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PerrydaSavage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Riding "The Rock"! Posts: 3522 Republic of Newfoundland Gender:	Enfield Thumper 08/19/10 at 07:17:37 For us Thumper enthusiasts ... an interesting article about the new 2010 Royal Enfield Bullet Classic. Enjoy! http://www.royalenfieldmotorcycles.co.cc/2010/05/royal-enfield-bullet-classic...
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mick Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Hell-bound Posts: 7323 Dayton Oregon Gender:	Re: Enfield Thumper Reply #1 - 08/19/10 at 10:58:10 Sure has improved alot since my youth,my best bud had one ,not bad ,but it didn't handle very well,or maybe it was him,he did seem to fall off alot. I wonder if he is still alive ?
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12Bravo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 628 Mid-Missouri Gender:	Re: Enfield Thumper Reply #2 - 08/19/10 at 20:42:33 I wand one of the new military versions. I like the looks of the Enfields
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Paladin. Serious Thumper Offline Hamster Posts: 4929 Sunny Southern California Gender:	Re: Enfield Thumper Reply #3 - 08/19/10 at 22:29:50 I would rather have F.I.. The last LS650 that I get will have a carburetor.
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verslagen1 YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline Where there's a will, I want to be in it. Posts: 28763 L.A. California Gender:	Re: Enfield Thumper Reply #4 - 08/19/10 at 23:23:49 it's a pretty bike, the write up sucked.
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mick Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Hell-bound Posts: 7323 Dayton Oregon Gender:	Re: Enfield Thumper Reply #5 - 08/20/10 at 01:27:47 I rode just about every thumper ever made in England, I will not include Single cylinder racers,but the Savage is about as good and in alot of cases ,better.It's a fine bike.
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Re: Enfield Thumper
Reply #6 - 08/20/10 at 02:49:47

I too love the Military version ... fine lookin' Bike! The new Enfields are NOTHING like the previous gen Bikes, except in look ... all new enginge/tranny, electrics, just about all components have been re-designed in the past couple of years ... the new Enfields are fuel injected and return 80mpg Shocked

with about the same power as the LS650. A few other reviews I've read claim that the new Enfields are now as well built as their Japanese counterparts.
Would love to get a chance to try one out!

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John_D FSO Serious Thumper Offline Ridin' and smilin' Posts: 1658 Vancouver, WA Gender:	Re: Enfield Thumper Reply #7 - 08/20/10 at 05:20:49 And looking online for local dealers, it looks like the Portland Vespa dealer is going to start carrying Enfields. http://www.vespaportland.com/ Might have to go down there and check 'em out one of these days!
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drharveys - FSO Serious Thumper Offline Greetings from San Luis del Norte! Posts: 1776 St Louis MO Gender:	Re: Enfield Thumper Reply #8 - 08/20/10 at 05:31:58 I wish them well -- I was too badly burned by my previous generation Enfield to try another before the new ones rack up a good reliability record. (Pretty photogenic, eh what?)
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John_D FSO Serious Thumper Offline Ridin' and smilin' Posts: 1658 Vancouver, WA Gender:	Re: Enfield Thumper Reply #9 - 08/20/10 at 05:36:08 Very photogenic. I remember you posted that pic a couple years ago, and it first got me to looking into them. From what I've read, the new ones are an entirely different creature from the old ones. Much higher quality. Still not a speed demon, but they'd be a blast on the back roads!
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BurnPgh Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1732	Re: Enfield Thumper Reply #10 - 08/20/10 at 15:21:09 what exactly is/were/are the major issues with the "older" REs?
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mick Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Hell-bound Posts: 7323 Dayton Oregon Gender:	Re: Enfield Thumper Reply #11 - 08/20/10 at 18:48:39 BurnPgh wrote on 08/20/10 at 15:21:09: what exactly is/were/are the major issues with the "older" REs? oil leaks,poor brakes.handled badly,generally unreliable.
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Re: Enfield Thumper
Reply #12 - 08/21/10 at 06:30:46

Traditional British engineering,
Traditional Indian quality control.

In India they got them out as cheaply as possible. There's plenty of "shade-tree" mechanics there to keep 'em running. Also, Indian roads and traffic keep folks from running them over 45 mph so the overheating problems don't come into play. Even the "export grade" versions of the old ones never got it together.

I do hope the new ones have
Traditional British styling
Modern engineering
Modern quality control

Yeah, the photos of the Enfield were its best feature!
Here's another one, even though I probably posted it before:

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PerrydaSavage Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Riding "The Rock"! Posts: 3522 Republic of Newfoundland Gender:	Re: Enfield Thumper Reply #13 - 08/21/10 at 12:38:36 Again, every single article that I've read concerning the new Enfields claim that the QA/QC problems of the past are exactly that; in the the past ... apparently this new Bike is NEW from the ground up, but retains the Classic and timeless Enfield styling!
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babbalou Serious Thumper Offline Posts: 814 Lewisville, Texas Gender:	Re: Enfield Thumper Reply #14 - 08/21/10 at 18:01:58 If I could afford a 2nd bike I'd seriously be considering an Enfield. Looks like it would be a lot of fun. http://www.royalenfield.com/Motorcycles/classic-500/colors-and-special-featur... Can't decide which color I like best. I noticed the cafe racer & scrambler aren't on their website anymore. Hopefully they're back soon.
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