For the first time in my life i sat on a RE Bullet Electra. And thumbed the starter. It shuddered and shook so much that i thought i would have to call everyone a comrade now.

Naxalites and all the people who love revolutions must love the Bullet.

Starting it is like being on a cusp of a revolt. The point in history where the tide turned. Bike may or may not have moved, but yes history has been created. The bullet has come to life and it sends all the vibes to show its displeasure at being woken up, for something as humiliating as a test ride.

Slot it into first gear and it moves as urgently as a kid sent to meet the principal. Reluctantly. Dragging its feet. With that much torque it should go like stink but it does not. With great torque comes great responsibility. Electra's motto, not mine.

It is comfy though. It feels like a sofa with a handle bar. Or maybe sitting on the pot with newspaper in hand. Which is good because you arrive in style, no matter what time you arrive. Or if you arrive at all. Because the brakes are useless. I doubt there is a brake in there. The retardation is due to hamsters running inside the drum in the opposite direction. Or maybe braking is just a faith, if you have believe in it, it might stop. The infidels should just die.

Osama and his bearded homies might also love the bullet then.

Ohkay i admit you look good on it. Even Nannu looked smart on it. Which is something because otherwise Nannu is the only brother who looks good with his sister. The whole sit straight posture helps you look smart on it. But then think about it, the only way to sit on a bullet is straight. Any other way and the Frisbees in the spinal chord will fly out. No, really someday they will, the shudder form starting it will loosen them over time and then one day "Hello is it the Indian Spinal Injuries Centre. Yes I would like to book an appointment".

And don't tell me it builds character. That's what my Dad said every time i protested at being taken to the Village for the summer vacation. That's also what the slap said when he slapped me for protesting too much. Didn't build anything. I still like boobs.

But still i like it. Not as a bike, but as a thing. Sort of like a controversial opinion. It is an opinion. You can't be sitting on the fence with it. You are either this side or that side with the bullet. I like it for that. I also like it for making you have no respect for law, once you are astride it. It is the frown in "ohh those damn bikers".

It does not have an accent. It has attitude and that makes me think of forgiving my friend for buying one.

P.S: In case you have seen adverts of Bullet, don't believe a word of them. It is not a bike for grown up men. It is for young boys. You have to a boy to love tractors. Or fire engines.

Sir that's the difference FI makes

He rides a 220 carb

I did not feel anything on my 220!

Good! At least someone got the boobs joke!

@satyen : you can't expect to post such comments and not expect a flame war do you

It is all utility.

The R-15 is a fantastic bike. It has everything, I love it. But I have no utility for it as I love to offroad (though have thoroughly done offroading on the R-15 as well), specially up on a mountain. You can't offroad as well on an R-15 than you can on a bull. Simple.

I will cite an example - Changa la, the third highest motorable road in the world, has THE steepest ascend in Ladakh , on a road, from the Pangong side (Barring Marsimik, as there we are talking roads and that pack track cannot be classified as a road). I on my 150 was struggling in the first gear on the ascend and so was my fellow rider on his 220, ahead of me. BUT our third companion was, a bull rider (xBhp handle DL8S AB 9501) was gleefully cruising on the third at speeds above 40. There lies the difference.

But again, the bull can't take a corner as effortlessly as the R-15, or for that matter, my CBZ. Simple. You can scrape knees that easily on a bull.

Buy a bike which fits your bill. Like you said, you want to corner. The bull would offer nothing to you in that department. Too heavy with worthless brakes. But if it's the bumpy backroads of the himalays you want to ride on, the bull scores hands down.

Before I end, I would also add that, ALWAYS it is more of the rider and less of the ride. There are people that have performed miracles on the road, on the aged old technology that the RE promotes

I will cite an example - Changa la, the third highest motorable road in the world, has THE steepest ascend in Ladakh , on a road, from the Pangong side (Barring Marsimik, as there we are talking roads and that pack track cannot be classified as a road). I on my 150 was struggling in the first gear on the ascend and so was my fellow rider on his 220, ahead of me. BUT our third companion was, a bull rider (xBhp handle DL8S AB 9501) was gleefully cruising on the third at speeds above 40. There lies the difference.

And openly claiming i love boobs is something that shows i don't have too much of character.

WTH! You guys didnt get the boobs joke?