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Royal Enfield motorbike - why would anyone buy one?
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I wonder if any of you can help.
I am in charge of getting the copy a Royal Enfield motorbike (a Bullet
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This brings up a good (?) question - what do you do with it if you won
it?
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Stop entering daft competitions.
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It makes a lousy planter box.
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It makes a lousy spares box too.
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Kinda hard to use it as a mailbox.
You can't really use it as a garden gate.
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You could use one to hold the gate open though. Just.
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Too tall to use as a table base.
I suppose one could use it as a patio light.
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With a gallon of tit thrown over it, it'd be perfect.
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Any better suggestions?
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Add about 20 feet of chain, with the other end attached to maybe 80
feet of nylon line, and use it for an anchor. It should hold in a
variety of situations...
Al Moore
DoD 734
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If the Japanese manufacturers turned out bikes of that low quality,
for the same price, it would be seppuku all round, believe me.
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Electra-X to be precise)
that our website is about to auction off.
Obviously I can't mention *which* auction site or anything (for fear of
being flamed! - and don't worry it's not e-Bay) but I just need a
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You'll get more bids if you list it on ebay.
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little help with selling the Royal Enfield brand.
Now, So far our copy writer has written some rather unconvincing stuff
about it being an "ultimate modern classic... ...that you';ll want to
go out and just ride" .
Can any of you tell me what a Royal Enfield is REALLY all about?
What are the 5 BEST things about them?
- Low purchase cost
- Reliability (??)
- Economy ?
- Style statement?
- The sound they make...
...or what?!
And what are the 5 *worst *come to that?!
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Excellent. Finally wev'e got some well-balanced input Bull65.
Yep sounds to me like you know what you're talking about.
Have you ever actually owned/ridden one, then? (Unlike most of the
biggots
on this thread - and I dont say that out of malice, btw, it's just
clearly true
that most of the opinions expressed on this thread have been massively
are one-sided!)
More importantly, have you ever tried the bike in question the
Bullet Electra-X, with supposedly much better breaks, much more
reliable
500cc engine (designed for 44bhp, but tuned for 25bph to meet noise &
emission standards) ? Did it break down on you?
I just discovered this review of the Electra
A bit long but quite enlightening.
And sheds quite a lot of light on the reliability issue. Yes,
apparently back in 1996 they *were* horrendously unreliable. But with
the new engine and much better front brakes maybe much of that has
changed. One thing is clear - and that is that they are still designed
to be very easy to maintain and tune - no doubt extremely important in
a market like India.
Btw, they only make about 25,000 bikes per year and have done so
steadily for the last 55 year...
Ship
Shiperton Henethe
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If you can throw in some, I dunno Enfield jargon(??) or whatever, that
would be great.
To be honest I don't even fully understand the *history* of the brand
but I gather that they are
and old British motorbike brand (that years ago went bust in the UK ??)
and is still
being built in India and that now they are being reassembled in the UK.
- What is their reputation??
Do they resonate more with Harley Davidson - (a cool brand for with a
die-hard
group of fans) or are they a bid of a joke and resonating more with
Skoda
(a cheap slow import that falls to pieces - [alledgedly!!] ) ...or
what??
I feel we still don't REALLY understand our product. Can anyone help?
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OK, here's your ad:
Our hero is getting ready for a date. He's wearing a wifebeater
t-shirt. He cuts himself shaving and puts a piece of toilet paper on
the cut.
He gets dressed, but leaves his zipper undone. He puts the pocket
protector in his nice clean white shirt, but when he puts the pen in,
he misses the protector.
When he parks the Yugo, one wheel is on the curb. When he gets out, he
slams his finger in the door.
We see him pick up a tall drink with an umbrella at the bar. He turns,
and we see the piece of toilet paper still on his cheek, and the pen
in his pocket has already leaked onto his shirt. He taps a beuatiful
woman on the shoulder and says, "Do you come here often?"
She looks at him in utter disbelief.
"Have you ever yearned for that accessory that tells everyone who you
really are? How about the machine that just suits you perfectly?"
"Royal Enfield - it's you!"
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I GOT to get me one of those! :)
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Me too. At least the local scrotes wouldn't steal _that_!
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Discerning scrotes in your neighbourhood then Ivan. "Our" scrotes would nick
the shirts off the backs of the scrotes who were nicking the Enfield.
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When does it come on the air? It's better than most of the regular
programming hereabouts!
Al Moore
DoD 734
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With thanks
Ship
Shiperton Henethe
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I can't believe I've seen you on here sir.
I'm just going to sit back and wait for the FOAK to comment though.
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