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Re: Royal Enfield Thunderbird 500
Hi Everyone ,
Probably my first few posts here at XBhp, elated to be a part of this unimpaired brotherhood
I am holding up in Pune and am waiting for my bird to arrive . My experiences with Enfields to be fair so far has been extremely astonishing. A mix and match of happy moments where the old world Bullet was the first bike I snooped from my uncle's garage and learned to ride or the sad moment where I thrashed that beauty in a wall ! :banghead:
Yup I was stupid enough to do that , though wasn't spanked for still being a lad.
I started riding with Yamaha FZ-16 and never thought I too will ever crave to be a part of these metal herds ( no pun intended
)
And yet here I am, after doing about 1k on my friends Desert Storm waiting for my Thunderbird.
I couldn't get my eyes off Flicker and was the only colour I ever wanted . Went to couple of dealerships here in Pune blabbering that Thunderbird 500 does not come in Flicker . Agitated , the very next day couple of dealerships promised that they can arrange me one , that too in mind whooping 15D
Days
A good friend was too buying a classic 350 and insisted we should get one the same day . Crazy stuff I know
Just out of my miserable laziness went to Kings Autoriders Wakad , an Enfield dealership being less than 3 KMs from my crib asking why don't they get me a flicker 500 when other dealers in pune can ? Big mistake trust me. The sales agent ran a few calls and ASM for Pune , that's what he said confirmed that he can arrange a flicker .
Great, booking done with 5k 20th March'16 Flicker 500. We were told that Classic's delivery may take some time so we might have to wait by mid April , fine by me.
21st April, I went there to have an update on status , and to my surprise I was being forced to opt any other colour as apparently MR. ASM is not picking up their calls
Seriously Bruh !!
After a while, and a bit of me sharing with them my piece of unfragmented mind
, I was told that I may need to wait as they'll need some time .
After a list of followups and number of tweets written to both Mr Lal and RE official page , nothing happened. Yup not even a reply .
Last Thursday, 05 May, 16 they confirmed with ASM that he can get a flicker and it would be fine if I initiate a payment of 50k to well ...errr... book the bike ?? :what:
Anyways I made the payment along with my Classic 350 bud and have been told to wait till May 20th to have it delivered.
If they can't get Flicker now , guess will settle down for lightening
Hope the post sales won't be this exhaustive , I'll love to keep everyone updated .
Till then Cheers :beer:
Hi Everyone ,
Probably my first few posts here at XBhp, elated to be a part of this unimpaired brotherhood
I am holding up in Pune and am waiting for my bird to arrive . My experiences with Enfields to be fair so far has been extremely astonishing. A mix and match of happy moments where the old world Bullet was the first bike I snooped from my uncle's garage and learned to ride or the sad moment where I thrashed that beauty in a wall ! :banghead:
Yup I was stupid enough to do that , though wasn't spanked for still being a lad.
I started riding with Yamaha FZ-16 and never thought I too will ever crave to be a part of these metal herds ( no pun intended
) And yet here I am, after doing about 1k on my friends Desert Storm waiting for my Thunderbird.
I couldn't get my eyes off Flicker and was the only colour I ever wanted . Went to couple of dealerships here in Pune blabbering that Thunderbird 500 does not come in Flicker . Agitated , the very next day couple of dealerships promised that they can arrange me one , that too in mind whooping 15D
Days
A good friend was too buying a classic 350 and insisted we should get one the same day . Crazy stuff I know
Just out of my miserable laziness went to Kings Autoriders Wakad , an Enfield dealership being less than 3 KMs from my crib asking why don't they get me a flicker 500 when other dealers in pune can ? Big mistake trust me. The sales agent ran a few calls and ASM for Pune , that's what he said confirmed that he can arrange a flicker .
Great, booking done with 5k 20th March'16 Flicker 500. We were told that Classic's delivery may take some time so we might have to wait by mid April , fine by me.
21st April, I went there to have an update on status , and to my surprise I was being forced to opt any other colour as apparently MR. ASM is not picking up their calls
Seriously Bruh !!
After a while, and a bit of me sharing with them my piece of unfragmented mind
, I was told that I may need to wait as they'll need some time . After a list of followups and number of tweets written to both Mr Lal and RE official page , nothing happened. Yup not even a reply
. Last Thursday, 05 May, 16 they confirmed with ASM that he can get a flicker and it would be fine if I initiate a payment of 50k to well ...errr... book the bike ?? :what:
Anyways I made the payment along with my Classic 350 bud and have been told to wait till May 20th to have it delivered.
If they can't get Flicker now , guess will settle down for lightening
Hope the post sales won't be this exhaustive
, I'll love to keep everyone updated .Till then Cheers :beer:
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