Classic 500 ownership

I got this bike on 27-Nov, Since then I have been happy riding the bike.

have done 550kms on it. A couple of long rides, to break in the Engine. The engine is a gem of its class. The breaks are well made. The shocks are stiff enough. Though with a Ground clearance of 135 it has not hit any bumper till now. Tested the breaking capabilities on wet smooth cemented roads on my basement. It was good grips for its surface. Once did a 180deg skid and still the bike never felt like falling. Thats something special about this bike.



did a max speed on about 105km/hr. It was just 1/3 of the throttle. It felt that the big is no way near to its top speed. Pretty happy to own one myself.
Thank you Enfield :D

The mileage in bangalore City is around 34.5 kmpl

The tappet noise is less at idling. It increases upto 2.5K rpm then on No tappet noise. Noise is very noticeable on deceleration.

A few pics of the bike
The console looks too good in the dark. This was a surprising pack ;)




here is the Speedo comparo.

UCE500	vs	Pulsar 200
60kmph	-	57kmph
80kmph	-	79kmph

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Royal Enfield Classic 500 Review

Royal Enfield Ride report:


I was one of the privilege to test ride the classic 500. By now everyone would have seen the pics of the bike, so I will straight away go the performance side.



When you throw your leg on the bike, the first thing you note is the reduced saddle height. The bike now suites anyone above 5 feet. Turn on the ignition, you hear a slight hum of the EFI doing a self check. The bike comes with a traditional kick lever. I also found a choke sitting there, not sure why its required on an FI bike. The bike comes to life with the push of the starter better. The starter motor feels solid than its predecessors. Pull the clutch and shift the gear, you here a thud, the gear box inherits its ancestral properties. Open the throttle a bit and release the clutch, the bikes pulls forward with its massive torque. Torque is something that mesmerizes you in every gear. Along with torque we get a crisp throttle response. This is something that was very much missing in the 500LB and the UCE350, esp in the highways. When cruising on the highway on the 500lb, the overtaking power comes after a sharp lag. i.e say when overtaking a 13 wheeler, we pull the left and open the throttle, the rush in power comes after say 1 sec. Similarly, after a short fully opened throttle, when we close the throttle the power rush is felt for a while, this becomes a bot scary in the curvy narrow ghats. The EFI gives a solid Fix.

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Another sharp improvement is felt on the road grip. The front brakes are the best, ever since the disc is introduced on these legends. The front comes with 18" - Zapper FS and the rear has the grippy MRF Zapper Q. I tried locking the breaks in the wet on a (bloo)muddy Bangalore roads. The front gripped so well and there was not even a slight indication of skid. The 2nd time when I tried doing it, the pillion was almost on my seat and even them the tires didnt lock. Thats a great improvement compared to the ThunderBird UCE. In the nights, the halogen head lights illuminate the whole road and its safe to cruise at 100s at night.

Coming to sound effects, the after market off road silencer give a beautiful thump. You would love to hear the thump all day long on a highway. The engine clatter is reduced but its still present. The Clatter on the bike which had the After market exhaust was less.

The mileage of the bikes is claimed as 35kmpl, not on std riding conditions, but on real riding conditions.

All in all, This is a great bike to own, has its royal classic look, combined with the new technologies. I would say, this is the first ever right step by the Eicher Royal Enfield motors.

Specs:


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Bullet Classic in India

Every One here knows about the Bullet Classic. The Unit Construction Engine (UCE) with the Fuel Injection. The beast that produces 27.2 bhp and 40.2Nm of torque. Yup this guy was released all around the world and not in India.

Yes! time has changed!! This beast is gonna be released in India during Diwali. Teknik motors of Bangalore have started accepting bookings for the Bike. Ofcourse, there is no official word from the RE mouth, but the fact that the brochures are given to the showroom means the release is on cards! The brochure clear states that its bullet Classic 500 EFI! ehich means the mill is 500 CC and it is Fuel Injected. All the rumors/speculations on RE reducing the CC to 350, fitting the Carb instead of an FI are all just proven to be just speculations!!

Thanks you RE! for bring this to India :)

Below are a few pics and the specs!







Specs:

Kakabae - Tadiyandamol trek in Coorg Day 2

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All the bad roads took the toll on Ramya. She decided to rest in the morning. The place was less active, so I decided to leave the bike in front of the hotel. This is give a feel that ramya is not alone at the house. rahul decided to leave back the FZ, he was complaining about low ground clearance yesterday. So I and Vinal rode on the P220 and Ashwin and Rahul on the karizma.

