Be sure to give us your riding impression of that fine bike.
Good morning:
Here are the first impressions of my bike. It has 209 miles on it (got it at 60).
I have been riding small roads of NJ between 25 to 40 miles per hour. The engine is very smooth. The gears shift easily. The clutch is light. Neutral is easy to find. There were occsional gear slips. The speedometer is typical RE - off by a few miles - measured against a street radar that read 25 mph, RE speedometer was 28 mph. At low speeds of 40 mph (RE mph) it is happiest in the fourth gear. I did try for a few moments upto 45 mph (RE mph) just to feel the fifth gear and it respondeds well.
I have dual set that my son and I absolutely love. It is very comfortable for short rides we had taken together. The controls swiches on the handle bar are great. I also like the lights and turn signals. The bike has great balance.
I needed the help of kick start a couple of times as the electric starter would not turn on. Got home ok after some scare. The gas light started flashing first slowly and then more frequently for longer periods, even though I had filled the gas tank not long ago. Early rough calculations indiacte around 65 mpg - but this may get better at higher speeds and with fewer stops on the way. Filled the gas tank again and flashing stopped even though it needed only 2 gallons to fill the tank. Does the light come on so early when there should be about 1.5 gallons in the tank ? Dont know yet. We shall see.
Finally - it does attract crowd at parking lots. I was at ACE hardware, when a BMW guy came over and wanted to know what was this bike ?
Went to Little India in NJ where some men - for whom RE is the Harley of India - wanted to know about its performance and problems.
I have read about first oil change and found that some recommend at 100 miles, the book suggests at 300 miles, one of the dealers said at 500 miles. Since I was at 209 miles, I thought of changing the oil - boy am I glad that I did it ! I will be posting pictures of that at another thread.
Here a a couple of pictures of our trips - with my son happy to be riding RE on pillion. And the second one in front of a jewelery and music store - two of the favorites hobbies of Indians.
So long.