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Title: Royal Enfield to open BRITISH Tech Center
Post by: montmil on February 19, 2015, 07:37:26 AM
My old grandpappy used to say, Everything's on the wheel. It all comes around.

http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-news-industry/royal-enfield-to-open-british-technology-centre/26299.html
Title: Re: Royal Enfield to open BRITISH Tech Center
Post by: Lucky_Lou on February 19, 2015, 11:55:29 AM
Having watched Guy Martins recent Indian adventure he bought an Enfield and toured, interesting programme  but the bike was hopelessly underpowered unreliable and constantly being bodged, it did not leave me wanting to rush out and buy one.
I bet the British "Tech" centre is mainly a marketing ploy, that said they must be doing something right.
Lou
Title: Re: Royal Enfield to open BRITISH Tech Center
Post by: Tony Smith on February 19, 2015, 06:47:18 PM
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Having watched Guy Martins recent Indian adventure he bought an Enfield and toured, interesting programme  but the bike was hopelessly underpowered unreliable and constantly being bodged, it did not leave me wanting to rush out and buy one. Lou

Out of curiosity Lou, was guy Martin on a modern fuel injected Enfield, or an old one?

If a modern one I am genuine surprised as having put a few miles on one I was impressed, mind you for a 500cc it was a bit breathless, but perfectly capable of maintaining legal cruising speeds.
Title: Re: Royal Enfield to open BRITISH Tech Center
Post by: steve hawkins on February 20, 2015, 06:56:14 AM
The last thing you want to do is tune one of them as well.  You just wear them out quicker.  It is what it is.  But used within its limits they can be quite charming.  my neighbor has one, and runs a 'semi retired business' servicing and rebuilding friend's bikes.  He recently built up a Meteor/Constellation from a collection of boxes.  looked nice.  He is somewhat an expert on the brand.

I like the new cafe racer bike, but fast it is not.  Its all about style.  And it has bags of that.  Bags more than any rice burner.

Cheers

Rev. Light
Title: Re: Royal Enfield to open BRITISH Tech Center
Post by: Lucky_Lou on February 20, 2015, 12:57:37 PM
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Having watched Guy Martins recent Indian adventure he bought an Enfield and toured, interesting programme  but the bike was hopelessly underpowered unreliable and constantly being bodged, it did not leave me wanting to rush out and buy one. Lou

Out of curiosity Lou, was guy Martin on a modern fuel injected Enfield, or an old one?

If a modern one I am genuine surprised as having put a few miles on one I was impressed, mind you for a 500cc it was a bit breathless, but perfectly capable of maintaining legal cruising speeds.
Heres a link to an article about it, the bike looks fairly new to me...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/active/11377920/Guy-Martin-My-1000-mile-Indian-road-trip-on-a-Royal-Enfield.html
Lou
Title: Re: Royal Enfield to open BRITISH Tech Center
Post by: Tony Smith on February 20, 2015, 03:55:27 PM
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Having watched Guy Martins recent Indian adventure he bought an Enfield and toured, interesting programme  but the bike was hopelessly underpowered unreliable and constantly being bodged, it did not leave me wanting to rush out and buy one. Lou

Out of curiosity Lou, was guy Martin on a modern fuel injected Enfield, or an old one?

If a modern one I am genuine surprised as having put a few miles on one I was impressed, mind you for a 500cc it was a bit breathless, but perfectly capable of maintaining legal cruising speeds.
Heres a link to an article about it, the bike looks fairly new to me...
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/men/active/11377920/Guy-Martin-My-1000-mile-Indian-road-trip-on-a-Royal-Enfield.html
Lou


It's an old one.
Title: Re: Royal Enfield to open BRITISH Tech Center
Post by: Bob_Roller on February 20, 2015, 04:35:32 PM
I've been keeping an eye on the local Royal Enfield bikes for sale in my area the last few years .

From what I've seen, they are all low mileage bikes, and usually the seller states that various electrical parts, usually associated with the charging system have been replaced .

One local dealer, also a BMW dealer has had non-current year bikes for sale, I'm talking 3-4 year old new bikes .

Surprisingly, the prices are not discounted very much from the current year bikes .
Title: Re: Royal Enfield to open BRITISH Tech Center
Post by: montmil on February 20, 2015, 05:45:33 PM
Couple major US motorcycle mags have published articles regarding the newest RE. Both mags were riding the RE Continental GT. Outside of having just enough horsepower to keep up with 60-65 mph traffic, the testers had no issues regarding the quality and dependability of the bikes.

As far as sales numbers go, Royal Enfield is the wprld's largest marque, surpassing even the Japanese.

Grab a pudding helmet, some RAF surplus goggles, scarf, a Barbour jacket and you're in the funky zone.

Title: Re: Royal Enfield to open BRITISH Tech Center
Post by: clonmore1 on February 22, 2015, 07:47:40 AM
I like the 'Woodsman' version.