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Wheelie, spares are not easy to get by. If you want a good RD, either it has to have stock parts , or you need to import the parts. I have a few friends at rddreams.com .. and the moderator of the site, Ron, is a person who owns his own garage and the RD is his favourite. Mostly, you will get good RDs ( if you want to buy them ) in the southern part of india ( bangalore, trivandrum ).
Hi. Leg guards are not compulsary here. If you look at the right most bike ( its that of a Hero Honda Karizma ) it does not have a leg guard. However, most of the manufactureres provide the bikes with leg guards.
Well, since we don’t have much options here.. we had to stick to the ‘hero’
. They also come out with cycles … if you are interested Hi, no offence taken !!!
I have posted there also .. and my post there was :
“Unforutnately its very true.
I am living in Pune now, and the traffic sense is non existant. Its a nightmare travelling here.. bad roads add to the mayhem. Compared to this place, Bangalore is relatively much better, but still you will get a shock on your first day here “I think it would be scary for you, but since we have been living with this for a very very long time, its kind of inbuilt into our system !
You are right Radar… the RDs were like the R1 here. They are out of production for a long time now… but are still kept alive. One of the sites is as rajnish pointed out. A good friend of mine has a site dedicated to the RD at https://www.bikeszone.com .
yes. the engine is honda .
basically about 10 years back foreign companies could not sell their products directly in indian markets. so Honda and Hero did a deal, so that Hero could sell bikes with Honda engineering. Its marketed as Hero Honda, manufactured in India … but the engineering is all Honda.The contract between the two companies has ended this year, and we are expecting Honda bikes now in the market. However, the latest news about the bikes is a bit depressing. Seems that Honda wants to come with 150 bikes this year, while we were waiting with bated breth for 250cc or more.
Scouser you are right, it’s the central reservation between the two opposite lanes. Mostly its made of concrete.
its a bit hard not to wear the gear all the time. However, after wearing the protection, and especially after the crash, I fell naked if I am not wearing my jacket and helmet. Helmet is a must, and I wear it even if I have to go just half a block away. ( Helmets are not mandatory in most of the places here!)
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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 boringRadar, 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 !
. They also come out with cycles … if you are interested 