"Speedmonkey" (Speedmonkey)
09/23/2013 at 12:20 • Filed to: Motorcycles
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"Speedmonkey" (Speedmonkey)
09/23/2013 at 12:20 • Filed to: Motorcycles | 2
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Cafe racers normally cost a fortune to buy because they're hand made by specialists. Not so the newly launched Continental GT (now where have I heard that name before?) from Royal Enfield. In the UK it will cost £5,200 ($8,300 USD).
It's a new engine, in a new frame with some decent components. It does only have 29bhp though.
Some more info, history of Royal Enfield and photo
McMike
> Speedmonkey
09/23/2013 at 12:27 |
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I'm surprised these things have disk brakes.
vdub_nut: scooter snob
> Speedmonkey
09/23/2013 at 12:32 |
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There's a Royal Enfield / Vespa / TORO lawnmower (lolwut) dealer combo near me. I've always wanted to swing in and see the bikes.
BJ
> Speedmonkey
09/23/2013 at 13:20 |
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This is a handsome bike, but it looks really small. Is it just me? I wonder what it'd be like as a city commuter machine... 29hp is plenty for slipping through traffic and just goofing around on side roads, but I imagine it won't exactly get the heart racing on the motorway.
By the time it gets imported to Canada it'll probably cost $10000, sell only two or three models, and then get pulled from the market because we can't get nice things here.
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vdub_nut: scooter snob
> BJ
09/23/2013 at 14:20 |
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They sell them in the US, they probably sell them in CA
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BJ
> vdub_nut: scooter snob
09/23/2013 at 15:35 |
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Yes, but I'm assuming that new motorbikes and cars are sold the same way: with pointless markups designed to screw Canadian consumers. If you try to buy a new car in the US and then import it directly, many manufacturers tell you flat out that they won't honour their warranty. Many dealers, if they know you're a Canadian buyer, won't even sell to you.
So we get burned on the prices and there's not much we can do...