[Hyderabadi]

H@H, really off topic now!  You know, once you've been struck by lightning........bijli....you never forget!

My binding with Jawa goes a long long way,  dad came back home one day after a 3-400km ride(HYD & back). Someone told me that the silencer is really nice to hold. I did. I've not forgotten.  

Thanks for those pictures, Jitendra on  GT-50 is priceless! And thanks for the story about Bond!

BTW, I sold my 'original' Honda 100cc for Rs.11,500.00 before I left India. I had bought it for net Rs.15,000.00. Many many weekend trips to the village on a single tank. " Fill it. Shut it. Forget it. ".  True.

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but what an age to grow up in

[iwanttogoback]

trying to find an image of a honda vt150, what i learned to ride on.

think i might just get me a bike when i graduate, i think i deserve a present.

and some refresher lessons, it's been a little while.

[Hyderabadi]

iwanttogoback, on Aug 1 2009, 11:34 PM, said:

trying to find an image of a honda vt150

Me too, but if it's this one, I'm moving back to India (I think):
http://www.honda2whe...000r/index.html

[iwanttogoback]

we're talking the 80s here, possibly not that one!

[Hyderabadi]

Is hope dead?   

[Nattusbs]

John

I believe that is the Bullet 500 that you have. Nice bike, something I want to get although the 350 may be more suitable.

How are you liking it? Please let us know.

Also, your contact never got back to me.

Cheers

Nattusbs

[miloson]

jyoti, on Jul 29 2009, 12:33 AM, said:

Hey, guys! I am just about to leave for India, and I am planning on buying my first bike when I get there. I've decided on a scooter actually (as much as part of me really wants to drive a real motorcycle).

But, I need some advice. I am torn between the TVS Scooty and the Honda Activa. I love the look of the new Scooty Streak, but I'm concerned that it has a lot less power than the Honda. But, I don't like the look of the Honda Activa ...  Does the Scooty have enough power to get me around town? I'm new at driving in India so I don't plan on going really fast (at least for a few months).  And ease of handling is a big priority. I'm also worried that a heavier bike might be harder for me to handle. Thoughts?

Or are there other good options (with some personality and handling AND some power to it?) within about the same price range? (about 50,000 INR total is my max).

hi there this is my first time on this site I want to ask a question but not sure eaht to do any help would be great

[Hippie at Heart]

Hyderabadi, on Aug 2 2009, 06:58 AM, said:

Thanks for those pictures, Jitendra on  GT-50 is priceless! And thanks for the story about Bond!

Hyd bhai now i too want to smoke some of the stuff you have been smoking, that would be Feroz Khan  
Hope this ad here gets you up and running 'again'  

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[jyoti]

Hmmm...  Part of me really wants a real motorbike, not just a scooter. But that 217 curb weight of the Honda might be a little heavy for me.   I'll just let you guys drive me around ... or (even better) borrow your bikes for a while.  You can, of course, borrow my Scooty whenever the urge takes you. Hahaha.

[Hyderabadi]

Hippie at Heart, on Aug 2 2009, 06:20 PM, said:

Hyd bhai now i too want to smoke some of the stuff you have been smoking, that would be Feroz Khan  
Hope this ad here gets you up and running 'again'  

  

I was never much into smoking, other than plain tobacco. Drink? yes. A fault perhaps!?  

Ah, that was Feroz Khan, the original Khans.

[jyoti]

... and you guys thought it was off topic before!     

[john.sw]

Nattusbs, on Aug 2 2009, 01:07 PM, said:

I believe that is the Bullet 500 that you have. Nice bike, something I want to get although the 350 may be more suitable.

How are you liking it? Please let us know.

It's the Machismo 500 LB.  I love the bike.  Of course it is very under-powered for a 500cc bike made in 2009, but it is a 1950's design, which is what gives it all that character!

I've only covered 1000km, but it's great fun to ride, and I have a superb playground here in the Nilgiris, including the Segur Ghat road up to Ooty which has 36 hairpin bends and climbs 1 mile into the sky, and the whole of the Mudumalai Tiger Reserve on my doorstep.

The only problems that I have had have been with the Royal Enfield company. The bike was built to order in Chennai, and shipped to their showroom in Coimbatore for pre-delivery checks.  It arrived a month late and was the wrong colour.  I ordered a black bike because I wanted a black bike, not a grey one!  All Royal Enfield could say was, "Same bike sir, only the colour is different"..

When the black one that I had ordered eventually arrived here it had a dented petrol tank, two dents in the front mudguard, a damaged exhaust manifold and a brass rivet missing from one of the leather panniers. They had also failed to fit the crash bar which I had specified, saying that they had been unable to get one!

I now have a new petrol tank, and the crash bars.  The mudguard has been repaired, but I will have to wait until last Wednesday (they promised to come 5 days ago but haven't turned up) for my new exhaust manifold!

A lovely bike, but completely let down by company staff who seem to believe that a customer who pays top price for an Enfield (I paid 1.2 lakhs on the road with leather panniers and crash bars) deserves damaged goods and extremely poor after sales service.