Royal Enfield Bullet Ride
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ก.ย. 2015
- The Royal Enfield Bullet has been sitting for quite a while with a broken kickstart pawl, so it was time to roll it downhill and fire it up to see if it still runs. Fortunately, the old Royal Enfield Bullet motorcycle still runs strong. I need to take the transmission apart and fix it sometime soon so I don't have to push start it.
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I changed my bad K.S. pawl last week and discovered a small crack in the kickstart shaft section that holds the pawl. Apparently a backfire event worked it's magic. I put it back together with a new $5 pawl and just try to start it carefully until the new shaft gets here. The ratchet mechanism for the gear shift scheme is a hoot. I forgot to mark the inner adjustable ring when taking it apart, but the "center it up" guesstimate was actually an improvement. These are great bikes. There is no better way to get the feel of 1940's motorcycling. 50 years of spare parts & knowledge makes it happen at an affordable level for us casual collectors. These are truly universal machines. What those guys did in the past with these machines was groundbreaking. Hats off to hoohoohoblin for making these great practical videos!
I saved and saved for 5years ..( college student ) then finally brought home my Beast..
I got the new modle ; the ROYAL ENFIELD THUNDERBIRD..
Damn that bike is like nothing else iv ever ridden
I live in India ...so no problem ..mechanics are in abundance for RE
I once rode my uncles close to 20year old Enfield ...and GOD that was an experience in itself
Yes the parts are getting old and rusty and worn out and all that but man !! There is a different feel all together when u ride that ..i can only imagine what ur ride feels like :)
Happy Thumping and keep uploading ( yeaaaaaaahhh even we newbees watch ur enfield videos :P )
Welcome to the club! The new Enfields are quite nice.
+XpertRblxPlaya Yexdi isnt Enfield
You know...when i cannot ride my bike cuz i'm not at home...sometimes i watch ur clip just to cheer up :D
+FlowHowler Great! That's what it's there for. Keep on watching it!
You can officially register that bike in California as a hybrid now. ;-)
Yes. When you factor in all the miles I have to push the bike and add it to miles traveled when it is running, the gas mileage is in hybrid territory for sure.
Love the video Quality!
+XxDomminxX Thanks! GoPro Hero!
Good to see you back on the Bullet! Would you make video on replacing the pawl? That'd be great!
Thanks for your other Enfield maintenance videos, I've found them really useful when tackling jobs on my bike.
+Dunholmpiper Thanks. I'll be taking the transmission apart this winter when the weather gets bad. I am also going to move the brake to the left and the shifter to the right.
Make riding vlogs on this bike bro
its funny the way you started the bike ..looks i should cancel my Gym membership😅 ....this thing really vibrates like earthquake
Yes. Riding this thing is definitely a work out, especially if it breaks down and I have to push it home.
+hoohoohoblin There was a time I was thinking Of buying the enfield coz i wanted a bike with vintage feel and kick starter😃...But here in Austin the enfield is so rare So i ended up buying The YAMAHA SR400..
Love to hear the thumper come to life :-) Can't wait till you sort out the KS and switch it to south paw, it'll be a different bike B-)
+Arizona RE Thanks! I will get it done this winter. I am nervous about getting it all out back together properly. Congratulations on the new motorcycle. I hope your wife lets you ride it.
Tons of support on the RE forums, those guys are a wealth of information!
adoro seus vídeos. abraços aqui do Brasil.
Thanks!
Sounds good, a little dusty, perhaps.... roll starting an RE bike like that is akin to a plane taxing down the runway before it picks up speed to take off...
Yeah! I was really happy I got it started. It is a primitive machine.
Yup, it is primitive.. much more so when you compare it with the modern technological sleek machines that are available... like comparing a clod hopping tractor to a sleek BMW... but there is that irresistible charm.. I have a '77 model RE...
Oh, the bad good old days. This is the motorcycle you want to keep? It sounds like it could fall apart at any moment.
+MyassesDragon But it is so much fun to ride when it's running.
+hoohoohoblin just carry a basic tools,they r so simple
Tools won't help you find all the parts that fall off the motorcycle.
+MyassesDragon took photo o one in India in 1990,showed it to Dad back in NZ,,AH I the origonal in the 50s,seventy yr Brit tech made by Indians,reliable?oil tight?of course!😜
Any fool can buy a 170 MPH Hayabusa/ZX12 & twist the volume control; maybe about 1% of those folks can actually ride those machines to within possibly 90% of their capability. The Iron Barrel Bullet is a time machine for those of us that grew up after the "Age 'o Britbikes". I have two of these beasts circa 1999 and a 1983 4 cylinder Honda 550 Nighthawk "Cruiser". The Honda has shaft drive, disc brakes, electronic ignition, 4 hydraulic valves per cylinder, 6 speeds, and cast alloy wheels. The Honda's an amazing piece of hardware, designed about 40 years after the Bullet. Transported back to 1940 it could have set lap records worldwide even equipped with it's slack cruiser geometry, pretty basic suspension, turn signals & center stand. I grew up around Japanese hardware, but I really enjoy tinkering with the Enfields the most. What really amazes me is how well the Indian mechanics can keep them operational under some pretty brutal conditions. The Bullet is frugal and as Gupta says has a large knowledge base available. Parts are harder to get for my 1983 Honda that my Bullets. Bullets aren't a suitable hobby for everyone, but for folks that don't mind mechanical tinkering, very rewarding. I'm pretty sure a Hayabusa in India would be at a real disadvantage long term.
Are you alright now mr.hoblin? keep riding..keep thumping. :)
+AJ Othwal Doing fine now. The Bullet has some electrical problems I need to fix before I can ride it again.
Ya burned right through that first stop sign, your ticket is in the mail LOL. I have a 2000 Bullet 500 and it shifted like crap, the absolute worst, but that's because the bike was designed for right shift, left brake. yours has US DOT mandated hog-poge linkage converting it to left shift, rt. brake to make it import compliant. Convert it back and you'll thing it's a different bike. That's what I did. Then you can make a TH-cam Video of the job. Thanks
...gloves, also seem classics?... :)
For sure!