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Royal Enfield Motorcycles => Bullet with the UCE engine => Topic started by: Tri750 on February 28, 2011, 02:09:57 am

Title: How did I forget to brag about this?
Post by: Tri750 on February 28, 2011, 02:09:57 am

The 2nd RE our shop sold was a C5 Black.
Great guy in Modesto, Ca.
He called me about 2 weeks later to say he had received the spares kit we sent him and that RE  had sent him a letter and a certificate congratulating him on owning Number 1 of the first 100 Cali RE's made!
Is that cool or what?
IMHO, they better get the fellas cracking on another batch. The initial 100 won't last thru spring. Then what, a shortage?
Here we go !!

Title: Re: How did I forget to brag about this?
Post by: r80rt on February 28, 2011, 01:54:57 pm

That's pretty darn nice!

Title: Re: How did I forget to brag about this?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 28, 2011, 04:00:50 pm

SO our dealers and our manufacturer are both cool?  I love this bike!

Scott

Title: Re: How did I forget to brag about this?
Post by: motorat on February 28, 2011, 09:44:10 pm

can you put a kick starter on a c5?
isn't the motor the same on both g5 and c5?
thanks
joe

Title: Re: How did I forget to brag about this?
Post by: Ducati Scotty on February 28, 2011, 10:02:51 pm

Lots of parts, lots of money, and a deep dive into the motor to assemble it all.

Title: Re: How did I forget to brag about this?
Post by: olhogrider on March 02, 2011, 09:00:48 pm

Got my certificate. Mines a 44 Cal Bullet  ;D  #44 out of 100

Title: Re: How did I forget to brag about this?
Post by: r80rt on March 02, 2011, 09:10:41 pm

The Certificates are cool, congrats.

Title: Re: How did I forget to brag about this?
Post by: 1 Thump on March 02, 2011, 09:12:51 pm

Quote from: olhogrider on March 02, 2011, 09:00:48 pm

Got my certificate. Mines a 44 Cal Bullet  ;D  #44 out of 100

Whoa thats a lot of bikes sold already !!

Title: Re: How did I forget to brag about this?
Post by: olhogrider on March 02, 2011, 09:32:35 pm

Al said their second one was #1. I think it is the order they were certified to come into the Republic of California.

Title: Re: How did I forget to brag about this?
Post by: karthiv on March 02, 2011, 10:51:03 pm

I agree,  the certificates are not numbered in the order sold.  I got my C5 back in Nov last year, and my certificate is numbered #76

Title: Re: How did I forget to brag about this?
Post by: motorat on March 02, 2011, 11:13:39 pm

did you have to go to fresno to get it??

Title: Re: How did I forget to brag about this?
Post by: olhogrider on March 03, 2011, 01:32:32 am

Have to? No I could have waited, and waited and waited for San Francisco but I chose Fresno. They have bikes in stock. They are knowledgeable and friendly and I had a very nice ride back on the two lane roads. They are having an open house with a possible appearance from the president of Royal Enfield USA. Want fire up your KLR and take a ride down there?

Title: Re: How did I forget to brag about this?
Post by: Tri750 on March 03, 2011, 04:01:43 am

The sequence is random from the Cali warehouse.
It's just the luck of the draw. It's bitchin that someone at RE would think about serializing the first batch.
Were due to get our third C5 Black and third C5 Teal tomorrow.
These were ordered via email on Friday afternoon last. 2-3
 working days days tops from order to delivery. I love it!

Title: Re: How did I forget to brag about this?
Post by: P. Schraub on March 03, 2011, 12:46:19 pm

God, I haven't heard the word " bitchin " in a long time !! You must be as old as me !

Title: Re: How did I forget to brag about this?
Post by: Tri750 on March 03, 2011, 02:53:58 pm

Oops!
I'm 53 and since we got the RE's I tend to do more reverting to simpler, fun times past.
I take our demo out on a smile run and all is right with the world again.
Speed safely,
Big Al

Title: Re: How did I forget to brag about this?
Post by: olhogrider on March 03, 2011, 03:04:13 pm

Morning Al. I sent you an email. You should put an upswept on the demonstrator. You may have already. I didn't spend much time looking at it but boy does it wake up that bike!

Dan