at one so they will get the first and give hopefully a good write up. keep in touch, however if you want one of the first you can order with a deposit closer to the time regards
Trevor

:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::wings::wings::wings:

[Brian d marge]

This just in! I emailed the importers to see whether we will be seeing these in NZ and this is the reply:



:woohoo::woohoo::woohoo::wings::wings::wings:

Trev is a really nice guy and has BEEN the best thing for re IN nz , there was a guy down south , but ...yes well ,,,,

The spares


are really cheap to !

Stephen

ps , he will be buying the bike out of hiis own pocket as a demonstrator in the HOPE he can sell more

[ducatilover]

I got duck duck go what ever that is ....it was from facebook and it said copy and paste this link .,..so I did

epic fail

for the record , it was my second glass of homebrew

Dont know how to post the link then

Stephen

http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=10151107805813317&set=vb.632368316&type=3






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I'll add you on bookface so we can hold hands on the internet.

[Brian d marge]

I'll add you on bookface so we can hold hands on the internet.

warn ya , I get drunk and post there to...usually with a crap load of music

Stephen

[ellipsis]

warn ya , I get drunk and post

Stephen

...well I would never have suspected that...

[Spyke]

how much will it cost?