Re: TB or Electra

All RE need a lot of TLC. If you are willing to live with the effort, you may opt to buy a RE

Re: TB or Electra



1. Did you test drive any of these?
Take a long TD and the choice will be easier based on posture requirements and which one suits you more.

2. Do you plan on modifying it in future?
If you are planning to modify/customize your bike, then have a vision of the final transformation, and then chose whichever frame fits more into that final version. Electra of TBTS

2. REs are not Fill it Forget it rides. You will absolutely need to give it a daily inspection. But relax, with the newer UCE engines, the troubles are lot lesser than the older generation motors. The point here being, A Stitch in Time saves Nine!

Re: TB or Electra

Thanks for the reply

I did take a ride on TB for about 50KM and I liked it, but havent tried Electra for that long. I dont know its a different feel and comfort on both thats the problem here and this is why Im not able to choose them.
Yeah I have few things in mind when its Electra mostly to an alloy and biggers tyres and if its gonna be TB I really dont have anything in my mind about modication.

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Thanks for your reply Krishna

Im sorry whats TLC?

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Thanks for your reply Krishna

Im sorry whats TLC?[/QUOTE

TLC = tender loving care [emoji4]

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My dad's Classic Chrome was parked under the complex. Some idiot has reversed his car into the beast.
Total damage :
Bent Crash guard
Bent side stand
Saree guard and rear bumper


The crash guard can be changed FOC (Dad has a spare), the side stand is fixable. The problem is the bumper. It's badly dented.

Anyone have an idea of how much it costs to replace the rear bumper of a Classic Chrome?

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I don't own a GT, but have ridden it, and i should say that it is awkward and unpleasant to ride. Felt a pain that i never felt in any other Motorbike. Wait, i recently felt it on a Z800 too. The arms. The handlebar on both the bikes is a problem.

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A Royal Enfield Classic 500 is one of the best bikes out there for Rs 1.5 Lacs.
But i know it has breached that mark and is rising... which i don't think is fair, since there hasn't been any significant upgrade in the quality. It's all down to the costs.

The new Ducati Scrambler, Triumph Street Twin should serve as great motivation for RE. It's high time, don't ya think?!

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Hello Guys
I find you through Google and read your some thread and you help many people so here i come for take your advice

1st i am going to purchase Royal Enfield Classic 350 just booked now maybe it will be silver or black 2016 addition so i need help in little bit modification

A. Exhaust/Silencer Witch one is better with sound like Harley Davidson
B. Is Alloy Safe For Bullet With Tubeless Tires If Yes Then witch Company And Witch Style or Look
C. Head Lamp Like HID What should i do with it should i really go with HID Or something else but with safety also
D. Any Other Updation you guys like
Please Suggest As Soon As Possible.


Regard's
Nikhil Gogiya

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Hey Guys..

I am not really a fan of RE classic 350 (NO offence meant for RE lovers ). Sorry in advance if u feel ofdended after reading my post.

I just want to post some straight forward opinion about RE classic 350 "Hyped motorcycle" through my personal experiences.

In the past couple of years, I have had a chance to ride RE classic 350 from Mangalore on multiple tours to Panchgani, Bangalore, kodachadri, chikmagalur, kudremukh, Sakleshpur and many more short tours.

I would like to share some of the incidents from a couple of trips:

Bangalore trip - I borrowed this bike from my friend. My Cousin was riding a pillion in this 1k kms up&down trip. We were just carrying a couple of tshirts and jeans in one back pack. I heard him literally begging to stop the bike in the first 100 kms of ride. Reason was - very uncomfortable pillion seating position and the IRON handle bar in the back which was regularly hitting his lower back bone. His reaction in the first stop itself was like " Dude, I have ridden as a pillion on a splendor to MUMBAI (2.5kms round trip) but it was not so painful or tiring or uncomfortable like this bike".
One can imagine how many breaks we had to take beacause of this pillion seating position.

