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ohiomoto Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 2825	Re: Modern (Indian) Royal Enfield motorcycles Reply #15 - 07/15/19 at 17:54:23 Should have got a mid 70s or earlier T100 and it wouldn't weigh 500lbs.
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norm92de Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1180 El Paso TX Gender:	Re: Modern (Indian) Royal Enfield motorcycles Reply #16 - 07/15/19 at 18:14:46 Yes but would I still have my fillings?
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18317 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Modern (Indian) Royal Enfield motorcycles Reply #17 - 07/15/19 at 19:03:00 norm92de wrote on 07/15/19 at 18:14:46: Yes but would I still have my fillings? Perhaps.....as long as you didn't swallow or spit!
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 6023 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: Modern (Indian) Royal Enfield motorcycles Reply #18 - 07/15/19 at 20:16:48 I had a SX-650 (1971 model) , Yamaha's assure to a Triumph Bonnie . I don't remember it being heavy .... just fast and the low end pulling of them fat pistons . It had a 7500 red-line .
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norm92de Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1180 El Paso TX Gender:	Re: Modern (Indian) Royal Enfield motorcycles Reply #19 - 07/15/19 at 20:48:31 MM, Yes, it sure was a great bike.
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 6023 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: Modern (Indian) Royal Enfield motorcycles Reply #20 - 07/15/19 at 21:31:07 Yea , My friend on his Honda 750 could leave me going through the gears but on a 5th gear roll-on he would have to down shift two gears just to keep up !
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Dave YaBB Moderator ModSquad Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 18317 Camp Springs, Kentucky Gender:	Re: Modern (Indian) Royal Enfield motorcycles Reply #21 - 07/16/19 at 03:59:49 MMRanch wrote on 07/15/19 at 20:16:48: I had a SX-650 (1971 model) , Yamaha's answer to a Triumph Bonnie . I think MM may be a bit turned around in his excitement..........XS 650.
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 6023 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: Modern (Indian) Royal Enfield motorcycles Reply #22 - 07/16/19 at 08:06:45 O-YEA , the grin factor from that machine would tend to SPIN a persons perspective . Really that was my first "World-Class" do anything bike . I would think the new endfields twins would do the same thing .
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norm92de Serious Thumper Offline SuzukiSavage.com Rocks! Posts: 1180 El Paso TX Gender:	Re: Modern (Indian) Royal Enfield motorcycles Reply #23 - 07/16/19 at 08:23:21 MM, Just for the record. From Yamaha's manual, XS 650E 467# dry. As you say it didn't seem heavy, maybe low C.G. I fitted lower handlebars to it, not so "sit up and beg" God knows why I sold it :'(.
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Reply #24 - 07/16/19 at 08:37:12

norm92de wrote on 07/15/19 at 18:14:46:

Yes but would I still have my fillings? Grin

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My fillings are gone...from my Savage!!

I had a 71 TR6R Tiger. Single carb, shifter on the right, the brake pedal on the left and high beam switch on the headlight. It was awesome and didn't ride any worse than my LS650. My only real complaint was that I had to work on it an hour for every hour and a half I rode it.

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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 6023 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: Modern (Indian) Royal Enfield motorcycles Reply #25 - 07/16/19 at 08:41:09 So , the 440# Dry / 460# wet weight of the twins is about where it should be ? If it had Belt drive and Mag wheels I'd be thinking , "give up the Guzzi for one of them " . Or at least go try one of them on for size ! I'm looking for some-one's ride report .
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DesertCat Full Member Offline Posts: 192	Re: Modern (Indian) Royal Enfield motorcycles Reply #26 - 07/16/19 at 09:58:34 A few things would keep me from buying a RE, without looking at one: - Dealer is 2.5 hours away - Parts availability - Unknown reliability - Lack of decent website/forum to interact with other owners Maybe after I saw one, sat on one, I may feel differently.
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LANCER Serious Thumper Alliance Member Offline Savage Beast Performance Parts Posts: 10803 Oklahoma Gender:	Re: Modern (Indian) Royal Enfield motorcycles Reply #27 - 07/16/19 at 14:03:13 The price is compelling, at just $5799. It does look vier nice and I like that it is a standard, they are in short supply but perhaps more are coming. It's about time. I would love to ride one to see how it feels.
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MMRanch Serious Thumper Offline Evil flourishes if Good Men do Nothing. Posts: 6023 LYNCHBURG TN Gender:	Re: Modern (Indian) Royal Enfield motorcycles Reply #28 - 07/16/19 at 20:59:06 Lancer , I want to know how "SMOOTH" it is when you finally get straddle of one of them . And if the gears are really like shifting or just another one of them ... rem, rem , rem , with no real interstate gear.
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Ruttly Serious Thumper Offline Thumpers Rule Posts: 5401 Manteca , CA Gender:	Re: Modern (Indian) Royal Enfield motorcycles Reply #29 - 08/05/19 at 13:44:10 This months edition of Cycle World has 2 articles that apply to this topic. One is about both of the Royal Enfield 650 s and the Second is a comparison with the R/E 650 and the Kawi W800. I know some will enjoy reading these articles on these retro twins. Enjoy !
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