Would you buy this bike?

[cheshirecat]

Well actually I'd be tempted -
RE

After all you'd be using all of it's potential just about every time you rode it.

[Taz]

I'd happily have a 500 classic in the garage.

[baptist]

I would ride it... but then I ride like a nana anyway

[superman]

Bikes are all about character. And that one is full of it!

[Conquiztador]

First "real" bike was a RE Meteor Minior Sport 500. I have her back anydayM

[White trash]

I don't get it, the whole Enfield Bullet thing, to be honest.

Do people think they're buying a classic bike when they get one? 'Cause they're not, they're buying a new bike built in the same antiquated style as the originals. If you find an original 50's (or whenever they were new) example, you have a classic and I'd happily own one.

And people give Harley-Davidson riders shit for subscribing to old school technologies, the Indian Enfields are 100 times worse.

[jellywrestler]

I don't get it, the whole Enfield Bullet thing, to be honest.

Maybe when you go to salesman school they'll teach you.
Meanwhile; there are people out there who want to own a classic but don't have the abilities to keep them sorted. With these you can do so and only have half the usual number of AA callouts than with an older bike.
As for them selling new in India as transport, 'outboard motors' are a strange race so I'm not even going to try and figure it out

[Brian d marge]

I have a few of them

I race a 500 and will not own another bike till the day I drop dead

Happy to explain why too

Some things to get you started with... As an Engineer , there is not an ounce of fat on the numbers every time I look into a part its just and no more

Done before ww2 with a slide rule and pencil

The spares are soo cheap ,,,, try 5o for a whole fork leg for 50 dollars or so

Now there are problems fit and finish are not as good as say Honda , the 500 seizes pistons when you try and up the power due to low oil flow

but all of the problems are easily fixable and the new EFI bike are very reliable , having a Austrian designed engine and now a new unit construction ...

that well I ...love em

Stephen

[Ocean1]

And people give Harley-Davidson riders shit for subscribing to old school technologies

Harley-Davidson purport to be technologically contemporary. They’re not. They possibly meet their design goals and quite likely they meet their marketing targets, and it’s hard to argue that anything else matters. To their shareholders.

Royal Enfield are exactly what they claim, they’re not simply a retro-styled, mass-produced “market niche”, they’re a close copy of an actual classic.

I may very well buy one, one day.

[blackdog]

if the right one comes up at the right time i will buy it for swmbo (ok mostly for me but she can tell people it's hers).

was well impressed with the guy doing the pinstriping in the vid. i'd give a finger off my left hand to be able to do that.

[Mental Trousers]

And people give Harley-Davidson riders shit for subscribing to old school technologies, the Indian Enfields are 100 times worse.

Royal Enfields don't encourage the wearing of tassles.

[Ocean1]

Royal Enfields don't encourage the wearing of tassles.

...Waving is permitted.

[sinned]

I just don't get it. Do I need to ride one?

[wysper]

I just don't get it. Do I need to ride one?

Thats the beauty of motorcycling though. You don't have to get why someone likes their ride. You just have to get why you like yours.

[martybabe]

I would certainly buy one if I had the spare cash. It's a bit like my old dog, crap as a paper comparison to other dogs but loveable and full of character and stubbornness.

As a bonus to the 27hp? it has one of the sweetest sounds of any bike I've ever heard.

As my only bike...not a chance but as an occasional bit of nostalgic fun, yes sir.