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Hey Bob,I'm sure Dale in Aurora would be happy to sell you one!Art
Low power is its short coming. I have a CSC 250. It’s a single, 231cc, carburetor and push rods. It makes 16.3 hp. The RE has over a 100cc on it but can only manage 2hp more, with FI?I can get the Chinese made CSC to 68mph with 250 lbs onboard , seems like a 350 ought to do significantly better.
For sure! There's another good dealer, Motozilli, further from home, but a nice ride of roughly 40 miles each way. You know the area. To Hiram on SR82, continue on 305 past the track at Nelson's Ledges. Bob
I had a C5 Bullet and the 500cc was a nice little mill for chuffing down the 2 lane at a casual pace. It would do highway speeds (but not happily) and was comfortable. The 500 could be clocked using a sundial with me atop. I can imagine going up the mountain roads on the 350 I'd probably have to walk beside it so I didn't hold up the fully loaded triaxle log trucks behind me. Tubeless wheel are nice but they sure do not fit in with that bike. It screams for spoke wheels. Kind of like if you were to add carbon fiber mufflers to it. It just wouldn't look right.
Here's a surprise. If I would have said up.....like clockwork you'd have said down.
I was off a bit on my numbers.RE HP 20 at 6100rpmTorque 20 at 4000CSC hp 16 at 7000Torque 13.5 at 5500So the RE does have more power anyway you look at it. The CSC closes the gap with weight close to a 100lbs less.
I think Cycle World dyno'ed one at about 17 HP. Not a world beater, lol.
The folks on the RE forum I am on speak highly of it. They love the smoothness and nimble handling. Called it a perfect town bike or back road tourer. All the owners said to forget taking it on a hiway. Cons I have seen are the lack of accessories in the USA so far.My old 2002 RE 500 Bullet could only do 50 mph smoothly. Above that it shook and shook really hard at 60. I hit 65 once and the vibes tore a chunk out of the license plate! Cute and fun bike to get the Brit bike experience. Had great torque climbing the parkway. But few HP to speak of.The new 650GT I got in March, by comparison is a dream. Its been totally trouble free. I set it up for sport touring and solo camping with a set of Givi bags, a wider aftermarket seat and a little flyscreen to protect the instruments. Thicker Pro brand gel grips. It has a light slipper clutch, 2 channel ABS, the imitation Brembo's that work very well. SS factory brake lines. The fueling around town and at all rpms is superb! Very smooth and responsive. It'll hit 80 smoothly and has a sweet spot at 65-70 that I like. Its getting 70 mpg on regular fuel on joy rides out into the countryside for me. 650 has no navigation, but I wouldn't want it. My old tank bag still has a map window atop it!I missed riding much of this Spring and Summer due to knee surgery. But no problem now to get on the bike and enjoy it.
As the article states, this little piggie has a curb weight of 430#. My '21 Enfield Interceptor 650 comes ex factory at around 470# curb weight and a change to a TEC 2 into 1 light stainless exhaust brought that down by 27#, so only 13# heavier than the Meteor 350.No thanks.Ralph
I like the looks of that 350 Classic, just not sure that I could accept that it would be pretty much limited to city streets and back roads. Traffic is vicious these days and inattentive to boot. Not a day passes where even in an auto you don't have close calls with other "drivers" out there. BUT, I do love the looks of their new Classic 350. Maybe a test ride will make me part with some money next season. But then there are always nice used bikes (from Japan) to consider.