BUILD. TRAIN. RACE.: THREE KILLER ROYAL ENFIELD RACE BIKES

[weeksy]

https://www.bikeexif.com/royal-enfield-build-train-race

[Tricky]

The silver tanked one looks like a really fat bloke has sat on it

Nice styling jobs though IMO, although that engine is such a big lump whatever you do they always look heavy.

[weeksy]

I like them all, in different ways... I'd say the blue faired one though is by a smidgen, my favourite of them.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

I can't get past the ugliness of the Royal Enfield engine - it looks like something from the 1960s.

[Lutin]

I can't get past the ugliness of the Royal Enfield engine - it looks like something from the 1960s.

I think that that was the whole point of the exercise.

[weeksy]

I can't get past the ugliness of the Royal Enfield engine - it looks like something from the 1960s.

That's the whole point of it ?

[Taipan]

I can't get past the ugliness of the Royal Enfield engine - it looks like something from the 1960s.

That's the sales point for me, as it was with my Thruxton. Love the look of old air/oil cooled engines. Engines with plumbing just looks like plant to me.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

I can't get past the ugliness of the Royal Enfield engine - it looks like something from the 1960s.

I think that that was the whole point of the exercise.

It is, but being someone who started riding motorcycles in the early 80s, the last thing I wanted was a 1960s bike and I still feel the same.

[weeksy]

I can't get past the ugliness of the Royal Enfield engine - it looks like something from the 1960s.

I think that that was the whole point of the exercise.

It is, but being someone who started riding motorcycles in the early 80s, the last thing I wanted was a 1960s bike and I still feel the same.

LOL you only want 1 thing... you're VERY specific.

[v8-powered]

I can't get past the ugliness of the Royal Enfield engine - it looks like something from the 1960s.

That's the bit about them I like in its retro way...

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

I think that that was the whole point of the exercise.

It is, but being someone who started riding motorcycles in the early 80s, the last thing I wanted was a 1960s bike and I still feel the same.

LOL you only want 1 thing... you're VERY specific.

Not just one thing, but I'm very clear about what I like and dislike, and not very open to changing my opinions, I'd like all of those bikes if they had a TZ750 or GPZ1100 engine in them, I really hate the 1960s look of that engine, but I also see why other people like it.

I'm nostalgic for my own youth, not my Dad's youth.

[Mr. Dazzle]

Deffo an age thing 'cause I think 80s/early 90's bike look shit I just associate them with lardy old buses covered in furry fasteners!

The youngest 60's bike is still nearly 20 years older than I am, so I love 'em.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Deffo an age thing 'cause I think 80s/early 90's bike look shit I just associate them with lardy old buses covered in furry fasteners!

The youngest 60's bike is still nearly 20 years older than I am, so I love 'em.

I can totally see that, I know the only reason I like bikes from 1980 - 2000 is because it's the period when motorcycling was one of the most important things in my life, it certainly was more important than my job at that time, I think the only thing more important to me during that time was my sex life.

[weeksy]

It is, but being someone who started riding motorcycles in the early 80s, the last thing I wanted was a 1960s bike and I still feel the same.

LOL you only want 1 thing... you're VERY specific.

Not just one thing, but I'm very clear about what I like and dislike, and not very open to changing my opinions, I'd like all of those bikes if they had a TZ750 or GPZ1100 engine in them, I really hate the 1960s look of that engine, but I also see why other people like it.

I'm nostalgic for my own youth, not my Dad's youth.

due to not being into bikes until 2001 i don't have any nostalgia at all, but i just like them because they look cool. The shape of the engine works for me, irrespective of whether it's old, new or old/new.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

Probably the best way to be, I've fully embraced that I've turned into an old codger twatting about with old bikes, the very person I used to take the piss out of.

[lostboy]

I've got a bit of a crush on no.13. I never thought I'd say that about an RE but that's nice!!

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

I've got a bit of a crush on no.13. I never thought I'd say that about an RE but that's nice!!

It's the best of them, but imagine how much nicer it would be with a 750cc two stroke engine.