Bought my bullet 65 in Oct. 2004 from Mitches Classic Motorcycles near Dartmouth College in NH. It was delivered on Nov. 4 of that year and I was able to register it and ride it the following spring. I did some of the breakin that fall but got into riding seriously in 2005. I had the mud guards removed in favor of chrome and also installed a solo seat. I've installed a side stand and oval rack on the rear fender where the pillion would go. After a few years of riding I removed the electric start with all the parts that go to it, due to failures of the sprag clutches. I've also installed the 30 mm flatslide carb and the 50s exhaust and muffler. The catch can and it's stuff has been removed and the crankcase is now vented through a duckbill at the very rear of the bike at the license plate bracket.
I've got over 13,000 miles on the bike and I've also pulled the head and ground the valves and cleaned the carbon out. Compression is now very good, better than when it was new. To assist with kick starts I've installed an electronic ignition and a manual decompressor. The alternator failed about 2,000 miles ago and I installed the european higher output alternator. I guess that's about it. I love the bike and have spent quite a bit of time working and fixing it the way I want it. I also own a Honda VLX 600 V twin. Enfield is for riding around the back roads and the Honda is for when I have to get somewhere in a hurry and take higher speed roads to do it.
Neil
Topic: How many Sixty-5's out there? (Read 3812 times)