[Bilgemaster]

Could you please provide a definition of "snoodlet"?  I like this word...

It's a smallish snood, once stuffed and made into decorative oil lamps similar to the henway of the outer isles of Nova Scotia or Newfoundland.

[supercub]

Im not sure who the sales target is that they are aiming for, or if they are just jumping into an existing market to try to make a win. The people that have nostalgia for BSA aren't the 20's and 30's crowd that were the market share of sales back in the day. Those people are now over the hooligan stage of their life and probably aren't looking to relive those days, taking a leap 40 years back in time. Enfield, however, as mentioned, has been active for years and has a following or reputation, good or bad to everyone, but those people view our twins as a step up and were willing to buy.
I havent seen the Honda 350 single here yet. Perhaps it is gaining popularity and they are trying to hedge in.
I would be interested to see what these Indian  Triumps are like.

[dickim]

It's a smallish snood, once stuffed and made into decorative oil lamps similar to the henway of the outer isles of Nova Scotia or Newfoundland.

O.k Bilge- what the Hell is a snood?

[JessHerbst]

…While Royal Enfield is a new name to the Western market (I know the Bullet's been available here for a while, but in such small numbers as to be a unicorn.) it's already gotten a bit of recognition. …

I’m 63 and have been riding things with two wheels and a motor since the late 1960s. (Can’t bring myself to classify my first mini bike with the Briggs & Stratton as a motorcycle).
 Until a few years ago I had never heard of Royal Enfield.
 When I’m out on my GT I frequently hear ‘Who Makes that?’, when I say ‘Royal Enfield’ the response is inevitably ‘Never heard of ‘em’.
 

[zimmemr]

I’m 63 and have been riding things with two wheels and a motor since the late 1960s. (Can’t bring myself to classify my first mini bike with the Briggs & Stratton as a motorcycle).
 Until a few years ago I had never heard of Royal Enfield.
 When I’m out on my GT I frequently hear ‘Who Makes that?’, when I say ‘Royal Enfield’ the response is inevitably ‘Never heard of ‘em’.

I'm a few years older and have been riding since 1966. I've always been a fan of RE, in fact an Interceptor was the first big street bike I wanted, in part due to an ad that ran in CYCLE magazine back in the day. I also worked in a shop that sold them, so I got to ride a few new late 60's Interceptors before they folded thier tent. I owned an elderly but very nice Constallation when my wife and first started dating 47 years ago and in fact bought my Interceptor, (partially financed by selling a 1966 BSA Lightening) because she noticed a photo of one and recalled how much she enjoyed riding on pillion on the "Connie." 

FWIW During the 60's Royal Enfields were distributed on the East Coast by Gene Shillingford & son in Philly PA, and Sam Avilleno in Boston Mass, so they may have been more popular here than out west. In Califorina they were sold by Shell Thuett, who built some seriously fast Bullet based dirt trackers in the late 50's and early 60's, and later went on to run Yamaha's dirt track team and tune for Kenny Roberts.

[Yinzer]

The bike doesn't look bad but I'd rather have an old bullet.

Every winter I have to run around with a hydrometer, do a load test & slog out the grippy tires.

I looked over at my RE and thought about how nice it was that it was air cooled.
No slipping on poison fluid & mopping it up before the dog licks it. No looking for little bubbles or zapping all over the engine with a IR gun.
I had 2 rear engine cars that were impossible to bleed air from unless you jacked the ass end over a foot off the ground.
At this point I really like simple.
I associate thumpers with simple.

[AzCal Retred]

The existing popular big 650cc single, the KLR650, has held up rather well over time. Maybe there's also hope for a "prettier" version from BSA.
Also, it's telling that this topic almost instantly ran 3 pages, possibly BSA has a winner?

[NVDucati]

Im not sure who the sales target is that they are aiming for, or if they are just jumping into an existing market to try to make a win. The people that have nostalgia for BSA aren't the 20's and 30's crowd that were the market share of sales back in the day. Those people are now over the hooligan stage of their life and probably aren't looking to relive those days, taking a leap 40 years back in time. Enfield, however, as mentioned, has been active for years and has a following or reputation, good or bad to everyone, but those people view our twins as a step up and were willing to buy.
I havent seen the Honda 350 single here yet. Perhaps it is gaining popularity and they are trying to hedge in.
I would be interested to see what these Indian  Triumps are like.

It isn't impossible that some of, or one of, upper management might just be motorcycle fan, with a BSA fetish.

[supercub]

The Honda 350 is coming to the US for 2022. Cant wait to see one in the flesh.

[Voun]

The Honda 350 is coming to the US for 2022. Cant wait to see one in the flesh.

How many HP ? 21 ! Sorry but not for me althougt the bike is really pretty, but as a young man of 62 I will wait a few years to downsize 

[Voun]

Even if 47 HP ...   

[Mort]

How many HP ? 21 ! Sorry but not for me althougt the bike is really pretty, but as a young man of 62 I will wait a few years to downsize 

Even if 47 HP ...   

I dunno if it could be considered 'Downsizing' since it's almost the exact same specs as the Interceptor, sans a cylinder. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

And we might be waiting a while. The info I've seen says that it's destined for the Brit market first, then India. I don't know if we're high on the export list.

[Voun]

I was talking about the 350 Honda and its 21 hp ... I'm really enthousiastic about the Gold Star on the contrary

[bluebus]

i think they look nice but that cooler looks nasty.

[supercub]

It is pretty body looking.