Royal Enfield Electra Twinspark

It's a good two wheeler as compared to others, gives more stability and control.Actually i have used my brothers bike so no buying experience, as i said for a good comfort ride you can use this one. It looks like a old classic bullet with gives more attraction.I liked the performance and the pulling, in the case of millage also am satisfied.Really its an elephant no one can dominate him.

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1. Buying experience:It's take 3 days for buying re bullet es.2. Riding experience:I drive it around total 20000km in 1 year 6 months. The riding experience is great. 3. Details: Low vibration, high seat for good posture. Vintage looks. Mileage is very good, low maintenance, parts is available on local market. Chrome finished.Pros: stylish good and classics look, good mileage, low maintenance charge. Comfortable for long ride.Cons: flat tyre problem.

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1. Best feel to get a metal machine.

2. Best for long drive.

3. Electra gives more mileage when compare to other re bike.

4. Services are same as other re bikes.

5. Pros : low cost in re, pick up is good, weight is less while comparing with other re bikes.

Cons : back brake is drum, company tyre is very thin so we need to put a big tyre for our safety.

Overall, its worth the money.

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Style i would assume the styling of the electra twinspark is an acquired taste, but to my opinion the design cues are somewhat confused. It looks like it would have been called a retro styled bike if we were still in the 1980s. It is a retro design, but isn't particular to any decade of design. The tailpipe is astonishingly beautiful, so is the paint job on the fuel tank.

Engine performance, fuel economy and gearbox it is quite evident that the engine is powerful. Given that this is a 350 cc bike, one would assume it would have a top speed that would allow it to outpace a 150cc pulsar, but that just simply isn't the case. The gearing is ludicrously short. Here are my estimated top speeds:

1st gear - 18kmph

2nd gear - 33kmph

3rd gear - 45kmph

4th gear - 58kmph

5th gear - 75kmph

that's right, 75 kmph is the speed you can expect to take it upto. I have taken it upto 85 kmph but it felt like the handlebars might have fallen off while the engine exploded. The gearing is truly pathetic.

It averages about 35kmpl with harsh riding which is reasonably good.

The only thing good about this engine is that weight will not be a problem, it will keep its slow pace with or without a pillion rider.

Ride quality & handling the handlebars tranfer a lot of vibrations, especially at moderately high revs. Apart from this it sits quite comfortably on the road. The characteristic bullet exhaust sounds good with the stock exhaust, you won't get sick of the way it sounds.

For a bike that weighs close to 200kgs, this bike handles quite well. Apart from having to move it out of tight parking spaces and awkward situations, you won't be disappointed with how flickable it is through traffic.

Final words i bought this bike and immediately realised the front disk brake was delivered bent. Took it to the service station where they try their best to dismiss any problem, they greased it up and attributed the 'steeping' in the brakes as something that happens on new bikes. A few moments later the grease wore off and the stepping was back. Pleading with them to do something with the brake will yield you to just pay more without anything being done. I finally decided to take my bike in for a service and ordered the brake disk be changed without telling them why.

This is where things get interesting. They tried to convince me that they had changed the , but unfortunately they hadn't. The bend in the disk was still visible. They tried theyre best by polishing it in front of me to convince me it would 'wear in' and the stepping would disappear. I refused and asked them to change the disk in front of me, they did and voila, the problem was solved. It was nonetheless a supremely bitter argument to resolve a matter of safety. I never want to go back to the service centre and as a result will be selling this heavily mis-managed piece of history.

Other incidents include my clutch wire snapping mid-ride and nearly causing me to crash into traffic.

If you do decide to buy this bike, or any royal enfield for that matter, make sure you have a close friend who happens to be a mechanic or else be prepared to watch as the authorised mechanics of royal enfield slowly disect your engine when you ask for a disk brake change. You would be much better off with an avenger even it is completely unoriginal.

Areas of improvement better, competent service. Complaint boxes.

Pros

torquey engine, handling, well finished fuel tank and paint job, beautiful stock exhaust pipe

cons

unimaginably low top speed, poor assembly of parts, vibrations, service