New Classic 350 Royal Enfield Motorcycle

Built like a Gun...

 

Been a few years since Motorbikes have been on the blog, some things though once their in your blood never leave you...

Thing with most motorbikes available today is they are over engineered and far too complicated, and expensive to purchase and repair if they simply fall over on the side stand...

The Royal Enfield Bullet has since re released here in the UK in the 1990s interested me with its simple mechanicals and basic function. A new unit engine was introduced in 2008 and special army green ltd editions caught my eye, and we met an owner in Lossiemouth in June last year when we were there bike packing and chatting to the owner he invited me to sling a leg over it...

Been chewing over one of these ever since, but had enough on with the Jeep and push bikes so put on the back burner...

This new engine of the 500 Bullet is not without a few small issues, possibly caused by the vibration...

I want a bike that looks, sounds like it rolled out of WW2 from days as a despatch bike, but at 4am in summer I want to jump on it and hit the button and ride to work with no pre ride checks etc...

Roll on 2022 and a totally new from the ground up 350cc bike has been launched with British engineers involved, and the Indian concept of function and simplicity... 

The reviews are really good, £4300. - I paid that for a Honda XR 400 in 2000!, no vibration having a balancer shaft, runs on e10 fuel, 100 mpg... aye 100mpg! an ideal commuter motorbike... £170 fully comp insurance... 

Enjoy the films below, that itch is getting real itchy...

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Low tide dawn cycle at JMCP...

Were back out again on our local coast and things only get boring if your a boring person... or so I have always said to people who ask me why I ride locally all the time and don't get bored doing so...

How can you get bored outside in an always changing environment with tide times and coastal conditions that change with weather pressures and tide times....

 Wee film time again... song is `Open The Light` by Boards Of Canada...

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Marram grass trails at Belhaven beach...

Another wee solo cycle again from a week or so ago while G working and it was back out on the army Pugsley again to JMCP...

Today I cycled out to the point at Belhaven Bay as I usually do but cycled through the tracks in the dunes, marram grass is a natural plant to be found on dune systems and is widely recognised for its roots which help hold dunes together as they grow in height with wind blown sand the marram grass keeps growing through the sand...

Not quite disappeared in the encroaching dunes is a WW2 Machine Gun Pill box out near the point, it is quite obvious not many people know of it's existence or have come across it as it has not been treated with the usual spray tag or rubbish left...

Was a lovely day again to be outdoors in the fresh air... good for the soul...

Wee film, song is `DC (Bit, Remix of Boards of Canada) by Odd Nosdam

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Awesome Jeep special on Youtube...

 Mid January and my Jeep is tucked away with wet roads caked in road salt, so time for another cool Jeep film from someone else from a  great Youtube channel, Check out this amazing special down under in Australia built from a WW2 Ford GPW Jeep, amazing engineering and detail...

Enjoy...

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Cycle around Gullane/Archerfield coast...

Another clear sunny winter day on the coast and today we were down along the coast at Archerfield, days like this may be cold with the damp air but the light is amazing with the low sun and long shadows adding to a surreal atmosphere, and the coast is quiet being midweek and most folk back at work now, we hardly saw anyone today as we bimbled along to Gullane then returned to Yellowcraig...

Quality built access ramp going in allowing easier access up and down here - this is quality construction built and will not be cheap, you won't see this expense spent by the Council authorities on something like this and paid for by the Golf Course... be the last time humping the bike up the slope here, it will be finished soon!

Wee film, song is `Human Dexterity` by Euphonic 7

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Jeep in a hedge? - film on Youtube...

 Not much left of it but how about a WW2 Jeep turning up in a hedge near where you live?, what would be the chance of that!, follow this guy on YouTube and found a lot of films by this real enthusiast informative this is certainly entertaining even though hardly any of the Jeep remains...

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Dawn low tide cycle at JMCP...

Up early and out on a near deserted John Muir Country Park, the light on a winters day in January can be quite

Wee film, Song is `Open The Light` by Boards Of Canada

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