Royal Enfield 350 Bullet standard. (The only authentic, real retro bike.)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 9 ก.ย. 2023
- A bit of a walk round and discussion about the Royal Enfield India Bullet 350 standard. This bike was in production, By Royal Enfield India, from 1955-2008!....
No, I can't add up in the video!
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Such an interesting insight into the 350 Bullet, made for the Indian market with grease to match 👍. Thanks for showing!
Thanks for taking the time to watch!😁
Good video you fill in gaps other channels haven’t time to go into.
I probably make more gaps than I fill in!!😁
Great video. Your enthusiasm shines through. Quite right too, fabulous machines.More please!
Thankyou! More on the way very soon!😁@robinjohnston1287
Brilliant love the info, definitely want one at some point. A 1950's boke made until 2009 Unique.
@lesterhall5310 Pretty much unaltered for all those years!
Glad you’re into Bullets , I bought one of the last 2007 Bullets , brand new in 2008 . It is used regularly in all weathers except ice . Not given much real bother , but I fitted an Amal carb and a Boyer ign kit . As you say the gearbox is not brilliant, but it keeps going and is proving to be a reliable bike . I’ve never been stranded , but carry a foot pump in case of punctures ! Great channel, cheers DaveH
Thankyou! Appreciated!
What a delight these videos are. Love the information and the obvious enthusiasm, and the style of the presentation. A good find, this channel. Thanks. I am havering about getting a Royal Enfield, since they remind me of my childhood and youth with motorbikes like the C15 and the A10 that I cut my teeth on at the start of the seventies. Right now, I have an old CB250 from 1997 and enjoy its dependability, but I hanker after the phut, phut, phut of the single and the torque, which the Honda 250 doesn't have. I only ride the back roads and lanes, and I am a real plodding rider, so I was considering the 350, but it has about three horses less than the Honda. So here I am flipping between thoughts of the RE350 (old style) the classic or Bullet 500,s (plenty about on Marketplace) but reputedly very vibey, and of course for not much more money, the Classic 350 Re-born...... Which way to go?
Thankyou for the kind words! Well, I can't advise you on which one to get as it's down to personal choice! What I can say though, is all the Enfields you have mentioned, I have one! The 350, like in the video, really is 1950's technology. Simple, reliable and full of charactor! the 500's have a lot more torque over the 350's and only minimal vibration, if at all! The unit construction Bullets and Classic 500's are different again. They have loads of torque and a good turn of speed, if you need it. The classic 350 reborn's are a thoroughly modern motorcycle but styled in typical Royal Enfield tradition. they handle and ride superbly, are cheap to run, tax and insure and will do whatever you ask of them! 😃
Love the fairing.6ft 6 WOW a big boy🤣.
Took it off now!
Yes it is. It's legacy continued till bs6 model and then discontinued. And now this model since 1930s to 2023 is a rare model and is not so easy to own one now.
There must still be many left in India as they made many thousands! I have heard that this model is still produced today by Royal Enfield, but only for the home market, not for export?
@@Volcanicbrown1878 yes they did manufactured till the month of July and done selling them till the month of August and in this September the new bullet standard 350 j series reborn model launched and the original 350 standard has been discontinued since then.
The CI models ended in 2010 along with the AVL models (2002-10), after which the UCE models took over, which what you're referring to lasted until 2023, and now the J series 350 has taken over - this is the progression
@@Volcanicbrown1878 Yes there are thousands, and thankfully a lot of them are salvaged and still in use or in collections; that being said unfortunately its not true that they still make the iron barrel models in India - it stopped all over the world including India in 2010
@@fuelarjun Thankyou sir for putting me right!
Good observations about the 350 . But I seem to recall my Redditch Bullet would do 75 mph . Maybe the Amal monobloc gave better performance and I think the compression was higher too . But I might be looking into the past with rose tinted goggles .
It used to blow headgaskets on a regular basis and rain would get into the magdyno when it was parked and she wouldn't start , so I carried a small can of meths to dry it out . I found some EP 140 oil from an old bike shop and used that in the gearbox .
It had twin front brakes , which weren't very good and they're not very good on my Constellation either .
Keep on Bulleteering !
To increase the compression ratio in the Indian 350 Bullets, A Meteor Minor sports piston can be fitted. Takes it up to around 8-1 ratio. I think the Indian Bullets have slightly smaller inlet porting than the Redditch version. Yes, the twin 6in front brakes were pretty dire in any of the models! A twin leading shoe front brake from a Bullet is a good upgrade for a Connie, in fact That's what I have used in my MK1 Interceptor! Going to have to get a 700 for the collection as I now realize I don't have one!!
Great looking bike
Thanks! I am going to take the fairing off and change the seat as they do nothing for the looks of the bike!😆
Your right about the seat...but if its comfy? I guess it all depends on how much you ride it. Dont trash that avon fairing. Probably the most effective fairing or wind screen for the bullet. Especially if you ride in colder weather.
@@silverback3926 10/10 for knowing it is an Avon fairing! 😁I can always put it back on for the winter!😊
@@Volcanicbrown1878 oh yeah!!! I have thought alot about getting one for cold weather riding. It's just that other parts or riding gear keep taking precedence 😀😅👍 just a beautiful bike. If I could i would want to pick one up to add to the garage. There is a beautiful diesel model here in the USA but they want 12k for it. Ugh!!! Very rare here. At 66 and on retirement income I dont think there is much chance I will get either. Love these bikes. Addictive....
@@silverback3926 The diesel ones do come up for sale over here at times and you can still buy them new, freshly converted www.pricepartmotorcycles.co.uk/ We are the same age!😁😁😁
Another belter 😊
I can't hold a candle to yours!😁😁
@@Volcanicbrown1878 I think with your knowledge you easily surpass mine and with a little bit of work everyone else’s 😁
@@TAYM A little knowledge is a dangerous thing! I need a new memory card for my head!! This one is full to the brim with compression ratios, cam timing and a million other mechanical things that will bore the pants off most people!🤣😂😁
@@Volcanicbrown1878 you can free up more memory by downloading what’s in your head on to TH-cam 😁😂😂😂
@@TAYM 🤣🤣🤣😁🤣🤣🤣
I used to top my gearbox on both my 350.s with 20/50 engine oil
Yes that will do it! They recommend 20/50 to top up the box but I like to get all the grease out of them and put oil in instead, then you know that they are getting lubricated!😁
I forget the engine and gearbox configuration a friend of mine putting in his custom 40 years ago but it involved making a plywood primary case in which he was going to use powered graphite.
@@richardwilson6392 Sounds interesting!
I think the mistake you made with the gearbox is you should have filled it with oil.... any doubts and need information contact Paul Henshaw at performance classics
@anthonydexter262 No mistake made by me! It was a very low mileage bike when I bought it and had not even had it's first service! The grease in the gearbox is what the factory put in, Fine in their hot country but no good over here! Thanks for pointing me to Paul Henshaw, I have been subscribed to his channel for years! 😁 (i do know my Enfields!!!)
What the heck is that 🙂
what the heck is what????
@@Volcanicbrown1878 I’m sorry sir but your bullet literally I mean why is it even modified like that? 🤢
@@b3astieboo Yes, I know what you mean! I bought it like that, I have not fitted any of the modifications. the guy I bought it from fitted the 1950's style fairing to keep the wind off him. The seat is ugly too and the boxes on the sides he put on to carry documents to work. The bike would look a lot better if I put it back to standard.😁
@@Volcanicbrown1878yes true! That guy must be a psychopath who did this 💀
@@b3astieboo 😁