Royal Enfields From India, Anyone Had One? Any Good?

You may be on the button there, I'm not actively looking at the moment. There was on locally with a £2700 price on it in someone's front yard last March but I wasn't interested in buying another bike then. I didn't check it out and the bike wasn't wearing it's full adventure kit either.

 

I'm interested in them as well so keep an eye on what's available.
It's a shame they made the Himalayan in such a small capacity.
It needs to be 500cc I think ....why on earth they made it 410 is beyond me.

 

I think Enfield's are often bought by folks with rose tinted spectacles who then don't like their experience of the 1950's after all.
The Himalayas are painfully slow on the road for a modern overhead cam bike and I wonder if people might get frustrated with them if they're buying for road use.

 

Excepting the new twins, the single cylinder machine look to me to be Hand Made....ie. they had no tools when making ‘em!
Ken.

 

Nonsense ....hammers and hacksaw marks are very much in evidence.

 

this should help Marty, things have moved on the old ones where a different breed

 

I'm relieved to see that large hammers are indeed used freely.
Metric ones though, not like the old days.

 

Aye mate and metric adjustable's, precise engineering these day's

 

Well I think all that’s needed is a little nudge to get you to sign on the dotted line for an Enfield... this’ll help, ha ha

It’s clearly an Enfield for you
The Trials or the RAF blue
In Scotland or Wales
You can ride all the trails
And if you love it we’ll all buy one too!

Go on Marty, we all want you get one

 

I believe they now have Metric degrees on their angle gauges for when torquing bolts etc.
Ken.
Ps. Bet a few will have to google ‘Angle Gauge for torquing’

 

Seriously, there are some very clever ideas and improvisations carried out with minimal equipment and tools by poor people in poor areas in the world.
Ken.

 

"Entirely unplayable, suitable only for hanging on a wall"
Some of my English friends would maintain that to be true of all bagpipes.
They take the view that a Gentleman is someone who can play the bagpipes.....and doesn't.
Me, I'm a Scot.
It's God's own music.

 

So I’ve had a couple drinks this evening and am fantasising the thread has shifted to the most suitable bike for a bit of off roading whilst playing bagpipes... perhaps a few more drinks

 

Aye, sounds like you've had nearly enough yet.

 

Not

 

Bike was only launched in 2018 and is a bloody good package, so I'm not surprised you are having trouble finding one. I'm guessing most owners are holding on to theirs...