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Hello all,

I've made a site for the bike http://www.royalenfield535gt.com/

You'll need to cut and paste this into the search bar since the Message Board doesn't provide links. It is a work in progress. But it will answer some of the questions which have been raised about the bike. There's also a video of it in action. You can leave feedback.

Nice effort Stephen, good clear photos and video..

Given that i will never own a GT, i am a fan of all things Enfield so will be dropping in on your site from time to time for a nosey...

Wish you the very best of luck.. atb gwilly

Cheers - more soon!

Pete thanks. Stephen

Stephen: Just been reading through the site / looking at pics. Really enjoyed it. Easy to use. Ta. It's always a pity when relatively easy things have to be brought up as negatives, like untidy wiring. Why don't they sort that and the painted band on the silencer? And I'd prefer an main mph speedo. It would be easy to reduce the "bad things" list this way. However...
Would still like one of these bikes, lots going for it despite niggles, looks good and appears to handle well. I've only ridden one for a couple of mins round a car park.. but where to put it, how to justify it...?
I want one!!
Time will tell.

ATB, Chris

Chris thanks. Yes, how to justify? Patrick Walker who I met at the Classic show at Stafford and who is a very good guy making Manx Norton engines says on his website why wait? Now, when the asking price for a road going Manx from Patrick or Steve Tonkin is around £34,000, there are reasons to wait. But for me £5,000 was a suitable entry price, especially since it reminds me so much of the classic singles I rode a lot in the 70s and 80s. Do I need it? Not really. But somehow, even though I didn't ride it all really during the atrocious winter, it's nearly done 2,000 miles. I'm using it another words. So, it wasn't 'sensible', or logical or necessary but it was absolutely the right thing to do. After riding motorbikes isn't really a sensible thing to do anyway.

I have added a number of new pages about the bike and various videos. I'd be interested in what others think? Stephen The link is in PeteF's post.