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Title: RE Meteor Post by MMRanch on 06/28/22 at 14:35:12 I sold the DR200 and bought a New Royal Enfield Meteor last week. I got the Stellar Blue model . I filled it up with fuel and started breaking it in. What happened next is hard to believe but I'm "eye witness" to it. It holds 3.9 US gallons and I was expecting maybe 75 mpg like the DR200 did. Unlike the DR200 that struggled to cruse along at 60mph the RE runs up to 60 like its headed for 80 (I'm not supposed to get above 50 for the break-in period) but its so willing to "GO" ! ::) On with the story , it has a fuel gauge on the dash with seven bars , well today it finally made it to the "ONE-Bar" left . , and the fuel light came on. So I headed for the next fuel station and was showing 257 miles on the tank-full when I got there. It feels like the Savage when ridding. The stroke is a little less than the Savage (85.8 vs 94) but still a long stroke. The bore is the big difference (72 vs 94) but compress is (9.5-1) so it needs high test (or so the book says). It sits and handles like the Savage too . On to the amazing part : So I topped the tank off with all I dare put it , and turned to see what the pump says in gallons . I could hardly believe it ... it was 2.57 gallons for 257 miles. That means there was still 1.33 gallons left in the tank when the light comes on , and at 100 mpg that equated to a 350 mile cruise range . Three hundred miles between fill-up with no sweat. I know the Guzzi got better and better up to about 15k-miles where it seemed to level off and I suspect the RE will be the same way too. By time I got back home the odometer has 300+ miles on it and I'm supposed to the change oil and check the valves. Well , it came with a 5 year unlimited miles warrantee (material + workmanship) w/3 year of it bumper to bumper on anything but tires. So I'll be keeping up with the 6000 mile oil changes like I'm supposed too and maintaining records and receipts (just in case). Anyway , I'm impressed with the company so far. :) |
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Title: Re: RE Meteor Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/28/22 at 16:58:38 Hard to beat That! Are the bars high enough to keep weight off the hands? |
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Title: Re: RE Meteor Post by Ruttly on 06/28/22 at 17:43:04 Very Nice , I’m kinda jealous |
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Title: Re: RE Meteor Post by wheelbender6 on 06/28/22 at 18:41:49 I think the RE Meteor is a good looking bike, so I'm glad it performs well too. -They are finally making some real speed parts for the Himalayan, like cams and big bore kits. Lets hope they do the same for the Meteor. |
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Title: Re: RE Meteor Post by MMRanch on 06/28/22 at 19:43:37 "Oh" its comfortable , I've put 315 miles on it putting around back roads since last Tuesday . Riding for an hour and a half at a time. It sits like the Suzuki LS650 does , nice and easy ! Bars are wider and the fly-wheel is a lot heavier . It spins for a full three exaust notes after its turned off from an idle (950rpm), but there's no back-fire ? Personally I like the heavy flywheel , its real smooth running. My burning the road up days are perty much behind me now. The 350 motor and the 411 motor look just alike but neither of them are scream machines. I think that in India the price of fuel and longevity must be more important than speed ? The way I understand it : In India a 350cc is a big bike. It seems willing to everything but the Interstate . :) Ruttly , you ought to get ya one of them they don't cost as much as their competition. |
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Title: Re: RE Meteor Post by TheSneeze on 06/28/22 at 19:44:53 Cool looking bike! But then again, blue is my favorite color... 8-) |
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Title: Re: RE Meteor Post by MMRanch on 06/28/22 at 20:02:03 One of the guys on the Meteor web site (that has his broken-in) posted that he got on the super-slab to wind it out and only got to 75 before traffic slowed him down. Its real happy at 60mph and that OK . ;) Long time ago I had a Honda CB350 Twin that would run 100mph any day of the week and would cruise at 70 (7000rpm) as long as the gas lasted. That was part of the problem it only got 35-40mpg ! ;D The RE makes its max power at 4000rpm and redlines at 6100rpm. Some of the folks think it has a rpm limiter built into it somehow , but it will be while before mine's fully broke-in so I can't say for now ? :-/ |
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Title: Re: RE Meteor Post by TheSneeze on 06/28/22 at 20:45:19 Congrats on the new bike! |
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Title: Re: RE Meteor Post by jcstokes on 06/29/22 at 01:08:11 Indians, and much of the rest of the world, don't have "super slab". |
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Title: Re: RE Meteor Post by Serowbot on 06/29/22 at 06:22:27 Putting at it's finest!... |
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Title: Re: RE Meteor Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/29/22 at 09:28:24 I think I would like to have one. That would make a fine grocery getter. Mount the wooden Lucerne milk crate across the seat and hang bags on it and it would be fine.. |
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Title: Re: RE Meteor Post by Serowbot on 06/29/22 at 10:19:07 This is the chassis Harley should have put the Blast engine in. They would have sold millions... and millions Looks very much like a baby Sportster |
