Overland to India by Royal Enfield Bullet

Royal Enfield author, Gordon May, called in at our head office of Royal Enfield UK at the start of his 8000 mile journey to the Royal Enfield factory in Chennai, India. He is riding a 1953 Redditch built 500cc Bullet.

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• Royal
• Enfield
• Bullet
• Watsonian
• Squire
• Gordon
• May

[barnett682]

sounds like heaven!!

[rototoseb]

I Hope he arrived in good health. Nice journey

[offshorebaryte]

@cawabanga360...these bikes go so cheap because these are still in current production and hence no shortage of them on the market as compared to other bikes of same era whose production is discontinued.

being cheap dosn't puts any doubts on there performance,you can still find 50 to 60 yrs old royal enfield bullet running in mint conditions today which should explain how reliable they are...all they need in return is a bit TLC.

[bigrobnz]

Wat happened to him? Is he still alive? Mad dogs and Englishmen ride enfilds to India!!!

[LostandFoundTravel]

The journey of 8000 miles begins with a single kick start. Then a second. :)

[enfielddnepr]

I guess you can tell us now what type of seat is the best..

i know the solo saddle and late 500 buddy seat isn't.. What are your findings??

[deepakstrong]

Welcome to India my bro :)

[dirtyjew1974]

@cawabunga360 i need help too lol, i really like these bikes but ive been wondering about reliability myself and ive wondered how it would do in mountains and trips. on the new ones i know top speed is just over 80mph and that they get fantastic gas milliage but thats about all i know lol but if their comparable to the triumphs for quality then i definatly would like to get one!

[cawabunga360]

these bikes go for so cheap on ebay, are they good??, lets say compared to classic triumphs?? need help

[ihateroyalenfields]

he only got to stow on the wold and it explodied like all enfield heaps