Topic: Indian version Royal Enfield 500

[UnCrash]

I was digging through some photos from my trip to india and I thought I would share this photo of a well used Enfield.

[gerhed]

A very similar bike is now being sold by Indian/Enfield
--with the metal panniers.
New issue of Cycle World reviews it.

[UnCrash]

I walked by a motorcycle repair shop in Thiruvannamalai.  They were burning tires off of rims out in front.  There were a couple kids tearing a motor down and keeping warm by the fire, they were between 10 and 12.  I asked what they were working on and they showed me a transmission gear with a tooth sheared off.  One of them said, "One pen?" 

"Sorry I don't have any pens" I said.  He smiled at me with gleaming white teeth against his dark and sooty skin. 

"Does that happen often?"

"Yes," he said,  "the metal is bad."

I smiled back and continued walking into town for lunch. 

[bill440cars]

A very similar bike is now being sold by Indian/Enfield
--with the metal panniers.
New issue of Cycle World reviews it.

          Hey Phil.  When I saw your comment, I thought (at first) that Indian motorcylces and Royal Enfield were going to have some models with the Indian name on them again and, when I saw the magazine, I realized that t was about the country India instead. I've done this before. (I've) Got to be more careful!