My dear biking seniors,


I am in trouble to finalize on a royal challenge...
to finalize a bike

First- intro about me
A mechanical engineer ,183cm tall, 70 kg approx
presently employed in shift duty (hardly gets good time to roam around except those off days)
My driving style - Defensive braking type ( self made stupid term) - i.e i don like to hit the breaks unless and until i cannot decelerate as quickly as required... like to maintain my average speed depending on road conditions (often above 60 in good tared roads- always),
low on experience handling high power bikes with fairing (r15's & others)
& hate to lag behind slow movers...
I do grow a sense to belonging to my machine & gadgets, so its hard for me to leave or sell em- so i do mean to keep em for long time...(bike too included when i get one )

Second-
i am looking forward to get a bike (First One)

and my needs are-

-good riding posture, straight seats of bullet attracts me a lot in this case..
-Ride comfort ,easy to handle in most terrains (weight of bike does not matter much in reference to bullet)

-good gear shift and light clutch

Use-often for a visit to multiples, shopping near by in city limits..
and may be short trips(<250 kms one way) if i get company (its tough at-least in Ahmadabad)

I am focused on the Royal Enfield Classic as recently my present roommate got this one, took a ride on it & I can say the experience in words...

i have some doubts on this as i my former roommate at Chennai had a Bullet Electra 5S, which created some trouble (often) and was hard to fix..

troubles include, oil leakage from Gearbox, starting trouble, fuse (often blows the fun in the middle of a ride)
But the sound it gave with the new double funnel type silencer (locally sourced) would turn everyones heard to find the rider...and i love that...
Also the way it confuse the people on road to roll their eyes to find the source of this Dhuk Dhuk noice-
I don think they make way for the bullet, its just they hide from the noise

I am ready to sped upto 1.5L, coz more than that would blow a hole in my savings( this one already will do enuf)

Queries are-
1.Do the new UCE of RE Classic is maintenance free, though i donot expect the refinement like unicorn, but still want to know..( its tough to push this 180kg behemoth with a flat tire for more than 2 kms )

2.braking issue, hard braking in classic ? side effects...

3.Is Classic better than the Thunderbird ( i like the pinion back support here) which seems to be like a cruiser bike for me ?

4.For a long run in the silent way does the new Honda CBR wud be more fun, even in high range to drive? compared to a Bullet?

5.Do the clutch lever gets tougher to use in long rides on a bullet?

I have read the Royal Enfield Tractor thread and that was such a good composition, so i request all my seniors here, especially the Jap bike fans to challenge my hearts wish to divert to CBR or any other good bike..

planning to test drive the RTR's , R15 & the ZMA's soon...