[palace15]

I decided to take a short break in India, 2 years ago I did a trip from Kerala to the factory in Chennai, but this time planned on staying in Mumbai but after 3 nights decided that Mumbai was not the place for me, I took a flight down to Kerala where I spent a number of days stocking up on C5 spares (sprag clutches!). I rented a bike, a 350 UCE Twinspark carb model, although it was looking a bit rough and tread on the tyres appeared to be an optional extra which this bike was lacking, and surprisingly with 40.000kms on the clock turned out to be a smooth sweet ride, and I intended to enjoy the few days I had it........suicidal Indian drivers permitting! Here are a few pis of the trip.

[palace15]

The maroon bike in the pictures was 'my ride' !

[palace15]

A Greaves Diesel bike

[palace15]

A mixture of images.

[mattsz]

What's the story with this model?  It's obviously a UCE, a 350, you said, but it doesn't match the frame of the Bullet 350 shown on the RE site.  Almost like a C5 but with a B5's deeply-stepped seat...

[palace15]

What's the story with this model?  It's obviously a UCE, a 350, you said, but it doesn't match the frame of the Bullet 350 shown on the RE site.  Almost like a C5 but with a B5's deeply-stepped seat...

To be honest, I never really took much notice but the rental guy also has a mechanics shop where there is a vast assortment of 'mix n match' machines, pretty sure this is a Indian standard model.

[singhg5]

What's the story with this model?  It's obviously a UCE, a 350, you said, but it doesn't match the frame of the Bullet 350 shown on the RE site.  Almost like a C5 but with a B5's deeply-stepped seat...

It is Bullet Electra - it is similar to G5 but with a few differences. I like this model.

http://royalenfield.com/motorcycles/bullet-electra  

[mattsz]

You're right, Singh!  How could I have missed it? 

[motorman2whel]

Looks like a fun trip, how much was the bike rental?. Either that front disc brake is dragging or it had some serious hard usage, the poor thing is purple from heat.

[palace15]

Hi, From memory about £7 gbp per day, I only had it for a few days but the older RE's do come cheaper, Indians are finding spares prices for the 'new' unit engines to be a bit expensive.