Thursday, August 4, 2011
Back with a bang!
One of the most prestigious motorcycle brand 'Royal Enfield' is ramping up its production numbers to meet the customer demands by setting up a new plant in Chennai. They are moving from the age old cast iron, oil leaking engine to a more dependable fuel injected engine and one more significant change will be swapping the unconventional gear lever and brake lever to reflect those placements in all other bikes. Enfield will always be a niche bike to ride and own, whatever Bajaj or Hero Honda can offer you, they can never match the quality or speed of Enfield bikes. I consciously did not include Yamaha in that list as they HAD a loyal crowd for their RX100, RX135, RXZ and RD350 but they lost their way with their standard bread and butter models like Crux and Gladiator. I am still passionate about the Royal Enfield and Yamaha 2 stroke bikes, the very design and engine roar can never be matched by any other bike. I still remember the discussions Sriram and I used to have about the sound of Yamaha RX100 engine for hours without break! I dont know about Sri now, but i am still a Yamaha RX series fan boy.
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Haha.. Though I agree that there is nothing to match RX100 roar, I became a fanboy of speed and luxury later. I have once been on the Royal Enfield. It'a a beast. That will be in my wishlist now that I am 180 pounds after a lot of weight training :) My favorite till date is the first models of Hero Honda CBZ. People complained a lot about mileage... I used to tell people, you should "communicate well" with the bike... my way of saying drive properly. And I was always hitting more than 50 kmpl.
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