Re: Royal Enfield Tractor. A review.

Motorcycles are like religion.

I never felt attracted to MotoGp.
But Dakar or TT excites me to no avail.

Why I don't know. There doesn't seem to be a logical reason.

It would be so nice if we could change religion like motorcycles.
Celebrating all the festivals of all the religions all year round.

Have ridden an RE and would like to buy one someday probably as third bike.
One Commuter , One Tourer and RE just for bliss.

Re: Royal Enfield Tractor. A review.

"It has been said by some people with beards to rival His that God rides a Harley Davidson, but I doubt it somehow. Given the slight corporate embarrassment that was the dinosaurs, it seems unlikely that He would want to be associated with anything prehistoric." - James May.

You can replace Harley with Bullet.

Re: Royal Enfield Tractor. A review.

Yet again forty6 you succeed to do something absolutely glorious [emoji106]

Re: Royal Enfield Tractor. A review.

Hahaha. Not me, man. It is James May the best writer amongst the holy trinity of Jeremy, Richard and James of Top Gear fame.

Re: Royal Enfield Tractor. A review.

At least you started this thread and now it's still active after so long. That needs so appreciation

Re: Royal Enfield Tractor. A review.

Oh. That. Well I can take only a bit of it. The rest, and most, of it goes to the Bullet fans.

Re: Royal Enfield Tractor. A review.

Loved your write up [MENTION=8461]forty6[/MENTION].

But i wanna know what you think About the new continental GT??

Re: Royal Enfield Tractor. A review.

Would love to know mate what do you think forty6

Re: Royal Enfield Tractor. A review.

Went for a trip with a friend who had the Conti GT to the hills. Quite impressed I was. Looks good. Sounds better. And goes Ok. It is a bit hardly sprung but I think the trouble in the hills is that it feels heavy. The weight helps on the highways but in the hills it just doesn't translate to anything good. Of whatever i remember of braking was that it was good. The vibration some call character, I just call (insert your favourite swear word here).

The best part was that it kept on shedding something or the other, all unnecessary items. All mostly chrome. All being let loose by the vibration and then dropping off one by one like Pandva's last journey, until what remained was the bare essentials that were needed to make it work. You might me thinking what is so good about it, well Lamborghini charges a lot of premium for its Superleggera, Porsche for its GT series, on RE, it's for free.

Re: Royal Enfield Tractor. A review.

Ha ha! Reminds me of one of those rare rides with some RE friends a couple of years back when one of the REs in the front ejected its k&n air filter which flew into the air and just missed my lid had I not ducked. There have been innumerable incidents which I have experienced with RE bikers, each of them validating what a crappy bike this is.

Re: Royal Enfield Tractor. A review.

One question guys: I have always heard people saying RE to be the best choice for Leh-Laddakh trip and till now I have not understood why!

The heavy weight and sheer unpredictibity would make RE quite unsuitable for such hill and offroad experience. Only mitigating factor on uphill rides would be its high torque but still, that excess weight would make it quite a task to go uphill. Add to it unavailablity of tubeless tires + high vibrations. So, my question is why is RE so popular when it comes to Leh-Laddakh trips?

Re: Royal Enfield Tractor. A review.

Ease of maintenance. Simple design. FI/other new carb systems aren't well known inside out by mechs.

Re: Royal Enfield Tractor. A review.

The answer is advertisement. It has nothing to do with the touring character(cough...bullshit....cough) of enfield. People do ladakh trips on freaking auto scoots. But they dont revel in their selfproclaimed glory on forums.

Sent from my XT1033 using xBhp Connect mobile app

Re: Royal Enfield Tractor. A review.

On my way to office in the morning, I felt pretty hungry so stopped by some road side stalls. In one stall they had Vadapav while the other guy was selling Idli-meduvada and sambhar on his cycle.

Now Vadapav is a superb package. You have that hot luscious batata (potato) vada between those soft Pav's and also you can add Thikka or Meetha chutney to suit your taste. It is also a clean package. You can have it even in a crowded Mumbai local train, without the fear of soiling your shirt. There is a reason why Vadapav is the ultimate street food of Mumbai. It is clean, efficient and tasty. The most practical choice then.

But on the other hand I have the Idli-Sambhar on a plastic plate tempting me. It is the opposite of almost everything the Vadapav stands for, well may be except the tasty part. It is a mess to eat it, especially while you are in a hurry. You have Sambhar dripping all over you and on your shirt. Also you need to balance the plastic plate on one hand, and eat with the other, while also licking up the concoction of sambhar and coconut chutney that is slowly dripping through your hands creeping towards your shirt sleeves. BUT, when that soft moist Idli, soaked in sambhar, just melts in your mouth, the feeling is almost HEAVENLY.

Now Vadapav fans will swear by Vadapav's as being greatest thing in Mumbai. They will tell you that everything else is just crap. They will tell you that this is the most practical food choice, when you are living life on the fast lane.

Idli-sambhar fans will swear by Idli-Sambhar as being the greatest gift of Madrasi's to India. They will tell you that everything else is just crap. They will tell you that unless you have sambhar stain on your VanHuesen shirt, you are not a connoisseur of authentic Indian food.

So, what should I do? What will I eat? Well, I'm gonna have both of them!! I love good food, and I'm hungry, so I will have one plate of Vadapav and one plate Idli-sambhar, please!!!

Heck, if my finance permits, I would like to have McDonald's and Pizza's or Sushi for the rest of my life, but I don't think I have the moolah. Such is life of an avg. Indian guy!!

So I would continue to swear by Vadapav's and Idli-sambhar!!!

PS. If you are wondering what is VadaPav and idli-sambhar doing on xBHP, then:
Vadapav = Pulsar's, Dukes, etc
Idli-Sambhar= Royal Enfield's
McDonald's= Harley's
Pizza = Ducati's, Guzzi's etc
Sushi = Jap exotics

So ALL I gotta say to Fanboy's bashing and swearing to each other is JUST SHUT UP AND RIDE IT.

Re: Royal Enfield Tractor. A review.

I am riding a 1.5 year old Bullet Electra 350. earlier i was riding a Zma(what a Solid bike). yes even to date RE bikes have many niggles but even after knowing it i have gone ahead & bought a RE. Why, because it delivers a unique ride experiance & feel which others lack.. What RE actually needs is to make good quality Motorcycles & increase Crusing abilty of all its models.