The sceney at the dawn was too good. We felt like clicking all the way



We then reached the palace from where the offroad towards the peak starts
























Up UP



Nope



After this palce we couldnt take the bikes. So parked them near the rock. There was falls near by. we refilled our water bottles. We just had 2 for 4 of us.
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The trek was not tedious initally




we were crossing a lot of peaks, not knowing which is the spot. Every peak hides behind the other and only we reach close to the peak we find the other.




In between we need to cross this jungle too


Luckily no leached this time around



All tired, needing for water. The cans were with Vinal and Rahul






Atlast we reach he peak


When these two came, they said all water was over :(






I was soo thirsty. and that too seeing these two coming I was happy that am gonna get some water. But then I was betrayed. This increased the thirst. So we decided to decent waste and get to the falls fast. God only knows how fast I came back. rahul filled some water from the falls, while we stayed at the bikes.

Ashwin was too tired and he rushed his bike towards the village.

We reached there by 10;30 and had some nice break fast.

From there on it was straight heading back to bangalore. we came via Kusal nagar. After KusalNagar the roads were good. by 6 we reached mysore. Took the shortcut that avoids mysore. had our dinner at McDolds and reached home by 11.

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Kakabae - Tadiyandamol trek in Coorg

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Me, Ashwin, Rahul and Vinal decided to hang out after a long time. Ashwin googled around and came up with a plan. day 1 Brahmagiri Hills and Day2 Kakabae - Tadiyandamol trek. To my suprise my wife too volunteered to join in. The starting time was decided to 3 am. It was raining heavily in the morning but still we decided to push away. By 6 we were at mysore, had Break fast there and moved on. By 7 sun was out and the rain cleared away.

Vinal Lubricating the chain.



After this I took and speeds and rode away. After some 1 hr I took a break. Waiting for the others.




Trying to reach them


Then we can to know that I should ve taken the left to go via vijarapet. So had to track back.
We regrouped at the junction and had a good laugh.

The roads after that was okish, with Volvos occationally passing through
another photo break






Vinal imitation me and Ashwin


We then reached Vijarapet. Took a left there to Brahmagiri. The road after this was pathetic. I with a pillion found it difficult to maintain speeds with them. Then at the place where we need to get the permits we learnt that we should ve been there by 11 max to get the permits. It was 12:30. So had lunch there and planned to visit the falls and then go to kakabae and stay!

enroute
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At the falls







The falls was pathetic with very less water. ya its the begining of the monsoon and we were too early.





From there we pushed off to kakabae. Again the rpads were pathetic.. We reached kakabae by 7 pm



Did some night photography

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Kudremukh Adventure Day 2

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Next day we got by around 8. uff A bit of hangover. had some black coffee and read omlet. we decided to go for River Rafting. We reached the rafting hut by 12, we waited upto 3pm for our turn to come.


Around the tea shop




It was still drizzling and sometimes raining. Buy 3pm we were all set to go for the Raft!!


The rafting was excellent and the Guide had some good skills. It was 7km raft, had 4 rapids and had to dodge 3 whirlpools. I and Praveen took the steer position. So it was more fun at the rapids ;)



Check his expression when the guide said there are whiulpools ;)


The Start was cool and calm



First rapid


Approaching the second


woowwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!


Was hard to pose




Doing the Duties



All excited





By the time we left the place it was 5:30 and we need to travel the ghat section upto Mudigere. There were a lot of trees fallen on the road and had been cut to make the road. I was just praying that there should be no freshly fallen trees.


by 10 we reached Hassan. The rain looked to have eased up. But everything we had is already wet. The Cramster saddle bags proved Useless. I find that the new products from Cramster is utter waste. Previously they looked rugged and served the purpose. now its just a poser value. call it modernisation!! dammm..

We were near to Kollegal by 2:30. There the RTR developed some problem. Mohan had installed a safety remote lock, which has remote ignition. Due to the rains it went catapult. It start switching off the bike, turning the sirens etc.. I went really mad. Some how made it rest and had some snacks at CCD.

I and Praveen reached Nelamangala by 4, Then we got a call from Mohan. Expecting a major problem I received it. francis Spoke. he said the RTR killed itself when he was around 90 kmph and they are stuck at some 10 kms from Kollegal. I asked praveen to stay back so that if required he can get a pick up truck and reach the spot. But he said we can come back to get it, if required. The drive back was very painful. I and Praveen was sleeping all the over road. Some how we reached the spot. When I open the airfilter was shocked to see water again collected in the Aribox. Checked the engine oil and it was empty. So its a seizure for sure. By 6 Francis was able to get a minidoor auto and RTR was towed to bangalore.