Can the new UCE Royal Enfield Bullet 500 cruise at 65-70mph?

The last one closed over a year ago.
I hear there's a place across the border in SC, but I think he's only open one day a week.

Personally, I really want to look at and test ride a Ural ST, but the nearest dealer (Blue Moon near Atlanta) isn't stocking them. What a maroon...

Would love to see a Ural-Royall Enfield dealership around here.
Heck- with your money and my good looks, we could make it happen!

Anyhoo- the website has a dealer locator. Maybe Knoxville or Memphis? Good luck.

Personally, I really want to look at and test ride a Ural ST, but the nearest dealer (Blue Moon near Atlanta) isn't stocking them. What a maroon...



that's because he cann't for now they are all special order till they see if there's a market for them -- so far all who have ridden and/ or own one give it good reviews --- when the R/65 dies I'll be looking at one or a Retro Solo as I currently own a Retro hack and after 28000 miles ride it anywhere/everywhere I choose at highway speeds [ installed road gears ] with out any problems -- I have more faith in the Ural than the Beamers I've owned or own now

err.. +6 . Very handsome putter for riding the hedge roads.

well hell, that means i should place an order now.

i was planning on dithering about which one to get; they're all smoking hot.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/New-2009-Royal-Enfield-Electra-X-Bullet-500-/300463959108?pt=US_motorcycles&hash=item45f50c2c44

This looks like one cool way to make an Enfield capable of it:



http://thekneeslider.com/archives/2010/09/09/ace-fireball-535-royal-enfield-high-performance-kit/

UE,
http://www.europeanmotorsportsinc.com/pages/current-inventory.php
has some in Dahlonega, GA.
You can rent one.
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Ural-RE dealer in Robbinsville,NC? I don't think so.

12$ /hr? Here you can rent the bike for a whole day for that much.:huh

Great! When can you pick me up?

I really like the idea of owning a Royal Enfield, but I'm not sure how well I'd really enjoy it compared to my current ride (919). There is a dealer about an hour from where I live, I just need to make time to go up there and beg for a test-ride!

Don't think you should compare a RE to a 919.

Just call me when you've landed in Delhi,I'll come to pick you up.

Right...
EVERYTHING is cheaper in India.
It's the cab fare that kind of gets to me.

No need to take a cab,take a tuk-tuk.

It would make me wear something in a waxed cotton, and hunt down nice two lane, twisty roads. It would also encourage me to cruise at 50-55 mph, and smell the flowers! Refreshing that something is NOT trying to be a GSX R750!

Wow, I REALLY wish they were closer to me, or that we had some dealers offering rentals such as those, that is AWESOME.

I'd spend more than a few days trying all of them, and hourly rates, my God, is this HEAVEN?

Anyway, did someone mention the Honda 919???

Hey, does that apply to us all?

Have any jobs overthere, maybe we'll charter a plane!

(Careful- he'll do it!)

Of course it does. I can't help you with the jobs though,I am myself without one these days.

In a burst of nostalgia I bought a Stella scooter. I was so excited to be back on a P series Vespa. I put 2600 miles on the thing. Then the oil pump failed (factory issue as the pump gears were defective and the pump failed to pump causing a seizure), I sold the $4,000 scooter back to the dealer for $1500 and washed my hands of it.
In the six months I owned it the Stella lost nuts and bolts all over the place. The light switch failed, the rear wheel hub nut repeatedly came loose. The clutch nut fell off. The shifter lever got stuck. The glovebox door rattled incessantly. The paint peeled. It was a nightmare. And the performance was feeble, against an advertised 60mph the Stella could barely hit 50mph and against a headiwnd it got 35mph if I was lucky.
After that debacle my wife said: No more Indian.
Reading the Enfield website there is a problem with unit engined bikes weaving to a degree that has firightened the riders on some bikes.
Is that acceptable? Other failure invovled poor assmebly at the factory.
Indian build quality is not where it needs to be to charge $6,000+ for a motorcycle.
It bother me that others could end up in the lemon situation I was in without having their eyes open to that possibility.