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Sold my Royal Enfield today for the excessive price that I asked for it. Thank goodness that there are still dreamers in the world. Am buying a friends VT750S Honda. No more crawling around on the cold concrete with a torch held in my false teeth trying to fix the unfixable. Oh Happy Days. Good luck to all from binary.

Yeah, but what oil will you put in it? You'll be bored Good luck and enjoy yourself, any bike is better than no bike!

REgards, Mark

Those motorcycles have no charisma, no woman is going to ask you for a ride on that. Old men aren`t going to talk to you about when they used to ride one in the fifties. It will be lonely out there.

G'day Binary-----well, you beat me to it !!......So, over the Winter lay-up I've had to come to terms with our "dear" friend Mr. Fiscal Reality and came to the decision that either the 1980's Honda XBR 500 OR The Red Baron Enfield '65 will have to find a new owner.........No prizes for guessing which one will be staying !!

I suppose I'll have to continue this thread over on the "Bikes for Sale" heading.......So long Binary, stay above ground and vertical for many years to come but most of all.....Ride Safe !!

If I only had one bike, it would NOT be an Enfield, so I understand why you're 'jumping ship.' On the other hand, Enfields are charming toys if you don't expect too much! Perhaps the new 650's will change things...

Sometimes these do happen happen, since getting my T120 I've fallen out of love with the B5. I've been out on it once since owning the Triumph yet prior to doing so had never even considered parting with it.

The T120 will be dealer maintained so (hopefully) owner input probably be limited but the extra enjoyment it provides in comparison to the Enfield makes up for it.

I can see a large space in my shed instead of a 2001 535Virago and a 2015 B5. I Know a couple of people who own VT750S' and they are happy people.

Personally I am sorry I ever bought a Royal Enfield.

That's two unhappy owners (one ex-owner).



Having struggled with old unit single BSAs and a mid-life crisis (bike, not me!) Triumph TR7 previously I did at least have some idea of what to expect... Shame, Binary put a lot of effort turning his Indian "restored" 350 into what appeared to be shaping up as a decent bike.



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Blimey, for a minute there I thought he’d bought one of the old chocolate cam Hondas, until I realised it was a v Twin, not a v four....Each to his own. I’ve never considered my C5 as either daily transport or a contender for sole bike, rather a different experience to what I have been used to, at least since my days of £30 original Brit bangers. I find I ride mine more than my Thruxton, though only locally, as it’s just so easy to wheel around. That said, this year I’ll be going to Ireland on it. Whilst getting to the ferry will no doubt be a drag, once in Ireland it should be ideal. At least I’ll get revenge on my friends who usually hold me up with their sedate riding....FWIW I get more old folk wanting to talk about the C5 than the Thruxton, though I get plenty of those too. With a VT you’ll get people asking you if it’s a Harley and then losing interest when they discover it isn’t...

Set your shocks to soft mode once you get beyond the Motorways----The Republic's main income is from farming and the roads reflect that quite well............Joyce and I did 10 days on our 1100 Guzzi Cali ---- BRILLIANT !!-------Lovely people, lovely countryside, lovely food and a pint'o Guinness at the end of a day's riding....and all done with a pre-booked B & B each day......Enjoy !!