Panchgani trip - we started from Mangalore at 7:00Am. It was almost 2k kms round trip. The owner of the bike himself was my riding partner. He is big RE fan himself for no reason.
This was his first long trip on his RE classic.
This time we had 2 big backpacks.
One was left one the tank to rest and the other one was hanging by pillions back.
Pillion riding experience and complaints were same as above BANGALORE trip.
After dragging ourself out of the crazy traffic/ dust/ diversions till kumta we finally took a right turn and entered the Sakleshpur ghat section.
We had already taken arnd 5 breaks in first 250 kms.. 😠
We finally made it to the expresshighway and forcefully riding with pain in our A$$ to avoid more pit stops and reach panchgani atleast by 9:00pm.
On the express highway we were able to touch 120kmph max speed at times but it takes forever to reach that mark from 80kmph. " Yawn 😥😥😥"
In one of the tea breaks - my friend, big time RE fan himself had to say this "Its comfortable to cruise at 60-80kmph and anything beyond that is like putting ur hands in the electric transformer 😡". His expression was speaking volumes about his wrong decison of buying this bull.

Not one word of appreciation.
Ok now third experience which was the decider for me to select my own bike fter this trip.

Kodachadri trip - This time we took 5 bikes. 2 Fz's, 1 AVY 220, 1 NS 200 and same RE classic 350.
In this trip we were exchanging bikes every 100kms and I got to ride both AVY 220 (2014) and RE Classis 350 ( 2014) back to back. I was never intrested in FZ 'S or NS 200.

I can confidently say RE classic 350 is no where even closer match to Avy 220's pickup, topspeed, comfort -both riding and pillion or even the feel good factor of riding from within.

Apart from these 3 experiences I have couple of points which adds to the negativity of the bike:
- Relatively high breakdowns.
- Jaw dropping maintenace cost.
- very ordinary build quality (Rusting of parts and skinning out of paint job at the brim of the fuel tank)
- Poor pick up and top speed (350 cc, Really? Where has all the power gone!!!)
- Vibrations, similar to the wash machines drier!!

Now the reason why I am posting this.
Am sure many of you have this question on mind.. 😦😨
Ok, let me come to the point here.. My younger brother wants to buy this Machine and I am trying to stop him from taking this above mentioned problem home for a hefty amount of 1.5lkhs.
As if life is without Ups and downs already.

I really need a couple of humble opinions and realistic reasons to buy this bike.
Anybody please?
Please dont reply just for the sake of argument as all the above mentioned things are through my personal experiences.

P.S: Only thing I liked about RE classic 350 was its "headlamp" throw but this is not a good reason enough to buy a bike.


Thanks,
Shariq

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Apologies in advanced Bro- If you think RE Classic 350 is really good bike then why you are thinking for sound like Harley. Be natural buddy . Even you are not alone everybody who buy RE they are just modify the bike and try to make it Harley.

Thanks
puneet

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Thanx Puneet and i like your views but i am just wanted a sound like harley not harley and dont want to modify to much just changing exhaust head light and alloys thats it and i want that bike only for pride not to see its good or bad any way thanx again

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Ditto...same dilemma which I too am going through. Just that it has been going on since nearly an year!

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HIMALAYAN

Is anyone here considering the Himalayan?
I am in my 40's and want to learn to ride for leisure and short tours.

options are the Himalayan, or the classic 350/500

I want to buy a RE bike and learn to ride on it and make it a keeper as opposed to learning on a light bike etc.

Looking for your opinions.

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Thanks bro for sharing your experience with RE classic 350...... I also have many doubt's about this bike and maintaince cost is high..... 14000 if any repair occurs..... I heard something like that about this bike..........what about BULLET 500 .. As it has carburetor .....its maintainance cost is bit low ..............my friend want to buy RE CLASSIC 350 ... I am going to stop him.....tell me about BULLET 500 props and cons

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Maintenance Cost is high??
I am riding one for around 42k Kms and all I have done is changed the brake pads, brake shoes and the air filter. Have suffered 3 punctures. That's about it. and 14,000? what is that? for any repair? 14,000?? LOL!!!
Classic 350 also is a carbed bike. So is the Bullet 500. Atleast thoda research mangta hai naa yaar... lol

Classic 350 is a good bike. but the bike feels stressed around 90kmph+. Nothing else.

and ohh, lest I forget, I still get 45kmpl on my bike. In bullet 500, You'd get around 24kmpl without much improvement over speed or anything else to show for it.

Think about it.

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My Classic 350 has louder sound coming from the engine side went to service center person told me as it is Hydrolohic engine sound comes but never observed the sound before few days back .
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Now the sound is increasing day by day it is coming from the start of the silencer or some where near engine .Any one can help .went to local mechanic he told we have to open the engine and will it cost you high if the bike is in warranty take it to service center .that service center person is not accepting any issues in the bike .