Royal Enfield

I have racked up 25,000 km my 2011 Royal Enfield Military. After some initial electrical glitches involving blown fuses the bike settled down to steady, reliable, use-it-every-day running. The reasons for the blown fuses were never discovered nor why the electrical system 'self repaired'. What was discovered was that the dealers are totally inept and unwilling to help. No matter - it's a nice, simple, do-it-yourself bike. It is over-geared. No problem, change the rear 38th sprocket to 42th (after market kit available). Good bike for rural roads.

I have a 2014 Royal C5 Classic. I am in Pennsylvania, USA. I have been riding for 45 years on many different brands of bike and 107 horsepower to 8 horse. This is my first RE. I studied at great length before buying. I recommend the same to anyone considering an RE. It has very little horsepower and as such is a disappointment to many bikers. This bike does not want to be rushed, raced, speed shifted, et. It is only at home on slower, twisty back roads at or under 100k or 55/60 mph. But at that speed I don't think it can be beat. The feel and sound of the single, long stroke engine can hypnotize the rider. And the rider can't escape the feeling of riding a bike with such history. With the new hydraulic valves, fuel injection, catalytic converter and computerized ignition I think younger riders may think this bike can compete with the "pocket rocket" bikes and that is where the bad reviews come from. If the buyer knows what he is buying I suspect there will be many pleasant miles ahead.

Royal Enfield Dubai literally had my bike for three years in their shop. Never completed the work. I would rather sell my bike before I ever have it serviced there again.

Hi Guys. Am (Sudhanshu – from MUMBAI) facing tuff time with Royal Enfield Dealer of Bangalore (BG ROAD) location.

These store people has misplaced my Original RC book

guyzzzzzz pl help me out.im owing a classic 350 so can its sound be tuned?

The best Bike ever made and run on the India Roads.

Constant winging from people who expect these basically nineteen fifties machines to perform like modern bikes leaves me scratching my head. If you want to drive at 75 to 80mph on open roads then look elsewhere these bikes will simply turn to automotive muesli. However for a 50 to 60mph back road plodder then you're in the right market. That said you can cheaply and very entertainingly hot these old machines up and the very reasonable initial costs makes this viable. I have a 350 version in daily use and other than the occasional tweaking which I have never known a motorcycle not to need its been extremely reliable. Not a machine for a mechanical numpty if you are one of those go for a GN250 or Honda GB400 or similar. I'm talking here of the iron barrelled classic motor not the new fuel injected unit construction all alloy models about which I no nothing but if you want great fun riding at a very reasonable price then go ahead.

I bough my 2000 iron barrel 500 used, with only 10.000 on the clock. A big box of spares and a full history completed what i thought was a bargain...

3500kms later, the box of spares is nearly empty, and the new engine is also broken..I have to say to begin with, to clear up any misunderstandings, i am used to classic engines of all sorts, and i do not heavily modify engines nor race..I am a mature driver. But the engine was defective when i bought the bike, it finally gave up 500kms after purchase. However everything gave problems on the first 500kms, gearbox, electricalsystem, clutch, brakes and finally engine. A new engine got fitted, and that one gave up after 3500kms, not even broken in..All bearings are ready to be binned. I wouldnt recommend the RE Bullet to my friends, not even my enemies as they're humans after all too..The bike costed me 6000 Euroes for 4000kms..i could have rented a Ferrari for that..Stay away from the Bullet, its junk. I give it one star, just because i have to, but disregard the star, it's too much.

Mine has been a great bike after it had about 2000 miles on it. Up to that mileage it wasn't really broken in and I was still learning how to tune it and service it myself. I used it to ride to work every day for 2 years, rain or shine, which was a distance of 25 miles round trip. I never experienced any problems the entire time. I have done a few performance upgrades to it over the 17 years but nothing major. It still has the original piston and rings. It is a 1994 model which were lower quality than the new Royal Enfields are today. I would never sell my Royal Enfield for any price and hope to continue riding and enjoying it for the rest of my life.

I have owned a 500 bullet for ten years and it has never let me down. Although the build quality is poor you can modify it no end to your standard as spares are cheap and plenty,and everything is so simple to work on. I love the relaxed sit up and beg ride it gives it is ideal for back road exploring but not what you would use on long motorway journeys (not for fun anyway)It has been used to travel all over the Scottish highland at a speed you can enjoy and not loose your liscence which I would have if I still had a sports bike.It is an under estimated bike and I would buy another with the better gearbox.