Royal Enfield

[steve hawkins]

Yes, even the latest are still sub 30bhp.  Latest one are 28 bhp or so.

I also rode an Electra a couple of years ago.  I found it a stable, pleasant, but unexiting ride.  I had just jumped off my Cafe Racer at the time.  I need that extra 10 horses it seems.

They do have a lot of soup-up kits for the older bike and there are a couple of tuners in the UK that have got them up to and beyond 'Gold Star' power outputs.  What they will do with the latest engine is anyone's guess.

[beemer]

As far as i aware these are Indian imports?? I think ill stick to the curry
Lou

Actually they will run on thinned down Korma!!!should you run out of gas!!

[Richme]

Can I heartily recommend a book called "Overland To India" by Gordon May....( www.overlandtoindia.co.uk )  Apologies to folks who know this already....but in the Uk there is an enormous motorcycle rally in Peterborough...held every May. Gordon was there selling his book and is a very fine chap indeed! He rode a 55year old Royal Enfield from the UK to India......a very readable tale  written from the heart( No...I'm not on commission!)

[nhmaf]

Last week I noticed in our small town's elementary school that there was a fairly recent vintage RE Bullet complete with the Cozy sidecar in the teacher's parking lot.  I'll have to see if I can find out who is the owner..

[beemer]

Iv'e owned 3 enfield's over the years,a 250 Clipper,250 Crusader sports,and a 250 Continental,all of them great bikes,and known over here in Blighty as "oily endfield's"i might be tempted to get another at some point!!.

[Richme]

It was Royal Oilfields when I were a lad!

[beemer]

It was Royal Oilfields when I were a lad!

You must be alot older then me!

[Bob_Roller]

I just saw an ad on Craigslist here locally in Phoenix, for a 2000 Royal Enfield, not running for $750, and no title .

[beemer]

I just saw an ad on Craigslist here locally in Phoenix, for a 2000 Royal Enfield, not running for $750, and no title .

Why not go and looksy?Look here-
http://www.ianchadwick.com/motorcycles/enfield/

[Bob_Roller]

Without a title, the process gets quite long and involved here in the state of Arizona .

Up until a few years ago, a vehicle without a title was considered a stolen vehicle by the licensing authority, Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) of the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), until proved otherwise with proper documentation .

I did a little inquiring about this a few months ago, and you have to post a bond, if I remember correctly, around $5000, to get a bonded title, and it could take a few years to get the process finalized .

[beemer]

Without a title, the process gets quite long and involved here in the state of Arizona .

Up until a few years ago, a vehicle without a title was considered a stolen vehicle by the licensing authority, Motor Vehicle Division (MVD) of the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT), until proved otherwise with proper documentation .

I did a little inquiring about this a few months ago, and you have to post a bond, if I remember correctly, around $5000, to get a bonded title, and it could take a few years to get the process finalized .

Well i didn't know you had to go through all this stuff to get the title!!!not worth the hassle i guess Bob.

[Bob_Roller]

It probably has something to do with our proximity to the international border with Mexico, under a 2 hour drive .

The three biggest exports from Arizona to Mexico are : guns, drug money and stolen vehicles .  

[montmil]

Bob, Would a salvage title application be any easier? Or even possible in AZ?   Monte

[Bob_Roller]

No, with no title to work with, I guess the Motor Vehicle Division has to access insurance data bases, and registration records from other states, to get a continuity of ownership from when the vehicle was first sold, to preclude the possibility that the vehicle may have been stolen, the information is there, but it gets more difficult with increasing age of the vehicle .

[rocky]

Thump on!!