SCOOP: Royal Enfield To Launch Bullet Classic In India
“Either you love it or you hate it” has been true for every Bullet launched in India. While the brand affectionados love the thump and macho image, there are others who depise the reliability and last centuary technology.
While there is truth to the stuff people from both sides say, there is one Bullet which almost everyone loved and its the Bullet Classic 500 EFi which was unveiled by Royal Enfield at the Cologne International Bike Show. Utterly gorgeous and beautiful this bike with its old world style, charm and charisma stole many a hearts including the most staunch haters of the brand. But then Royal Enfield then dropped a bummer saying it would not be launched in India, dissapointing even the hardcore supporters of the brand.
Now comes the good part. Bike India reader has sent these pictures of the Bullet Classic clicked at one of the authorized workshops. The Indian version according to the mag may be launched at the upcoming Auto Expo in January 2010.
Jump over for more details and image gallery after the jump.
Expected to sport a price tag of Rs 1.4 Lakhs, the bike will come with the same 500cc unitary construction engine with electronic fuel injection developing a maximum power of 27.2 bhp and a massive for an Indian bike, 41.2 nm of maximum twist @ 4000 rpm! The engine is good enough for a top whack of 130 kmph and crusing speed of 100-110 kmph all day long without breaking into a sweat.
The bike being shown to selected customers in Bangalore for feedback also had two different exhausts as well as two different seating positions. Keep your eyes on your nearest Royal Enfield showroom as reports also say that test bikes are currently doing rounds in cities like Delhi, Pune, Chennai etc! If you steal a shot, please dont forget sharing it with us…. we can’t have enough of it… indulgence Bullet way!
Gallery: Bullet Classic 500 EFi
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A collector’s piece like the Beetle
Yep, they ARE launching it.
The dealer I got my Electra from in Mumbai said that he has seen the test run of Classic and its gonna be out by Jan. Now it strikes me that may be it will coincide with AutoExpo.
Regards,
SG
And what makes the Enfield so magnanimous now? Along with RE, Tata also should be asked the reason for launching their products offshore first when all the world is rushing to India. And to make matters laughable they want to be portrayed as nationalistic. Mamata Banerjee is just fine for Tata and I wish someone does the same to RE.
Im really sorry,,but i dont think that at the price tag of 1.4 L this beast is gonna attract any realtime buyers.
Better late than never. & 1.4 lakh ain’t that bad for a machine which was made for the international market. its a good deal indeed. would love to grab one. and with that price, one can be dead sure to be the rare man & machine to be gazed on the road.
Great looking bike, its a masterpiece from Royal Enfield. I came across some more info on this magnanemous bike here:
http://www.bikebhp.com/royal-enfield-all-set-to-launch-bullet-classic-c5-in-2010/
Enjoy riding!!
Just checked the Bullet Classic today … had gone to the bullet Authorised center to buy a 500 machismo and the sales guy said machismo production has stopped and the bullet classic is about to launch in diwali … it seems there are 2 varients .. a 350 cc normal carb and the new much talked about 500 with electric fuel injection … quality wise they looked much better than the other RE bikes .. waiting for the launch to happen .. will mostly go for classic if the prices are right … heard it to be about 1.45 to 1.60 which is way above machismo 500 which sells for 1.13 so whats going on ?? .. its a wait and watch game..
good news guys…the bike is being launched on 4th Nov 09 in india with and expected pricec tag of 1.3 lacs…..bit expensive but we’ll have to see if its worth it or not…I think a price tag of 1 lac ex show will attract lot of buyers ncluding me
Hi guys! The Royal Enfield Bullet Classic C5 is going to be launched on 4th November’09, Check this out:
http://www.bikebhp.com/royal-enfield-bullet-classic-c5-coming-soon/
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