Comments on: Royal Enfield Bullet Electra Review by Jay Bhardwaj

By: sushil singh

sushil singh — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 18:16:12 +0000

i want purchese a bullet,,,, is electra 2006(left gear systam) cost rs 65000 is good ..or 1983-88..modal is good…pls suggest me….

By: Romi Kumar

Romi Kumar — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 17:29:07 +0000

Dear Jay,
First of all let me reveal my age. I am 48 years old. When I was 28 years old, I exchanged my Bajaj Chetak with a Bullet of 1974 model from a friend of mine for a few months. After two three months, he returned my scooter. Thereafter, I rode on several 100 cc bikes and around 9 years ago bought a Bullet standard (just 1 year old), but drove it only for three months and because of the heavy traffic in Delhi, sold it. Then I bought Passion and thereafter Pulsar 150, which still I am driving for the last 5 years. But truly speaking my heart is still in Bullet. Still I start looking on any passing Bullet with great passion and its dhak dhak beat increases my heartbeat. I am not a small guy. I am 6 feet and weigh 72 kg and very strong. I want to upgrade to new Bullet Electra twin spark. Though I am confident but my wife and my 15 year old son discourage me to go for it saying that it is too heavy. Kindly advice if I should go for it given the fact that I have to go to nearby market every now and then to buy this or that. I must tell you that I am a govt. servant.
PLEASE DO REPLY.

By: Rajorshi

Rajorshi — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 02:57:00 +0000

I agree with u totally
now after spending few month with d bullet i understand it better…..n yea evn my uncle whos new to bullets was surprised dat it dusn need to downshifted much

By: Abhilash Bharadwaj

Abhilash Bharadwaj — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 08:37:52 +0000

Amazing review man.
RE looks good with spoked wheels rather than a alloy one.

By: sibu

sibu — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 11:05:22 +0000

what in the world is a Fuel-Injected carburetor??

By: Jay

Jay — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 09:53:21 +0000

@Rajorshi: Once you are accustomed to riding Bullet, riding it in Traffic is very easy due to following properties:
1. Fewer gear shifts due to heavy torque. So others will be downshifting or upshifting that rapidly to avoid engine knocking, where as bullet will give you more power to avoid engine knocking.
2. Due to heaviness, it feels very comfortable at low speeds and under control.
3. And when you are turning, others will definitely give way for a bullet

By: $wapnil

$wapnil — Thu, 11 Nov 2010 11:12:51 +0000

I just bought a Electra with old Cast Iron(CI) engine. I just love the thump it gives. The new bikes with UCE lack that thump.
As fas as new UCE engined bikes go, Classic has a very nice and appealing design. Even the logos are from world war times. So better wait and buy classic than buy an electra with UCE.
If you want extra thump find yourself a older bike with a CI engine.

By: Dak

Dak — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 09:42:03 +0000

thank u for the informations…..

By: Rajorshi

Rajorshi — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:55:13 +0000

@dak…i dont have dat much xperience with bullet in cities bt my father has lots…n he says at first u’ll feel its heavy bt if practice 2 ride slowly dn u will gt hold of….acc ys both are same in traffic coz both have same specs n weight

@gour…on road price in kolkata
classic-1lac and 13k
electra-1lac and 6k(wid frnt disc)

By: Rajorshi

Rajorshi — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 18:49:21 +0000

Dey r more or less d same bt classic’s saddle is soft….n hey i only bookd a electra n am a 2nd timer….i rode my father bullet b4…nyways hope u will njoy thumping.