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<blockquote data-quote="qdg2" data-source="post: 5702224" data-attributes="member: 100309">BEST TO FORGET the Royal Enfield &quot;legacy&quot;.......and consider the brand and product a competition of &quot;Chinese quality&quot; bikes. India is dabbling in supercross....sorta. You can find very limited coverage on the net. Just look at the bikes in those races.Luckily, the RE bikes haven&#039;t quite taken on the &quot;Chinese/Viet Nam/Asian...&quot; look. I came very close to buying a Himalayan 400 and maybe even the 650 Mid. I&#039;ve been looking for a commuter bike to eventually replace my 2008 Kaw Concours. The RE bikes have simple screw type valve adjustment and that&#039;s what I&#039;m looking for. My Kaw takes a full weekend and at least a couple hundred bucks to adjust the valves. It&#039;s stupidly complicated. I put 400 miles a week on my bikes.....Considering price mostly.......The RE bikes are(but getting less so) a decent value. Now, reliability, parts availability......is an unknown quantity/quality. The 650&#039;s are good looking throwback, retro style standards. A great choice for a Sunday morning ride.In the end, any Jap and some Euro brands would probably be a total better value. IMHO.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="qdg2, post: 5702224, member: 100309"] BEST TO FORGET the Royal Enfield "legacy".......and consider the brand and product a competition of "Chinese quality" bikes. India is dabbling in supercross....sorta. You can find very limited coverage on the net. Just look at the bikes in those races. Luckily, the RE bikes haven't quite taken on the "Chinese/Viet Nam/Asian..." look. I came very close to buying a Himalayan 400 and maybe even the 650 Mid. I've been looking for a commuter bike to eventually replace my 2008 Kaw Concours. The RE bikes have simple screw type valve adjustment and that's what I'm looking for. My Kaw takes a full weekend and at least a couple hundred bucks to adjust the valves. It's stupidly complicated. I put 400 miles a week on my bikes..... Considering price mostly.......The RE bikes are(but getting less so) a decent value. Now, reliability, parts availability......is an unknown quantity/quality. The 650's are good looking throwback, retro style standards. A great choice for a Sunday morning ride. In the end, any Jap and some Euro brands would probably be a total better value. IMHO. [/QUOTE]

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