u/DirtbagBrocialist

I was touching on this in another thread, but Royal Enfield sidecar rigs are absolute works of art. I'm really surprised I've never seen one in India. Personally, when I visit I'd much rather ride in one of these than an auto.

Full disclosure, the photos are not mine. They are from a US based manufacturer of sidecars called cyclecar.

RE engineers (I know you're in here). Yall should design a 2 wheel drive and linked brake mechanism for a bullet sidecar to sell as an auto.

I get it. You want your bike ASAP and don't want to wait, but here's the thing: this is a fan sub and as far as I know isn't even monitored by Royal Enfield, so you're not going to get your bike any faster by posting complaints here. You order a vehicle and you have to wait, that's just how buying new vehicles works in India.

Wait times for all Royal Enfields are long. Guess what, they're building two shiny new factories to try to build more bikes faster, but building new factories takes time. Hopefully they're completed soon and everyone gets their shiny new bikes faster.

Moving forward, posts about delivery delays and timings will be removed.

It was a street and steel pair I picked up for cheap on Revzilla like last year, and the leather dye is already leeching out onto my clutch. It scrubs off pretty easily, but it's still pretty disappointing.

Anyone got recs for a good pair of gloves that will last more than a season? Street only rider, so I don't mind short cuff. I'd prefer something less than $100 but I'm willing to shell out more for something that will last several years since these budget gloves seem to last a year tops. I'd also strongly prefer full leather.

For anyone who doesn't know yet. Royal Enfield has been rolling out gear position sensor retrofits. Please contact a service center near you if you were given a unit without a gear sensor due to the rare metals shortage

Please use this megathread to discuss gear position indicator retrofits and celebrate if you got yours installed.

It's been getting a little spammy with half a dozen posts a day being about the gear sensor retrofits, so posts outside the megathread are being removed.

For those of you who don't know. Gear sensors are now available for 350cc models which were shipped without one due to the rare earths shortage. Contact your local service center to see about getting yours installed.

There have been multiple posts related to this on the sub already. Please use this megathread in order to discuss the gear sensors and celebrate if you got yours installed. Having 20 posts a day about how the gear sensor is available is redundant.

Seriously, knock it off. It says to not do that MULTIPLE times in my owners manual. "Use low pressure water jet to clean". It will cause water to get into your electronics and cause electrical issues, cause water to ingress into bearings and cause them to rust and go bad prematurely, it will get into calipers and damage your ABS system, get into get into your relays, cause them to fail then deplete your battery damaging it.

It seems like people in India are doing this, and I get it a little. It's monsoon season and you want your bike to be nice and clean. But it's almost every day lately I see someone say "I had someone pressure wash my bike and now my electronics are fucked! Please help". Put the pressure washer away. Use a gentle detergent and hose only as described in the manual under "washing procedure" and you'll get it spotless.

Don't tell anyone 🤫

The post earlier today about motorcycles reminded me of this cool story I heard about an Argentinian doctor who loved motorcycles and went on a motorcycle tour of South America with his best bud which went on to profoundly shape his views on life and politics. There was a memoir released called "The Motorcycle Diaries" which you can read. If you're illiterate like me they also made it into a movie.

Being that we're all center right conservatives I thought you guys might want to check it out. The guy's name was Ernesto Guevara.

A little wax on the tank takes 5 minutes tops and can buff out little scratches in the clear coat from dirt/dust. My tank is looking factory new. No ppf required.