Video: Royal Enfield Bullet Classic 2009
2024 Author: Nicholas Abramson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2024-02-10 16:58
Some qualify Royal Enfield as a living fossil, but I think that the owners of the brand and the factory in Madras (India) do not care much about this. On the contrary, they take it very well, since they are able to say from their motorcycles that they are the only authentically English motorcycles that are still made in the world.
The brand was founded in England in 1899 and was one of the few that survived the economic crash of 1929. In 1930 they presented the Bullet range, powered by 350 and 500 cc engines, and in 1934 they incorporated the four-valve cylinder head. The brand's slogan was "made like a cannon" and they were almost like that, because they were tough and resistant. In the 1950s-1960s they were famous for their performance in Trial, where they achieved a lot of fame and a minor title. But the crisis of the British industry ended up taking hold of them and they had to sell the brand to the Indian company in Madras, where they are still manufactured today.
This historical review is to place the model that is presented to us as a novelty for 2009. More than a year ago, talk began about the new engines with electronic injection, which also include a new five-speed gearbox. But in a world where benefits are almost the most important thing today This Bullet Classic only delivers 27.2 hp at 5250 rpm and a torque of 41.3 Nm at 4000 rpm very discreet figures.
But his cover letter is not that, if not his very low consumption that was of 3.8 liters per 100 km with carburettor, with what now with injection will be almost laughable. Of course the engine complies with the Euro 3 standard, despite being a vehicle made in India and only seen on European roads very occasionally. I do not know if in these times of economic crisis and belt-tightening this bike will triumph, but surely we will see them more than we see them now. That the biker lives not only on RR motorcycles.
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