A 500 Bullet Classic ES. It was breathtakingly beautiful, like a mechanical Venus rising from the breaking asphalt.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Royal Enfield Sighting
I've previously art blogged about Royal Enfield motorcycles -- those gorgeous expressions of mid-century British grace. But until last Sunday, I had never seen one in person. Then I spotted this beauty in a church parking lot:
A 500 Bullet Classic ES. It was breathtakingly beautiful, like a mechanical Venus rising from the breaking asphalt.
A 500 Bullet Classic ES. It was breathtakingly beautiful, like a mechanical Venus rising from the breaking asphalt.
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John:
Someone in Paducah has one - parks it uptown near the riverfront, and I've parked next to him a few times. Next time, I'll take a pic.
They're neat but I really wish they made a traditional parallel twin in addition to their single cylinder models. I like the right-left symmetry of the Brit twins plus the engine is smoother and better balanced for more power. They'd be prettier and more practical.
I also like the cafe racer models. I realize they aren't fast by modern standards, but I really enjoy their clean lines.
Not that my wife would ever let me ride one of course.
Yeah, I'd like to see them build a liquid cooled v-twin. You can now get after-market disk brakes for both the front and back wheel, but I guess that we're stuck with whatever is popular and affordable in India, since they are financially based on a domestic market.
If you want a liquid cooled v-twin, then buy a metric cruiser, there are many options available in a wide variety of displacements. But parallel twins in the Brit bike mold? Well you could buy a Triumph or a Triumph. Which is a shame because a lot of the Japanese manufacturers started out making copies of the old Brit bikes.
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