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Classic 500 Ownership Experience : Part 4 | One year later

Jatin K Malik · Feb 25, 2016 · 52 Comments

Classic 500 Ownership Experience : Part 4 | One year later

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Hello, my fellow gear heads! Hope you all are riding and clicking well. My Royal Enfield Classic 500 aka Silver Storm completed a full year this week. Honestly, it has been a tremendous experience with the Bull. I will be sharing the overall ownership experience after 1 year. If you are planning to buy CL500 and haven't read my previous posts regarding this bull, I will suggest you go through the parts above before moving further down here. Classic 500 - 6016 clicks - 365 days later! Exactly one year ago, I realised my dream of owning a Royal Enfield. It …

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Classic 500 Ownership Experience : Part 3 (After Sales Service)

Jatin K Malik · Dec 22, 2015 · 134 Comments

Classic 500 Ownership Experience : Part 3 (After Sales Service)

 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 I guess, this post, however late, was inevitable. I was warned about the quirks I will have to face with Royal Enfield and I was okay with it, as long as it gives me the celestial riding pleasure. Well yes, this is not the practicality but I don't think anyone buys an Enfield for the same. It's irksome from the start as you have to wait for like 6 months to a whopping 1 year to actually own it after you test ride it. It starts right from the day you pay the booking amount and goes on in different phases of ownership. Nevertheless, here is the long due …

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Royal Enfield buys Harris Performance!

Harpreet Singh · May 12, 2015 · Leave a Comment

Royal Enfield buys Harris Performance!

Royal Enfield , a subsidiary of Eichen Motors, is one of the oldest motorcycle manufacturer in the world. After several downfalls in 80's and almost on verge of bankruptcy in late 90's, the company has a remarkable upturn in sales in the past few years in command of Siddhartha Lal. The Vintage Motorcycle Manufacturer are having a 35-40% increase in sales every quarter. They are claiming of being the fastest growing motorcycle company in the world. Recently, they announced that they are acquiring UK-based designing and engineering firm, Harris Performance. Royal Enfield and Harris …

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Classic 500 Ownership Experience : Part 2 (Booking/Waiting)

Jatin K Malik · Feb 23, 2015 · 34 Comments

Classic 500 Ownership Experience : Part 2 (Booking/Waiting)

 Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Hey, guys, this will be part two of my Royal Enfield Classic 500 Ownership experience. In this part I will talk about Booking experience with unintended waiting period and how I got it financed from HDFC bank. In case you have missed the part 1, it's a good read, check it out here: Classic 500 Ownership Experience : Part 1 (Prebooking/Test drive). Decision maker...? So, starting from where I left off. After test riding the Royal Enfield Classic 500, I was mesmerized but still spending ₹1.71 lacs on a bike seemed a bit odd thing to me. I started researching …

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Classic 500 Ownership Experience : Part 1 (Prebooking/Test drive)

Jatin K Malik · Jan 16, 2015 · 26 Comments

Classic 500 Ownership Experience : Part 1 (Prebooking/Test drive)

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 Hey guys, I am starting with my Royal Enfield Classic 500 ownership experience post. This is going to be a long post. So I will be breaking it in 3 parts. This is the Part-1 (Pre-booking/Test drive experience) with a bit history about me and bikes I have had experience of riding. I hope you enjoy the post and find me unbiased. Here we go: "My history with 2-wheelers" So, bike is one of the machines which has always intrigued me a lot. I started riding on my Dad's Bajaj Chetak some 8 years ago (yes, those things were a rage back then). Dad taught me to …

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