The Redditch factory painted some bikes Red once...
oh and er Green and Blue as well
And black? ::)
now some have questioned why I buy all these bikes and one suggested why not rent? so here's why. I have a certain amount of cash to get rid off. that will not be going to children or grandchildren...
I took him up to a dealer that had a couple of leftover GT's. And man oh man.... were these guys clueless about Enfields. I haven't' really been in a Enfield dealer to talk to the staff seriously, since I bought my bike back in 09". I watched three guys ridiculously trying to start the bikes... killing the half dead battery's from sitting on the dealer floor for god knows how long ? ... Flooding the damn things as well. I patiently and politely tried to interject , but was assured by them they knew what they are doing . ::) " oh no sir.... you HAVE to hold the throttle all the way open, pull on this lever thing and hit the starter all at the same time ! ::) Hahahaha !! ROASTING the battery and the starter all at the same time. Hahaha ! This went on for quite a few minutes mind you. They finally managed to get one started and said "see ! " Hahaha ! I said thanks, mind if it try ? One kick got one going and the other took two. WOW ! ... we could never get those to kick start ! One guy said . These are the people selling Enfields I thought ?! RENA is doomed ! Talked for a few to the salesman... deal was fair for the most part? But I grabbed my son and said lets go. And left outta there disgusted. Maybe we'll find you a good used one....
GHG -- that's a wonderful story! Between Bilgemaster and you we have some Campfire Talk masters in this forum.
I took a quick look at eBay (over-priced), Cycle Trader (some good choices at $3,800 with an OBO or two), and David Blasco's site. There's a CL 2017 BRG (I'm partial to that color, Red and Yellow are LE bait and Black is for the 500s) 593 miles $4,200 OBO for wedding expenses in Milan, MI that I'm sure would go for 10% less minimum. I agree with getting him a Continental -- I would have but I don't bend that way anymore. Please make sure he's ATGATT. And post pictures.
well its suppose to be duel sport so I might ride it to the goldfields...lol
I am hanging out for Bill to buy-test-report-sell ???? as here in Western Australia W.A means Wait Awhile???? probably the very last to stock Grrrrr
Battery cover fell off yesterday - only doing 40kmh so not too bad.