Royal Enfield to open BRITISH Tech Center

[montmil]

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

[Lucky_Lou]

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

[Tony Smith]

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.

[steve hawkins]

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

[Lucky_Lou]

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

[Tony Smith]

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.

[Bob_Roller]

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 .

[montmil]

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.

[clonmore1]

I like the 'Woodsman' version.