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Pugwash
04-12-12, 12:04 PM
Here are a few little bikes seen in India recently. Like Eqypt there seem to be loads of 150CC bikes everywhere. But the last one is the best of all. I was allowed a little run up the quay on it. She was just wonderful.
1st one is a Hero Honda 150. hero is a huge name in India.
http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y384/captaindexter/IMG_0016.jpg

Second one is a Pulsar ? 150 with a suzuki lookalike tank badge.
http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y384/captaindexter/IMG_0017.jpg

The best is last. A Royal Enfield Bullet 350cc. 680 pounds new...yes really!
http://i1272.photobucket.com/albums/y384/captaindexter/IMG_0021.jpg
QB1
04-12-12, 12:32 PM
Honda Hero - got quite a ring to it.

I love the look of the Enfield, those crash bars look like an instrument of torture though :o :o :) £680 - wow.
Kevinb
04-12-12, 01:15 PM
£680? I would want cash back (at least £650)
We took a 500 Enfield out through Bristol before we bought the Bonnie. They look good but are terrible.
Pugwash
04-12-12, 01:21 PM
it was just so nice to kick start a bike instead of push the button. ;D
Kevinb
04-12-12, 01:27 PM
I know what you mean. Had to kick start a Kawasaki KH250 a month a go. Something satifying about it.

Thank god my MT-01 hasn't got a kick start. 1700 v-twin. No thanks I'll stick to a button
Jon_W
06-12-12, 03:51 PM
There is somthing about kicking a bike into life....

Is always cool!
Col
07-12-12, 10:09 AM
There would be a bit of a market here for them.

Watched a prog on a basic car they make which would make a great taxi or budget runaround for not much moolah

Wonder what the import twaddle would be for this stuff ?
Shorty
07-12-12, 10:52 AM
There would be a bit of a market here for them.

Watched a prog on a basic car they make which would make a great taxi or budget runaround for not much moolah

Wonder what the import twaddle would be for this stuff ?

I looked into it a year or two ago as I go to India often and it was quite expensive. The shipping cost, import duty and VAT added up to roughly £2,000. Pity!
Col
08-12-12, 10:51 AM
:( that's pissed on the chips then ;)
Pugwash
08-12-12, 11:28 AM
had a friend that wanted to bring a tuk tuk back to start a taxi business in Plymouth with them. His logo was to be 'no more cowboys. Just Indians.' Seriously. HMRC put the kybosh on that. However I hear there are a few running around London now.