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old_rider Serious Thumper Offline Backyard Bill Productions Posts: 3147 flordia panhandle Gender:	Local shop gets RE's! 04/09/15 at 11:51:19 A few months back a local scooter store.... now a motorcycle repair and sales, mentioned getting some Royal Enfields in the future. ITS THE FUTURE! The 2014 was lowered in price..... And then there was one with a wider bar set and a slightly bigger tank...and army green...
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 17832 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Local shop gets RE's! Reply #1 - 04/09/15 at 12:02:31 You'd look good on either one. Will it make it to Texas?
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savskad Full Member Offline Be the best you can be Posts: 189 Austin, TX Gender:	Re: Local shop gets RE's! Reply #2 - 04/10/15 at 05:56:47 That's badass!! We recently got an Indian Dealer locally...I don't know if a bunch of thumper-heads would be too excited about that though. Or would y'all? They used to just be a used bike dealer specializing in Harley's.
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Art Webb Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3007 columbus, Texas Gender:	Re: Local shop gets RE's! Reply #3 - 04/10/15 at 10:32:26 Indians are cool...except that aborted attempt to make Indians by rebaging Harleys a while back
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spearheadss Full Member Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 161 Wylie, TX Gender:	Re: Local shop gets RE's! Reply #4 - 04/10/15 at 10:35:53 I'd be all over that green one.
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Re: Local shop gets RE's!
Reply #5 - 04/12/15 at 04:49:30

Hey Old Rider now that I've had my RE for a bit and logged some miles on her let me fill you in on my experience so far.

PROS:
*Beautiful machine that will turn heads anywhere you go, expect to get into conversations at least every other time you park and sometimes at lights with people wanting to know about your bike.
*It is a fine handling machine, I'm lucky enough to have an ample number of twisty roads around here and it is a joy on the RE C5.
*The ergonomics are a near perfect fit for my 5'8"/30" inseam, I can just plant both feet flat footed (I wouldn't mind the seat slightly lower, but it's not an issue)
*The current Royal Enfields are a world better in quality/fit & finish. Not just being the UCE engines, but every year since they switched over to UCE in 2009 the build quality has drastically improved.
*A great forum for support (not Awsome like SuzukiSavage.com, but an informative active forum)
*Even if you don't live near a dealer, the importer will work with you if you plan on wrenching and doing your own maintenance/warranty work.

Cons:
*Slow break in procedure, luckily I have lots of lower speed fun twisties near the homestead.
*Messiest oil change procedure I've ever had to endure, I'm sure I'll figure out a better routine but man what a pain LOL.
*The vibration isn't anything like the Cast Iron older Bullets, but the more the engine gets broken in the noisier it gets (Yup that's normal)
*The brakes are adequate, but if you are one of the people who don't like the LS650 brakes you definitely will not like the Royal's brakes unless you get the Continental GT which sports front and rear disk brakes (Brembo up front)
*I haven't finished the break in period yet on the RE, but I love jumping back on the LS650 and enjoy all that torque! The RE C5 is definitely a 2 lane curvy country road leisure rider, which is less at home on the Interstate then the LS650.

All in all I love both the RE C5 and my LS650 for different reasons, my goal is to figure a way to get the Wifey to let me keep both HA HA HA

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Art Webb Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 3007 columbus, Texas Gender:	Re: Local shop gets RE's! Reply #6 - 04/12/15 at 08:36:14 Nice write up, who'da thunk it'd be less freeway friendly than the S40?
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 5739 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: Local shop gets RE's! Reply #7 - 04/12/15 at 22:21:45 Do they have Freeways in India ? seriously --- what is the high speed cruse speed ? , I like the way it looks but I also like the looks of the Suzuki 250 single too ! so many cool looking bikes but I can only have two !
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justin_o_guy2 Serious Thumper Offline What happened? Posts: 55279 East Texas, 1/2 dallas/la.	Re: Local shop gets RE's! Reply #8 - 04/12/15 at 22:40:46 I'd get some real miles on the RE before I made it my only ride.
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gizzo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiCabbage. It's Savage. Posts: 1318 Australia	Re: Local shop gets RE's! Reply #9 - 04/13/15 at 00:05:45 Haha +1 on the messy oil change! 4 places where oil comes out just to do oil and filter. And the most stupidest oil level check procedure I have ever come across! But, like you say, a good back roads cruiser. Mine's broken in and comfortable at 65-70 mph and tops out at 90 on a good day.
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old_rider Serious Thumper Offline Backyard Bill Productions Posts: 3147 flordia panhandle Gender:	Re: Local shop gets RE's! Reply #10 - 04/13/15 at 05:44:14 Well, the guy there told me I could take the black one out for a test ride. I might go back and do just that, and see what it feels like at high speeds..... of 70...... LOL He liked my savage, maybe I could sell it to him.... naw....
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gizzo Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiCabbage. It's Savage. Posts: 1318 Australia	Re: Local shop gets RE's! Reply #11 - 04/13/15 at 06:11:42 70.... LOL If you want fast, you can get a lot more bike for the same money... Problem with test riding a new enfield is they shake like a dog sh.tting razor blades. Popular opinion is that when they have a few thousand on them then they become smoother. Mine sure did. Wonder if he has a properly run in one you could ide instead?
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ToesNose Serious Thumper Offline Pardon me, do you have Hot Sauce? Posts: 1993 Mooresville, NC Gender:	Re: Local shop gets RE's! Reply #12 - 04/14/15 at 17:23:25 MMRanch wrote on 04/12/15 at 22:21:45: Do they have Freeways in India ? yea they have freeways in India, but in most regions 2 wheelers aren't permitted. Typically bikes don't regularly get over 50Mph, typically 35Mph around town.
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Re: Local shop gets RE's!
Reply #13 - 05/06/15 at 20:54:55

I have a 2008 RE avl in the classic style frame. Silver City, NM has a nice 150 mile loop where 20% is 55mph and the rest is 30 mph! My Sunday ride takes 5 hours. So yeah the RE is a dream. But is it any better than my Savage? No not really. I never bother with the freeway so my Savage is the best road bike I have ever owned. KLR, DR, SR, RE, XL, I have owned them all. But I gotta say that my Savage is my favorite.

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Re: Local shop gets RE's!
Reply #14 - 05/07/15 at 11:02:07

The Savage can zip across town, and because it's so torquey, the cops aren't hearing a motor screaming
Come give me a ticket.
Another reason to have a pleasantly tuned exhaust. Some low pitched rumbling and growling at decel, just sounds like someone riding a bike to people around. But if you can count the power strokes from two blocks away, you're gonna get attention you may not want. I EARNED a ticket or twenty every time I rode, but the bike didn't get anyone's attention. Naturally, when I Saw a cop, id chill, and one day a bike cop gave me the palm down wave, slow down, but, being a cruiser style, I. Don't Look like im racing, and he didn't bother me.. four lane, with turn lane, I think that the limit might be a bit low, but what do I know?

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