Royal Enfield Bullet 500 Classic Independence Day Motorcycle Ride

This is the first real ride I've taken on my 2001 Royal Enfield Bullet 500 Classic Military Model motorcycle. I love it! It starts easily, keeps up with traffic, and doesn't vibrate as much as I expected it to. The Amal carburetor works well, and the loud pipe sounds great, but not too loud. I rode it down to the ocean and watched the old guys surfing with paddles. It was a good day. See this Royal Enfield Bullet and my other bikes at www.hoohoohoblin.com

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Autos & Vehicles

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• Royal
• Enfield
• Bullet
• 500
• Classic
• Motorcycle
• Military
• Model

[RoyalEnfieldfahrer]

Nice ride, my friend overseas, and beautiful motorcycle.

[hoohoohoblin]

@RoyalEnfieldfahrer Thanks!

[TheJobmathew]

Hi Yours like Royal Enfield bullet is available in states?How you maintaining your bike?Is parts available in their?can i bring my Royal Enfield from India to Texas?

[hoohoohoblin]

@TheJobmathew There are dealers in California and Texas, so you can order parts locally there. I buy parts on eBay shipped from India. They are factory parts, and the price is low. I don't know how hard it is to import a motorcycle from India to Texas. You would have to check Texas laws. It would be easier to sell your Enfield in India and then buy another one when you get to Texas.

[HotelBushranger]

Hi mate, are you running standard compression pistons? They sound like 8s or so.

[hoohoohoblin]

@HotelBushranger I think they're the stock pistons. The bike came from a police impound auction, and it has a bunch of custom parts on it, but I don't know if the original owner replaced the pistons.

[hoohoohoblin]

@arcanacelestia Sorry I wasted 2 minutes and 45 seconds of your life with my video. The sound is terrible. I made the video using an old Canon digital picture camera, hand-held while riding because my real video camera was broken, then pasted it together with Windows Movie Maker. I didn't think anyone would actually watch it but it has tens of thoutsands of views. I made a much better video of me riding my Suzuki, with the sound muted and samba music playing, but it has almost no views.

[shankssk]

@hoohoohoblin By selling more Bullets to the British :)

Nice bike though. How much did you pay for it?

[hoohoohoblin]

@shankssk $2,300. Royal Enfields weren't sold in every US state, so if you live in a state where they were sold, you can find good ones for $2,000 - $3,000. There were no dealers in California when I bought mine, so they are rare here and I bought the first one I found for sale, even though the clutch was shot and it has high mileage.