Royal Enfield

The Raven wrote...

Maybe you should buy a new Ducati, then. Get some practice in before getting
onto one of these other bikes? Or, if you're going for your Masters in
Motorcycle Engineering then buy a Harley...

 

In aus.motorcycles on Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:05:11 +1000

I am old... because I can recall when there wasn't predictive text and
those abbreviations were in heavy use.

Now my Nokia has them in the predictive text...

Zebee

 

[sad sigh] They could've just as easily put the real words in......

 

I'd like a Ducati, been watching a Monster lately.

I'd consider an Royal Enfield far easier to work on than a modern Ducati
but, then a Ducati wouldn't need much maintenance by comparison.

A Harley would be nice but they are far overpriced.

 

Apart from the 160 character limit..

 

New Nokia phones will automatically split/concatenate messages up to
1000 characters.

Nev..
'07 XB12X

 

In aus.motorcycles on Sat, 5 Jul 2008 21:50:12 +1000

So... you want a good looking bike that you can work on yourself, is
fun to ride, isn't the same old boring as everyone else has...

You need a Guzzi you do!


Zebee

 

I go the other way. I refuse to use abbreviated text. Have always
done.

The only time I'll crunch it down is if I'm broke and know I have to
go to short form to save money, but that is rare and I cringe.

I find it quite funny when my 70+ year old parents SMS me using
abbreviated text and sound like teenagers. Getting a text from someone
who is 72 saying "when RU coming here" is just a little weird.

 

Here in Canberra the oh-so-hip traffic people have put some
mega-cringeworthy signage around the place... I almost fell off my bike the
first time I passed a sign that said DRIVE N TEXT? U B NEXT

There is no hope!

I erase misplaced apostrophes from cafe chalkboards every chance I get, and
would dearly love to "red pen" these signs! Alas, I am too short!!!

betty

 

That's only so they know when to leave for their holiday

 

Pfft; like any of the SMS generation could concentrate for a full 160
characters!

 

I know, but given I'm planning a return to riding I don't want to jump on
anything too sporty. Call me an old fart but I'll start with something less
likely to encourage me to launch off into the scenery.

 

I'm confused. Your motives for wanting an Enfield seem to change. From
reading your original posts you seemed to want the Enfield because you
liked the idea of riding (and fixing) an Enfield.

You've obviously had a very long break from motorcycling if you think
anything Moto Guzzi make would fall into the "too sporty" category.

Nev..
'07 XB12X

 

That's appropriate use, I think. They are targetting the people wot do
it.

I'll buy you a stepladder.

The other one I hate is signwriters who feel they have to put
everything in quotation marks. This is usually on top of bad use of
apostrophes and I just feel like screaming. Yes, I know our language
is flexible and will change, but anyone I see spelling like that I
immediately think "You are fucking dense and I won't employ you".
Which means my dad and mum are out of work, I guess.

 

I like the look and old school styling of the Enfield. Routine maintenance
is a trade off I can tolerate....up to a point.

Forgive me, I did reply incorrectly to the last post and I can see how my
response seemed contradictory. Somehow I confused Guzzi with another brand,
which I won't mention for fear of upsetting the Guzzi fans. Yes, a Guzzi
isn't 'too sporty' but it's not quite my thing either..not that I've looked
at recent models.

 

They're great fun to ride. I rode a 350cc Enfield through parts of Nth
India last year. Well suited to riding in India with their much lower
overall traffic speeds than in Australia. Not sure if the gearing on
the bike I was riding was stock or changed by our mechanic to better
handle the slower riding we were doing on bad roads, but the 350 was
flat out at about 80kph on the [relatively] good conditions of the Grand
Trunk Road north of Delhi, but doubt it would sustain those sorts of
speeds for long before something went wrong. At 70kph it was fine, and
the disk brakes on the front probably made the bike much more user
friendly than standard. If I owned one here I'd probably want a
mechanic to be on-call with a ute-ful of spares.

Nev..
'07 XB12X

 

In aus.motorcycles on Sun, 06 Jul 2008 19:56:06 +1000

how many times did the one you were on break down, and what are the
differences between it and the ones available here in terms of
orginaly specs and QC, and the life it has led?

Zebee

 

Betty

Those light weight two step ladders are available in most of the
better hardware stores/megabarns now. Easy to carry on the bike ;-)

SteveB
(just being helpfull)

 

I should have though a milk crate and it would make an excellent carry
box as well

 

Is it as cheap as the Royal Enfield to buy parts for?