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Thanks for the warm welcome folks ! Imperial, i’ve grown up reading Sudden and Louis L’amours, so I guess the cowboy lingo has crept in. If you want I can write gramatically correct english, but that would be boring
Radar, Enfields are still very much in production here in India. Its a classic bike, and is here what the Harleys are over there in Europe and America. In fact, these bikes are the bikes with the largest engines here ( start from 350cc upto 500cc ). The closest competitor to the Enfields or Bullets ( shortened to Bulls for easy writing ) is the Hero Honda Karizma , a 223 cc bike. But comparisons of these bikes would be wrong as the Bulls are classic thumpers, while the Karizma falls under the street bike or sports tourer category .
Majorly the bikes available here are small bikes. Mostly , except for an adrenalline rush, you really would not be able to use the huge powers of bikes like R1 etc on the roads here.
The biking community I would say is in its infancy here. Till a few years back most people used the bikes for commuting, as it is the cheapest mode of transport . The public transport is not ususally liked by people as much of it is ineffective, apart from the big metropolitan cities. Mumbai has a very good rail transport system, and delhi has good buses.
Imperialdata (can I call you ID ? its lots easier to type ) , if you could let me know what impressions you have about Indian riding, it would be easier to post. I could go on and on rambling, but it may not answer your questions ! So shoot ! Ask me !