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Title: Re: RE Meteor Post by springman on 06/29/22 at 12:26:38 It really does look like a baby sportster. Happy for you MM. Nice looking bike, comfortable, great mpg. Way to go! |
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Title: Re: RE Meteor Post by verslagen1 on 06/29/22 at 15:06:06 we're gonna have to change your name to NewBikeMike 8-) |
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Title: Re: RE Meteor Post by wheelbender6 on 06/29/22 at 16:31:40 5D4B5C41594C415A2E0 wrote:
Exactly! Styling the Buell Blast like a naked sport bike was a fatal mistake. |
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Title: Re: RE Meteor Post by Ruttly on 06/29/22 at 17:37:40 It was real ugly and real heavy 2 cent |
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Title: Re: RE Meteor Post by ohiomoto on 06/29/22 at 18:11:19 7A5D5C5C4451280 wrote:
The Buell Blast or the Meteor? |
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Title: Re: RE Meteor Post by Ruttly on 06/30/22 at 10:12:50 Blast |
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Title: Re: RE Meteor Post by MMRanch on 06/30/22 at 16:46:56 It had to be the Blast ! I think those blacked out models are a little on the ugly side , IMHO ! ::) I refilled the fuel tank today after some 60-65mph ridding and it only averaged 95.958mpg this time ! :-[ Hay Versey , I might have to keep this one a while . I've only bought two new bikes ever (Guzzi and Enfield) and I hate to loose money on selling bikes. All the used ones I've had have sold for about what I paid for them (except that second Harley). Come to think of it the first Harley too ! :-[ No more Harleys ever ! :) Actuality , I think the Enfield is running about 4k (max power) rpms at 55mph , but it redlines at 6100 . I ran it up the mountain where the Big Giant-Rock Church is today. It went right up it in high gear without needing full throttle even. On the curves where I had to slow down it even willingly sped up in high gear between curves going up hill with no problem . This machine is so much like the LS650 that it seems like a modern version of it. Ya'll know Honda make a 350 to sell in India that we don't get here in the States ? https://www.hondabigwing.in/cb350 I would have bought it for the same money , but Honda must not think gas prices in the USA are "HIGH ENOUGH YET" . ??? :-/ |
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Title: Re: RE Meteor Post by justin_o_guy2 on 06/30/22 at 17:42:03 Probably everyone here knows more than I do about engine break in, but I thought if it's not all the way broken in and it's being asked to work pretty hard it would be happier if you changed gears and used different loading and RPM. |
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Title: Re: RE Meteor Post by MMRanch on 06/30/22 at 19:53:04 I've done the 300 mile oil change on time and now have about 500 total miles on the clock. Its not working hard to do 65 mph on flat ground and the rpms might be up to 4750 ? I'm just going by the instructions to the most part. The main idea seems to be : Heat it up and cool it down , then repeat and don't do full throttle for the first 300 miles no matter what . :) I still haven't done full throttle with the motor running . ;D If I need fast I'll take the Guzzi . ;) Most of my getting around is doing 45-60 on local roads and that is where I'm getting near 100mpg at , so all is well ! :) Its feels like the S-40 but w/less powerful stroke and a heavier flywheel. |
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Title: Re: RE Meteor Post by DragBikeMike on 06/30/22 at 23:18:26 That's a sweet bike MMR. Sounds like it has ample go-power and the fuel economy is off the hook. Can you actually do like 350+ miles on a full tank? Wow! |
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Title: Re: RE Meteor Post by MMRanch on 07/01/22 at 09:01:14 Sort of , The fuel tank holds 3.9 US gallons , and the fuel light comes on after 2.4 gallons are gone . But I'd go to 300 miles without any concern . That would be 5 hours of 55 mph ridding ... I don't think my rear or bladder can do that ? ;D |
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Title: Re: RE Meteor Post by jcstokes on 07/01/22 at 21:41:08 350's have been a neglected size in the developed world for many years, it's good to see them making some sort of comeback. |
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Title: Re: RE Meteor Post by MMRanch on 07/02/22 at 08:20:51 Well the fuel mileage sure makes it attractive. [ch127773][ch127773] Ya'll remember the RD350 from the 1970s , That would be a lot like the Kawasaki 400 of today. The CB350 I had back then got about twice the fuel millage as the cars of the day. Now my Chevy Sonic gets about 40mpg and the 350's of today get about twice the fuel millage of the cars of today , so I guess all things are staying balanced ! :) Just wait till gas gets to $6.00 a gallon ... or $7.00 a gallon , the rest of the world pays so much more than we do for fuel that our price almost "has" to go up ? |
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Title: Re: RE Meteor Post by jcstokes on 07/02/22 at 17:00:31 Hmm $NZ 3.20 per litre 91 RON, similar to AKI 87 $NZ 3.20 X 3.9 =$NZ 12.48. Exchange rate a $NZ buys about 62 US cents, so $NZ 12.48 would work out to about $US7.74 per US gallon, if my arithmetic is correct, which maybe debatable. |
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Title: Re: RE Meteor Post by MMRanch on 07/03/22 at 10:15:48 $12.48 gallon / .62 exchange-rate = $20.12903225806452 gallon. US. That sounds crazzy , how do ya'll get to ride anywhere ? :-? |
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