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Walkabout 12 Feb 2015 13:01

Bullet point -- from India
 
There is, sometimes, discussion in the HUBB about the bikes that are coming our way (we being the western world in general) from China.
Not so much, methinks, about the bikes that are marketed in India.

Here's a website, from which I learnt that Tiger Woods is the global ambassador for Hero motorcycles, really.
Two Wheelers News | Bike Reviews and Comparision | Two wheelers News India - Drivespark

Of more interest, it says that Royal Enfield will make a 400cc "adventure" bike; some people might say that riding a RE is already an adventure.
Royal Enfield Coming Up With An Adventure Tourer? - DriveSpark

Pricing of a new model of what amounts to a revised 350cc engine could be interesting, alongside the current 500cc range.

backofbeyond 12 Feb 2015 13:54

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Originally Posted by Walkabout (Post 495308)
Of more interest, it says that Royal Enfield will make a 400cc "adventure" bike; some people might say that riding a RE is already an adventure.
Royal Enfield Coming Up With An Adventure Tourer? - DriveSpark

Hope it turns out better than the mock up pic I saw on another site. It had a kind of GS-ish front end, 50's Enfield middle and Harley rear, all nailed together in "My first Photoshop" and finished off with an exhaust made from bent scaffolding pipes laid over the top. :(

I'm sure it'll look better in the flesh :rolleyes2: :rofl:

Walkabout 12 Feb 2015 16:27

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Originally Posted by backofbeyond (Post 495312)
Hope it turns out better than the mock up pic I saw on another site. It had a kind of GS-ish front end, 50's Enfield middle and Harley rear, all nailed together in "My first Photoshop" and finished off with an exhaust made from bent scaffolding pipes laid over the top. :(

I'm sure it'll look better in the flesh :rolleyes2: :rofl:

Your description sounds like this fugly bug:-
Royal Enfield Himalayan adventure motorcycle - Rendering
Fortunately, that website freely admits that their pic is a "rendering".

I quite like this view of a possible future:-
Royal Enfield developing 385cc adventure bike - Indian Cars Bikes

With Terblanche as the newish chief designer at RE the bike should look more like the latter than the former.
There is also speculation that RE may have plans for a larger capacity twin cyl engine.

ps Quite coincidentally, but the news of today says that Tiger W is standing down, or some such phrase, from playing golf - perhaps Hero will pay him a better income for being their global mascot?
:innocent:


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