Royal Enfield Classic 350; 1000 Miles of smiles...

 

1000 miles now on the clock so time for another blog review, and YouTube film.  The bike is running lovely now with everything bedded in, the engine improves with every 100 miles and feels longer legged now through the gears - which are butter smooth as everyone comments on with new Royal Enfields, the India Ceat tyres I was originaly unsure about as the India rubber on my Willys Jeep are a bit scary on wet roads, but they have been fine cornering on wet and dusty roads. the brakes are more than adequte  for the bike, fuel consumption is amazing! I can only get 8.6 Litres in after the red light has come on and it usually has around 190 miles on the trip - so it is roughly 100 mpg.

What is most impressive is every thing works in tandem to the power and weight of the bike - the handling, brakes, comfort, a perfect commuter bike also ideal for around the country roads here ins East Lothian....

Some owners refer to their Enfield Classic as a time traveller, taking you back to a slower time, more relaxed when people were not running about daft.  I can adapt to this type of riding very easily as  I drive a small van slowly trying to keep the mpg above 50 mpg,  ride Fatbikes which nature is a totally different concept to road cycling, and drive a Willys Jeep with a 45 mph cruising speed...

There are other tools in the box for fast motorcycling and this is not a bike for that...

This bike will not like being thrashed at its top speed of I believe approx 75 mph down a motorway and is happy cruising around 50 - 60 mph, in fact 5th gear is too high on a lot of country roads and your best just sitting at 45- 50 mph in fourth and just need 1 or two down shifts for corners...

Anyway after 10,000 views in 8 days of the first film lets see if still an interest in this lovely little bike with the 2nd film...

Music has been toned down and commentary added...

More soon...