mh14RE550
22nd January 2019, 19:12
Hi , guys
My names mike , started riding 10 years ago with a de-regd xj650 special had it for a few months then almost died racing a wrx...helmet visor broke of on one side flipped across helmet and wind caught it (going 160kph) force of the wind turned my head to the side of the road so couldnt see in front of me.... needless to say i swapped the bike for a mk3 cortina after that scare haha
Gave up road bikes untill last year when i bought a royal enfield stealth black model classic 500 2018 from casbolts up in christchurch , always wanted one merely because of the fact they look like an old army bike .. $10,000 brand new first impressions ...cool as but not really enough power for my liking and the vibrations were ridiculous ... done 7,000ks on it now and have to say vibrations are almost none existant they start to go about 1,000 ks into it .
Modified exhaust so its straight piped with welded lolipop baffles inside (dont tell police man) exhaust wrap and just put a new filter on it which is far to big but the performance increase is great , only changed because of the incredibly poor quality of the factory airbox which broke ,original airfilter wasn't sealing properly AND service called for a replacement so....hence the MOD
Overall i love the look of the bike but quality could be alot beter , but the old saying is true , you get what you pay for and to be able to own a brand new bike for $10,000 is pretty cool
In the future i actually plan to do an engine swap with it , plan will be to find a suitable motor replacement probably japanese so then i get the looks of the enfield but the performance and reliability of a japanese engine...same may like it or hate but hey its ok.
My names mike , started riding 10 years ago with a de-regd xj650 special had it for a few months then almost died racing a wrx...helmet visor broke of on one side flipped across helmet and wind caught it (going 160kph) force of the wind turned my head to the side of the road so couldnt see in front of me.... needless to say i swapped the bike for a mk3 cortina after that scare haha
Gave up road bikes untill last year when i bought a royal enfield stealth black model classic 500 2018 from casbolts up in christchurch , always wanted one merely because of the fact they look like an old army bike .. $10,000 brand new first impressions ...cool as but not really enough power for my liking and the vibrations were ridiculous ... done 7,000ks on it now and have to say vibrations are almost none existant they start to go about 1,000 ks into it .
Modified exhaust so its straight piped with welded lolipop baffles inside (dont tell police man) exhaust wrap and just put a new filter on it which is far to big but the performance increase is great , only changed because of the incredibly poor quality of the factory airbox which broke ,original airfilter wasn't sealing properly AND service called for a replacement so....hence the MOD
Overall i love the look of the bike but quality could be alot beter , but the old saying is true , you get what you pay for and to be able to own a brand new bike for $10,000 is pretty cool
In the future i actually plan to do an engine swap with it , plan will be to find a suitable motor replacement probably japanese so then i get the looks of the enfield but the performance and reliability of a japanese engine...same may like it or hate but hey its ok.